On Monday morning, I rolled out of bed and couldn't feel my toes due to the cold. Needless to say, like a normal, rational human being that's afraid of his extremities dropping off from frostbite, I dressed warmly and went to class. However, sometime during my two-hour stretch of lectures, someone decided to turn the thermostat up by about 15 degrees celsius, and repaint the sky from a decidedly unfriendly off-gray to an almost technicolor blue. To make sure I didn't turn into a human snowman, I quickly ran to the flat to change into something slightly less eskimo-like, only to have the weather turn cold again an hour or so later...
Now, normally I would write off occurrences such as this as a freak thing (Strawberry Spring, and all that), but the problem is that it's now happened three days in a row. And it's starting to annoy me. I don't know whether I should blame Mother Nature, global warming, the american government or the Ewoks (though I doubt it's them, what with them being in a different solar system AND figments of George Lucas' imagination...) for what's going on, but someone has to 'fess up! Oh well, 19 days into the month, and that's the only complaint I have so far...
I've mentioned before that I don't agree with TS Eliot about April being the cruelest month. As a matter of fact, I enjoy April. And I don't understand why some people in fact DO agree with Eliot, even if it means they have to create their own chaotic miasma of crap (be it financial, emotional or otherwise) to dump themselves into simply because it's the fourth month of the year.
April is kind of like that playful child with the weird powers in the Twilight Zone movie - playful, and not exactly malicious, but just a little hurtful at times. It's a time filled with public holidays, family gatherings, massive meals and easter eggs. Yet, due to these things, most people tend to also have overdue work, miss the family and friends they didn't or couldn't see, and be angry with themselves because they destroyed their diet. It's a double-edged blade - there's always a little bit of bad thrown in with the good - but the one edge is decidedly duller than the other. Our own perception determines which side is which.
Revolt, I say, show Eliot that he might be a great poet, but he isn't in charge of our lives!!!
Isn't it wonderful how a rant seems to make you feel so refreshed?
Music Lyric of the day: "Are we growing up, or just going down?/ It's just a matter of time until we're all found out/ take our tears, put them on ice, cause I swear I'd burn this city down to show you the light!" (Fall Out Boy, Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the year)
Arb 80's Trivia of the day: In 1981, Nintendo fails to acquire the license to use Popeye in a new game. In a last minute rush, some sprites and colours are changed, and Mario the plumber (the world's best selling video game character ever) is born. The name of his original girlfriend is actually not Peach/Toadstool, but Pauline.
Suggestion of the day: Drink more wine. It keeps you young.
Quote of the day: "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." (Winston Churchill)
For the non-believers: Proof that Michael Bolton did sing in a heavy metal band...
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