Sorry about the lack of updates recently I’ve been sick for about a week.

Before I came here I’d heard how PC gaming was big in Korea. I’d read a lot of magazine articles that compared it to the Japanese console market. The comparision is, terrible.

The Japanese game market, arcades excluded, functions in very similar ways to the American game market. Basically it’s all based on getting people to buy your game and single and multiplayer games are both big bussiness.

The Korean game market has no single player games. Playing Starcraft’s campaign in a PC bang (read bong–an arcade for PC games pictured above) is considered rude. One of the reasons behind the lack of single player games is they pirate everything that isn’t nailed down here. In general spending money up front on games is becoming rarer and rarer. The free to play model is such big bussiness here it’s all setup on the heroin dealer system the first hit’s free. But I think that really limits the kinds of games that they can make to stuff with really good quick appeal.

At this point i should point out that there is a console scene here and piracy is still an issue there although less so. One of my students had a flash drive in her DS though. I’m not really seriously morally bothered by piracy. I’ve chosen not to do it for years now but plenty of my friends do but seeing what happens when Piracy is unrestrained makes me dislike it a lot more.

The games they do play here other than stuff from Blizzard and NC soft mostly aren’t all that well known in the West. Warcraft, Starcraft, Lineage, Diablo, Aion you’ve probably all heard of those but then you get to a bunch of free to play stuff like KartRider, Sudden Attack, Dungeon Fighter Online a lot of clones of better games. Also Maplestory and Fifa Online are huge here. At least with my students…almost all of them are into either one or both of them.

Other than Blizzard there really isn’t a Western publisher with any kind of substantial presence here in the PC space. I have seen Xbox 360s with American games in Emart and Homeplus but i’ve yet to see anyone buying that stuff.

Oddly enough the PC bangs advertise how great their computers are…and then Koreans go in them and play Starcraft and Kartrider both of which I’ll bet you could run on one of the more advanced cellphones here if you really wanted to.

Oh great a top of the line Nvidia card to play Starcraft locked at 640x 480.

The saving grace for me is that steam works here and they’ll let you bring an external storage device into the PC bang and play whatever. I just got a 500 gig hard disk which powers through the USB to take with me on a gaming bender.

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They say “My Dad’s tough.”
They say, “My Dad’s strong.”
They tell you that he’ll love you all his life long
But what if you didn’t have a dad?
How could you say you’re not sad?

Chorus- what if your life had suddenly changed?
And you heart felt so much pain?
That if you remember the time he was there
All you could do is pretend that you care
Pretend that you cared

You say “I hate him.”
You say “Glad he’s gone.”
So much for loving me all your life long
Are you a real dad? How can you tell?
And hit her and hit me and make our lives hell?

Chorus- what if your life had suddenly changed?
And you heart felt so much pain?
That if you remember the time he was there
All you could do is pretend that you care
Pretend that you cared

You’re nobody now to the world or to me
Do you think the devil is gonna let you break free?
You think God loves you, but I don’t think he does
I’m glad it’s over cause I’ve had enough…

Repeat Chorus 2x

These are my original song lyrics. Please do not copy them for any reason. Thanks!

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It is packed with Themida, But its clean.

Jag gör som Marie och är lite tjuv! :O

Här är Sudden på utställningen i helgen med sin otroligt duktiga handler Maritha!

Ja, efter en helg i Wången så är jag helt slut!
Det va både jobbigt och roligt att anordna en dubbelutställning!
Hade det inte varit för dom bra kritikerna och resultaten i helgen så hade jag fortfarande sovit, men nu är jag så glad så jag knappt kan!
Eftersom jag nu är uppe på innevecka på skolan så har jag bara min bärbara och får vänta tills jag kommer hem med att lägga ut kritikerna på hemsidan. Ni får nöja er med att läsa dom här nu!

