Mezzo Swede

A Toast to World Domination
2003-08-02 10:09:07 (UTC)

Lemmings & Peer Pressure

I once read in a little book called "Pessimisms" that...
"10,000 lemmings can't be wrong." Implying of course, for
those of you uneducated in the ways of lemmings...that it
is right to hurl oneself off a cliff, and into certain
death, as a solution to your problems. Even though the
lemmings hurl themselves off cliffs because they are
stupid, and see other lemmings doing it, not because they
are depressed. But the statement is funny, isn't
it? "10,000 lemmings can't be wrong." HA HA.

So I got the job at SamTrans. So scratch all the whining I
did earlier about them not getting back to me. So...in
short, my torture with Estee Lauder will soon be over.

How much laundry can two people generate? I am in serious
disbelief, EVERY SINGLE TIME we go to the laundromat. It's
so overwhelming that we can't ever complete the task. We
sort, we pack, we transport, we load in washers, we load
into dryers, we pack, we transport...and by that time it
feels like seven years have passed, and Luis and I are both
dead tired, and most likely have to go do other things. SO,
at that point, we drop everything right inside the door,
and try not to look at the autrocity that is the kitchen,
which we abandoned to do the laundry.

I talked to an old friend tonight, and it was infinitely
refreshing. His humor was exactly what I needed. Sure, it's
offensive, politically incorrect, and self-depricating, but
it's REAL, and it's just the way I remembered it! I am
getting so tired of people's contrived humor, or habitual
humor, or lack of humor...that talking to my friend totally
reminded me what FUNNY is. Talking about how we hate
everyone, and how life sucks, but in A FUNNY, IRONIC
WAY...I felt so good afterwards. He said something that is
worthy of repetition. And that is that "PEOPLE HAVE
CHOICES". He's so right. SO many people spend so much of
their time lamenting their situations. Why not contemplate
the choices that got them there in the first place...and if
life is not to their liking, why not make some new choices?
Because it's easier to dwell in an eternal status quo, and
not take risks. Fuck that. I am guilty of dwelling in
status quo as well, but I finally feel that mine at least,
is NOT eternal. I have choices. I mean, I've come to
realize that when I think that NOBODY understands me, it's
usually ME not understanding something else. So yea, maybe
10,000 lemmings CAN be wrong?

OK, before I sound too much like a Tony Robbins devotee...
it's bedtime. Face is hyper though, so I don't know how
that's going to work. He has a new litterbox that looks
like a lavender igloo. It's round. I guess that's so he
won't pee in the corners, ha ha ha. Bad joke, sorry.

WHY are there magazines with skinny ass bitches on the
cover, ALL OVER OUR HOUSE? I have to remind myself everyday
that most women DO NOT LOOK LIKE THOSE WOMEN. I liked it
better when Luis was reading Gourmet, and Home & Garden.





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