pissed

There are some mornings I wake up and I just know it’s going to be a Miss Piggy day. Everything in me wants to eschew all socially acceptable behavior, get my ire up, throw some wildly irrational tantrums and karate chop offenders Hiiii-yah! right in the throat. Today is one of those days. On anabolic steroids.

Sweet baby J, I’m so pissed off. 

Anger is not something I’m used to processing. Yeah, I fall into the category of Easily Annoyed (yes, there are such things as stupid questions) but not quick to anger. Anger is uncomfortable, ill fitting. But right now I’m angry. And there’s not a thing I can do about it. I want to scream. Loud and furious and deranged, like the Boy does when the Mavericks are losing. I want to break things that aren’t mine. Walk through the parking garage and dig my key into the paint jobs of cars that take up more than their allotted space. Start a fight in a bar. With someone bigger than me. I’m really, really furious. And I want someone to make it right.

Update: Still pissed. The issue remains largely ignored and thus, unresolved. Disrespect is gross.

45 comments to pissed

  • CaliGal

    Oooo kiddo! PMS-ing?!? ;) lol!

    Suggestions:

    Go for a run.

    Go for a swim.

    Have an irrational tantrum (at home; clear the coffee table, punch the air, scream, kick, curse, cry, laugh, sing…. oh… and don’t forget to breathe).

    Take a long hot shower.

    Buy a piece of jewelery.

    Get a pedicure.

    Eat a chocolate cake.

    Get a massage.

    Eat a pizza.

    Buy yourself a new purse.

    Scream into your pillow.

    Breathe.

    I’m hoping really hard that this moment pases for you. Hang tight! ;)

  • Suzanne

    I’m with you on the easy to annoy, hard to anger boat. I don’t like being angry, it takes so much energy and it is just so very unpleasant. When I started my job, one of my friends gave me a funny gift – Silly Putty. But you know what, whenever I get pissed or extremely extremely annoyed at work, I take it out on the Silly Putty. You can stretch it until it breaks, put it back together and do that over and over. You can also ball it up and throw it and it’ll bounce back! Very satisfying to me, even if I can only bounce it on my desk and it isn’t the full on throwing things tantrum I want to do. Take a break and go get Silly Putty during lunch, or if you think you might run into some very very annoying people on the way (with the parking lots and possibility of screaming kids and non-attentive parents at places that usually have Silly Putty), then send a trusted friend. You’ll both get a kick out of it.

  • Nikki

    I woke up the exact same way. Knowing I’m not alone just made it better for me.

  • Mike

    You’re in Texas, two words.

    Shooting

    Range

  • jANe

    Love…..it’s a bitch.

  • Oh, I’m not mad at the Boy. He didn’t do anything wrong.

  • laurab

    i woke up that way today too- but I’m sad instead of mad. I live in Dallas also, and I’m personally blaming the incessant rain we’ve been having. And I agree with the earlier poster- knowing your not alone does help. Just reading that post makes me feel a little bit better.

  • I’m having one of those days too. Although whereas it sounds like your anger is righteous and based on solid reasoning (even if you aren’t telling us what those reasons are), mine is irrational and most likely hormone-based. Yet somehow knowing that doesn’t make me any less angry. I feel like I need to scream or cry or possibly both. Hoping it passes quickly for both of us.

  • Lindsay

    I sincerely hope your day gets better.

    And I voyeuristically hope the source of your anger becomes the subject of your next blog post. :)

  • beth

    Sounds like someone isn’t getting their security deposit back?

  • Ooh, I’ve had those days. I bake. There is nothing more satisfying than beating some eggs and flour to death…and then eating warm gooey chocolate cookies (my fallback recipe) at the end. The hot shower is also a good one.

    Hmm, now I’m thinking I’ll go bake just because it sounds good. I hope you make it Fish!

  • Kim

    When I have those types of days I go home put on some comfy sweats and fluffy socks, eat something horribly bad for me and then go to bed.

    It’s a “I’ll start over tomorrow” kind of day.

  • p

    holy cow…i’ve feeling that way for the last few weeks! thanks for putting into word what i couldn’t articulate.

  • You know what we need? A trip to the Stabler Spa.

  • Anonymous

    I get those days sometimes (although I, too, am usually more of the easily annoyed type and not the flames shooting out of my ears, gnashing of teeth angry) but when I do get rip roaring angry, its kinda fun to just ride the wave…enjoy stomping around, slamming books down and not caring what everyone thinks.. then tomorrow go back to being your usual kind, non -irate self.

  • I read, “Start a fight in a bar.” and I thought I read, “Start a fire in a bar.” I thought “WOW, she is MAD.” And then I read the next line which that’s when I realized I’m a moron but I thought it might make you smile. :)

  • The weather’s been nasty here in DallASS, and that alone can put one in a funk. Hope it gets better soon, neighbor.

  • I have days like that. Sometimes the best thing for me is to fling myself onto my bed(when I’m alone cause hubby doesn’t understand) and I kick and slam my fists and arch my back and scream and grunt. Then I lay there and breathe until I feel better.

    To my chagrin last time I had one of those days, I mean woke up that way then the rest of the day made it worse, I had a doctors appt, and when I got up someone had parked so close to me that I couldn’t open my door. So I had to put my son in through the other side, and get in and slide across. I left a very nasty note calling him/her some very nasty names and opened my door(which didn’t even open enough to see the interior of the car it was THAT close) repeatedly with force into their car door. Didn’t leave a mark but left me feeling somewhat better.

  • Teresa

    I think that today is just a pissed sort of day. I really believe that the majority of the population woke up this way. ME TOO!