Wången Lördag 21/11 -09. Domare: Siv Sandö

Sudden:
Passande storlek. Trevligt huvud och uttryck. Välvinklad och stark front. Fin överlinje. Ngt kort i korset och bär sin svans högt i rörelse. Fin pälskvalitet. Rör sig effektivt.
UKL 1/R

Foppa:
Trevligt huvud och uttryck. Välvinklad fram och bak. En kropp som inte får bli tyngre. Päls i utm. kondition. Ngt fallande kors. Rör sig med ngt tunga steg. Mycket trevligt temperament.
ÖKL 1/oplac

Wången Söndag 22/11 -09 Domare: Per Iversen

Sudden:
Välbalans. Mycket bra outline. Mycket bra huvud. Bra hals. Välkropp. Bra rygg. Något hög svansföring. Bra rörelse från sidan. Kunde varit mer stabil fram. Välpresenterad och välvisad.
UKL 1/2 CK BHKL-oplac

Foppa:
En maskulin hane som kunde varit mer elegant. Välformat huvud. Bra hals men kunde varit något längre. God överlinje. Lite tung i kropp. Bra päls. Lite tung i rörelse. Perfekt framvisad
ÖKL 1/3

Helgen känns jättelyckad. Att Foppa är “tung i kroppen” visste vi och därför förväntade vi oss inte så mycket alls. Men i övrigt va även hans kritiker riktigt fina + en 3e placering på söndagen va inte så dumt! Domaren sa “Mrs Perfect” till mig om Foppa när han tittade på hans huvud när vi stod uppställda i konkurrensen. Så hade han inte haft hullet hade det nog gått bättre!

Helgens händelse: SUDDENS FÖRSTA CK!!

Maritha ställde Sudden båda dagarna och hon är fantastiskt duktig! Tack så mycket!

In 1995 I co-authored a paper [1] about “Change Proofing” – the ability of a commercial organization to manage change stimulated by largely unanticipated, hard-to-predict events and shocks. Examples up to that time included trauma due to third world debt in the 1970s, the energy industry in the 1980s, and commercial real estate and corporate buy-outs in the 1990s.

History shows that the consequences of failing to recognize and interpret harbingers of change can be devastating. It is said that the ancient Peruvian Indians were unable to “see” the sails of the invading Spanish fleet, and dismissed them as mirages. More recent historical (hysterical?) examples of myopia include US automobile manufacturers who were blinkered to Pacific-Rim competitors, and even IBM, which was long unprepared for opportunities presented by the explosive growth of personal computing.

Clearly-identified business trends, such as globalization, technology, demographics and new social orders, had often been cited up to 1995 as drivers of change. However, little attention had been given to management of change stimulated by largely unanticipated, hard-to-predict events and shocks, such as rapid oil price changes or the sudden collapse of centrally-planned economies. Few models of such change, or techniques to plan or cope with it had been presented in the literature in 1995 or since for that matter, although even in 1993 according to such an authority as Ed Schein [2]: “…the problem is not management of change but the management of surprise”.

Change Proofing was not intended as a means to resist or avoid change, but rather a process for becoming more flexible and responsive in order to cope with it. The Change Proofing paper proposed that environmental shocks and surprises could best be managed by increasing the ability of the organization itself to anticipate, recognize and respond to them – surprise surprise – before hand! The paper set out theoretical reasoning, but more importantly it detailed a straightforward practical Change Audit that would help organizations of all types and sizes frame and address critical factors for Change Proofing; form more realistic and objective views of radical environmental change; and develop better means of coping with surprise. The paper also recommended that the Change Audit should cover organizational learning processes and their impact on strategic focus, motivation and core capabilities.

So what can one say about current events? Too bad so many of today’s organizations haven’t read the paper or didn’t heed its message?! Well, it’s not too late to plan for next time – and there will be a next time – so I invite you to have a look at the paper now …

[1] Drew, S.A.W. & Smith, P., The Learning Organization: Change Proofing and Strategy, The Learning Organization, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1995

[2] Schein, E.H., How can organizations learn faster? The challenge of the green room, Sloan Management Review, Winter, 1992; pp. 85 – 92

Wait, what happened to this? Well, the controller of the site, Daniel, has recently lost control of the site, and to be fair, SySy wasn’t really that much of a representative name for me. Not even many friends from school know what a “Sy” is, so a convenient name change was implemented. But moving also means less downtime: massive success.

What it also means is a new start: the slightly out-of-date Nintendo Rocket business has dimmed out, and will probably, in the future, be replaced with storywriting updates and other tidbits of life. It’s not much, but hey, its the perfect cure for boredom, hmm? You’re probably the only person kind enough to read this blog right now, but hey, that’s one person’s boredom cured! =D

I’ll update later. For now the rest of a cool, cold coca cola bottle awaits a hearty sip.

