Friday, September 16, 2005

Ah-Choo

How do you sneeze? Is it a let-it-all-out, spine-breaking sneeze? Or one of those delicate ah-choos? Do people say "bless you" or "gesundheit?" Incidentally, the word "gesundheit" means "health" in German. Do you ever wonder why it's a German word? I mean, why in German? Sneezing is one of the very few universal things and the two most popular niceties that people say are in English (now considered the universal language) and German (would have been the universal language had Hitler succeeded).

It must be a dark day in the creative department of my world to be writing about sneezing, but I really have nothing else to say...

But since I've started this sneezing, let's continue along that vein. How do I sneeze? I let it all out (not the spray of saliva). I actually cover my nose and mouth. This is actually dangerous (not the covering one's nose and mouth, but the let-it-all-out sneeze), especially for those who have back problems - like me (I have scoliosis). My therapist (for my back, not my emotions) says that I should try gently sneezing as I could throw out my back and aggravate my condition (and by aggravate, I think he meant I could die). Death by sneezing... how humiliating. It's probably like drowning in soup - high unlikely, but possible.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

September Mayhem

"Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my fathers come to passs
even years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the starsd
renched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends

- Greenday

I don't know what is it with this month that I just can't wait for it to be over. It seems to taunt me with how the day slowly passes. How every moment seems to be so much longer than it normally should be...

Or maybe I'm just imagining things. Maybe I'm just being lazy... Maybe I should just go home.