iDallas!Today was nice. I’m starting to get used to the family. They’re not all bad. Just different.
I got some mocassin-like slipper-type things. I think I’m gonna get pretty used to having them. I might not wear shoes much at all anymore.
Viva la vie!
I’m glad people are nice to each other or at least spend a lot of money on each other once a year. If all the businesses in the country didn’t have at least one good quarter every year, I don’t know what would become of our economy.
Being back with my parents is a special kind of fun. Here’s an example conversation:
Mom: So, with your vegatarian thing, do you eat any meat at all?
Me: Nope. No meat.
Mom: No chicken?
Me: Nope.
Mom: No Fish?
Me: (chuckling) No animals at all.
Mom: A fish isn’t an animal.
Me: Yes it is, Mom. It’s not a plant, right? It’s an animal.
And then I went on to explain my views on overfishing and killing ecosystems and all that. I even used the phrase “gluttonous American demand.” Also note that this conversation occurs every time I visit.
Life is simpler in downhome Ohio. I didn’t grow up here so I don’t have any friends to catch up with while I’m here. All I have to do is listen to my parents tell bad jokes or watch TV (I saw Telletubbies today!) or fiddle with their lame old computer.
It is a bit relaxing, if I could figure out how to forget about everything else going on in my life.
Tonight’s Ally McBeel was a re-run that I hadn’t seen before. It was about a 3-person marriage. One man and two women. It was mostly positive on the subject, but then at the last minute sort of changed its mind.
I can understand why a big popular show like that (or one that wants to be popular) would make some effort to comdemn such behavior (polygamy), but the fact that it brought it up at all is pretty cool.
We consider ourselves enlightened, and we do command quite an arsenal of techical knowledge, but we don’t have any idea who we are or what we’re about.
We have so much to learn.
I went Christmas shopping yesterday. It makes me sad to see people buying cheap gifts that will barely outlast the season. Gifts for all. Gifts. Physical Items.
I would like someone to give me love for Christmas. Just a little bit of good cheer when I need it.
People are actually a little bit more jovial during the holidays. There is a certain hustle-bustle that needs to be dealt with, but overall, things are pretty laid back.
People are doing fun stuff and making an effort to keep fun thoughts in their minds.
The world is making some effort to be nice.
It’s a start.
I got my groove on last night.
And I’m not talking about sex, either. Though, I suppose I wish I was.
I saw a band called OOSoul. They’re from LA, and they put on a nice show.
It was great fun.
It looked like the crowd had a good time. It was a posh brewery place in an upscale and snooty part of Long Beach. There were some college kids there doing their dumb college-kid thing. I didn’t mind, though.
I went out to see a super-cool band last night called OOSoul last night.
It was a lot of fun, but for some reason, the place we were at had boxing on the tv during the set. Why the hell would someone do that to me?
But, this isn’t about me. This is about why people are so interested in seeing someone else get hurt. It’s sick. It’s perverse. It’s way worse than sleeping with your intern.
We should all be impeached and bombed.
NO MORE BOMBS
COMMUNICATION AND REALIZATION
NO MORE BOMBS
NO MORE FOOTBALL
NO MORE VIOLENCE AS ENTERTAINMENT