I lördags ställde mamma Sudden på inoff utställning på F4 (Frösön)
Han vart BIM!! (Bäst i motsatt kön, tiken vart alltså bäst i rasen BIR.)

Trots att det bara var 2 flat hanar med så tycker jag att det va otroligt roligt. Den andra hanen som var med ställdes i öppenklass och var 1 år äldre än Sudden. Så det va lite roligt, våran bebis har blivit stor!

Kritiken var riktigt riktigt fin! Jag ska skriva in den sen när jag har den.

Sudden och mamma har precis fått GK i anlagsklassen i viltspår! Grattis i massor!

We all know about these sorts of trends. The ones that fade in and fade out. Who remembers when Gio Goi was cool in 2007? And when Lyle & Scott polo’s weren’t as common as chewing gum on the pavement? Thanks Grime this time it’s an expensive trend. Not something that can be dragged down by 14 year old chavs hanging around outside JD Sports at the Shopping Centre posing. The stereotypical person to wear Stone Island is the football casuals. This time though, it’s the turn of the Grime artists. Let me just warn you now, these won’t be cheap items to purchase…

Chipmunk in Stone Island Woolly Hat – First of all, this part of the article wasn’t actually meant to be for Chippy. The problem being, I spotted someone else wearing this on YouTube, but lost the link. Luckily when I was scrolling through my YouTube subscriptions, I saw Chip wearing it whilst shopping. Thanks for the save Chips. Somehow I missed this hat for the ‘Top 5 Woolly Hats’ article. I don’t know how I did, but I did. This would have certainly knocked the Ralphy off the top spot, and taken the gold medal. I’ve found a website that is knocking 10% off the current RRP of £60. So pick this up for £54 at BBC Clothing.

Purchase ‘I Am Chipmunk’ from UKRecordShop!

Next up, it’s ‘Who’s that, Stryder Stryder’. Chart topping Tinchy was spotted wearing his Stoney at an interview for Orange. This was part of the new virtual performance put on at a shopping centre. Where a pre-recorded set of Tinchy would get played for fans to watch. Remember, I warned you these prices would be cheap…Stryderman was wearing a jacket as described as by Stone Island as an ‘Article Exclusive Long Length Hooded Thick Knitted Coat in Khaki’. Any guesses to what the price is? If you guessed £685, you’re dead on. If not, the price shocked me as well. With recent hits and success, Tinchy deserves what he’s been getting recently, and deserves to spend a bit of cash on a flash jacket. If you actually do want to buy the jacket, click here for the Stone Island website direct link.

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Finally, we have M.I.K. Recently you may have seen him for clashing with Lee Brasco most famously. He’s just released a free mixtape ‘I Declare War’ and another mixtape ‘Workaholic’ which you can buy (links at the end of the article for these). The jacket this time features on the back of the Workaholic mixtape. As I could not find the jacket personally myself, I asked M.I.K about it. He had a similar problem locating it online as well, as he bought in store. So, I found a jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on the back of his mixtape, and sent him the link. We both agreed this is the best we can find. A sale price on this site of £499, originally being £670. Sadly, the only size left is XXL. But, how many of you are honestly going to considering buying this?! Mad prices! Anyway, here’s the link, the jacket is on Mainline Menswear website.

Download the free mixtape ‘I Declare War’ from the Grime Garms Forum, click here.

And purchase M.I.K’s mixtape for only £4.99 from UKRecordShop.

-  Graeme Day

Ever felt like doing this? (Source: http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/FrustratedWoman.jpg)

Have you ever felt lost? Like, say you really wanted to learn something, e.g. programming, but the more you learn it, the more you feel that it’s out of your reach?

Well, it’s not that you’re not progressing, it’s more like the illusion of inertia’s gotten the better of you.

Really, you’ve made progress. By how much, I can’t say. Heck, I’m not omnipresent!! But it’s undeniable that you’ve improved from the day that you made a commitment in doing something that you really wanted to achieve from the first day. In the middle, though, you sorta become lost. What’s going on?

This principle’s gonna be short, because it’s really simple. Well, first of all, let’s have a look at what’s happening.

1. You define your goal.
2. You define your motivations
3. You define a timeframe (which ALWAYS turn out wrong)…

n.    You’ve finally achieved it!!!

