Wednesday, July 23, 2008

crepuscule

Good evening,

The Dutch sunset is slowly falling asleep outside my window, outside all the windows in the Netherlands, shrouded along the horizon by its tenuous gray blanket. Even on otherwise clear nights, the sky a prostrate rainbow fading, stretching up to darkness and, eventually, to the brightest stars' first faint flickers, the sunset clings to the familiarity of these inveterate clouds.

Good night,
walter

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Pre-op

4:22 hours pre-op.
Pulse 59 bpm
Blood pressure 118/57
Temperature 36.6 C
General condition approved to continue.
In high spirits. Only slight concern for the imminent pain of recovery.
Medical team excited. Great lengths to assemble enough of the best specialists to last the duration of the procedure. Rotations scheduled precisely. Sharpest among the group will piece some of it together. Can't be avoided. No one has a clear overview. Until I see fit, it will remain my secret.

To success.