Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Brain

Brain seems to have gone into hybernation. Didn't think the lack of light would affect me in any way, but apparently it has. Not that am depressed nor anything, but my sleeping pattern's become... well, patternless. Was never very solid to begin with, you'll say; totally agree, but it's never happened that i go to bed at 11:00 am and wake up at 4:00 in the afternoon, then take a nap from midnight till 1:30. That was today. Put the hours of the day in a shaker glass and then spill them on the table, and you have my waking cycle over the last three or four weeks.

Brain's very silent, too. Probably snowing a lot in there as well. Got to shake it up a little.

Got to finish packing first, though. Then take a shower. Cab's coming to pick me up in a few hours and then it's ha det bra til Tromsø. Will be in London till the 23rd, and then on to Valencia.

Ooh! Brain just woke up. Thinking of the seventh commandment. Just looked it up on wiki, and it says "Do not commit adultery". When i went through catholic catechism as a child, though, it was "Do not covet the woman of your neighbor".

Catechism classes were mixed. Boys and girls from 6th and 7th grade had them after school, every wednesday. Two years, and then you were ready to take the first communion. Must have been strange for the girls. For them the seventh commandment was not an admonition against adultery, but against lesbianism with married women. Gay boys like me, on the other hand, were scot free: it sounded like that commandment in particular had no bearing on us. Not that coveting a married man is much fun, anyways.

At any rate, the message is clear: whatever your sex and sexual orientation, adultery is a no-no. That's to say, if you're married, do not sleep with married people other than your own spouse. Any other sex partner must be unmarried.

Isn't semantics an amazing thing?

8 comments:

RIC said...

Have a safe journey, Mariano! Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It doen't seem you'll be back before New Year's Eve anyway.
Adultery is only serious when it happens. Thinking about it is just another abstraction we are able of...
Have a great time!

K. said...

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I wish you a better year to come with lots of happiness and traveling and recklessness and adultery if need be ;)
have a good trip, i am sorry I won't get to see you as i had mentioned i might before. i am just penniless right now, i lost my atm card...
eh..
anyways,
love you!
Kat

Joshua said...

I hope you had a happy and safe holiday :)

Dilly said...

marianooooo *does a human equivalent of a cat's purry leg rub* i miss you. meeting all these uwc people now again, and i keep thinking of my good o'l house mentor. anyway, i am goign to reply your email :) just havent had time during the finals (bad) and now country hopping. hope your travels wont present you with too much mishaps. I am damn tired of catching planes and buses.
hugs :) have a great year ahead!

pabhc said...

Mariano,

Espero que estes disfrutando del "hogar dulce hogar". Uno mas de todos los de la lista que tenemos como ciudadanos del mundo... que raro no? Yo ahora en mi propio apartamento, mi nuevo hogar?! huh? raro.

Bueno, nada mas una corta notita para desearte un Feliz Ano nuevo y que la pases muy bien!

Cuidate mucho, saludos de mi y de Louise

Un abrazo

Dilly said...

happy new year :) love linnea and michelle

Anonymous said...

hola! me encantaría poder ir al colegio de moruega. soy de argentina y por lo que veo vos también.
espero que algún día podamos vernos allá.
te dejo mi msn: sercomun@gmail.com
un beso y suerte :)

gastón.

MARIANO said...

Hola Gastón... Gracias por el comentario. Te podés postular a las becas de los colegios en: http://www.ar.uwc.org/
Buena suerte.
Mariano

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