The Logic of Porcology

The astronomers out there need to come up with a system for a 26 hour day because I need another two hours of sleep at night and I don't see any other way of getting it. Is it just me, or is everyone getting too busy for a traditional 24 hour day? The demands for work are substantial, and obviously time-consuming, and ridiculously hard on a person (mentally or physically). I wish for a return to the 40 hour work week, with 3 weeks paid vacation. Instead, I get the usual pay, with a 48 hour week and whatever time I can squeeze in when I'm not working weekends for vacationing.

I really am thinking about quitting this life and moving to a house in the bush. I can sponge off my parents for the rest of my life because I plan to die fairly young. I need to work out some kinks, I'll let y'all know when I've got it figured.

Just finished Arrowsmith, by Sinclair Lewis. Really good book. Anyone who likes science, or feels corporatization of things ruin them should read this book. Anyone one the other side of these issues should also read it. This will give them ammunition for their arguments. Very thought-provoking, it makes me wonder if I shouldn't buy a backwoods cottage and just go there and read and brush up on my writing and then just go ahead and write something.

It makes me want to be less tied to the stresses of the world and live as a hermit. If I had less debt and a way of making money in the forest I would leave to tomorrow. Maybe I shall leave tomorrow, the government can't track me down in a shack in the backwoods.

We shall see.

Almost done reading Arrowsmith. Such a good book! I really can't put it down. Except D. has turned me onto a particularly funny and time-consuming site called okcupid.com. I can't seem to do anything but answer questions and take tests. Too funny. Check it out when you can, my id is cageycanuck. Too funny are some of the questions, like, what are you thuinking about when you masturbate........ And even funnier are some of the responses. You all should check this out.

Now I'm going to read the last ten pages and give you an update. Then I'm calling C. He can just hang up if he don't want to talk I guess.

Just finished watching "Hero", a film by Quention Tarantino, what's this, his fifth film or sixth or something? This movie is awesome. Again, I have no idea what QT was trying to get at in this film but it moved me in so many different ways.

I would recommend it to anyone with an open mind. It's not at all the chop-socky movies that Jet Li is known for. It's so deep and thoughtful, and timeless and current. Full of paradox and contradiction.

Still no comments on my last two posts. are the comments broken? I don't think they are. I guess I've said nothing interesting... But then again, I think I have. How very arrogant of me.

My dear friend B. is moving to Ottawa tomorrow and I miss her already like my middle finger. I spent only 4 days with D. before he left for New Orleans again and I am missing him like I miss the sun at night. And C., he isn't even out of town and I miss him because I never get to see him. And then there's the P.'s, now that they're married they have a lot less free time to spend with poor little me.

Of course, there are other friends that I don't get to see and I may miss them too, but not nearly as much as the above. Of course, the lack of social life allows me to get a couple more hours of reading completed. That way I can blog about something other than complaints, like novels or soliloquoys.

I am absolutely exhausted. Caffeine only works for so long and when you come down it's like hitting the ground face first. If there is a cure for exhaustion I haven't found it. Sleep only seems to delay the symptoms until you awake again. Exercise is almost impossible because you can barely stay awake while doing it. Then it really is like hitting the pavement with your face...

I think I'll try a nap, followed by an 8-hour sleep. No food this evening either, it will just get in the way of the dreams. John Cheever's written some pretty disturbing stories, so much so that I need to take a break from the book. I'll get back to it in a few days.

What is acid really? I sort of understand the chemical definition, but what is it really to us? A destructive force? A neutralizing force when dealing with bases? A "trip-tic" chemical that takes us on a ride? A necessity of life? Life itself?

THere are so many questions out there that I wonder if I'll ever get to ask them. I finished reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides last week some time. It was a good book, a definite read for anyone having trouble with genetics or parents. I classify under both headings of course! I just started a book by John Cheever. It's called..... The Stories of John Cheever. How very original, I know! But it is good so far. I will let you know once I finish how good.

Life has been so busy this past week or two. I went golfing on the weekend with Barb. I won the Match, stroke-wise and hole-wise. In addition, I was the best looking man on the golf course, so I won there as well. My charms were lost on my playing companions but I managed to go home happy all the same. I just finished another gruelling 55 hour work week as well. I saw The Control Room recently and that was a great documentary. I recommend it to anyone who likes documentaries and anyone who likes a different perspective, or seeing things through the eyes of another.

I'm exhausted, so I'll go to bed now and dream of all the beautiful women I saw over the past week. I can only allot one night to women because I've got so much else on my mind right now. Auf Wiedersehen.