by Kathryn E.
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January 15, 2006

Heat's Addled My Brain

July 19, 2006 11:47 AM EDT
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Heat's addled my brain
Cannot think
Heat's addled my brain
Vapor steams from my fingers, as they fly on the keyboard
Heat's addled my brain
I cannot sleep
Heat's addled my brain
No AC except in the bedrooms
Heat's addled my brain
No running outdoors for me
Heat's addled my brain
No oven, no stove, just salads and fruit
I need a Gather break, what?
Gather is my break
Yet, heat's addled my brain
Practically frying eggs on the sidewalk
As George Corneliussen said in a comment to Ed
Heat's addled my brain
Already showered twice this morning
Heat's addled my brain
Too hot to clean house
Need to hire those 4 young Brazilian women
(Remember those who came in April?
Tight, young bods set to scrubbing and cleaning)
Well, it's high time they're back again, but not today
Heat's addled my brain
This heat's too much for me
Would rather stay home with my daughter
Heat's addled my brain
This slurry of consciousness stream
A mudslip of words, delicious in abstract
Yet wanting in delivery
Heat's addled my brain
Time to go, back to AC, back to work.
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Comments: 43 ( 4 removed by Kathryn E. )

d g. Jul 19, 2006, 11:54am EDT
Quack, quack, quack. Quack quack - quack quack quack. Quack quack... BURP! Quack!
Kathryn E. Jul 19, 2006, 12:11pm EDT
That's about the extent of it, yep, d.m. !
xxxxxxx x. Jul 19, 2006, 12:11pm EDT
This is a good one- Kathryn. The only way I can do my dishes is to turn on all the bedroom A/C's and point fans from them to the kitchen- and it STILL has to be under the cover of darkness....I go to bed earlier and earlier to get to that A/C.
xxxxxxx x. Jul 19, 2006, 12:13pm EDT
P.S. You'll note that in my new icon I am wearing my summer uniform- as little as is decently possible!!!
Keep Kool!
Marinela Kotsina Jul 19, 2006, 12:13pm EDT
heat left Greece and came to ya !
splish, splash !
love it
Kathryn E. Jul 19, 2006, 12:15pm EDT
Oh, Romy, I hear ya on both counts. I have cotton nighties, the only thing I own that is 100 % cotton. Now, I'm sweating in my skirt and blazer, the blazer is polyester UGH. You look KOOL.
Kathryn E. Jul 19, 2006, 12:16pm EDT
Marinela, we might give it back to ya, splish splash!!!
Nancy S. Jul 19, 2006, 12:52pm EDT
"This slurry of consciousness stream" is fun and appropriate!
Aileen F. Jul 19, 2006, 12:52pm EDT
This has the rhytm of a blues melody!
Cheryl W. Jul 19, 2006, 1:03pm EDT
Yep...I'm feeling a bit "addled" myself. I need to go outside and walk, but its TOO HOT!!
George Corneliussen Jul 19, 2006, 1:17pm EDT
Kathryn,
About a decade or so ago, there was a commercial for Sprite ( or something like Sprite) . In the commercial a man in a white suit comes walking into a desert bar, he has obviously been out on the desert.
The man is hot and sweaty as he approaches the bar. The bartender asks him what he can get him, and the man in the white suit says, "dry salty crackers" .
The bartender slides a plate of crackers across the bar to the man. At that point the man pops open a briefcase he has been carrying and pulls out an ice-cold can of Sprite . He takes a mouthfull of crakers as he pops open the ice-cold Sprite. He then chugs the Sprite and mutters
"Ah-h-h-h". End of commercial.
Everytime we have one of these hot spells that commercial always pops into my mind. The power of advertising. No one is immune
Manette S. Jul 19, 2006, 2:02pm EDT
mine too...... and no AC, not even in the bedroom or the car.... but i survive!
Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" Jul 19, 2006, 2:12pm EDT
PLEASE tell me that you don't live in Newfoundland !
Could there possibly be any real truth in the liberal media's hysteria regarding the yet unproven (at least to greedy, neo-con, corporate sluts!) "theory" of Global Warming??????
"Warming, Will Robinson, Warming, Warming!"
Whew, I think I need a dip in the old Cold Tub.
T B. Jul 19, 2006, 2:31pm EDT
Get a wireless connection and sequester yourself in the bedroom with the AC.. thats where I'm camping out these days... so are the cats.... Oh, Ice Cream works wonders too!
Edward Nudelman Jul 19, 2006, 4:52pm EDT
I remember that day.. you're talking about Tuesday, July 18, New England. Hot, humid, sweaty... but it was a beautiful night along the beach in Beverly!
Walker Bennett, SF Author Jul 19, 2006, 5:27pm EDT
It's currently 104F outside...
Carol Roach Jul 19, 2006, 11:15pm EDT
heat has got my brain too.
Kathryn E. Jul 19, 2006, 11:17pm EDT
Amy, lol - THAT's FUNNY!
Carolyn Madden Jul 19, 2006, 11:54pm EDT
I'm enjoying these heat stories as I kick back on this beautifully mild winter's afternoon.. sun shining, cool breeze wafting, might get as low as 50 tonight, but i'll muddle through.. somehow..

