CHIRPCHIRPCHIRPCHIRPCHIRP!

The robins must be even more sensitive to light than I am. The very slightest hint of impending dawn sets them chirping. I feel like making little hoodies for them, so they can cover their eyes and sleep late. I don't recall them being so loud so early (and in such large numbers) in other years, though. This year, on some mornings there are so many of them chirping at once that it almost sounds like a coach's whistle constantly blowing. It'set another reason for me to regret having had my sleep schedule disrupted. If I were already asleep by this time, the noise probably wouldn't wake me after the first couple of days. I used to sleep through all sorts of regularly-scheduled noises when I lived in Los Angeles. The only sounds that would wake me were those which were new or unexpected. But any noise at all can prevent me from getting to sleep, just as light can. I may have to get some earplugs to go along with my light-blocking knitted cap.

I've been getting together some photos to upload. They are scattered among Sluggo, this computer, and various CDs, so its a tedious process. Some of them are pictures to replace those missing from old posts, and some are for new posts, here and in other places. I have to figure out how to organize the galleries so I can keep track of what is where. Tests of various sorts that I've taken have said that I have a talent for organization, but in fact I hate organizing things and will always put off doing it as long as possible. I have the same relationship to math. I always scored in one of the top few percentiles on math aptitude tests, but there are few things I dislike more, or find more frustrating, than math. Maybe the tests are crap. Maybe I'm just not myself.

This is going to be one of those weekends when I don't have any backup available around here, so I'll probably be kept busy, in the not-good way. At least I no longer have to deal with the complications that Sluggo always added to my life. Sometimes, I look at him being dark and silent over there in his corner, and I chuckle. Ah, web surfing without crashes is the best revenge!

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Today was Haiku Day (5/7/5), which only comes once in a century- unless of course you count those places where they write the date before the month. There, 7 July, 2005 will be 5/7/5. I guess that means that Haiku Day comes twice in a century, but not twice in the same place. And then there are all those places that have their own calendars, and thus would produce yet more Haiku Days. I have no idea if they do date first or month first in Japan, which I believe has its own calendar anyway, and only uses the western calendar when dealing with barbarians. And I have no intention of commemorating the day by writing an entire entry in haiku. I lack the patience for that. In fact, I lack the patience to write even one haiku for this entry. Maybe I'll feel more like doing it when the next Jewish Haiku Day comes around.

It is growing warmer again. I heard a bee buzzing at dusk, but couldn't see it. In fact, I could only just hear it, as the robins were making so much noise. In a few minutes, they will fall silent (having exhausted themselves with fifteen hours of non-stop chirping, no doubt), and the blessed serenity of night will descend. I think there might be crickets, now that the rain has stopped and the temperature is a bit higher. Cricket songs are as relaxing as robin songs are distressing. I'm glad its night again.

And I just remembered that I have Winamp on this computer, and it plays .ogg files, so I can now listen to phone posts. Everybody make phone posts!