All My Best Thinking...

I do all my best thinking in the shower. Or waiting for the bus. But mostly in the shower.

This is where my girlfriend would normally make a euphemistic comment about "what I am really doing in the shower", but she's in bed reading right now so I will continue this blog in the direction I had originally intended... *ahem*

Perhaps it has something to do with temperature extremes, the warmth of the shower, the cold of the bus stop, that gets my brain moving. Or perhaps it's the solace. When my girlfriend, Tracy comes into the bathroom while I'm in the shower I immediately stop using my brain. I've been interrupted! Same thing happens at the bus stop; if there is someone else standing near me I can't think straight.

Because I need to be alone. I work well in a vacuum. I love being alone with my thoughts. Since I am currently car-less, I walk a lot and walking also lets me think a lot. When I used to drive I'd do a lot of thinking, too.

And I do a whole lot of awesome thinking when the music is good. Ratatat Radio on Pandora is my current favorite selection for think-music... much to Tracy's chagrin.

"It sounds like a video game having sex with a guitar!"

... she never really said that. But she does think it's annoying.

ANYWAYS (as Chuck Klosterman says), back to the point, I get a lot of thinking done when I'm alone, the temperature is at some sort of extreme, the music is good, and I have nothing but time.

I love Mondays because I get to be by myself for eight hours. Please don't get me wrong: I love Tracy. More than anyone that I've ever loved. But Mondays are her office day and I have off work therefore it's a day where I can be alone and get work done on my projects. When she wakes up at 9:30am to get ready for her 11:00am shift, I'm up, too... I'm up and I'm being productive!

It is then that my brain is in full gear. I have my art supplies in front of me. The laptop's all fired up. The temperature is at the right setting. The cats are fed and leaving me alone. The dog has been walked and has calmed down from it's typical morning high. I have red bull. I have yogurt. And I have time. Glorious, glorious time.