Monday, 15 October 2001 | Butterfly bushes

There's a restaurant I like and whenever I go I always order the same dish but sometimes, only rarely, that dish doesn't taste good on that particular day and I have no idea why, because there's nothing obviously wrong with it. Today was like that. Nothing particularly bad happened; I've heard worse news, I've driven through thicker traffic, I've had busier days, I've seen cloudier weather, I've gotten myself into more uncomfortable situations. But for some reason today felt bad around all the edges, and that cancerous feeling contaminated the things that on any other day would have been merely average, without any explanation whatsoever, besides the fact that it's Monday and I'm rather exhausted. At least with the absence of reason I can draw the conclusion that tomorrow will likely be better.

Apparently butterfly bushes are planted in the median of a highway in Eastern North Carolina. Yes, bushes that attract butterflies are planted in the median of a highway.