Nothing Between My Ears But Fluff

[ladysprite]

Today is just being One Of Those Days - a day where my brain flits around from bizarre topic to bizarre idea to bizarre image, without staying in any one place long enough to actually accomplish anything, rather like a butterfly on LSD.

I knew this shortly after I woke up, mostly because I caught myself singing a little song to the underpants in my clean laundry bin, chastising them for not being the penguin socks I was looking for.

I am sad right now, because the NutriGrain bar I brought to eat with my lunch was squashed in my bag between my schedule and a collection of lecture notes, and now looks like vegetarian roadkill. All its Nutri is oozing out of the Grain. Poor fallen soldier; I shall mourn its passing and lament the loss... at least until I get hungry enough to open the tin of chocolate-covered biscuits sitting near my desk.

So I realized this morning that if I were Dr. Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap, leaping from life to life and winding up in situations that I had no grasp on, like the middle of a play where I was the lead and didn't know what the show was, or performing a wedding... instead of just saying 'Oh boy' and trying to fake my way through, I would have just become an expert at faking seizures. It gets you out of the awkward situation, and forestalls any questions that you don't know how to answer. The fact that he never stooped to that tactic, though, probably just means that he's a much better person than I am.

So what if there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime? It's the southern hemisphere, of course there won't be snow. There won't be snow in Cancun this Christmastime, and you don't see anyone getting all overwrought and writing songs about that.

I am so blessedly lucky that there aren't many appointments at work today, and that I can blurt these things out to you instead of to clients....

Comments

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Go for stomach bug, seizures attract too much attention.

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you can too. You made me giggle. :-)

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

So what if there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime? It's the southern hemisphere, of course there won't be snow.

Mr. Picky Editor Person feels obligated to point out that there's a lot more of Africa north of the Equator than south of it. But your basic point remains valid, since those northern-hemisphere parts don't get much snow at Christmas or indeed any other time of the year.

[gmkieran.livejournal.com]

as another note, there was significant snow in Australia this month and it's southern hemisphere. ;)

[aries-walker.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you mentioned NutriGrain, so . . .



And yes, there is a commercial before the commercial.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

All its Nutri is oozing out of the Grain.

*giggles helplessly*

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Re defusing awkward time travel arrival scenarios: narcolepsy. That way you won't get people shoving wallets in your mouth.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I knew this shortly after I woke up, mostly because I caught myself singing a little song to the underpants in my clean laundry bin, chastising them for not being the penguin socks I was looking for.

I'm afraid that this classifies as normal behavior around our house...

So what if there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime? It's the southern hemisphere, of course there won't be snow. There won't be snow in Cancun this Christmastime, and you don't see anyone getting all overwrought and writing songs about that.

::applauds:: Hear her! Hear her! I despise that blasted song, and I got earwormed with it for a while earlier this month. Fortunately, I found something that works as an antidote...

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

Sam Beckett was also a polymath with seven degrees. He's not just a better person than you, he's pretty much a better person than any ten of us poor non-fictional sorts put together.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Or he has better script writers than you do.

[udalrich.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued by the concept of a butterfly on LSD. Do you see many of these at your job? How do they differ from butterflies on speed or E? How do you tell if they are having a flashback?

Inquiring minds want to know.