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I don't know what it is about February: maybe I'm just greedy for time, but I really resent its aberrant truncation. Trim away two or three measly squares on a grid and the whole month starts to feel lopsided -- the days Doppler-ing in the wrong place; March imminent with too much delta vee; possums hanging sideways in the trees; cans of soda refusing to stay put on supermarket shelves; everything just a little bit off. And all the stuff it was okay to soft-pedal in January will suddenly seem really, really pertinent come April; and really, that's the thing: the way time flies, it isn't almost March -- it's almost April; and by April, the year will have begun to creak, almost ready to break in half. I can already feel the floorboards shifting.

And yet it's only February. Only? Already. Already? Damn. Just like that.

Oh yes, the year's off to a running start.
A friend of mine explained that since it's the year of the horse (the black horse, at that) we'll be galloping along all the way to next February. I'm hoping that's not true -- I'm gonna get motion sickness if we don't slow down.

Posted by Andrew on February 20, 2002 09:14 AM

Dogs and cats, living together. Mass hysteria!

I've been planning my drive out west, and I keep having to remember how quickly March is approaching. It's coming fast. Which is good, I guess, because that means February is ending. I just have to drive faster to make it to Austin.

Posted by Ryan on February 20, 2002 03:37 PM

i agree. we should add in at least another two days. 367 days in a year isn't so bad, really.

Posted by meg on February 20, 2002 04:42 PM

i think the shortness of february is entirely due to the overwhelming hatred for it. in january, one has the time disconnect of the feeling one is still in the previous year (and possibly a very long new year's hangover). in march, some things start to bloom (at least here). but february is a forbidding bitch.

I'd also like August shortened, if possible.

Posted by meep on February 24, 2002 01:56 PM

You know, you're right. August needs to be cut off at the knees. It's always felt somehow compromised to me too.

Posted by R. on February 24, 2002 02:03 PM