first words of the day

For a very long time, I've amused myself by noticing the first words to come out of my mouth in the morning. When I first wake up, my brain doesn't function really well (whose does?), and so I try to avoid speaking for as long as I can, and so the first thing I actually speak on any given day is often either a surprised response to something unexpected, or a reluctant response to a query... and it's usually funny or stupid or both.

For a while, in January, I was keeping track of the first words to come out of my mouth on a little notebook in the bedroom, but I stopped doing this, because knowing that I was going to write down anything I said made me too aware of what I was saying... does that make sense? Documenting the project compromised the integrity of the project.

With that caveat, here is the list I compiled, before abandoning it:

• 1/5 - Is there a lot of snow out there?


• 1/8 - Uh oh, you're stuck.


• 1/9 - You want him to get you


• 1/11 - Bank.


• 1/16 - Sorry I poked you in the eye.


• 1/17 - Like clams?


• 1/18 - I doubt the dump would've been closed.


• 1/19 - How am I getting hairs all over it?

qu ote

"How do I know that loving life is not a delusion?
How do I know that in hating death I am not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?"




--Discussion on making all things equal. Chuang Tzu.

science fiction / wishful thinking

I think that apocalyptic science fiction w/ A.I. bad guys is actually wishful thinking...

we'd probably be doing pretty good if we could invent something that was smart enough to wipe us out.

I guess my hopefulness-nerve is pretty well burnt out, but I kinda doubt we'll get that far.