Broke Another Mirror...

...and maybe I am turning into something I am not.

Living in Germany the last few years has offered many worthwhile challenges. A new language, for one. Not that I will ever speak it beyond the eloquence of a five-year-old, but still—it is communication of a sort. The down side to this is less obvious; what passed as my spoken English has taking quite a beating. It is surprising how many gems in my mother-tongue vernacular need a good polishing.

Maybe I am addicted to what my father calls “The Order of Chaos.” Just leaping into the fray, and navigating by feel. It is exciting and rewarding... but it is not really the kind of skill one brags about on a resume.

The mirror is only cracked, and still usable. Could just be that the daily loop was getting too predicable for my little addiction, and I needed another ingredient of chaos added into the mix.

Jet Lag

I recently returned from an transatlantic trip. Well, not exactly recently... I have been back for a week already. One might think, that after a week's time, that whole whacked out bio-clock thing would get with the new-old program. When the waking hours are filled with stifled yawns and sleep peppered with same—no fun, no fun at all.

But on a more medically intriguing note: I have discovered a new kind of cramp! There is apparently some muscle that is located just back under the chin, and when that baby starts to cramp up during a yawn, better hang on tight for one painful ride. I would rather be stabbed through the knee with a pair of rusty garden shears then another lower mandibular yawn cramp.

I blame KLM and there Oompa Loompa designed Boeing 777.

Monkeys

Monkeys are fast. You can't catch a monkey, they are very fast.
You might can try, and even feel that you are closing in on sucess--but no.
They are only toying with you.

Unless of course you happen to be a pirate. Pirates have a special power over the monkey.

So, if you are lacking pirate blood, don't wast time trying to catch your own monkey.
A better idea would build your own robot monkey.
Saves on the poop flinging bills too.