In the past week I have been in a funk.I don't know how to describe it, but two or three times a year I get into a malaise that lasts about two weeks.When I get like this,every thing seems to be a little off center. Kind of like the Elvis song "didja ever" when nothing goes right from morning until night. Every thing seems like a major chore and depressing.So I have to constantly give my self dope slaps, tell my self to stop feeling sorry for my self. All I have to do is look around and see friends and associates really going through trying times. And realize that my problems are minor. My sixth grade teacher once said to me, what you need young man is a kick in the pants to fly right. So when I look around and see what other people are going through. I have to say what my teacher told me back in the fifties ,still applies.
This brings me to a subject that goes against all the principles I give credence to. That being, by talking about things,you can jinx them. Now I know,that saying "knock on wood" is nonsense. I know that baseball players, talking about a no-hitter is nonsense. I don't believe in life after death, ghosts or any other super natural occurrence. But I truly believe that by verbalising you can jinx something. Now I know this does not fit into my over all out look on things. So I am just going to chalk it up to our expanding use of the airwaves. What can be done with computers, phones and gadgets,was unheard of fifty years ago. So maybe fifty years from now telepathy will be an excepted way of communication. Scary if you think about it. A man could probably get arrested for lewdness, just watching a woman walk by.
I know my main problem is that I hate where I live. And having to recertify every year, with all the bureaucratic bullshit that goes with it. Is enough to sour any one's disposition. So I am going to go by the old saying "always expect the unexpected" and hopefully find a new abode before 2010 is over.