There is a reason why I don't math in my head - I'm no good at it. Add to that my already complicated relationship with numbers - I don't like some of them, and more than that, I just don't trust some of them. Now, I know what you're thinking:
"What the fuck dude - that is so crazy true! Numbers suck!"
Well, no, it's not that they suck, it's that they can't always be relied upon to add up the way we want them to. For example:
In 5-ish days I will arrive at the airport in (location withheld for sexy purposes) where a mere few hours later I will be meeting my dear ButterfliesAndCuffs at baggage claim after her plane lands (we talked about it and decided that that will be more convenient than trying to meet there before her plane touches down.)
We have done the math (ok, she did the math) and we have estimated that we will be together in approximately 125 hours.
But I want the numbers to add up to RIGHT NOW and dumb math wont let that happen.
Ok, I get it, there are rules. Rules can be fun. I like rules. Rules are our friends. I'm sure that thousands of years ago places like Babylonia and Mesopotamia were pretty happening places, and doubtless Pythagoras and Archimedes would have been cool guys to party with - but how did everyone involved in the math game overlook factors like flight times and longing and impatience?
So we have to wait another 5-ish days, and there is nothing I can do about it, in my head or otherwhere. Perhaps by the time we leave the airport I will have forgotten my completely rational frustration and resentment toward numbers, but for now I say fuck you math! Not cool!
