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I started writing my entry today, but it turned into something else that seemed better suited to another page. I thought I would have it up by now, but I just didn’t quite get around to it.
my tv’s staring at me
it says, "go to sleep, go to sleep"
turns me into a siamese twin
where do i start, the tv screen begins
It turned cold and dark all of a sudden. Just last night Dave was yelling, "No way!" at the weatherperson who predicted a 10 degree drop in temp from yesterday to today. Tonight he came home remarking how cold it had gotten. It was a big change and I felt it immediately this morning when I crawled from bed. The cold seems to have the effect of pushing everything down, even the noise, so that it was nicely quiet for a Monday around here. I had the lights on in the house until noon when the darkness lifted finally. I like it when it’s like this; like the sky is brooding and I feel like joining it.
plugs me into some holy geek
his point in life is incomplete
my tv’s telling me that only money will make me happy
For some reason this morning I decided to have hot chocolate instead cold chocolate for breakfast. Probably the first time in over half a year that I made that switch. I had even forgotten about the huge steel insulated mugs I have in the cupboard. I was happy to discover them again, to fill one with hot, rich chocolate milk. I sat reading emails and journals for an hour or so.
hold the course and then sail
hold the course and then sail
And then I don’t know what happened. I guess I started writing what I thought was my journal entry. That took about an hour or so. I wanted to listen to James’ Whiplash, but Dave had taken it to work. I settled for Laid instead. Right now, Dave has just put on Whiplash out in the living room. It’s a really great album and he’s just discovered it; it has just grabbed him and he can’t part with it until he listens so often it becomes dull. I feel that too. Seems like we could use two copies.
across the satellite beams
across the oceans and seas
to the lighthouse i could be
i see some soldiers with guns
and they are killing to entertain me
Just now I hit the Alt key or the stupid key with that friggin window on it on this most idiotic of keyboards known as the Microsoft Keyboard. God! Some of the stuff Microsoft does just pisses me off. First their half-assed products, including the inadequate dictionary they use for a spellchecker, and then there’s these extra keys on the keyboard. In real life, if you hit a wrong key a wrong letter shows up. On this stupid thing menus pop up, or worse: my whole journal entry just got formatted into headers. What the hell? I’d never even seen that toolbar before and there it was on my screen and all my text was gone! That’s the kind of crap you only hear about. Undo couldn’t even fix it. Had to get rid of the stupid toolbar-from-nowhere. Geez. Go Ralph Nadar! Do us right man!
caught between that world and this
i’d sell my soul for a bond girl’s kiss
caught between that world and this
i’d sell my soul for a state of bliss
my tv’s telling me that all our money goes into the military
Took a long hot shower this morning. It seemed the most comfortable thing to do in the still darkness this morning. I scrubbed hard on my face, taking off all the dead skin. It feels so good to exfoliate. I wanted to do it all over, but my big loofa(sp?) scrubber was hanging on the door and I didn’t feel like hopping out of the hot stream to retrieve it. Instead I just stood there and let the hot water make me red.
hold the course and then sail
hold the course and then sail
For lunch I had a cheese and apple sandwich. Every try it? There’s just something about processed cheese, mayonnaise, a smidgen of ketchup and a couple slices of apple that just hits the right spot. Ate a banana too.
Spent the afternoon searching for women’s studies stuff on the web for Mala. It was really boring and it made me re-think my enthusiasm for the cause. Well, maybe that’s not right. There were a couple sites that seemed more bent on gaining recruits and spouting propaganda that I just didn’t want to be a part of it. Ha! I guess that shows how easily fragmented the whole movement is. So sad.
Made Korean food for dinner. It actually worked, probably because I spent so much time preparing it.
across the satellite beams
across the oceans and seas
to the lighthouse i could be
i see some soldiers with guns
and they are killing to entertain me
On the way back from the little underground store this evening I ran into Mr. Kim. It was early, and he was on his way OUT of the apartment. I asked him what happened, "Aren’t you supposed to be at work?" He said that he quit because his boss was a "slave driver." Ahh. Yes. "You deserve better." Makes me glad to see that Koreans are starting to demand better quality jobs. It’s a sign of post-development. We chatted a bit. He said the red hair band I was wearing looked really good on me. ??? Guess I should wear it more often. I never wear it anymore because it seems so 80’s. Hmph. Well, the 80’s are back in so maybe it looks OK.
and then i heard your name
as the spacemen came
he came right through my screen
and then his lifeline broke
he began to choke
Well, Dave is waiting somewhat patiently for the computer and I spose I should let him have it. As he says, "You’ve had all day on that thing."
"Yeah, but…."
jump cut to another scene
lost a friend to the sea
I lost a friend to the sea
james: lost a friend
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