07 December 2013

Notes - Notes - OSU v. Michigan State and other matters

         You came into Kenwood for lunch at Potbelly’s ate, and you are now waiting for Carol at Macy’s. You drove around for fifteen minutes and did not find a parking spot after dropping Carol off. You are presently sitting in an out of the way spot but it is not for parking. At least you were getting ninety-nine miles per gallon according to the car technology. – Amorella

         1441 hours. Actually we are getting 36.2 according to the tech. I have observed it being off about one mile per gallon either way, usually on the high side if it is off. Sometimes the accuracy is right on. This is not a complaint because the outside temperature tech can vary one or two degrees either way also. On the 2003 blue Honda (traded in) the outside temperature was usually off five degree (warmer) than it actually was. This kind of information reminds of what Einstein once said (paraphrased here) about time. ‘If you have one watch you know what time it is, if you have two you are never sure.’

         Let’s go to Chapter Seven boy. Skim through and come up with a theme word then we’ll begin with Dead. – Amorella

         1536 hours. I had to look up the chapter theme for each. I had an idea for chapter seven but now I cannot remember it.

         You are now waiting for Carol to buy bird suet at Walmart on Mason-Montgomery and next stop is Kroger’s for milk then home. You just remembered noting “Contemplation” for Chapter Seven. Thus, you have chapter theme words for: One, Slavery; Two, Control; Three, Circumstance; Four, Crème de la Crème; Five, Satisfaction; Six, Grammar; and Seven, Contemplation.  Add these to your GMG Stats for easy access. – Amorella

         1548 hours. I completed this task, but I don’t see the connection in terms of context as far as the ‘chapter list of theme words’ is concerned. The list seems arbitrary out of chapter content context.

         What do you want, an alphabetical order? – Amorella
        
         1559 hours. We are at Kroger’s. You know, alphabetical order would be pretty cool actually. In fact, it would be awesome.
        
         Boy, you know I was being sarcastic. – Amorella
        
         I know. I saw the humor; but then on thinking about it, it would be pretty cool, like, you know – ‘how did he do that?’

         Or, it could be, ‘you know, why’d he do that?’ – Amorella

         1603 hours. You have a point. Like chapter numbers though – it would show a correlation in thought concept. Chapter numbers are set by tradition. I realize though that his isn’t about what I might think is cool, a minor point like window trim. It is about a plausible reality set in my head. In fact, like in a Shakespearian play, the setting makes little or no difference. These Merlyn works could be dropped into most any series of stage settings. I hadn’t really thought about that. I remember seeing “Antigone” putting on at the Otterbein Theatre when in college. It was during the Civil Rights demonstrations and King Creon was made out as a southern [Alabama-like] governor. The production was very well done. I liked it. I can’t imagine Sophocles caring much either way as long as the initial point is made.

         You are home where Carol climbed the ladder in the garage to remove the screen from the ceiling and drop the solid piece of plasterboard ceiling back in its place to help keep the cold out (a Fall chore not done earlier). You filled the suet basket and put it out falling once because you unknowingly stepped on a snow-covered rock. No bruises but the ego were involved.

         1657 hours. Carol worries about me falling in such weather. I am secretly apprehensive about it anytime, but Carol was right, my balance is better not using my cane so much – like I have not used it today but yesterday I did when I walked down to Chipotle from Panera. There was about an inch of snow on the walkway and it was snowing rather briskly. This reminds me of wanting to go out to lunch in the snow (about two inches were on the ground, etc.) and at first Carol didn’t want to go. I thought, ‘we are really getting old to let a little snow stop us.’ She finally decided to go though and though I didn’t say anything I feel we are better off for doing so. It wasn’t that bad, and even if it were, so what. It wasn’t a blizzard. The government hadn’t ordered us off the streets with some sort of maximum snow alert.

         Your neighbor is home today. Carol was thinking about making her soup this next week. You think Carol is too kind, that she thinks about interacting with others too much. – Amorella

         She likes to help. It is okay but I keep thinking she will be taken advantage of. Most everyone gets taken advantage once in a while. Not a human trait I like to dwell on too often. You try to be easy going, polite, empathetic and someone comes along and takes it as a weakness. It’s an equation I readily understand. I have taken the kindness out but Carol still has it in her.  Wow. Where did that come from?

         Your heart, my man. You have your reasons for backing away from people sometimes. I am talking about some past acquaintances and family not really friends here. Your long favorite song “I Am A Rock” by Bob Dylan wasn’t played (privately) on the guitar and sung by you without appropriate reason.

         Kim called and you talking about meeting Tuesday or Friday. You assume it will be Friday because of Tuesday’s doctor appointment. She spoke of the big game between Ohio State and Michigan State tonight and “reminded” you that Ohio State beat Michigan last week by one point. You played it down like you don’t care who wins but that is a fiction. Kim knows when you are trying to get a rise out of her.

         1759 hours. I would like to see Ohio State win. I was born and raised in Frankly County, Ohio. I wish them well. They did and do have an awesome marching band. I remember the thrills at the ‘Horseshoe’, the Ohio Stadium in the fifties and sixties when Woody was coach. It was a very energetic and lively time for me to have been personally involved.

         You have lost the intensity involved in sports’ watching, but you have not lost the memory. Later, dude. Post. - Amorella

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