Time Is Relative Indeed...

This week has been a bit nostalgic for me, and I've learned an interesting lesson.

Often, time doesn't quite pass as quickly as we believe it does.

I stumbled across my first local news interview from my days in a now defunct paranormal group. While the video is long gone, the text story is still online. It seemed so long ago, yet it was from February of 2003.

I also wrote an article for Ghost! Magazine back in 2004. At that time, it was an online magazine, but it has now undergone several changes. Unfortunately, along with those changes, my article was taken down and lost in the shuffle. Luckily, someone wrote about it in their blog so it's still floating around in cyberspace. While the topic, orbs, has been heavily scrutinized in the past few years, it was a poignant discussion in its day.

It's hard to believe that so much has happened in my life in the mere 4 or 5 years since these events. While time often feels as though it is speeding up, perhaps it isn't. Either that or my life is more busily chaotic than I had previously thought.

Looking back, the last decade has been filled with activity. Though the last four years may seem dull in comparison, I truly have lead an adventuresome life.

Perspective is a wonderful thing.

Malfunctioning Internal Clocks and Fixed Trinkets

For the last few days, I've been getting up around 5:00 AM and finally falling asleep around 9 or 10 at night, Eastern Standard Time.

Australian Eastern Standard Time, that is.

Yes, my sleep patterns are horribly off, and today I'm trying to get back to my normal patterns. It's not easy. I've only had maybe four hours of sleep today, and I can feel it. I feel drained, sleepy, and nauseous.

Another week finally begins, and I'm feeling hopelessly optimistic about it. Tonight, I have a meeting to attend... tomorrow I'm on call for the election polls. Some part of me keeps thinking I have things going on the rest of the week, but my hazy mind can't wrap itself around it today.

The weather is shocking today: sunny and... that can't be right...63°F (17°C)??? Holy cow! No wonder there's a flood watch for the entire area. The snow will be melting today! Of course, there will be more of it in the next few days to replace it...

I hate Ohio.

Otherwise, aside from having a few down, dull moments this weekend I was rather productive. In fact, after waiting almost a decade, I fixed something of mine.

Back when I visited London in December of 1998, I stopped at a little stand (I believe it was at a train station) where a few artists set up a table of their wares. I bought a large, metal pin that was interesting and a bit humorous and put it on my coat almost immediately. A few days later, the fastener detached from the pin itself. I told myself I'd fix it... and threw it in my desk, only to forget about it.

I finally found the proper glue and reattached a different back onto it. This time, it seems solid enough, but we'll find out how long it lasts.

So much else to do today... and so little time to do it in. And my sleep deprivation isn't helping me face it all!