post the thirty-first, 2013

on the tivo, i have: rizzoli & isles, merlin, elementary, and once upon a time. it's only february, so some of the episodes were taped last year. wait... taped. HA! i said taped. i was fixing to backspace over it and put "recorded" but then i decided, that's pretty funny. TAPED.

some of the episodes that were taped before or during the Winter Holiday Season contain adverts applicable to that most advert-laden time of year. and... they're weird to see. eight weeks ago, seven weeks ago, they were all advertising the future. now (of course) they're advertising the past. they are such specific commercials that they stand out where a few weeks ago, they would have simply blended with the cacophonous hullabaloo.

seven weeks before year's end, the atmosphere is oppressive, spinning. everyone is in a heightened state, high pressure, high intensity. it's all gogogo and buybuybuy and there are parties and events and talking and eating all the time. it grows and grows until it explodes on new year's eve, and now here we are seven weeks into the new year and all that stuff seems like a lifetime ago.

the seven weeks on the heading-towards side are shorter than the seven weeks on the looking-back side.