to start with an aside, because what i mean to say is to be segued into: the raconteurs' album, 'consoler of the lonely', got its name from something that charles william eliot said about the USPS. the full quote goes: "messenger of sympathy and love, servant of parted friends, consoler of the lonely, bond of the scattered family, enlarger of the common life." that's clearly something no one would ever say about the USPS these days. you could barely call them the "deliever of mail". in our age of email, SMS and instant messenging, do these new technology serve as the consolers of the lonely? more interestingly, the line phrase "servant of parted friends". are these forms truly appropriate? i'm reminded of that silly saying: "fire is a good servant but a bad master". can we say that about these missives between parted friends? i'm not really sure where i was going with this, but it's so easy for any relationship to deteriorate into empty words.
now for the main event: my life seems to be a whirlwind of awkward moments these days. well that's an exaggeration. i am feeling somewhat untethered, and highly unsure of what i'm supposed to be feeling. being repeatedly confronted by how incompetant i am to determine what i feel is such a set back from last quarter's successes (vis-a-vis therapy). i'm very angry with myself, which doesn't help.
instead of being productive right now, which i don't feel i'm ready to be, i shall finish watching 'high fidelity'. that was a rather pointless piece of information, but at least that's something that i can be sure of.
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