somehow today at work, the subject of lunchroom conversation became the difference between dealers and the guys who collect. a coworker said this: "if we could get away with it, we would all do it. sit back, collect the money, but stay spotless. i would do it. everyone would do it."
i'm not sure that i have disagreed with anything more in my life. not self-righteous, no. it's just wrong.
sure, it's easy to collect the dough, make the threats, have the power. you just don't see what it does to people. lives are ruined because the ones with the power are the ones with the greed and apathy. the bosses watch their underlings polish the new boat and redo the house while the addicts inch their way closer to the grave, while everyone pushes and while nobody is left to pull them back out.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
on freezing herbs, etc.
"if you can't get out an english word, that's embarassing. you gotta sit back for a while."
"i tried pot one time. i didn't know what he was putting in my deep-freeze. you do put herbs in the deep-freeze."
new revelation. the latter is a quote from my mother.
sleeping in.
eating butter.
drinking wine.
timing.
fondue.
i should write a haiku. but i don't think i will.
"i tried pot one time. i didn't know what he was putting in my deep-freeze. you do put herbs in the deep-freeze."
new revelation. the latter is a quote from my mother.
sleeping in.
eating butter.
drinking wine.
timing.
fondue.
i should write a haiku. but i don't think i will.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
on time and mathematics
I feel as though I should have been born in 1905. I wasn't. I wonder if that was supposed to happen. Maybe it's a lesson of some kind. Let's see how we can put this to practical use, like math.
I will say this: Travelling must have been much easier in 1905. I'm not a terrorist. I never have been, nor do I plan to become, a terrorist. Yet I cannot evade all kinds of necessary paperwork and ulcer-causing problems. It makes me want to talk like a pirate; "Aaaaargh!" (just as an example).
1905. When women were strong, but not obvious; nurturing, yet itching to create scandal. When women were filled with an explosive desire to break out of the box that society confined them to, and nearly ready to. Must have been infuriating and amazing to be a part of it. Now that the work is done we often take our boxless existences for granted. Which is too bad.
1905. To be around when original Picassos were cheap, when Hollywood was crowned the movie capital of the world, when food was always fresh and water always clean. Around when rules of etiquette slowly began to unravel, when skirts became shorter, and when music became art. This I would have liked to experience.
Not that IPods and Wiis aren't really really neat.
I will say this: Travelling must have been much easier in 1905. I'm not a terrorist. I never have been, nor do I plan to become, a terrorist. Yet I cannot evade all kinds of necessary paperwork and ulcer-causing problems. It makes me want to talk like a pirate; "Aaaaargh!" (just as an example).
1905. When women were strong, but not obvious; nurturing, yet itching to create scandal. When women were filled with an explosive desire to break out of the box that society confined them to, and nearly ready to. Must have been infuriating and amazing to be a part of it. Now that the work is done we often take our boxless existences for granted. Which is too bad.
1905. To be around when original Picassos were cheap, when Hollywood was crowned the movie capital of the world, when food was always fresh and water always clean. Around when rules of etiquette slowly began to unravel, when skirts became shorter, and when music became art. This I would have liked to experience.
Not that IPods and Wiis aren't really really neat.
Monday, January 28, 2008
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