Just got off the phone. It was one of those days...in order
to celebrate the incoming summer (summer time from now on),
Telia proclaimed that during the past 24 hours, long-distance
dialling could be done all day, with the cost of it never exceeding
about $1.
So, after last night and this evening, making approximately 12
hours of talking over the phone, I´m not as sceptical towards
those ergonomic "hold-your-phone-while-you´re-talking"
-headsets sold by TV-Shop as I used to be. ;)
Telia by the way, is, quite literally I´m afraid, the one and only
company administering the telephone network in Sweden, and
since they charge by the minute, using the Internet here is not a
cheap trip. And there are no alternatives. If you´re using a
modem, you just have to use their lines since they´re the only
company around.
I´m usually no big fan of theirs (charging me about $625 every
three months as they do), but I have to admit that I´m grateful
for those "dial-for-free"-days.
So maybe you think it sounds a bit silly spending 6x2 hours on
your back with a phone to your ear, but with friends so far
away, mostly spoken to via IRC or mail, it´s good to hear their
voices.
It gives it all a bit more substance. As if proving that they really
exist, in the flesh.

When it comes to summer time, I´m grateful as well. It makes
the days a bit lighter...and makes it easier to stay up late ;)
Though at this point of year, it still makes the mornings a bit
darker...
And I´m not really the kind of person who rises and shines.


5:50 a.m.: Wake up to the shrill crescendo of alarm clock
number one and realise that once again, you have slept with
your mouth wide open, leaving lips stuck to teeth, throat as if
you´d swallowed a grater and tongue like a beached whale in a
desert, smack in the middle.

5:51 a.m.: Lick lips while trying to remember what you
dreamed about. Is that you John Wayne? Go back to sleep.

6:10 a.m.: Shiver with fear as alarm clock number two sets in
with that annoying, repeated "beep-beep-beep"..."beep-beep-beep"
..."beep-beep-beep"... Feel the need to turn it off as fast as you
possibly can to avoid insanity.

6:10:10 a.m.: Fumble with one hand over the bedside table,
trying to find the clock.

6:10:20 a.m.: Begin to panic.

6:10:25 a.m.: Turn off alarm, lie down and pretend you didn´t
hear something falling from the bedside table to the floor.

6:10:35 a.m.: Turn on light to see exactly what makes such a
sound when falling to the floor.

6:10:37 a.m.: Pick up deodorant bottle and go back to sleep.

6:15 a.m.: Realise that the thought of alarm clock number three,
due to go off in five minutes effectively prevents you from going
back to sleep.

6:16 - 6:16:02 a.m.: Allow one foot to protrude from the quilt
and realise how cold the room is compared to the bed.

6:17 a.m.: Roll over and notice how soft the pillows are and how
comfortable every assumable position is.

6:18 a.m.: Make solemn vow to go back to bed as soon as school
is out in order to recall this feeling. Try to ignore the fact that
you´ve never succeeded so far.

6:19 a.m.: Start wondering if it isn´t 6:20 soon. Unconsciously
entering the longest minute of the day.

6:19:07 a.m.: "Maybe I didn´t hear it and actually should be in
the shower right now...maybe I´ll be late..."

6:19:20 a.m.: "...But there´s no way I´m going to check that
watch now..."

6:19:23 a.m.: Turn on light and check watch to see what time it is.
Realise that you have 37 seconds to wake up.

6:19:40 a.m.: "Maybe it´s out of batteries..."

6:19:52 a.m.: Set the alarm off and get out of bed.

(6:21 a.m.): Hopefully receive a phonecall from your English
teacher telling you that she´s ill and today´s class is cancelled,
leaving you with three more hours to sleep... ;)

Good thing school starts out late tomorrow...

After seeing Titanic...


Dry lips caressed thy dream in ice
as slipped my mind away
The Lady Love on death did float
and still voluptuos lay

In ice my life saw hers and waned
my love my heartbeat quick
The life I lost one dream ago
set sail the Titanic

1998-02-27

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