02-09-09 OR Avada Kedavra!
What is a man if he is not busy?
Idle.
The same is true for women and other stationary objects. In any case, I'd rather be an idle man than an idol god. No, wait... that can't be right. I'd rather be a wizard.
I received a parcel today from the other side of the world. It was my first international mail experience, except for when I was sconced by a copy of Lund, Tisdag! What's in the box, in the box? (What's in the box today?) It was very exciting, like opening your brothers' presents at 11:59pm on Christmas Eve. Actually, it was more like when I opened my Hogwarts letter. Speaking of witchcraft and wizardy, I now own an actual wand. Holly, 11", with a phoenix core (made in China).
Avada Kedavra!
Dream: I am on my death bed, old and wrinkled. I am a prolific writer. I have written poems, novels, plays, scripts, ballets, operas, but it is my blog that keeps me going. I have kept the same format for 60 years... Prelude No. x OR y. Meanwhile, the doctor tells me I have minutes left. I write my final blog: Lude No. 1 OR tacet. I write it in comic sans. Not even the nurse laughs.
(Themes: beauty, truth, freedom, love, fonts)
Death is the ultimate form of procrastination. Kierkegaard was wrong, by the way: one may as well case the Acasta Gneiss the philosopher's stone because it has given us so much thought for 4.03 billion years.
Your dreams are whack. In a good way. You lucked out not being a Koala.
ReplyDeleteand, I get the whole Natural Selection thing. I just wouldn't have approved some its choices. I'd slap that Zoologist back with an octopus to prove my point. Anyway, that book's getting on a bit now init? Even so, I promise to read the blurb on its jacket one day. :)
You can't approve or disapprove of natural selection's choices. You can only be passively indifferent.
ReplyDelete(Although, I agree, the Octopus was a mistake - what was Darwin thinking!)
Also, it's 200 years since Darwin's birth. There's a new publication of Origin. It's essentially the same, but with an introduction by the Govenor of Georgia. "This book is all theory and nonsense. For answers, turn to the bible!"
Incidentally, the snail and the octopus form part of the major clade mollusca. Interesting?