Some random unoriginal thoughts from a cold wet day in Washington:
+ Today I walked into a Walmart restroom and a man was standing at a urinal, yelling obscenities out loud to nobody in particular. This did not remotely faze me.
+ Yesterday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I have two things to say about this:
1) If you have a Facebook.com profile, I highly recommend going to the "Settings" tab at the top of the page and changing the "Language" to English (Pirate). Unless you are significantly cooler than I am (and I apologize if you are not) this will be the highlight of your day.
2) A belated Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me mateys! May your voyages be full of booty and your future pillages be free from scurvy!
+ I grabbed lunch at a Jack in the Box the other day and happened to sit down right next to a Jack in the Box employee being interviewed for a promotion to assistant manager.
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"Here."
"Here? Really?" (Even the Jack in the Box corporate suit found this answer odd.) "Why are you so interested in working here?"
"Because it isn't going anywhere. It's a place I should always be able to rely on for steady work."
At first this answer struck me as sad. But the more I think about it, the more sense it makes.
+ Among the stupidest things I've ever uttered to another human being:
* "There's no way the Arizona Cardinals don't make the playoffs this year."
* "That Justin Timberlake sure is talented."
* "You know what's weird? I've been in Oregon and Washington for a couple of weeks now and it hasn't rained once. I guess I just lucked out."
+ Shouldn't we as a country be more horrified by modern times than we are?
The Baby Boomers had Vietnam and the assassinations of JFK and MLK Jr. Their parents had World War II and The Great Depression. Generations X,Y, and Z have had more than our share of turmoil, but it hasn't seemed to have the same effect.
We're so inundated with pop culture, dumbed down 24 hour news networks, and product endorsements (with bright shiny objects like the internet constantly stealing our attention) that it is incredibly easy to ignore or underestimate the impact of the devastating hurricanes, collapsing financial institutions, and increasing poverty plaguing our country.
Sometimes I think that the only thing saving us from our loss of innocence is our ignorance.
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... so what is the purpose of an asleep populace, a dumb one, a deaf and blind one who won't question?
Sadder still to look to the wolves, and think of our children's children world.
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