Phantom Limb :: Paranoid Schizophrenic

So we all know how when somebody loses a limb, they still sometimes have sensations from they missing limb as a result of some firing synapses connected to nerves that should be in the missing area? Phantom sensations, if you will.

And then there is the sensation among cell phone users, whose phones are set to vibrate, of there phone ringing, vibrating, when it is doing no such thing. The worst of these vibrations is when your phone is not even on you.

Then there was the feeling I experienced the other day. My phone was in my pocket. And it was hot. It was getting hotter. Oh god, what was this heat that was in my pocket threatening to burn a hole in my thigh? Why would my phone do such a thing? I thought you loved me. Then I pulled the phone out of my pocket, and the motherfucker was cooler than a fonzarelli.

The only thing that really worried me was the ether.

Like a parasite, it latched onto my brain. And I just couldn't shake. My brain, goddammit. In particular my imagination. What does it mean? it asks. Why, why, why does it all depend. I speak of course of this post from Monday, August 25, 2008. While as the comments attest, the ether was working overtime that day. But there was something special about this one. Here is that of which I speak, the mysterious unsolicited text message, reprinted for your browsing convenience:

From:
281-[redacted]
Message:
I FORGOT TO
CHARGE THE
PHONE LASTNIGHT
WE WILL THINJ OF
SOMETHING ELSE
Received on:
Aug 23, 08 10:49am

There is something inspired about it.

The Text Message

so much depends
upon

a phone charged
last night

a day planned
ruined

something some-
thing else

...apologies to William Carlos Williams.

Privileged IV

Text Message

From:
281-[redacted]
Message:
I FORGOT TO
CHARGE THE
PHONE LASTNIGHT
WE WILL THINJ OF
SOMETHING ELSE
Received on:
Aug 23, 08 10:49am

Text messages are the new poetry. And sometimes they just appear out of the ether from about 1500 miles away and delight your day.

All I Know I

All I know is my phone doesn't ring.

Live Blogging Earth Hour

7:53. Watching TV. Oh, shit it's almost 8 o'clock.

7:54. Start turning off lights. Think I'll boil some water, make a tea first.

7:55. Start unplugging non-essential appliances (everything but the fridge?).

7:59. Water boiled, tea made. Everything else turned off. Computer powered down, internet disconnected.

8:00. Sitting in dark, candlelit, reading.

8:01. Start making calls on my cell phone.