I've Been Hit By--I've Been Struck By--A Smooth Satirist

 

The time was 8 p.m.  The signal:  A man riding his bicycle with no handlebars.  "So much talent," he seemed to be saying, as the woman from the movie Munich said before she was killed.


No matter what it takes...no matter what happens...I promise...I will not...watch...Handlebars...by Flobots.


The end.  Comment:  When the Houston police officer lady made eye contact with me earlier today, she sort of looked like she was rolling her eyes.  Maybe she is not a mole.  That helped me a little bit, because it encouraged me to imagine someone just sort of rolling their eyes when they read my theories and the things that sound a little delusional/ditzy; the idea is, you want to not feel too "stunned" when you re-read your own writing.  I can let loose a little and share a little bit of "mentally ill humor."  And yes, I am proud of my previous post, but I hate feeling like I need to talk about politics right now.  Where's the ROI for that??  I'm just being a good citizen.


Also, no, I have no interest in going to politics.  I might write blog posts or something, and be a sort of "activist."  I remember when Dr. Radin warned me about "bipolar people who want to go into oil futures."  I think I know why bipolar people want to go into oil futures et al.:  The reason is, because they daydream about it, and it feels good.  Maybe Dr. Radin knew that.  I daydream about politics and holding office, but I don't have the actual skillset to do that, and I wouldn't want to anyway.  It feels good to daydream.  I told Dr. Fowler about this, and he mentioned the prose work, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."  I don't think I'm that extreme, but right now, my two favorite activities--other than blogging--are, walking, and daydreaming.  I don't feel like playing chess.  I can listen to music a little bit.  But the things that never get old are basically walking, daydreaming, and writing blog posts.

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