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February 26, 2009

1855: So, about that severed arm...

I just received a text message from my brother demanding to know why I haven't been answering his messages about whether or not I've seen a dismembered arm in the Matrix.

Let me begin by saying that I have not deliberately been leaving his messages unanswered. The truth is that until this moment, I had not been entirely certain that I'd even received such messages. They come in very late at night when I'm asleep, so I don't see them until I wake up in the morning, when I'm totally disoriented because I've just been ripped out of a very deep sleep by my alarm clock.

This morning, for instance, I was having a dream about eating the most delicious chocolate chip cookie in the world, only to have my enjoyment of this incredible cookie cut short by the sound of my alarm. I got out bed, turned off the alarm and looked at my phone, where I saw this:

"DID YOU CHECK FOR THE DISEMBODIED ARM IN THE MATRIX?"

My first thought was not "WTF?" but, "That's weird, I think I got this message already." My confusion was compounded by my inability to determine where that cookie went.

While I was wrong about that cookie ever having existed, I was right about having read that or something like that already. Yesterday morning, I received a text from my brother announcing "OMG I JUST SAW A PHANTOM LIMB IN THE MATRIX."

And, you know, I thought I'd responded to that already. Actually, I thought we'd discussed it over instant messenger, but at this point I'm not entirely sure what I've done or not done where cookies or dismembered body parts are concerned.

Posted by ashley at February 26, 2009 10:59 PM

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