February 2008
7 posts
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#7
Q: Why do I eat Kashi Cereal?
I mean, I’m one of those people who sees health food ads and will thereafter purposely snub the products being advertised. I don’t know what makes me more mad— people telling me that such-and-such product/food will Save My Life, or ads telling me the same thing.
But then my usual keep-my-body-running diet supplement of grapes (which I adore) and...
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#6
Q: Why am I writing this blog?
Because sometimes, for all sorts of reasons, I clam up and stop writing. Fear stops me. Laziness stops me. Boredom stops me. Happiness stops me. All it takes sometimes is just thinking about the constant-seeming stream of problems I have to make me falter. And, sometimes, at night, that faltering becomes stumbling, and stumbling becomes falling down, and then...
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#5
Q: Why do I like writing short shorts?
I’ve had this massive rash of them. Because, you see, I’m taking a short stories writing class at uni this semester. At first, I thought it was just going to be painful, because I know I like to write long arcs and stuff. And when the teacher told me we’d be doing “short short” stories first— i.e. stories at about the...
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#4
Q: Why try to be happy?
Apparently, it’s not a good idea.
All I can say is, wtf, man, wtf.
Somewhere out there a pharmaceutical company “is working on a new drug to make you happier,” they warn. “There are even people who would like to give you special ozone enemas to make you happier.” Although some 85 percent of Americans say they’re pretty happy, the...
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#3
Q: Why am I unhappy this time?
Family. School. Hate them both. The latter feels more pointless every day, and the former are so laden with expectations that I want to scream. Worse, I can’t really do anything about either, so whatever happens just adds to that feeling, you know that one where something or two somethings are digging into your shoulder, hip or bum, and there’s no way...
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#2
Q: Why do I hate school right now?
Because it is boring and pointless and expensive, and I need it to keep going. Because while my last workplace might hire me if I don’t finish college, I’ve less faith in the impropriety of other possible employers. And I need the best credentials I can squeeze from this situation, so I end up trying to do well at school as an end result. And...
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#1
Q: Why do I have a Kindle?
I don’t have much money; I’m not sure how I afforded it in the first place. I’m damn well unsure as to how I can afford it now. Left to myself, I would spend as little on feeding it as possible, but I’m not left to myself. I suppose I should be combing Project Gutenberg for stuff like I used to years ago, but I just can’t be bothered....