raybear | what do the planets have in store for my house?

For you (us):

Thursday, March 21, 2002
Aries is the sign of spring, and the Sun will be vitalizing this sign for the next month. Aries is the Ram, headstrong and impulsive, the explorer and the pioneer. Aries is driven by a need to be first, a need to be courageous and a need for excitement. People with strong Aries influence tend to be independent and direct, sometimes even abrasive. Rams are good at starting things, but can have trouble staying with them through completion. If you want someone who can clear the obstacles from your path, just put an Aries in front of you and aim him in the right direction.

For me:
CANCER (Jun 21·Jul 22): The Moon moves into your sign at 7:05 pm, EST, and it just drives your processes even deeper. You don’t mind going into these places, but you might have to contend with some verbal banter that distracts you from your somber mood.

I feel I should set my watch for 6:05 pm. Wait, I don't have one.

I can't believe I have lived the past 6 1/2 months without a watch. That's the longest I've ever gone, prior to the age of 6 when my parents bought me a blue Timex watch to learn to tell time. I wanted a digital watch, because they were "all the rage" (i.e. cheap and inexpensive, so more kids had them), but they informed me that I wasn't allowed to cheat -- I had to learn the difference between the hour hand and the minute hand first.

I think I've proved my point by not having one. I'm still obsessed with how long things take. I'm still a human atomic clock. But it's time to buy a nice silver junker from the drug store to weigh down my wrist so I won't strain my neck as often trying to peer into buildings while walking down the street. Though part of me enjoys the game of finding a clock, and also knowing which stores I frequently pass will let me know if I'm late, or more likely, how early I am. And which banks flash in the correct or incorrect time, and how often it gets interspersed between ads. I can also tell who doesn't have a watch either because we'll both look up at the same time on the train, when we round the corner near Wilson and pass the flashing lite-brite signs. True players know there's a bank on both sides. Only one of them is right -- the other one is about 5 minutes off. But if you remember which is which, you can still figure out what time it is.

Maybe if I wear a watch again, I'll do both. Probably not. Human nature tends to establish patterns that are paths of least resistance. Or at least are the easiest at the time. Then it becomes a matter of whether learning the new way will expend more or less energy than the energy saved by learning a new way. In this case, I'll be checking my wrist unconsciously within a week.