Two very important things are happening here to create the illusion of inertia:

1. Success comes at an instant and lasts for an instant. It’s realization, enjoyment, and you’re back to work.

(A more philosophical way to say it is probably, ‘It is but a flicker of your work, a bright, flashy flicker, yes, but all the same, a flicker’) The effort you put behind that success is ENORMOUS!!! But the moment of success is so short. The relative size of both benchmarks of action just can’t be compared. Do you get an ant to fight a tiger? Probably not.

(Yes, I’d like to define the two ‘literal’ benchmarks of action as 1) effort and 2) results (can be success or failure), but of course, there are many other ‘behind the scenes’ components of it.)

2. You miscalculated how much time you needed.

Many times over, we either overestimate or underestimate the timeframe in which we carry out our projects. And most of the times, that’s perfectly fine, because it’s extraordinarily difficult! (In 21 years of time, I take that back, because the human mind will be mapped out (supposedly) by then! Perhaps, we’d understand ourselves better… XD) So, if we went faster than we expected, we’d feel it’s not progressing to our expectations. Obviously, faster is better than slower, but it depends on the person, really. If s/he is highly unrealistic, then you can expect a HUGE gap between what is in reality and what is in his/her imagination. So, underestimating how much time you need for a project can be detrimental to your perception of progress. (Heck, imagine if you couldn’t calculate an approximate timeframe for it. How frustrating is that!! If you’re in an explorative field, for example, just like the Nobel prize winners of Physiology/Medicine of this year [2009], Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Dr. Carol W. Greider and Dr. Jack W. Szostak, for discovering the properties of telomerase in the protection of chromosomes, imagine the patience you’d have to have!!!)

Nobel Prize Winners (Source: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/06/health/06nobel-span-600-2.jpg)

That’s the scope of it.

But, of course, this section is called ‘Universal principles’ for a reason, from the basis that they have a universal range of applications. The illusion of inertia is applicable only to the personal improvement field, particularly in measuring progress, which is why this piece is a teaser for UP#2 and UP#3.

Thoughts, criticisms, comments welcome!!! Any ideas of what they could be? They’re mentioned in the passage! Look forward in hearing from you! (I’d offer a prize as an incentive, really, but if I’m still using a wordpress domain, you can estimate my, ‘hem-hem’, [lack of] wealth  ~ XD)

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Mat 24:36 to 51
So often when we read this portion of Scripture we focus on the bad types in Noah’s time who will come to a sticky end when Christ returns.  We often preach this chapter to unsaved folks to encourage them to come to Jesus and be saved, and it is fine that we do this, that we share this with others in that context.

Lately in the past year of my life, I have been struck with the other part of this chapter, the part that calls us as Christians to account. I have been challenged by business people to split my life in two, Christianity for my private life only, and to keep it out of business life, that the two don’t mix, and that we offend when we do make them one.
I have been challenged by my personal life, having lost everything after feeling forced to resign from that business and living under the shame of failure and loss, to reject silence and attack those who made my life miserable.
I have felt tremendously challenged in my home life, when under such stress and depression, I feel like lashing out at my family and making them bare the brunt of my frustrations.

Verse 42 – ‘So stay awake, alert. You have no idea what day your Master will show up.’ Verse 46 – ‘Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you.’

It was this scripture that put everything into such clear light for me.  Christ will come and He will find us where He finds us.  We need to ensure we are found being Christians, living Christian, and not just talking it.  I am so challenged by this because my life needs me to change, to live Christianity and not just speak it, to live the Word and not just mouth the Word.  I am challenged to live with more compassion, with less thought of myself, my pride, and more thought of others, of who they are and what they need.  True compassion is a tough call because it means truly dying unto yourself, your assumptions, your views, your opinions, and to accept others for who they are without judgement and without prejudice.

I have to focus on dying unto myself, as this is the only way I can live again.  Christ through me, 100% or nothing.  For me I need to be in that place, with those people, and speaking those words, when Christ comes.  It is more important to me now than ever before, living my life within God’s will and being that person the Master can depend on.

Mood swings are a norm when dealing with bipolar, even if the person is medicated. Personally, mine have definitely slowed down a little as I have aged, but when I was younger, boy oh boy!!!

Being a moody person is not fun. Others think that you have control of your moods/actions, when in fact,  at times they have control of YOU! Sound far fetched? It is not. When mood swings occur, it can cause a person to go from a jovial state to complete and utter anger in a fraction of a second. The person afflicted with the mood swing has no control or idea of why it has happened or at times of WHAT has happened.

