Mood Shifter Gifts

Crosswalk and Happywalk.

The Ekert Saga: 'Are you nuts?! If someone locked me in a shed, I'd be furious and want to get revenge!!... Then again, getting angry doesn't make things any better...'

Statue with detachable heads.

Frankenstein's monster picking out his brain for the day.

"I feel like I'm moving from my quiet desperation phase into something a bit more colorful."

Forlornaments: Tools to drain individual and team spirit

"If you could be any Bob Dylan you wanted to, which Bob Dylan would you be?"

"Even if forced to slave all day, in my mind I'll always play!"

'So, what's for dinner ...a séance?'

"You're new here ... it's customary on dismal Monday mornings to be miserable."

Unhappy man with 'rabbit-ear' fingers behind his head.

'This is what happens when we give up our resistance to change.'

How Optimism Works

Back to school.

'I still have mood swings, but music has given me a way at last to monetize them.'

Some of us are calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath, and some of us are just the opposite.

Mood swings: Swing 1 - 'Looks like it's going to be another wonderful day!' Swing 2 - 'Who CARES link brain! I hope it rains acid!!' Swing 3 - 'I think i'm going to CRRRY!'

Like Minded

Joe's Bar: Happy Hour 5-9, Utter Despair 10-12.

'These are very powerful tranquilizers for when your teen has he horrific tantrums. Take two of them anytime she flares up.'

'Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.'

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"

'What the hell is that guy's problem?'

"For the sake of morale, Duffy, could you at least try to look stressed?"

On the Hanger

'Hello dear - I've had a very depressing day.'

'Welcome to our first ever... Casual Sunday.'

Psychotic mood swing.

"All drinks are half-priced during happy hour. . . but only if you can prove you're happy."

A party mood prevails! Entertainment will last all night.

"Psst. . . fancy shoe sales are down. Can you make Crocs instead?"

"You're a very complex carbohydrate."

Bipolar Bear.

Vacuuming Up the Mood

"Is everything okay, dear? You're smiling!"