twilight zone

i had a great title pop into my head on the way home today, but then it popped out again.

teachers of the world are united right now in pre-christmas agony. i had a headache that nearly cracked my skull in two by the end of classes today. a good nap took a chunk out of it, happily. still, i think i need some of those pills that stop irritability.

sunrise: 9h51
sunset: 12h44
total: 2h53 of daylight

i have to say, the meaning of daylight has changed for me over the past couple of months. i wonder now if it would be better if it just stayed dark all the time, because this twilight is torturous. i'd say it never gets any bright than dusk. i feel half-asleep all the time, but i also feel like i'm staying up all night, every night. this morning i walked to school by the light of orange streetlamps in the pre-dawn blue. when i came out at lunch, the light was already in decline. it helps for things like demonstrating to the art classes that, actually, snow is not really white. here & now, it is always blue. in the spring, if such a thing does really exist :P, the sun will turn it pink and yellow and the northern lights turn it green.

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