Wax On, Wax Off

Productive yes, productive no. Purchasing yes, refunding no. I am experiencing the zen of the Easy Path of Consumerism, the inevitability of dissatisfaction, and the detachment of prescription allergy medicine. Purchase Epson Stylus C82 print cartridges, they are inevitably the wrong cartridges, return Epson Stylus C82 print cartridges. Purchase windshield wiper blades, #Uniform Nineteen, return windshield wiper blades, #Uniform Nineteen. "Uniform Nineteen" has such a great sound to it. It stirs streams of Steely Dan, sweaty collective team sport effort and attire on sunny mornings, Beatle echoes of "number nine", Orwell, of course, the voice of Donald Sutherland, and ID checks at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska. U19 on, U19 off. The wiper blades need to be more narrow. Bummer, man. "Anxiety is the shallow breathing of a narrowed mind." Where did that quote surface from? I am not anxious. It is spring in Dallas. The redbuds seem neon against the gray sky. The humidity smushes mere mortals to the sidewalk. The wind coats the cars with a thick layer of sticky, green pollen. Uniform Nineteen. Not coughing, not sneezing. Breathe in, breathe out.