Ungrounded Outlet

I have the obnoxious habit of rounding time. If my watch says “1:40″ and you ask me the time, I’ll tell you “1:45″. If my watch says “1:47″, I’ll also tell you “1:45″. The rounding goes both ways in my head. I don’t actually know what the cut-off is for me to switch to “2:00″. It’s whatever feels right in my head.

It’s actually kind of a bummer for me too. I looked at the clock a bit ago and it said something like “8:24″ and I said to myself, “It’s 8:30″. Ten minutes later when I look at the clock again (8:34 for those of you bad at arithmetic), I said to myself, “It’s still 8:30? It was 8:30 ten minutes ago! This day is never going to end!”

Of course, now it’s 8:45. By which I mean 8:51. This day is never going to end.