Peaceful drive. (2)

My patience has really been takin' me for a ride, and frankly I’ve had just about enough. I either need to pull over, or attach one of those chains to the back of my pants to prevent motion sickness. Any chance you think they’ll be trending for spring? I could get a head start on innovation. Probably not, huh. Or maybe I’ll just tattoo “Where am I going, and why am I in a hand basket” across my back.

Going to hell in a handbasket? No? Maybe this was a bad idea…

I’ve never been a fan of Route Crazy, but lately I can’t seem to merge onto Peaceful Drive. Everybody’s moving at the speed of light, honking, talking on their phones, texting, texting while backing up, putting on makeup, putting on makeup while backing up, plowing…Don’t even get me started on  the asshole that is the city of Montreal who loves to plow at 12:40 am.

Our world is so fast paced and proves incredibly difficult to keep up with. That’s part of the reason for this blog. And it’s title for that matter. Sigur Ros is like the epitome of relaxed. The entrancing and ethereal sounds of their song Staralfur calms me down instantly each and every time. Hense the title. It reminds me that I need to slow down and breathe every once in a while. In other words I need to ‘simmer down.' (My grade 9 English teacher would be proud. She would always tell my very rowdy class: "Simma down now! I said...simma down.." Back then I thought she was nuts. Now I realize she just may have been a genius undercover.).

I know it's only day 2 of posting, but the hopeful in me thinks this may be one of the most fabulous of ideas. My head is definitely clear as I write this. (Clear aside from the ever present and pending fear of over exposing myself to strangers...But we'll disregard that...)

Then, there is the cynic in me who I know is just waiting to question in a day or so exactly what I've gotten myself into...A post a day for a whole year?

I have but one answer to that cynic.

You'll never get anywhere if you don't try. 

You don't need to go full speed ahead, but you definitely need to accelerate if you wanna get on that highway.