Posted by Destroyo on November 15, 2003, at 14:49:23
I'm going to leave off the beer for a while and try to lose a few pounds, so I shall in the future be soberly circumspect. I'm going to give you all a vacation from my posts for a few days; you could probably use it. I'll keep reading, though, and if someone makes a direct inquiry of me, I'll jump in just long enough to answer it.
Karen Kay, I'm in awe of you getting through two books a day! How do you read that fast?
SB-417, there was a Cheesecake Factory in my Burg, put terrorists from The Center for Science in The Public Interest (you know, deadly movie theatre popcorn, heart attack on a plate fettucine), firebombed it. But seriously, long lines, eh? Do they have a "cheesecake nazi" who refuses you your fattening delight if proper procedures aren't followed? Everybody loves cheesecake. I'll check my yellow pages, see if they have one here. I think that'd be a GREAT place to take a date. You know, cheesecake is SENSUOUS.
My life has had a rather surreal quality to it. Sometimes, it's almost like I inhabit one of those "magical realism" novels I read.
You know, it never ceases to amaze me how some of the dullest humanoid drones, people without a thought in their head who almost never say anything interesting, can sometimes enjoy rich, satisfying support networks of friends, family, and lovers. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Good for them! I don't think you should have to EARN a good support network, it should be one's birthright. Oddly, though, to whatever limited extent that I have had such a network, it seems that I DO have to earn it. To sing for my supper, so to speak. If I'm not being funny, provocative, and a little outrageous 100% of the time, I'm being ignored....100% of the time. And being ignored can be painfully lonely ***SIGH***
Incidentially, my "non-drone" status and the fact that I poke fun at the drones doesn't mean I'm arrogant, please don't think that. For me, it's a mere accident of genetics (a decent brain) and the fact that I was fortunate enough to meet people when I was young who taught me to think critically.
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