For me, when I was younger, the hardest time I had was after giving birth to my youngest child. Shortly after his birth, I was diagnosed with postpartum depression. Bipolar & Postpartum depression is an EVIL wicked concoction that is very detrimental to the person experiencing it, and for their loved ones. I was angry, mean, I hated myself, my children, I had hallucinations, I was in a state of grandeur, I was invincible, I was irrational, I was suicidal, and eventual I was COMMITTED! It took me about 2 years of being heavily medicated, withdrawn, confused and lost to finally see the light and get back on track, but that track was a train wreck. I ended my marriage, started a new relationship, and neglected myself, kids, family and friends. It was a long road, but I soon had a stable enough person in my life that was willing to endure anything that I felt, did, or said. Having that stable person also helped me to open up and learn to talk about what I was feeling instead of hoarding it deep within and letting it surface 10 years down the road. It is an amazing feeling in being able to express how one truly feels without worrying what someone else will think of you. It is liberating. It was very hard to adjust too, but now that I have, I am able to keep myself in check.

My recommendations to anyone that is afflicted with heart wrenching mood swings is to stay on your medication (if you are on any), and find someone that you can confide in whether it be a loved one, a counselor, a priest, just someone that lets you talk and does not judge you for your words. Just remember, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! So, if you say you feel like you want to rip someones head off, or whatever it is, just speaking it does not mean you are evil, it just means that you have things on your mind that needs to be discussed!

Another Blog by Celeste Rayne~Bipolar Wonder!

Sometimes hostility just seems to brude inside ones self you just feel angry at the world for no apparent reason. You can’t truly come to a conclusion as to why you are angry but you are your just pissed at the world everything you come in contact with.

At this point you’ve lost touch with reality because you don’t know what your pissed at or why your pissed. Your brain becomes a boiling pot of aggression ready to lash out at the next person that crosses your path. All this is happening for no explained reason.

Then all of a sudden its gone just as quickly as it has appeared. You lose your aggression and anger, but your one step closer to death. And this completes you and the cycle of your emotions.

Originally Written April 29, 2006 at 10:20 AM

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Frida var snäll och fotade Bingley i torsdags så här kommer hans ettårs bilder.

Han har gått och blivit hög bak igen, i somras var han mycket rakare och finare. Pälsen har äntligen börjat komma tillbaka även om det inte syns just nu, min lille skabbräv!

Fint huvud har han i alla fall, alltid nåt

Hon fotade även Sudden så här kommer en bild på Sudden, 6 år och nästan 9 månader

Imorgon ska jag vara figurant och skrivare på söktävlingen på klubben, hoppas, hoppas på fint väder och att jag slipper ligga bland en massa spindlar… Hundarna ska få vara med de också, valla sökruta och få titta på massa hundar.

Okay, as nutty as it may sound, most people with a mental illness suffer from delusional thinking, so why should some with bipolar be any different? I have undergone some of the crazy thoughts, and sadly enough, have even acted upon them.  Impulsive and flighty thoughts are normal for someone that has bipolar. And let me tell you, those thoughts can they be off the charts craz-o. Unfortunately, they can be suicidal, and this is very dangerous. I have been on that side several times.

As a teenager and through my early 20’s, I was a cutter/scratcher. If I didnt have something sharp enough , I would use my finger nails and just gouge at myself. This is, I found out, is a coping mechanism. A lot of people do not know how and are not ever taught how to deal with certain factors of life. I have since, learned how to deal with stress and things that stressed me out. And luckily this has led to the disappearance of the cutting episodes. Thank goodness! Cutting is a irrational thinking process, that is why I have added information here.

Some people have impulsive issues, such has compulsive behavior like excessive shopping, gambling, and dangerous acts like abusive behavior that they would not normally exhibit, possibly being into drugs, or being extremely overly sexual active. There are some people who like the manic phase of bipolar, because the person that has bipolar in the manic phase, is fun, and extra creative. But then they crash and hit a depression, and this is where really bad thoughts and acts can happen.

Suicide is not an easy topic to discuss, however it is a VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC to when talking about BIPOLAR DISORDER!

According to    http://www.suicide.org, in 2005  there were 32,637  suicides  (or 11 percent of the population) in america alone.

