Fitter Happier -Radiohead

more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
will not cry in public
less chance of illness
tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that's driven into
frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics

addendum

unfortunately, you can't always choose.
and sometimes even the drunkard gets injured.

drinking and driving

it's been said that in the case of an automotive collision involving a drunk driver, it's always the young sober valedictorian girl wearing her seatbelt who has the worst outcome. and the drunk driver escapes with minor scrapes and bruises.

you might think that's the universe's arbitrary way of teaching that poor young girl that life is just not fair. but i would disagree. it's all about choices.

who would you rather be? the sober responsible one getting crippled by the drunk, or the drunk guy who walks away relatively unscathed? i mean, leaving the burden of guilt aside, the choice is easy! if i'm gonna be in an accident involving drunk driving... i'd like to be that drunk driver. thanks.

app.

darkness has much to show

silence has much to say

if i could just listen

if i can open myself to it

life is beautiful

swimming/life

breathe deeply
be disciplined
focus
find a rhythm
let it flow
relax
stop fighting
feel that rhythm
let it flow
relax
enjoy

all the sounds of earth are like music

i noticed the songs of the birds outside my window have begun to change.
i used to hear only a shrill chirp that bordered on a screech. sometimes as soon as 3 am. lately i've heard a much more melodic and cheerful song (each song being improvised on the spot and unique from every song before and every song that will ever be sung.)
i like to say the birds have begun to change their songs.
alex pointed out that it's probably the bird population that's changing.
i still like to say the birds have begun to change their songs. collectively. like a choir when the altos take the melody from the sopranos.

dishes

the other day, i was washing the dishes thinking to myself, "why don't roommates do dishes?" then "what if i was roommates with my clone who was taking different classes and stuff? who would do more dishes?" then i thought, "why is oatmeal so sticky?"

the peeps and the dude

one time a few peeps were trying to earn some money so they found this farmer with a bunch of work on his hands and struck a deal. the farmer was like, "hey, here's the deal, if you work for me today, i'll give you each $200 for the days work."
the peeps said, "sounds good farmer man"
so they worked. the changed irrigation lines, built two fences, stacked close to 1000 bails of hay, and repaired one tractor and a pickup truck. at one point late in the afternoon, another dude showed up and wanted to work. The farmer, wanting all the help he could get, put the dude to work with the peeps. a little while later the peeps and the dude were done with their projects and it was pay time.
the farmer man gave the peeps and the dude 200 dollars each.
the peeps saw the dude take the 200 dollars from the farmer. "hey man! you only worked a couple hours!!!" they said angrily. then they said, "hey farmer man, that dude only worked a couple hours! what the heck is the deal here? how come he gets $200 too?"
the farmer said, "peeps, a deal is a deal. did i short change you in some way?"
and the peeps went home really upset with their 200 dollars.
and the dude went home with his 200 dollars too.