{"id":469,"date":"2012-07-17T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:35:52","slug":"random-coincidence-usually-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/random-coincidence-usually-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Coincidence Usually Isn’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s this: “Not Allerigc to Adventure<\/a>” to run-inspire you, write-inspire you, and love-whatever-you-do-inspire you. It\u2019s the blog of ultramarathoner Sabrina Moran, and if you don\u2019t delight in her running 100 miles or 24 hours at a time (guess which one is longer) then delight in how funny she is. Know what\u2019s funny? I wrote the above before\u00a0<\/em>reading her post called \u201cYou\u2019re Not an Inspiration.\u201d Ha!<\/p>\n

I have been lax in my writing. So what I\u2019m doing is taking an email I wrote to someone and using it to write a blog post. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s kosher, but I just read a quote from Johnny Depp who said \u201cJust keep moving forward and don\u2019t give a shit about what anyone thinks.\u201d That resonates with my favorite Robert Downey Jr. quote: \u201cListen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

You see what I\u2019m doing there? I\u2019m associating my attitudes with the attitudes of two very talented, very good-looking men. (Both of whom are older than me! But can you guess who of the two is oldest?)<\/p>\n

Speaking of kosher, we had Hebrew Nationals last week. True Story. Here\u2019s an ironic link<\/a>, brought to you by Yahoo, now run by my wife\u2019s sister\u2019s old boss, who I have never formally met, but who I walked by once as she entered a house I was exiting, all 300 million dollars of her. (You see what I\u2019m doing there?)<\/p>\n

I’m sleepy. We went to Portland on Sunday, and I opted to drive back rather late instead of crashing and driving back the next day. It\u2019s getting harder and harder as I get older and older to recover from bad or no sleep. While I was there, a friend of mine (call him Charles) told me about a friend of ours (call her Hanna) who had a severe psychotic break as a result of a misdiagnosed bipolar disorder and a serious case of sleep deprivation. Not that I’m at risk of that, but still. Sleep is so needed.<\/p>\n

I know I’m not sleeping well when I have vivid dreams. I don’t like having them. Not because they’re bad, as such, but just because the imagery lingers and it makes the day’s thoughts cloudy. I read a theory that dreams are an interpretation of your brain re-arranging neurons to move memories from short-term into long-term. Last night I had a dream I was running around a deserted vacation resort, and then it turned into a casino and I saw an old (ex) friend and then another (current) friend chased me because he thought I was ignoring him. He caught me, and said “stop, damn it.”<\/p>\n

That dream has no meaning; more telling is how vivid it was, that the resort was sort of all bed-rock and tarnished brass, the casino was plush red velvet, and my friend\u2019s hands were very strong. And what it tells me is I am not sleeping well, probably because I’m drinking too much caffeine. But Ragnar is in a few days, and I’m excited, and I won’t be sleeping well that night, or the next night. Isn’t it weird how having a bad night’s sleep can make you have another bad night’s sleep the next day? It’s silly.<\/p>\n

And lends itself to\u2026 a thing that there\u2019s a name for, when you start seeing coincidences all over the place. For example, on Boing Boing, there was a post about Nocebos<\/a><\/em>\u00a0which are like placebos but make you feel bad, not good. Add to that that ultramarathoners blog, where she in a post mentions \u201cDoxastic penetration\u201d which \u201crefers to when your beliefs color your perceptions.\u201d Now can I add those ideas to a TED talk<\/a> I saw the other day, by the founder of SuperBetter<\/a>, and to that add a blog post at the Happiness Project<\/a> called \u201cWant To Have More Fun? Go On a Mission<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

And shall I add to that those quotes by Depp n\u2019 Downey? And you see where I\u2019m going with all these? Can you see what I am doing there? WELL I CAN’T BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SLEPT ENOUGH.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t care because Ragnar is in a few days. Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. I will not sleep well but so what: I\u2019m on a mission, a mission to do one of things that makes me happy like no other, and I think Johnny and Robert would approve. No, really, I genuinely think they would provide applause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s this: “Not Allerigc to Adventure” to run-inspire you, write-inspire you, and love-whatever-you-do-inspire you. It\u2019s the blog of ultramarathoner Sabrina Moran, and if you don\u2019t delight in her running 100 miles or 24 hours at a time (guess which one is longer) then delight in how funny she is. Know what\u2019s funny? I wrote the … <\/p>\n

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