hehehehe
Kathryn E. Jul 19, 2006, 11:59pm EDT
Nancy, I termed it a 'slurry of consciousness stream' because it is definitely a step down from stream of consciousness, but thanks for the mention...it was really ALL I could think of.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:00am EDT
Aileen, ok, a blues melody...care to sing it?
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:01am EDT
Cheryl, yep, it is TOO HOT. Though today was better than yesterday...
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:03am EDT
Lulu, this is not poetry at all. It is a random musing. It is not tagged poetry. I do write poetry from time to time, but this ain't IT. Read the tags, Lulu.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:05am EDT
George, I never saw that ad. Pity. Or, if I did, I didn't remember it. My brain must be addled. Sounds like a good ad, though.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:06am EDT
Manette, ice tea or Gatorade? Cold shower? Survive we all must. Today was probably better than yesterday. Yes?
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:08am EDT
Mugg, hope you enjoyed your cold dip, today. I spent the day in AC...and back to a slightly cooler temp at home...NE US. A heat sink, if ever there were one.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:09am EDT
Renda, you must be in a place warmer than I!
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:10am EDT
Tina, that is a GOOD idea. We've been thinking of going wireless, but we've got a desktop!
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:11am EDT
Yep, Ed, yesterday (Tuesday) was HORRID. Today, Wednesday (when it was Wednesday) started out hot, but improved...
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:16am EDT
Walker, where on earth are you? Phoenix? LV?
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:44am EDT
Not a problem, Lulu. It is just a piece of bad drivel, fun though it may be, just drivel. I wrote an article in April when I had some young women from Brazil in to clean my house. I spend most of my non-work and non-family time on Gather and don't get around to cleaning my house. Heck, I barely even sleep. I'm a Gatherholic. You, too, Lulu, may become a Gatherholic. In fact, you may already be one. You're reading this, right?

If you become a Gatherholic, you can join my group,
Unofficial Gatherholics. address: gatherholics.gather.com.

The title is "Unofficial" Gatherholics because it is not sponsored by Gather. Just me, Kathryn.

When I do write something that is poetic=like, I usually tag it 'poetically incorrect' because I don't write poetry to form.

Usually I write non-fiction or fiction, or journalism. Today was a low day. I couldn't think!. Heat's addled my brain.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:47am EDT
Yep, Carol, I can imagine that even in Montreal, the heat's addled your brain. When I used to live in Montreal, the summers usually didn't get beyond 88 F. (not sure of that in Celsius). But I know that in the last 20 years or so it has gotten a LOT warmer there. I spent a weekend there in August of 88 - remember THAT one, no AC left no fans left in the stores, anywhere? It was in the 90s. F.
Kathryn E. Jul 20, 2006, 12:49am EDT
What, it is just a piece of drivel, a random musing, a slurry of consciousness stream poured out from my heat addled brain, in a fit of pique that I couldn't fathom what else to write. (I said your name, but not in vain.) On the rare occasions when I do write something that resembles a poetic like utterance, I tag it poetically incorrect. I don't do journaling. Just type directly into the keyboard, somewhat like inhaling coffee through my fingers.
Leah Christensen Jul 20, 2006, 1:30pm EDT
I can take the heat, and my basement apt. is naturally cool, but damn air-conditioning is going to be the death of me since people keep it at arctic temperatures, and then it feels like I'm walking into a blast furnace when I go outside.
jessie voigts Jul 20, 2006, 10:25pm EDT
i hate being hot. more than anything!!! great poem, kathryn!
Kathryn E. Jul 21, 2006, 12:15am EDT
Light stuff of little consequence, What.
Kathryn E. Jul 21, 2006, 12:16am EDT
Oh Leah, it's a shame you don't like the AC. I adore it, the colder the better. But I do see your point.
Kathryn E. Jul 21, 2006, 12:17am EDT
Thanks Jessie, I agree, being hot is horrid !!!
Robert H. Jul 22, 2006, 9:29pm EDT
AC rules. Life is not good with no AC.
Kathryn E. Jul 24, 2006, 7:29pm EDT
Yes, What...Being Hot is HORRID. I'm still hot here, am heat sensitive. Maybe sensitive in more than one way, lol.
Kathryn E. Jul 24, 2006, 7:30pm EDT
Robert H. AGREED. AC is a must. Life no good without.
Kathryn E. Oct 10, 2006, 11:47pm EDT
Steve, meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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