Nap Urge

I was telling my sister today that sometimes I feel so low on energy that I could take instant naps wherever I am. The most ridiculous of such instances is when I work out. I sometimes run on the track of a middle school nearby and, while running, I fantasize about just stopping and lying down on the field to take a ten minute nap. I can definitely continue running and I always do, but I just feel this urge to lie down and close my eyes.

I am not writing this to get a diagnosis or drug recommendation from anybody. I just think that the image is funny: somebody running and, all of the sudden, stopping and curling up like a ball in the grass.

Eu boxez

Sunt suparata. Sunt frustrata. E prea frig. Calculatorul nu merge destul de repede si am multa multa treaba. Orice mananc imi face acid la stomac. Ieri am avut acid de la CEAI! Apropos, primul cuvant pe care l-am scris a fost CEAI. Pe la cinci ani, mi-am dat seama ca pot sa-l scriu si l-am scris pe tot ce am apucat. Cred ca si acum mai avem carti si caiete in biblioteca cu CEAI scris mare pe coperta. Ma enerveaza oamenii de la scoala care se baga unde nu le fierbe oala, si fac asta toata ziua. Profa mea nu a venit la scoala - cainele i-a muscat urechea fetitei ei de un an. Jos la etajul trei se vinde cafea; daca nu ai cash si vrei sa folosesti credit/debit cardul, trebuie sa cumperi de cel putin 2 dolari. Cafeaua e 1.90. Si nu exista nimic alteva demn de cumparat, decat gogosi, care sunt pe lista neagra (moarte grasimii!).

Mi se pare ca toata lumea buna scrie despre lucuri frumoase, colorate, profunde. Iar eu tot cu frustrari, uri, declaratii gen 'moarte grasimii'. Daca exista karma, a mea e tare chinuita.

handy men, candy men

Why is it that, when someone is scheduled to come between 8 and 10 am to fix something in the house, they ALWAYS come a few minutes AFTER 10?

Tłusty Czwartek (guest starring Michael)

Michael had this wonderful dream and I forced him to write about it. Here it is.




I had an alarming dream involving a cat I used to have. Could I possibly be lamer? I mean, a guy dreaming about a cat he used to have…pathetic. Man must dream of mace-wielding knights, nymphs and weed wackers- not little kitties. Nonetheless, I dreamt about this fluffy little thing. In my “erotic” kitten dream I got up out of bed and walked to the mailbox. I reached inside and pulled out this strange, crumpled envelope with my name and address scrawled on it. I looked for a return address, but found none. Once inside the house I opened it and read a most disturbing diatribe. It read like this:

Dear Mike,
I have your CDs. I have “The Rolling Stones” by Exile on Main Street, “The Spinners” by Greatest Hits, “James Brown” by Startime, “Black Flag” by Damaged…
Bye, punk!
Ponczki

I read all this with an eerie split screen also. A little circle off to the left of my eyesight showed lil’ Ponczki scribbling away at his little kitty desk. His hairy paw bounced up and down as he wrote. Now this should have perplexed me more than it did in the dream. My mind didn’t consider that a cat wrote me a letter or that he stole my long, lost CDs. I mean, cats can’t write. I don’t think they can even properly hold a pen or pencil. Are their minds even able to have cohesive thoughts? He could never open a CD player and push play either. I mean, he’s a cat, right? This comes to mind now, but then I focused on one aspect. I became angry and obsessed that this cat didn’t know the difference between the name of the group and the album (or CD if you like). He was so completely off. My dream mind wanted to curtly send off a letter admonishing Ponczki for his royal screw up. You just can’t possibly confuse Black Flag with their cerebral offering “Damaged.” I mean come on, dude. You have to be a real jackass to do that. What a dumbfuck.

Vise si dureri

Se pare ca asta a ajuns un loc de povestit vise... desi eu nu mi-am povestit visele niciodata, decat poate celebrul vis in care inotam la apus intr-o apa plina cu dobermani morti. Dar visul asta nu e chiar asa de sinistru: se facea ca eram in Arad si era aniversarea a nu-stiu-cati ani de AMIFRAN (trupa de teatru in care, impreuna cu multi dintre prietenii mei, am jucat in liceu). Si incercam sa jucam o piesa, care era o combinatie de Piatra Albastra si Harap Alb. Si progresiv ne dadeam seama ca nu mai avem costumele, si ne panicam. Pe rand. Oli si-a dat seama ca nu avea tetiera si costumul de Coup-Tete (desi acuma imi dau seama ca in realitate ea era Capitaine Panicaut). Cata era din Harap si nu avea capa rosie de Imparatul Rosu. Calin si-a pierdut limba cusuta pe tricoul de sluga a imparatului. Hihi. Iar eu mi-am dat seama ca desi mai am costumul de servitoare, nu mai am nicio sansa sa incap in el. Aproape la fel de sinistru ca dobermanii morti, nu?

Aproape in aceeasi ordine de idei, in incercarea mea de a slabi care implineste in curand o luna, am facut mult prea mult sport saptamana care a trecut. Asa ca acum ma doare cam tot ce ar putea sa ma doara: picioare, brate, piept, partea de jos a spatelui. Si cel mai rau e ca azi nu pot face nimic, astfel ca va trebui sa mananc foarte foarte putin ca sa compensez. MOARTE GRASIMII!

A Perfect Week

I realized I love working hard on Fridays. This way, I feel like I fully deserve a weekend. Thinking about this, I started designing my ideal week:

- Monday: free in the morning, just so I can get rid of that "Monday morning feeling", that cold and dark feeling even if it's the middle of July. The Monday mornings could be spent sleeping, reading, cooking for the week, or just sitting around. Work would begin at 1:00 pm, after lunch.
- Tuesday - regular work day
- Wednesday - regular work day
- Thursday - work in the morning, play in the afternoon. The afternoon could also be used for pre-preparing for the coming weekend: laundry, nails, facials, scrubs and other decadent but necessary enterprises.
- Friday - work, work, work. Hard work.
- Saturday - play
- Sunday - play

Now I am realizing I would not even be missing much... I can even take some Wednesdays off from time to time. And did I mention 3 months of vacation during the summer? I need that too.