h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think some of the strangest things.

And they're strange for the strangest reasons....

I recall a few days ago, having woken up at around half past five in the am to get ready for work, thinking as I stepped out of the shower "And thus marks the Advent of the modern calendar". A fair enough statement you would presume, especially if it were referring to a prior train of thought relating in some manner to calendars and time. But it wasn't. My prior thoughts up until that point in time had solely revolved around the feeling of hot water on a cold (oddly cold for summertime, but I digress) morning.

"And thus marks the Advent of the modern calendar"....My first coherent thought for the morning. At that point I stopped. I've known for a while that my thought processes tend to border on the slightly random and rather eccentric...After all, how many people, when talking about buffalo wings (the spicy chicken wings Americans seem to love so very much), begin to think about the processes involved in peeling a live buffalo, and what sort of sounds the poor buffalo would make as it were peeled. (And don't even get me started on Pink Elephants. Try this one day- Turn to a friend or family member and tell them 'whatever you do, don't think of Pink Elephants'. Sooner or later they'll start thinking of the pink Elephants. My problem is that my Elephants refuse to be pink. I can get lime green, sky blue and lemon yellow, but I've yet to see a pink Elephant, no matter how hard I try...but yet again, I digress.)

I think the scariest part for me is that I've not even got a firm idea as to where my thought (I can't even say thoughts. It was one sentence) on the advent of modern calendars had come from. Is some part of my subconscious mind constantly tuned into the discovery channel or the history channel and learning things whilst I'm unaware? In a wierd 1984-esque turn of events, does Big Brother (not the television series *shudders* pop culture. Ugh.) have a control over my mind, making me think what They want me to think? Why would calendars be so important to Them? Some wierd plot to take over the world?

I scare me sometimes.

That was the greatest thing I have read all week... I wish I had that gift!!

peace.

I also enjoyed it..

You might want to check out 'The Feeling of What Happens' by Antonio Damasio... excellent book about consciousness.

Do you ever experience 'hypnogogia?' This is like dreaming, but being more or less consciously aware of the dream..

The 'deja vu' sensation is also related, to some extent, to the feeling of random thought...

In any case.. it's very interesting when these things happen.. especially when you pay real close attention to the feeling



Tal

I'm glad that my somewhat aberrant thought processes are able to be enjoyed by a wider audience. It's a wonderfully cathartic process *chuckles* By golly gosh I'm feeling overtly verbose this morning.

But you still smell good.

And that's important.