h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

irascible

adj.
Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
Characterized by or resulting from anger.


I'm not like that. It was the word for the day on my Yahoo email.

I learned a few years ago that my family find me unpredictable with my temper. Sometimes major things will not make any difference to me. And small trivial things will set me off, but not all the time. As such someone will get "volunteered" to tell me things. Like the time I moved and my sister's boyfriend had most of my large household items in his truck. I was at my new apartment putting stuff away. My sister comes in with a funny look on her face. She came to me as I was puttering around. She said that something bad happened. I was thinking,of course the worst, that there was an accident or something. She said that she was very very sorry, but my dresser had fallen off the back of the truck and my clothes fell out and the dresser itself broke. I laughed so hard. She was confused. I guess she was all ready for me to blow and go crazy. I was just glad that no one was hurt. I started imagining my underwear blowing across the highway. Scaring small children and large dogs.