January 2

[apollade]

January 2 was the day of our wedding. 3 years later, it was the day Dan left our home for good. today i sit at work feeling like there should be some sort of importance to the day. some significance. yet no cosmic fluctuation has occured to acknowledge our happiness, our loss. the world keeps spinning and so must i.

Comments

[hoptoad]

*hugs and rum*

love you babe... you have my number, you know what to do

[sandmansdreams]

I think it was Niels Bohr who said, “The finite magnitude of the quantum of action prevents altogether a sharp distinction being made between a phenomenon and the agency by which it is observed.”

Obviously, what he’s saying is that looking at something changes it. For example, the simple act of looking at a girl’s breast after she’s Gone Wild has now changed her into a girl with a father who hates her. I’ve heard people call this the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, but only right before they got punched.

My point is the act of observing a day changes its meaning. You can't attach a new signifier to a sign (or a day) in this case with out first changing your perceptions. The fact that you don't already feel any significance towards today points to a less then earth shaking experience having taken place. You make note of the day only in so far as letting it register that you should feel something. But you don't, which unequivocally points to the necessity of drinking beer and eating chinese food in the near future.