Wednesday, June 17, 2009

In Honor of Bloomsday

Since yesterday was Bloomsday, the day on which Ulysses is set and the day that James and Nora Joyce had their first date, I spent the day writing down EVERY SINGLE FREAKING THING that I did. Over all, I think I was relatively successful. Imperfectly of course, since if I was going to do this seriously, I would need a rotating daily system of notebooks which I would use over the course of weeks, possibly months. An interesting idea no doubt, but I dunno if I have the resolve for something of that scale. To track an entire life's minutae. Hmmm. Interesting.

As far as yesterday goes, here it is:

Got up 6:10, struggled to remember freaky dream, showered, did not use leave in conditioner, read comics, checked facebook, spilled blueberries while packing lunch, cleaned up, ate blueberries and pineapple w/ vanilla yogurt, took motrin and fish oil w/orange juice, filpped through Newsweek, put on socks and shirt, sat on couch, petted cat, put on shoes, got bag, said bye to Dad, drove to work in terrible traffic, got to work late, called in, came in looked at schedule, talked to Vincent, tried to make coffee, failed, priced books 8:00-9:00, picked up a copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra, got coffee, bought books from people, did a cary in, cart buy, got burned out by 11:40, went to piss, got more coffee, talked about Bloomsday, noted Jason's deep dark despair, texted Max, went to lunch, sat down, stood up, washed hands, got lunchbox, microwaved hamburger, read Shopenhauer, ate fruit, negotiated with hot cheeseburger, scalded fingers, drank soda, finally finished hamburger, read, put head down, threw away trash, put bag away, steeled myself, looked at my section, did some donates, went to the bathroom, went back out to my section, shelved laconically, went to the breakroom, talked to Colby, got my stuff, drove to Paperbacks plus, passed it, turned around, drove back, parked went in, looked around, took a piss in upstairs bathroom, walked around more, sat down, went back out to car, labeled my book with my name, put away sunglasses, got stuff, went back inside, introduced myself to Daryll Scroggins, sat down, waited, introduced myself to everyone, sat and listened, talked to Thea, got a drink, talked to thea again, sat down, started getting a little bored, put stuff up, got ready to go, went downstairs, drove home, came in, put bag down, ate fruit, reheated lasagna, talked to mom, ate lasagna, surfed internet, brought container to sink, said hi to dad, called Ari, talked for 1:38:45, went to sleep.

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