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In July I took off my watch. Since then I have not worn anything on my left wrist, ever. Actually, I took my watch off in May for Summer Conference in Florida. I proceeded to suffer a sun burn to the wrist (that skin hadn't seen the sun in years, after all). Then I put on a watch for the month of June while I was in DC. But since that finished I have been watch-free. I declare my absolute addiction to time: broken.

Why was I addicted to knowing what time it is, anyway? I'd worn a watch every day, all day (yes, I wore it while I slept, too. why bother taking it off? plus, what if I wake up and want to know what time it is?) since I was about 10. My only conclusion is that I'm somewhat of a control freak. And actually, I don't think not wearing a watch has helped that, though it does feel good to answer the what time is it question with an honest "I have no idea." How freeing.

Anyway. So I'm addicted to time and lack of sleep. That's pretty terrible. But yeah, in other news, I think what I'm NOT addicted to anymore is current events. And that's sort of terrible too, incidentally. But ever since getting back from D.C. I have completely lost interest in domestic politics and most news in general. Kind of sad. Maybe the month of June was a bit of an overdose. And I'm still recovering.

I feel like lately I've had a lot on my mind. My head is sort of bursting. Oh, I think that's kind of weird. Sorry.

Here are some quotes I read today, in various contexts:
"Write as you speak and read as it is written." - Vuk Karadzic, Serbian linguist and reformer of the Serbian language
"To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map." - William Carey
"In the vast plain to the north I have sometimes seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages where no missionary has ever been." - Robert Moffat
"My thoughts are scattered and they're cloudy,
They have no borders, no boundaries.
They echo and they swell
From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell." - Simon and Garfunkel, "Cloudy"