THE FUCKING LIST (March 27, 2011)
I am returning to Zagreb tomorrow morning, but it seems that I have left Motovun already. Yesterday morning I jotted down a list of things to do before leaving, but I keep going through it in my mind all the while: unplug computers, close shutters, spray insecticide in all rooms and close doors, set thermostat to fifteen degrees Celsius, take garbage out, check mailbox in post office… I know the fucking list by heart, but I still keep going through it over and over again. And I wrote it down in the vain hope that this would help me stop going through it like a zombie. What is worse, it is the same list that I go through each and every time I leave Motovun for a longer period. As well as the very same list I had jotted down time and again, and for the same silly reason: unplug computers, close shutters, spray insecticide in all rooms and close doors…