  • I am feeling the same way, and i wanted to start a new blog and vent it all out, except that i was stumped for a name for the new blog. I think i am going to call it: “loud and furious and deranged”

  • I’ve heard of these wonderful places where you pay to go break plates and glassware. You could do that.l

    OR you could go to an Ikea or Walmart and buy a bunch of cheap stuff and break it in your back yard. It’s so much better than screaming in a pillow. I’m just saying. :)

  • Sarah

    Thank god it’s not just me!

  • Josh

    I will yell out loud with you. Ready? 1, 2, 3 AHHHHHHHHH

  • anon

    Hey, You have all the above posts to cheer you up.I can assure you this sour mood is very temporary and tomorrow will be a whole new day.I must admit a trip to spa does sound heavenly….do go if your schedule permits.

    Take care.

  • CaliGal

    So… how ya feelin’ today, kiddo?

  • Maggy

    I get this way from time to time and one thing that really helps me is to spend some time with a punching bag. I’m not very good at throwing a punch or a kick – never had any training or took any kick boxing courses, but wow do I feel good after hitting the bag hard enough to get a good solid *thwack* sound out of it. Do that a few times, then a few times more, and keep going until you are either too tired to moe or you have burned off some of your aggression. It feels great. I particularly like it when I have access to a punching dummy that is person-shaped so I can pretend it is whoever is the focus of the anger. Very effective (and less likely to cost me my job or life) ;-)

  • matthew castle age 27

    I am saying that fish isnt squirming its crying begging and pledging to behave for someone good man what would I do in this situation probably demand de man da raise ? de man da good time out ? de man da whole day to myself with someone special and lock the doors then de man dat he leaves and go get some ice cream and sit down and watch opra whinfrey matt42mjc@yahoo.com

  • Marianna

    If you being in such situation think that there are friends of yours feeling much worse,having cried about every day,maybe it’ll be a kind of consolation.

  • Anonymous

    Nope.

    Everybody’s troubles are there own. Mine aren’t any more or less worthy.

  • Marianna

    That the invisible friend feels. Until now it was only me who had such a duty,according to Mr Carter.Perhaps no only them..

  • anastaisa

    I think if someone is pissed off maybe u need to keep it to ur self couse sometimes it can piss other people off!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This Fish

    Who ARE you people? And when did LITERACY go out of style? Jeez.

  • I know exactly how you felt! I was overcome with so much anger this whole week that it’s not even remotely funny. Suddenly the little things irks the hell out of me and it’s magnified a million times over when stupid and cumbersome little things are blown way out of proportion by none-so-brilliant people. It became almost impossible to recover in a short time frame but for sanity sake, somehow I’ve managed to contain that anger by thinking of good things. Reminds me of Peach – the starfish in ‘Finding Nemo’ – when the aquarium was being incessantly tapped by Carla and Peach willed herself to “find a happy place”.

    I hope that the weekend will wipe out the nastiness of anger for you. Ta!

    Shugabelle of KL, Malaysia

  • Gina

    Haha…I was wondering the same thing Fish! I hope you’re having a better day today. Hugs from Paris!!!

  • Ann

    I’m sorry you’re mad. I hope it gets better.

  • bets

    Sometimes, full on angry is the only way to be. Look out world, those who are easy going eventually reach the breaking point…. So much bigger breaking point, since it happens so rarely… It will all shift back into it’s rightfull alignment in a day or so, Fish. Meanwhile, try not to commit harry-carry…. All the best

  • Lori

    So… one of my FB friends and I were joking yesterday about having the authority to make people do things- as she’s in the military. She has people she can command to do push ups, what ever she wants. I stated that I wanted those powers. So I could make the gossipy woman in the back give me 25 when she get’s too nosy and smack my boss with her tick if he got out of line. She said the best thing I’ve ever heard back to me. It made me laugh ALL day and it really is kind of silly. But I want to tell SOMEone, ANYone this: Shut your mouth when your talkin’ to me!!! I love it and I hope it made you less pissed off. (Or “peesed oaf” as my Japanese co-worker says.)

  • lawyerchik1

    Um, nobody’s asked this yet, so I will: Whyyyyyy?

  • lori

    i know that i am a couple of days late, but i understand. today is an angry day for me. i didn’t get much sleep last night, and things have just gotten worse. except for the 30 minutes i got to spend with my boyfriend before work. i keep trying to remind myself of those 30 minutes, but everything and everyone else threaten to overwhelm my happy thoughts. it doesn’t help that i’m stuck at work for a few more hours (i work 2nd shift).

    usually when i’m having a bad day of any kind, i like to do something active, such as excercising or baking. my favorite thing to do is buy some chocolate teddy grahams and smash them into crumbs with a rolling pin, then use the crumbs for a cheesecake. it’s kind of sadistic, but it works.

  • Cyn

    So that was Wednesday, are you going to tell us? I think its ok to be really pissed every now and then, especially since you don’t make a habit of temper tantrums. Examine why, decide what you can live with and go for it.

    JMHO

  • Jillian

    Like grandpa always said, “Being pissed off is always better than being pissed on.”

    So there’s that.

  • Shari

    I usually get that way because of PMS. I know its not PC to say that, but it’s totally true.

    Fortunately, I’m going into menopause and I’ll have hot flashes instead!

  • Anonymous

    Me? the sound of breaking glass makes me feel better on these days… I once worked in a very busy restaurant where the manager gave me the key to the glass bins for very stressful days… it worked very well for me… these days i go dancing with friends… if it’s really bad I make sure I have a driver and get drunk and dance pretty much every dance… course, I’ve been dancing since I was 7…. it really is my escape

  • Teresa

    I am very sensitive to sound… at times like these… the sound of breaking glass can calm me… even in a controlled environment… bottles in container… works… if you are really in tune with whatever sense controls you… you will find your release valve…