On Watches.

I'm a big fan of watches. Mayer kind of got me into them a few years ago, and now I'm hooked. I only have two right now, because I'm not loaded with money or anything, but I like the ones I have, and I'm always on the lookout for cool new ones. They're also something I always complement people for, whether I'm at work or out on the road somewhere. I like big faceplates and multi-colors and cool bands, and I like being able to look at the analog face on my wrist without opening the LCD screen on my cell phone or turning on my iPod. It's always a comfortable weight on my arm, and I feel naked when I'm not wearing one.

The only time I DON'T wear my watch (on purpose) is at the beach. The superficial reason would be fear of sand in the gears or water damage, but the REAL reason is that there's no point. Am I right? Besides liking watches, I'm a big fan of the concept of TIME in general. It's fluid. It's motion. It never stops, but it's not concrete. It just keeps going.

Wearing a watch is a way to try and measure it, but in reality, it's just an estimate. An estimate that keeps us both comfortable and stressed as we go about our daily lives, depending on what we're going through or where we need to be.

Not wearing one at the beach or while on vacation is kind of liberating. When you've got nothing to do and nowhere to be, it's nice to ignore it for a while. I sleep in here, wake up, hit the sand, chill, and go to bed when I'm tired (which might be pretty soon now). There's never a real schedule and we make it through the days in the most laid back way possible.

Time isn't measured here, but SPENT.

It's spent relaxing. It's spent eating. It's spent feeling the wind and listening to the waves and soaking up the sun. And it's spent hanging out with family.

I'll definitely put my watch on again when I leave here, covering the darker shade of skin I'll acquire on my wrist, because I'll need it when I go. But for now, I'll leave it on the dresser and measure time by counting waves and building sand castles...

D.