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Time Has Come Today it's been nearly two years or something since i quit wearing a wristwatch. it was my way of sticking it to the man: hey Ol Man Time, fuck you, you're not the boss of me. of course, it was just an illusion. you can't stop the passage of time by simply ignoring it. still, it's been rather liberating. i only pay attention to time now when i really need to know it, like when it's time to go to lunch or when it's time to go home. not having a watch strapped to your wrist makes you feel more balanced. literally. the ebb and flow of the day changes when you're no longer constantly measuring it. theoretically, i suppose, it lasts exactly the same as when you are wearing a watch. but losing track of time is more than just a cliché now, it's a reality. events occur when they occur and not when you expect them to occur as dictated by what your wristwatch says. i used to catch myself looking at my wrist where my watch used to be, but that's a thing of the past now. one of the first things you notice when you're no longer wearing a watch is how many other people are not wearing one either. it's not because all of a sudden your powers of observation have become more acute. it's because on the occasion when you ask people who are not wearing a watch what time it is they are compelled to hold up their wrists to show you that they are watchless too. it's as though they're giving you the secret handshake. when i stopped wearing my watch, i left it on the kitchen counter. my wife never said anything about it because 1) she never noticed (unlikely); 2) she didn't really care (likely); or 3) she saw it as a manifestation of a developing eccentricity that she didn't want to confront by asking me what my watch was doing on the counter instead of on my wrist (most likely). it is widely believed that Paradise was lost when Adam took a bite out of the apple offered by Eve. but what isn't widely known (because it's not written down anywhere) is how Paradise was regained. it occurred one day when Adam turned to Eve and said, "¿A que hora?" and Eve held out her arms to show Adam that her wrists were bare and replied with a shrug, "No se, hombre."
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