For The Fallen
Posted on | February 29, 2008 at 8:07 am | 1 Comment
So… I understand today is Leaf Day. I just don’t get it. Don’t we already have Earth Day or Arbor Day or whatever it is? A day for leaves just seems a bit too specialized. At least it’s celebrated only once every four years. And why is it in the dead of winter when there aren’t any actual leaves around? That makes no sense. If this were a weekend, I could do my part and rake up the rest of the fallen leaves in my backyard, which I’ve been putting off since fall because the backyard gets no sun and has been full of snow and ice until now. (Yes, we’ve finally had an extended melting period with warm temperatures.) But no, Leaf Day falls on a weekday this year and I have to go to work.
And when it comes right down to it, I hate leaves. Especially during that raking season. Leaves have built-in obsolescence, and that’s never a good thing. They’re like my iPod battery. They just…
What was that? Leap Day? Oh, sorry. Never mind.
(Bad joke, I know. But when I got up this morning and turned on the TV news like I always do, I thought the reporter said it was “Leaf Day”, and in my just-woken-up half-a-brain state, I thought there really was a Leaf Day.)
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 36°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Closets of Henry” (Guided By Voices)
- “My Lagan Love” (Pledge Drive)
- “Prospects” (Madness)
- “Every Minute” (P. Hux)
- “Rollercoaster” (Mighty Lemon Drops)
- “Touch And Glow” (Bill Nelson)
- “Hellbelly” (Therapy?)
Pet Peeve of the Day: Almost got run over again while jogging by an SUV driver running a stop sign. Luckily, I had already slowed down for the previous car at the intersection (who also kind of ran it) and so didn’t attempt to cross in front of him. But I know he saw me, and he didn’t even slow down for the stop sign – he raced right through it. And yes, the driver was wearing a baseball cap. (But to be truthful, so was I.) And I was even actually jogging on the sidewalk instead of the road at that point! Grrrr. I flipped him off but I don’t think he saw it.
Latre.
See, I don’t even take Leap Day off. I’m a committed blogger.
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One Response to “For The Fallen”
February 29th, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
I’m a committed blogger.
Tell me about it.. We’ve both posted every day for four months now. That’s a third of a year, 123 days in a row including this leap day.