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Narcolepsy and Northern Exposure

I am dog tired today. Dog tired being defined in this case as an inability to remain upright for longer than 30 minutes. It's not like I did anything all that strenuous or taxing either. And I even got plenty of sleep. My five mile run on Saturday morning should have worn off by now and my two hour nap today should have helped things. But lo, it did not. I feel completely fine, even mildly mentally aware, so other than an overwhelming urge to crawl onto any comfortable looking horizontal surface I'm good.

Well, my 30 minutes are up. Must go lie on my couch and watch Northern Exposure on DVD. Did you know that in season 3 Maggie O'Connell is the same age as I am right now - 29. I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, I think she's drop dead gorgeous and absolutely emulatable. But on the other hand, she seems so old and grown up. Am I old? I'm certainly not grown up.

Am I?

When the hell did that happen?

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Anonymous said…
interesting, this. i was at a reading last night, and j—, who was reading for the first time, wrote something about her generation (born in the early '80s, so a little younger than us), asking them to get the hell off their sofas and instant messengers and interact with each other.

and when i think of "growing up," i'll come back to her words, which were aimed at getting people to see that while they're trapped in their own little worlds, other people are talking, having sex, drinking coffee, working at real jobs, and learning from each other.

hi, sassy adult.
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