"Intellectual" Language

It's a Seattle vibe cafe, complete with birch decorations all over, reminiscent of the Scandinavian ancestors of so many of Seattle's European settlers (dare I say colonizers?). With a coffee in hand, I imagined that I would be able to settle my afternoon slump and ravage Marquez in a flurry of eye movements. Unfortunately, through a combination of the coffee's ineffectiveness (as tasty as it was) and the conversation that happened upon me, I was unable to concentrate.

I was drawn to the way that she described "Sanskrit" and how it was an intellectual language. I thought about that in my semi-dreamy state while continuing to listen to how these liberals were bringing something green and sustainable for mass consumption. The commodification of language at its best, I even deigned to take notes on the conversation. What I liked most about the beefing up of her skills was the strategic use of appropriation's approbation by the "originators" of the medium. As intriguing as it was, drowsiness kept me fanning back and forth between mild disinterest and trying to understand the words on the page.

There was no surprise ending apart from my contentment upon their departure. At which point I continued to be unable to concentrate until I wrote briefly about it and rebooted my system. In some way, I must thank them for their help in restarting my brain, at which point I actually made it through a few pages before I had to pack up and depart. Another successful venture to the hamster mill completed a rather fulfilling day.

So wherein lies the impetus for today's adventure? The fact that we have become so good at being good that we can talk without shame of cheap exploits. While not an amazing tale to be told, the sunny day merited some reminiscence of a lazy Tuesday out around town. If for nothing at all, the fact that the uneventfulness of the day leading to fortuitous announcements in the evening proves that every so often, a pinch of happiness is plotted on the line, even if it is mired in mainly among palustrine shrubbery.