Thoughts I Have Had Today (6.14.04)
Why did Oprah pick Tolstoy's Anna Karenina for her latest book club selection? Most of her constituents probably needed a dictionary and roadmap just to make it through The Purpose-Driven Life. Does she hope to somehow take classic literature to the hordes of clueless middle-class Midwestern women who still say "You go, girl" and chortle? Man, I hate her.
I wonder if my general lack of interest in professional televised sports will make life harder or easier.
Talking with my aunt's boyfriend is always bizarre. I don't hate the guy at all; I just don't care that much about the whole situation.
Sometimes I'm so stone-frozen petrified of the fact that I'm moving in nine weeks to California, where I have no job waiting for me, that I start to realize that, yes, the next few years will probably be tougher than originally imagined/intended. There's a lot of fast water between here and 30.
Working with attractive women is like wearing comfortable shoes all day: one less thing to worry about.
Target is an okay place to go.
I really need a job. So much talent and schooling. All so I could ask, "And what two sides would you like with that steak?"
I need to eat more Chinese food.
A young black boy, no more than seven, knocked on my door this afternoon and asked me to "take him to swimming." I told him I couldn't, I had things to do. This disappointed him, but he moved on. I bet he's one of the kids that live upstairs, always running around and jumping on things. At least in my old apartment, the upstairs neighbors were reliable: parties every Friday and Saturday night, with bonus rounds in the bedroom above my roommate. But these kids are unstoppable.
Still, despite that aforementioned uncertainty about life, I'm still excited. I guess I have to be.
I can't believe how lucky I am.
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