Getting in touch with my inner cow

watching the red light

through wet hair and steel

spring rain falls

Raindrops danced on Science Odori. Over the past wet mile, I had developed a theory of how the secret goal of all meditation is to take our brain back to the thoughtless state of a herbivorous large mammal, say a cow, to release our poor overtuned human brain from all the electric tension accumulated through decades of unfinished intercalated thoughts, to bring it back to the state of pure serenity, where brain cells relax tensionless, thoughtless. I wanted to try this, and I wanted to expose my illumination to a couple of trees on the other side of Science Odori, and if they agreed, become the founder of a spiritual society around a holy cow, all Indians welcome. Finally I got green light from the grey other side of the street, accompanied by a biik-baak-biik-baak cacophony, just in case I had gotten blind in the meantime.

‘green light => go’ said my inner cow, and I.

(BLT: This Monkey's gone to Heaven)

Sunday, 23 March 2008

This Monkey's Gone to Heaven

A user’s guide to monkey business

by Bernhard Leopold Topf

To the great people of Tsukuba, who are none of the below.


Prologue


M: So who do you think would be interested in your script?

B: Hmm, all kinds of folk, really. Well, it would be good if they had some basic knowledge on monkey business. And insights into German would be a plus, especially Bavarian German.

M: And it’s set in Japan..?

B: Yes, definitely, it would make a lot more sense to those who’ve been to Japan already. I mean, if someone knows Tsukuba, then, hey, waouhh! Especially in comparison with French social and work ethics.

S: But it’s a thriller, isn’t it?

B: Hmm, weeell, not exactly. It’s more about monkey business, really. And it’s a true story.

M: So, if we want to sell this manuscript, then the target group would be English-speaking Bavarian virologists with a professional experience in France, who have recently been to Tsukuba, but not necessarily like thrillers. Is that what you have in mind?

B: Err, yes. Do you think there’s a big market for it?

(BLT: This Monkey's gone to Heaven)

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