i am sick.
my olfactories are shot, thus most of my taste-- say, around 75%?-- is gone.
the remaining 25% is reserved for the faint, sour and salty taste of the phlegm that infests and hinders my every breath.
my body aches and, like my nasal passages, my mind and thoughts are clouded.
saturday, i went to six flags. i didn't do any of the rides because i felt that if i did not only would i regurgitate, i would also probably black out.
i did go through, though, with my regular day: work, ...that's it.
the fun part is that, when you go through a normal day, when your body has all it's energy concentrated on expelling whatever malicious germs you have in you, you see things with different eyes.
yes, i actually found a way to enjoy sick time.
look at it this way, this is your time to be in a different reality.
- you can feel sounds [it pounds into your head]
- temperatures are felt in a completely different way [heat is ecstatic and the minimum cold travels beyond your skin, through your bones, into your chest]
- while all these things are happening, you can't help but-- well, feel them, and so your mind is nowhere; and you get lost in yourself. all of a sudden, nothing is as comfortable and relaxing as standing, anywhere, staring into who-knows-where with a blank piece of paper as your mind.
- naps are trance like and easy.

so, next time you're sick, take a minute, and appreciate your view into a distorted reality.
it makes it go by a little faster.
and so on...