LARGETONY Blog

We all know that life is a roller coaster and we’re pretty much along for the ride (and sometimes I’m pretty convinced that may coaster is being operated by a some toothless carny in a greasy Dale Earnhart, Jr cap and a beer and tobacco-stained wifebeater). If you have ever heard of biorhythms, then you know that supposedly the highs and lows run in cycles. I’m not sure how they are calculated, but bio rhythms at least involve your birthday and the current day. Kind of a combo of astrology, numerology, and Six Flags.

Paul (a hottie from Denver) wrote in his blog, +pH, several days ago that he was experiencing a temporary boredom with posting. I joked with him that maybe his “blogorhythms” are down. I know I go through cycles with this blog, myself. There are times I can’t create a post…or even create the interest in writing a post to save my life. I’ve had a little bit of trouble lately, in fact. So I thought I would see of there’s anything to this biorhythm stuff. I went online and found a site that calculates your emotional, physical, and intellectual cycles. If it’s on the internet, it must be true, right?

The picture above is my chart for today. As you can see, I am (and apparently everyone else born on June 30, 1975 is) at the mid-point of deep decline. The chart illustrates a two-week cycle and what’s scary about it is that all three of my areas are practically in sync. With most people, the waves vary. One area may be up while another is down. And how about the fact it’s going from absolute high to absolute low. No gentle rolling hills. Look how steep those curves are. Every part of my life is careening toward rock bottom by next Sunday. I’m afraid of what follows in the next period, if I am racing that far down that fast, there has got to be a loop on the other side. (And I hate going upside down.) Is this my chart or the menstrual cycle of a postal worker who has just found out Wal-Mart is out of extra-absorbant?

Now, I’m not saying that I believe in biorhythm charts, particularly from free internet sites, but it was just a few days ago that I was feeling pretty good…which was sort of the theme of my last post. And since then I haven’t been able to get a groove going on any posts. It makes sense. If my physical is going down, I’m apt to be lazy. If my intellectual is going down, I’m less likely to form a cohesive thought. And if my emotional is down, I’m less likely to write about it.

You see, I sort have made it an unwritten rule to not write about stuff that is getting me down or depressing me. I know that some bloggers need to do that as therapy. And that is okay. And I will read it and give them my support. But it’s not really me. I will write about stuff that riles me up or pisses me off, I’ll write about stuff just cause I need to have someone to bounce it off of, or even the shitty things that happen. But if it’s just that I’m feeling blue I ‘m just going to keep it to myself. This is mostly just because that I am. People have enough troubles, they don’t need mine.

I wonder if my biorhythms are effected by the seasons. Last year, I only wrote five posts the entire month of October (an November was even worse.) when things are dying and whithering away. And did the most and some of the best (in my opinion) writing in the Spring when everything is bursting forth with new life. Or maybe the fact that Halloween is coming up has something to do with my bleak outlook. Last year, Halloween was one of the single most horrible days in my entire life, so maybe I’m still hanging on to some baggage from that.

But, to be honest I’m not feeling anything heavy. Even if I would write about that sort of stuff, I don’t think I’d have anything to say. Maybe the low curve is just an indication of a period of few emotions. Maybe I’m doomed to a week of ambivalence. I could try getting a boost from the fun of pumpkin carving, but with that chart it would turn out neither scary nor happy…it would just sit there, without any expression. A Jack-o-lantern on Botox. The Desperate Housewife of gourds.

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