Obviously there are many reasons behind the reason someone chooses suicide, but you have to stop and think of how many of those individuals are mentally ill, especially those suffering from bipolar.

I found information at http://suicide.suite101.com/article.cfm/bipolar_disorder_risk_factors_for_suicide which indicates         ” the suicide rate for the general bipolar population is between 15% and 20%“.

The next logical question to ask then, is how many individuals have bipolar then? Well, lets investigate…

How many people have bipolar disorder? About ten or fifteen years ago, we thought that 1% of the population had mania or type I bipolar disorder. But, the definitions of bipolar disorder have changed since then, to include hypomania and milder versions.The general prevalence is now thought to be 3% to 5% of the population. This information was located at http://www.familyaware.org

So what is the total population? To help put things into perspective I dug up the following information:

 The U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the total US population is 307,535,795. (Information found at: http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html).

 Looking at all these numbers can be slightly intimidating, and should be, but it should also serve as an eye opener. Those that are living their life in the wake of bipolar, then these numbers should help them to realize that they are not alone, and there are other people out there to talk to that may share the same thoughts or behaviors and can relate to what another person may be going through. (Because no matter how much our family and friends love us, unless they are diagnosed with bipolar, they will NEVER TRULY understand what we go through). You do not have to suffer alone, reach out either through the internet, or local support groups to find others that are in a similar situation to talk with. Suicide is never the answer, and it leaves a lot of hurt for those left behind. Which is usually never something that someone thinks of when they are in the throes of depression and looking for a way to stop the pain and suffering.

This has been another blog by Celeste Rayne- Bipolar Wonder!

While the suicide rate for the general bipolar population is between 15 and 20%

Read more: http://suicide.suite101.com/article.cfm/bipolar_disorder_risk_factors_for_suicide#ixzz0S47FKKsI

 

The number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) rose suddenly last week, children hospitals No. 1 & 2 and Tropical Hospital in HCM City recently announced.

A doctor examines a child patient at the Children’s Hospital No.2

Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, head of the Infection and Neurology Department at Children’s Hospital No.1, said that his department had daily received more than 20 children with HFMD.

Among them were five cases with serious nerve complications and needed respirators to breath, he added.

Although a HFMD epidemic has not broken out, the city has recorded five deaths due to the disease since the beginning of the year, said the city’s Preventive Health Center.

The peak season for HFMD usually falls in September, said Dr. Nguyen Dac Tho, director of the Preventive Health Center.

If children present symptoms including erythematous macules and blisters in the mouth, palm or sole of the feet, parents should take them to the health centers for treatment, he added.

Off to Guatemala Today in the afternoon! Will be back monday.. sometimes you just have to go for it.. in my last post I wrote about a promotion I got for a very cheap flight.. and OFF I go..I honestly didn’t have this in mind and I am not the kind that has a lot of savings ( not now but I usually do) , I’m staying with a friend, I don’t know what I’m gonna do there yet ( since I couldn’t prepare myself ) All I know is I have to pack and run to the airport 

Since I won’t be here for a while, decided to make it up by giving free shipping in all items in the shop ..

So all orders placed during this time will be shipped first thing on Tuesday

Yaaaaaaaaay! for inexpected vacations..

I just found myself very suddenly awake. It was like a jolt of lightning and suddenly I was very aware of everything. There’s a clock ticking in the next room, the light on my computer was flashing, my chest doesn’t hurt anymore, it’s still dark out. Why in the world should I be very aware that it’s still dark out? It was dark out this time yesterday too. This time yesterday I was driving. This time yesterday I was with you. Was I holding your hand in the car? Kissing you at a red light? I wish I could go back in time. Twenty-four hours has never made so much of a difference before. I need to calm down. Forty-eight hours ago I was on your porch, sitting with you, doing exactly this. Trying to calm down so that I could sleep, except that then it mattered. Then I could go back in the house and lay down in your arms and everything would be like it should. Tonight that isn’t the case and the motivation to simply calm and sleep is only in that I have to be in class in the morning. It seems like another world entirely, a complete disconnect.

Alright. I think I can breathe again. That’s a very good place to start. Now I just need to remember, remember and sleep. I don’t think that’s going to happen, even though I want it to. Today is Wednesday, September the ninth. It’s four forty in the morning. Why does it have to be? Shit. Okay. Breathe, Chance.