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Sometimes I'm an idiot. I told someone hours ago that I was too tired to say much, sorry, if I so much as started to take off my clothes I'd immediately fall asleep. And it was true. I'm still fully clothed 'cos I know I'd be out like a candle if I gave my body anything remotely resembling a signal that it's time for sleep.

And it's time for sleep and I'm very sleepy and why am I not sleeping? Well, a sudden memory hit me, a flash of something reminding me of a hunch I'd had about a certain situation a while back. So I had to go through old e-mails and other people's online writings and stuff in general to remind myself of what happened exactly and I realized that the timing of certain things was more... well, if one is in a callous mood, I'd say more amusing than I'd remembered it being. But it all confirms my hunch in a reasonably dramatic way. Sometimes I'm not an idiot.

But I really do need to try to get more sleep.

For the record

Some of us benighted souls still don't have Caller ID. I know, I know, it's horrible to contemplate such an existence, yet it's a fact of life all the same. Some of us don't even have cell phones, so unless we happen to be in a room where a telephone connected to our old-fashioned landline can be heard as it rings, we will not know that anyone is calling us.

So if you make repeated phone calls to someone without bothering to leave a single message on their machine, please don't assume that the other person must know you're trying to reach them and is actively avoiding the phone calls they have no possible way of knowing you've made. Honestly, that kind of paranoia really doesn't help the image you're trying to cultivate as the Sane And Rational One in any given situation.

(Note: As far as I know, nobody reading the entry has done this to me. But if you ever do find yourself starting to think this way? Stop and take a moment to laugh at yourself. Thanks!)

::sigh::

Online, I get virtual hugs all the time. I love 'em! And I've gotten a reputation in certain circles for being very snuggly indeed.

In the physical world? I could count the number of hugs I've gotten in the last 12 months on the fingers of both hands, probably with a finger or two left over.

Need. More. Hugs.



Right then, time to go pay bills and possibly make a phone call or two.

On the plus side...

I'm still amused by the Bible "translation" which refers to the apostle Rocky and John the Dipper. It's easy enough to find an article or two decrying the evil evil choices made in the interpretation, but there's simply not been sufficient attention paid to the sheer entertainment value of it.

Though I know Peter's nickname could easily be interpreted as "Rocky," I still think he's more of a Bullwinkle type (yet unwilly made a good point when he said that Bullwinkle would be a good name for Mooses Moses).

"I can't wait to read about Moses receiving the the floppy discs or CDs with the ten commandments on them. Five on each disk. How about the destruction of the cell phone transmission tower at Babel?"

Mark 1:10-11

Authorized version: "And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him. And there came a voice from the heaven saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

New: "As he was climbing up the bank again, the sun shone through a gap in the clouds. At the same time a pigeon flew down and perched on him. Jesus took this as a sign that God's spirit was with him. A voice from overhead was heard saying, 'That's my boy! You're doing fine!'"

Matthew 23:25

Authorized version: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!"

New version: "Take a running jump, Holy Joes, humbugs!"

Matthew 26:69-70

Authorized version: "Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, 'Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.' But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest."

New: "Meanwhile Rocky was still sitting in the courtyard. A woman came up to him and said: 'Haven't I seen you with Jesus, the hero from Galilee?" Rocky shook his head and said: 'I don't know what the hell you're talking about!'"

I'd find it all much less amusing if I could think of any reason to take it seriously.