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[gwillen]

My most amusing thoughts tend to happen at what might be called "stupid o' clock", so this one is right about on time.

It occurred to me to visualize my daily life as a constant argument between Myself and My Inner Petulant Five-Year-Old. For example:

*alarm rings*
Myself: Okay, time to get up.
MIPFYO: Don't wanna.
Myself: Well, too bad, we're getting up now.
MIPFYO: Don't wanna.
Myself: Okay fine, we'll hit snooze and sleep another ten minutes.

You may note that MIPFYO has a rather limited vocabulary.

On a lark, I decided to google for "inner petulant five year old" (without the quotes). It only occurred to me how stupid a search that was after I had already made it; thus is the power of stupid o' clock. And yet, in the top 10 results, five of them are apparently referring to the same concept I am, one in almost the same words: "my Petulant Inner Five-Year-Old".

I can only conclude that my strange 1 AM thoughts aren't as strange as I thought. I shall have to endeavor to be stranger next time.

Comments

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Haha wow. Apparently I have Google-juice.

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Hm, interesting. It occurred to me to think about it that way after I wrote the post, except that I think I was thinking the spoiled child would be the id? Or is that even different? It's been years since I took any psych...

Also, upon further reflection I think I've decided that my inner five-year-old is not responsible for all my bad habits and tendencies; I think of him as standing specifically for my avoidant tendencies. (Thus his entire vocabulary being "Don't wanna." ;-)

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Hee hee.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

Psychoanalysis != Psych. :-P

Think astrology vs astronomy.

[shaktool.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am pretty sick of people ostensibly attributing legitimacy to Freud by talking about his work all the time. It's not even useful as an approximation, unlike, say, other historical theories such as Newtonian mechanics. :P

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

well, I think it's about as useful as most folk psychology, like the stuff your grandma tells you.