Some Thoughts I thought on 10.27.98:
I keep waking up with the feeling that I've been dreaming about something.
That's unusual for me. On top of that, I keep feeling that I've been dreaming
that I was discussing some very important issue with a close circle of friends and comrades.
It's even more unusual that there would be some sort of pattern to my dreams. Something
strange is indeed going on during my sleeptime.
The fact that it feels like I've been discussing something while sleeping has both
good and bad sides. First off, it's good because it feels like I've been accomplishing
something. I do hate to waste time. It makes me less guilty for sleeping
for longer than 8 hours, too. I tend to sleep for 10 hours quite regularly, and I feel
guilty about that almost every time I do it. I'm wasting time! As long as I'm actually
accomplishing something, though, I don't feel so bad. It's all good, in fact. Or... it
would be all good if the feeling of discussing something didn't lead me to the feeling
that I should also be sharing the conclusions with the world. I have this terrible idea
that I must tell everyone I can possibly tell about everything I have ever thought
or realized. It's still amazing to me that I don't get told how annoying I am every day.
Anyway, though... that means that I have been sleeping more and feeling ok about it and
also feeling that I should be spending my time trying to figure out what it is I have been
discussing so I can tell the world about it. Neither of those things is very good for
productivity. I know what you're thinking, though... you're thinking,
"fuck productivity!," and I do agree with you. However, I still can't seem to escape
my societal programming that tells me that I must spend my time justifying the money people
give me. I just feel like I need to be a good member of our capitalistic society. Plus,
there are so many things I want to buy!
In the end, though, nothing really changes. I just spent some time telling you all
how I wish I had more time to sleep and to think and to be productive and to watch
lots of great TV news programs and to see every movie there is and to listen to every
album I can and not to mention all those great books pouring forth from the wonderful
minds of the people that we live and work among all the time. That's all. Oh, and stop
eating meat while you're at it.
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