slap

Ever been slapped? If I have, I don't remember it. I don't think I've been backhanded either. I'm sure I've been told things that had the same effect though.

Some of my friends get drunk and slap each other. Sometimes I'm drunk with them and they ask me to slap them. What's good about getting degraded? Who says you are? Pain is a funny thing. A sting to wake you up, or an ache that reminds you that your nerves work both ways.

While I was waiting for Blue to get her cast reset today, I read a bit of the NY Times. There's a lot in it that really doesn't interest me, but I know I should read it. When I have a newspaper in my hands, I want to soak it all up. Except USA Today (which I don't bother reading). There was an interesting article about Wired magazine and an issue it released that featured hidden riddles and puzzles cleverly blended in by J.J Abrams. The article was about how that is a way of keeping people's interest in print.

Sometimes I feel particular to the generation of hyper-attentive multitaskers. Today I was reading a magazine and doing stuff on the internet (like filling out forms). I read while I had to wait for things to load. That's not a big deal, but do you listen to music when you study? Some people choose not to. Whenever my Dad doesn't know something, his first thought is to go to a library and pull an encyclopedia off the shelf. Where is this going? It'd be a cool project to devise some piece of at that demonstrated hyper-attention.

gotta go