one kick ass summer, poolside
which is why i'm not in here on the stupid desktop that i'll donate immediately to the less fortunate when that powerbook i've been waiting for drops into my lap by a Giving Universe that knows i deserve it.
the cosmetologist we hired to wax SuperG in exchange for a bike tune up - who also happens to be my dearest cousin, jessieliz - came in about halfway done, grabbed a handkerchief from the basket and mopped her face, declaring, 'i'm sweating so much i can't see.' believe me, i know. try being a swede and a swim team champion, defiled by years of intimate shaving rituals - you'd have a pelt on your back too. it's like waxing a grizzly bear. but he's so grateful, and i got lucky so often in the next few days, that it was totally, TOTALLY worth it - and we'll tune your bike every week if you let us.
the waxing is only a symptom of my larger summer project, which is to rid us of all the collective crapola we have stashed in and around the house like demented squirrels. we DO NOT need this stuff - we never did, we knew we didn't - but somehow we couldn't keep ourselves from trying to save it. let's all say it together, 'yes, the economy sucks ass right now, regardless of what fox news has to tell us. but it is not the thirties, and no matter HOW broke we are, we will never need all the crap we could get for free or cheap. never will we.'
the only thing the american people manufacture today is an endless appetite for accumulation. fight it with me, america! it's our only hope.
the cosmetologist we hired to wax SuperG in exchange for a bike tune up - who also happens to be my dearest cousin, jessieliz - came in about halfway done, grabbed a handkerchief from the basket and mopped her face, declaring, 'i'm sweating so much i can't see.' believe me, i know. try being a swede and a swim team champion, defiled by years of intimate shaving rituals - you'd have a pelt on your back too. it's like waxing a grizzly bear. but he's so grateful, and i got lucky so often in the next few days, that it was totally, TOTALLY worth it - and we'll tune your bike every week if you let us.
the waxing is only a symptom of my larger summer project, which is to rid us of all the collective crapola we have stashed in and around the house like demented squirrels. we DO NOT need this stuff - we never did, we knew we didn't - but somehow we couldn't keep ourselves from trying to save it. let's all say it together, 'yes, the economy sucks ass right now, regardless of what fox news has to tell us. but it is not the thirties, and no matter HOW broke we are, we will never need all the crap we could get for free or cheap. never will we.'
the only thing the american people manufacture today is an endless appetite for accumulation. fight it with me, america! it's our only hope.