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oselleWow, have I got a bad case of the Gloom n' Dooms. Don't know what's causing it, but I can't shake it. SPN hiatus? Passing on that job offer? Ech, it sucks.
Also having repetitive bouts of deja-vu. Like, one after the other. I seem to remember reading some article about the part of the brain that triggers these episodes and I wonder if it's the same part that's associated with depression and anxiety. Because that would explain it.
Also, something sort of weird happened today. Just on Friday I was at the Times Square #7 train platform. That's the terminus of that line and so the trains sit there and wait before reversing to go back to Queens. On both sides of the platform were these ancient electric signs that said "Next Train" so that you'd know which train would be leaving the station first. These signs must have dated back to the late 1910s (the line opened in 1917). I loved them because the letters were in an artistic, Art Deco-ish font that reflected that era, and they had a lovely, soft glow. Like amber milk glass. Even the most utilitarian things were done with such elegance back then. They just spoke of the city the way it used to be and I thought, Wow, I hope they never replace those signs. I hope someone thinks they're worth preserving.
That was on Friday. Today I get down to the platform and...every one of those signs had been replaced with ugly, orange digitial ones. It was like a sucker punch. I hate seeing bits of this city get "improved" with ugly new shit.
You know those old signs probably just went in the trash. Maybe the Subway Museum will put them on sale. Hell, they're selling the original "straps" from the old Redbird cars. I'd pay for one of those signs. But it's not the same as seeing them serve their rightful purpose down there in Times Square, where they'd done just that for damn close to a century. Not the same at all.
Also having repetitive bouts of deja-vu. Like, one after the other. I seem to remember reading some article about the part of the brain that triggers these episodes and I wonder if it's the same part that's associated with depression and anxiety. Because that would explain it.
Also, something sort of weird happened today. Just on Friday I was at the Times Square #7 train platform. That's the terminus of that line and so the trains sit there and wait before reversing to go back to Queens. On both sides of the platform were these ancient electric signs that said "Next Train" so that you'd know which train would be leaving the station first. These signs must have dated back to the late 1910s (the line opened in 1917). I loved them because the letters were in an artistic, Art Deco-ish font that reflected that era, and they had a lovely, soft glow. Like amber milk glass. Even the most utilitarian things were done with such elegance back then. They just spoke of the city the way it used to be and I thought, Wow, I hope they never replace those signs. I hope someone thinks they're worth preserving.
That was on Friday. Today I get down to the platform and...every one of those signs had been replaced with ugly, orange digitial ones. It was like a sucker punch. I hate seeing bits of this city get "improved" with ugly new shit.
You know those old signs probably just went in the trash. Maybe the Subway Museum will put them on sale. Hell, they're selling the original "straps" from the old Redbird cars. I'd pay for one of those signs. But it's not the same as seeing them serve their rightful purpose down there in Times Square, where they'd done just that for damn close to a century. Not the same at all.
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Date: 2008-06-03 02:45 am (UTC)About the deja-vu, I'm sure it's probably nothing, but I just wanted to mention that it CAN be neurologically triggered. It's actually one of the early "auras" I experience before a seizure. Also, since we now think that my seizures may be triggered by stress/depression (which, thankfully I am now fully medicated for :p), it's interesting that you mention that in conjunction with the deja-vu. Hmm.
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Date: 2008-06-03 01:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-03 06:53 pm (UTC)here's hoping you feel better soon. *sends dean to sit with you*
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Date: 2008-06-04 05:12 am (UTC)Sorry to hear the Black Dog is visiting you, and not the cute little pug kind of dog. Here's hoping he moves on soon.
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Date: 2008-06-05 01:08 am (UTC)Been keeping the Black Dog at bay. Hope he stays out. I really don't have time for panic attacks right now. :)
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Date: 2008-06-05 01:31 am (UTC)I'm off tomorrow to Maryland to direct Magic Flute and will be back June 30. I swear we'll do dinner eventually. :)
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Date: 2008-06-07 04:22 pm (UTC)