Thursday, February 24, 2005

Thoughtless. Not.

Spring is in the air! I don't care how cold it might still get but it is light out at 7 pm! That is all I need! Joy! Happiness! Eye mask for sleeping!
I may be back in Icey, but some friends of mine asked me to mind their store while they are in Germany. As we all know, the best remedy for the post- production blues is brisk attending to other business, or other peoples' businesses. However, there is no Internet connection at the store so I am forced to read and knit between customers.
And think.

Thinking is never good. Especially for me, and absolutely not when I am trapped in my own head. I once saw it aptly identified as self-chatter. The real problem sets in when we combine much thinking with the creativity of spring. I have a tendency to get ever so slightly inventive in spring.

There are people who should not dial while drunk; me, I should never write while thinking. I might start thinking how I should make coffee and end up writing a letter to a long lost love about how sorry I am that I wasn't there for him when he needed me (of course there is never a question of how much anyone might have needed me, I am, after all, the epicenter of the universe).
Thankfully, I rarely mail letters written in this state of mind.

Today I wrote a letter to a friend and mailed it. For heaven's sake, I tried keeping it short and unsentimental, but I fear there may have been some eerie declaration of support and "thinking of you". Tomorrow, who knows, I might have to write more friends and what if- good grief- I get the urge to clear the air with people I feel misunderstand me!
Dear goodness, I may never recover. Neither may they.

If all goes horribly wrong, the store owners will find a crazed letter writer with no remaining friends when they return next Friday.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Still Friggin Foggy

Yup. Visibilty 20 meters. Maybe 70. But I'm definately back in Icey. Must be, since I am in my own apartment and slept in my own bed. Also, The Husband is here so I assume I am in Iceland even though I haven't seen it yet. Oh, and the water smells like rotten eggs.

Suffering from severe post-production depression. But no worries, I always do. And I suppose I somehow enjoy this roller-coaster lifestyle, having a 9 to 5 job would suffocate me even though it might be good for me in the long run.

Maybe later, I'll write something smart- or funny even. But for now the only thing I can think of is this: Are there certain decidedly feminine traits? And if so, how come societies decided that they are less valuable? Think about it, if we say that a man has feminine traits we are almost always passing judgment, making him "less of a man" = "less than human"? Ergo the male is the good norm, the female is the abnorm.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Foggy

The ground was invisible until we actually touched it. I am not kidding.
My brain, on the other hand, still has not landed. The instant euphoria of seeing my computer -and my spouse, I guess - has now dwindled into incapability of deciding what to do with all my Internet options.
Perhaps I should take nap next to spouse instead?