Daylight savings is like a payday loan. OK, fine, you get some cool, hard cash in your hand right now and you go out and get a new toaster with a timer on it, or better yet, some new clothes that get it right and get it tight for the next big date, but then you realize that the interest rates are something the devil dreamed up on a day he was feeling grumpy and you owe double whatever it was you took out in the first place and now your toaster is broken and your clothes are out of style so you ask your neighbor if he’s going to use the Maytag box he threw out last week because you need a house, goddamn it, after the bank repossessed your old one.
Longest sentence ever.
Anyway, the first day you realize you have an “extra” hour you’re stoked. At least I was. I laid around in bed for an inordinate amount of time, used up all the hot water in my monster-length shower (sorry Youlee) and still felt ahead of schedule.
It didn’t take long to realize my interest rate on daylight savings was ridiculous.
The Black Death started to rain down. At least, that’s the term my friend Hump has taken to calling it. The fact that it gets dark at five in the afternoon everyday seems like to big a price to pay for that measly “extra” hour.
It feels like I have an hour of light every day before the sky darkens, heavy with rain, to brood all night long. I have the vague feeling I haven’t been fully awake in days.
The Black Death started to rain down. At least, that’s the term my friend Hump has taken to calling it. The fact that it gets dark at five in the afternoon everyday seems like to big a price to pay for that measly “extra” hour.
It feels like I have an hour of light every day before the sky darkens, heavy with rain, to brood all night long. I have the vague feeling I haven’t been fully awake in days.
This whole thing does have logic behind it. Good old Ben Franklin wanted to fire cannons and ring church bells at daybreak so as to save people money on buying candles. The modern idea is not that different. If we have an hour more in the day, theoretically, we will get more stuff done and our economy will be stimulated… Also, traffic accidents go down when there is an extra hour of daylight.
Still I don’t know if it’s worth it…
Yesterday the sun went down before I was finished with lunch. It feels like the End of Days.
Still I don’t know if it’s worth it…
Yesterday the sun went down before I was finished with lunch. It feels like the End of Days.
Damn this daylight savings.
1 comment:
Dude.. I feel ya. But you should really eat lunch before 5...
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