logistikon

januseyes: As bad as I am about staying up
really late and not getting enough sleep I really, really
like waking up early in the morning
januseyes: especially going to downtown charles
village in the course of an early-morning routine
januseyes: it usually involves parking my car on
st paul street and 34th - and then walking a block to
university market to acquire some red bull
januseyes: typically there are a couple bums out
there, and we chat for a little bit
januseyes: I had an interesting conversation with
them today...at the end of it I offered both of them
some change
januseyes: one of them was cool with it, thanked
me and took it
januseyes: the other guy already had a bagel and
a coffee - and because of that he said that he was
cool
januseyes: and that he didn't need it
januseyes: 'I got all I need brother. you take care'
januseyes: I thought it was really quite interesting
for him to say that
januseyes: very sort of Buddhist monk, living
without possessions or accumulating worldly worth*...or
hunter gatherers that don't have a linear notion of
time and therefore don't feel the necessity to plan for
the
januseyes: future
januseyes: (not that it's the lack of a linear notion
of time that prevents them from planning...it's
probably the lack of planning [they always have what
they need easily available] that lets them not have a
januseyes: linear notion of time...but you know
what I mean probably)
januseyes: that and the purple post-sunrise sky,
and cool misty air, sort of added to the surreal
atmosphere of it all...that the world was - to everyone
that woke up early enough to see it at the perfect
time..
januseyes: at least, in its essential nature, both
an exceedingly strange, but also a good and happy place
*= though I do realize that he probably is also mentally ill