Loose lips

I was asleep for a few hours, but now it’s 3 a.m. and I’m not surprised to be awake (as the last entry indicates). My old roommate/AmeriCorps team member Meghan used to tell me about some tribes where this was not only a frequent and natural occurrence, but something that was also embraced. I guess they would wake up in the middle of the night and spend the time meditating or doing something else relaxing. The specifics escape me, probably because she didn’t provide any, but I think it does make sense to wake up between sleep cycles. Merf.

Oh god. Kids today. I guess you can use words that are some kind of slang and not even really know it. Thanks to urbandictionary.com for letting me know that “Merf” also means:

1. The condition of having one’s clothing stuck between the buttocks.

Hey, that chick needs to pick her merf.

2. a. the sound an irate or horny penguin makes

b. a fuzzy beep

Penguin 1: wanna fuck?

Penguin 2: Merf!

3. Vomiting from the comsumption of too much Marijuana.

Bill smoked three bowls and a blunt and totally merfed man.

Sometimes when I’m feeling creative I think about space, and am sometimes frightened (that really isn’t the right word, but whatever) by the fact that direction doesn’t really seem to matter at all out there. The other day at work Matt asked me how I think life started and the universe was formed, but I told him I didn’t care. It’s true. It’s one of those things that I’m not too interested in worrying about.

If a situation ever arose that required for me to wear a sash, it’d probably say “Miss Fallible 2008”.

One thing has been bugging the hell out of me though, and I’ve avoided looking up the answer because I prefer the mystery to some extent. The thing is this: Why do Venus and Mars shine like stars, being rocky and whatnot? I guess Earth must look like a star from one of those planets. It’s probably something boring like distance from the sun/distance from Earth/reflected light off of clouds or some crap. If you know the answer I guess you can tell me. (I guess a reason I also don’t want to look it up is that I hate scientific and technical talk. I don’t think that way recreationally like with soft sciences and the humanities)

I don’t feel very interesting. That’s okay. I guess I’m kindof getting sleepy and will try to take advantage of that… by sleeping. I have to work in the morning and will need all my energy to sit around for 9 hours. Maybe I will teach the turtle that hangs out (by force) in the aquarium to give me a high-five. Yes, I do have all day.