Have you ever had that vague, distracted feeling that Time is not only a sentient being, but is laughing at you?
Allow me to demonstrate. After I got back from lunch, I laid down on the couch to read my book, knowing full well that I would fall asleep. I did, and it seemed like I had a large number of strange dreams when I woke up and looked at my watch. I had slept approximately 5 minutes. I drifted back to sleep, and thought I'd only closed my eyes for 5 minutes when I woke up and noticed that I'd had a 45-minute nap.
What makes it more interesting is that I then proceeded to fall back into a semi-catatonic state I sometimes find myself in. In this state, I am able to look at my watch, but entirely unable to hold together any sort of cohesive thought structure. When it's time for me to get up and go to work, despite the fact that I have not looked at my watch recently, I suddenly become wide awake.
Either there's an alarm clock in my head that can warp time around it, or Time is laughing at me. I'm really not sure which.
Posted by Ardith at March 30, 2004 01:49 PM | TrackBack