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I forgot my cell phone again today, and this is exactly what I mean by fear of success. My subconscious mind is out to get me.

A few months after 9/11 I was flying out to Atlanta for some fucked up Cosmodemonic Internet Concern deal that everyone knew would never come in. I had some reservations about flying, and on top of that I really didn’t want to go. I was half way to the airport when I realized that I forgot to bring my ticket, so I had to turn around and get them. Then I misplaced some random airline slip of paper I needed, and that sent me from the gate back to the ticket counter and through the security line again. I made the flight, even though my subconscious mind was doing everything it could to prevent me from going.

Then we have the incident with changing the spare tire — typical subconscious sabotage.

I keep my keys, wallet, change, and Chap Stick brand lip moisturizer in one drawer of my dresser. Otherwise my subconscious mind would hide them so that I would be late for work every single day looking for them.

I forget my cell phone at least once a week. This really bothers me. I guess I could fix this easily by posting a sign somewhere in my car that reads Bring your cell phone. Don’t let your subconscious mind defeat you . But this would only fix the symptom not the root cause — that part of my brain is constantly trying to subvert me.

I guess we could state this problem in a more positive way by saying that we are all our own worst enemies. It could be a lot worse, but if we can master ourselves, all other obstacles can be overcome.

by goldwax on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 ( 9:10 AM)
You’re forgetting “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”, the early George Harrison feature that KFRC somehow decided was worthy of heavy rotation. From what I’ve heard of oldies radio in L.A. and Kansas City, it seems to be an isolated phenomenon.

I should have put Do You Want To Know A Secret instead of Here, There, And Everywhere because I think I’ve heard it on the radio more times, even outside the Bay Area. I was thinking of Here, There, And Everywhere because the first time I heard that song on the radio was when I was living in Ft. Wayne. It was such a great song it blew me away. I liked the late-period (dead Brian Epstein) Beatles, and didn’t know many of their early songs. (In fact, I grew up with Rubber Soul in my house, played it a few times in high school, and didn’t really like it that much.) I quickly corrected that problem.

Common Beatles wisdom is that Here, There, and Everywhere a typical Paul trifle but Woman off of Double Fantasy is John being at peace with himself and blah blah blah. Doesn’t anyone else realize that they are the same got ham song???

by Sparkles on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 ( 8:52 AM)

Have you seen the ad for the new convertible Beetle?

Ooh! It played with the previews before the 8 Mile moving and talking picture show that I saw with Meghann (pronounced “mignon” by S., by the way). It is a really great commercial, but I watched it thinking that it was a preview for a really great movie. When I saw the guy on the escalator I thought that maybe someone had figured out how to turn The Mezzanine into a movie. Wouldn’t that be great if someone did? That is one of my all time favorite books. I totally strongarmed Angry Dragon into reading it. (Should I make him read The Rachel Papers or A Fan’s Notes next?)

by Japanned in Japan on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 ( 7:12 AM) for this entry

FM 104.7!!

Crank it up! I had a WIOT baseball jersey that I wore whenever I wasn’t at school or it wasn’t in the laundry. (I wore a Mr. Bill shirt when it was in the laundry.)

Hey look! WIOT sponsored a wet T-shirt contest at The Distillery, right by where I grew up. They used to be about the music, man.

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