I run on caffeine, interesting music and sunshine. I got two out of three today. After sleeping in until 2pm, I had a huge hazelnut cream coffee and chased it with a brimming glass of yummy sweet ice wine. I played an album I’d never heard of before on my pseudo-stereo. It was from “The Streets” and the horrible sickening UK rap immediately nauseated me. I’ve decided I never want to hear rap in a cockney accent ever again. The replacement album I’d also never heard from “The Killing” was some thumping indie hard rock fare that was much better.
I’m having a sauna tonight.1:00am sharp. No one ever told me I couldn’t use the sauna. Maybe they just assume I know I’m not supposed to. Well you should never assume. I’m not going into the penthouse mechanical room tonight at three, either. Last night, when I was in there some stuff was torn down from the air-make-up unit and strewn all over the cement floor. It didn’t just fall down, it was ripped down and I had been the only one that was in there since the day before. And three lights burned out while I was in there. And that never happens. I’ve only ever had one burn out on a single shift. Not three in the same room over a period of less than three minutes. I froze and couldn’t move when I saw the damage and I just stood there wide-eyed, unable to hear anything but the loud machinery but I could feel my thudding heart. And I just stood there as the lights burned out one by one. I couldn’t go into the manor house basement either. Someone had left a light on in the water room I was supposed to check and it was dark in that corridor and all I could see was a glowing line at the bottom of the door and I was spooked by that shit in the mechanical room so I just spun around and headed back.
I have a steel ring I like to wear on either pinky finger. It cost less than ten dollars but I enjoy it much more than I would a pricey one. It gives me much tactile pleasure. I love the way the smooth inside curve feels as I rotate it around my finger, or slide it gently up and down the tips of each finger. I sometimes take it off and absentmindedly spin it between my thumb and index finger, watching the light reflect bent morphing images of myself and the room. I like to roll it along the surface of my wooden desk and watch it go like an escaped hamster wheel. I like the sound it makes after colliding with a ceramic mug or cement wall. I love the little clink it makes when I let it drop onto things after an exaggerated yawn. I have a bracelet of little yellowish and black Nepalese skulls I wear too. I like playing with it also but I’m afraid it’ll break. I wish the little skulls were real.
The Ancient Undergrad 
i’ve never heard someone talk so facinatedly about thier jewelry before. :)your job sounds like the scariest shit dude! im so glad i dont have to do that! i get freaked out just walking to the bathroom at night.ok, so im going to try to top your random cooments…if i were an octopus, i’d like to be a blue one. and you?
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Caffiene is the best thing ever. On Thursday alone I had 2 Cokes, a coffee drink, and iced tea. Zing!
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I have a silver thumb ring with a celtic design I wear for stressful (and sometimes non-stressful) situations. I call it my Fiddle Ring so I can play with it and not with my hair or something else that could be annoying.
Whoa… 3 lightbulbs and stuff ripped down. Would I like be the only person who has ever said I would like to visit that place you work?! Do you know the history of it and why there is supernatural activity there?
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next time you get frightened and by something that’s physically moving things… just remember that they can’t hurt you. we rule them not they ruling us. and tell them that. or just tell them to stop fucking with you that you’re not interested in their antics i have a ring i like to twirl too. it’s a spoon ring and cost about the same. i thought it was stirling silver but it’s just plated and sometiems causes a green ring around my index finger.
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I’m still afraid of the dark…so I understand the spookiness. š I have a ring like that too, a five dollar ring made of hematite and I love the thing. I play with it all the time. I have another ring from my boyfriend that’s white gold with sapphires and diamonds…but somehow, it just isn’t as fun as my other one. š I just finished up a forensics class where we got to study real bones that are about 4000 years old…it was cool. Our teacher helped dig them up. š
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I play with a ring like that… it’s not mine, but it’s black. I am just as fascinated with it.
I like the adventure of your job. I don’t know if your last story post was based on it, but it’s pretty damn cool… and the skull thing… creepy, but
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cool
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I hate the Streets, and my ex is in love with them. The lyrics are just horrendously stupid and never anywhere close to resemblinga beat or a melody. Speaking of music, instead of a bad toupee, he’s gota combover, and I’ve got no Julie.
I never imagined you the skull type. Personally, I like jewelry that resembles leaves and vines (not that I actually own any, I don’t think)
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I’m not really a skull type but I like that they contrast my usual clean but boring young man on campus look. I have a black shirt with a giant skull on it too though.
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