Every night they visit you /
Every night they come /
And bit by bit /
They steal your brain /
And feed it to their MUM
-- "The Madness Hamsters" by Edward Monkton
As it turns to autumn, I wonder... Why am I obsessed with the thread count on my cotton sheets when I only use them for about 4 months a year? When are we going to get high quality flannette sheets? How many layers to I have to have with me to be comfortable all day? At the bus stop at 6.20am, at work with the tempermental air con? When is the steam going to start rising off Western Springs in the pre-dawn air? My favourite view of the Springs...
Sorry for lack of posts - due entirely to lack of thoughts at the moment... Anyway, while I was sitting at my computer one night, trying to come up with something to say here - I played some stupid little online game - can't remember what it was - and at some point it told "you have a life" and I thought - "if I had a life, I wouldn't be playing this stupid game..." In my defence - I get up at some ungodly hour for work - and there's only so much tv you can watch - especially when your flatmates are watching something you can't stand...
Have you noticed that almost everyone around you is tired at the moment? It's not just at work, either. I think we've all been adjusted to daylight savings time - and it's extra this year, so our body clocks are adjusting to the change - and the darkness in the morning. Just a thought...