Bursts of Happiness
I was outbid on eBay last night at the last moment on an auction for a positive emotional response to an abstract experience. I was highest bidder for several hours to acquire this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and passed most of it refreshing the page in eager anticipation, only to be sniped at the last second by some grumpy asshole with mad not3pad sk1llz. Reactionary emotional experiences in the positive end of the spectrum get more and more rare as you move on in life, and to continue them past about twelve years of age is a distinction reserved only for the emotionally enlightened, which clearly I am not. So when I was browsing randomly through Everything Else and found a low price on such a rare item I entered my highest bid of way too much and began the F5 game.
As a kid, I used to have these experiences all the time, while waking up, while lying down, while spacing out in the classroom, etc. I remember them clearly and want them again. Only now they seem to be spreading increasingly thin and can only be found here and there during ectopic bursts of happiness, on the bus, on the dancefloor, or while browsing internet auction sites.
- Monday, March 17, 2008 at 17:11
