Wednesday, December 01, 2004

things to ponder

**First, if Halloween is only once a year, and judging by my calendar OVER, why do people feel the need to continually wear a costume? Why must people about as deep as a well masquerade themselves as somebody knowledgeable? Seriously, just because somebody can say words like "ephemeral" and almost vaguely put it into context doesn't mean they will be any perceived as any smarter.
**Second, how is it that you can give two people the exact same gift and they will interpret that gift and the act of giving that gift completely differently? One person will think it is something nefarious and completely full of bad intentions, and another person will take the gift for what it was meant to be and just be cool with it, maybe even be glad to get it.
**Third, why do people take what little power they have in any situation and make it out to be more than what it is? Does it give them a boner to have some mediocre display of power?
**Fourth, why oh why do people think that getting in the last word or putting in their completely useless two cents somehow makes them right? No amount of revisionist rethinking and retelling of a story will change the fact that everybody but those particular people think they are oh so wrong.
**Fifth, why do I keep continuing this charade of getting a complete worthless degree and acting like it has some value?
Contrary to the tone of this post, I'm not in a bad mood. I'm actually in a pretty good mood. I just watched Chocolat and ate pizza with a true-blue friend. The pizza was surprisingly tasty, Johnny Depp was totally yummy (as only he can be) and frankly today turned out to be a much better day than I ever would have thought when I walked out the door this morning. Now if I could only get my car and cell-phone situation worked out, it might all be a-okay.

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