You know that old saying, "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise?" Well, I'm living proof that shit is true. At least in the reverse. I'm a night person - I believe we've discussed this - and am pathologically unable to sleep the hours most people do, and I'm being punished for it, I'm here to tell you. So I'm definitely late to bed, and while I'm pretty darn healthy (knock wood), I'm six different kinds of not-wealthy, and my wisdom is seriously in question. Witness my agreeing to any proposition that has me rising at 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning to head off to rehearse.
Speaking of "touch wood," do you know where that little custom comes from? I don't know how true it is, but someone told me recently that once, long ago, people believed that the Devil (with a capital "D") lived in trees in the forest, and since you didn't want the devil to overhear your plans and dreams and then actively work to fuck with them, if you knocked on the wood it would distract him or knock the thoughts loose from his head or something like that, and you were safe to carry on with your plans.
The capacity of human beings for idiocy should never, ever surprise you. Just keep that in mind. Hence me dragging ass outta bed at 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning.
Speaking of "touch wood," do you know where that little custom comes from? I don't know how true it is, but someone told me recently that once, long ago, people believed that the Devil (with a capital "D") lived in trees in the forest, and since you didn't want the devil to overhear your plans and dreams and then actively work to fuck with them, if you knocked on the wood it would distract him or knock the thoughts loose from his head or something like that, and you were safe to carry on with your plans.
The capacity of human beings for idiocy should never, ever surprise you. Just keep that in mind. Hence me dragging ass outta bed at 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning.
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