Okay, so basically two nights ago I went to The Comic Strip Live with Ryan, Cassie and Dave. Definitely a good time. There was one Indian woman (dots not feathers) that continued to hit on me. She was in her mid-40's, a bit weathered but truth be told, I strongly considered blowing off the night for that. Anyways, she comes up to me while waiting for the train and says, "Oh my goodness! You have beautiful hair!" I wasn't sure if she was fucking with me but I realized she totally wanted me so I shot back a wink and said, "They call it 'Le Bedhead' at the salon." She giggled like a little girl and told me how gorgeous my eyes were. Then, out of nowhere, she starts telling me about four Mexican girls who robbed her. I was gonna split her like a blunt wrap but I would have missed the train so whatever.
Whenever I go to large cities I tend to meet the strangest people. I'm sure other people meet them too, no doubt, but it's as if they're magnetically inclined to discuss odd things with me. While taking the train to work every morning, there was one homeless man, who sort have looked like Colonel Sanders, that, for days, continued to ask me the strangest questions. In the beginning it was sort of endearing. He asked me which I thought tasted better, Goldfish or the actual Goldfish (as in 'fins and shit'). As the days went on, he would ask me more peculiar things, such as, "What's on the other side of the moon?" I replied, "Well, that would be...the moon." He stops, looks at me and says, "Lucky guess." The kicker was when he asked me how many times a week I poop. I declined comment and he said, "It's probably because you're embarrassed that you've pooped milk before." Needless to say, I take an earlier train now. I can't imagine this kind of stuff happens to other people nearly as frequently.
Enough of my personal life, on to society at large (especially in America). I'm sure most of you have been watching the news, reading the paper or perhaps, from word of mouth, have some degree of knowledge to the events that shape the world around us. If, by chance, this is true, you may have heard of South Korea cloning a dog. That's as useful as Mexico cloning a pinata. The practical application for cloning, at this time, is nil. As a society we are plagued with so many other traumas that need to be addressed, not more episodes of "Air Bud". We're led to believe that we can clone sheep and dogs, perform quadruple by-pass surgery, enlarge penises with levers but we can't solve something like Diabetes? I don't have the disease so it doesn't personally bother me, but I think our priorities are off. We really can't find a way for the body to artificially produce insulin? It's because the corporations make more on treating than they do curing. Believe it or not, the government isn't always looking out for its citizens' best interest.
From the Declaration of Independence through the time of this entry, we were founded by a group of slave owners who told us "Seriously guys, all men were created equal." Wait, no, that's not entirely true. Women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Chinese, Mexicans, Eskimos, Klingon, the list continues. Many of them didn't truly gain rights until the 20th century. Some of the groups still aren't granted all their rights (The Klingon). Only a small group of unelected, white male slave-owners enjoyed the American freedom. Pride of the free (previously mentioned plutocracy), home of the brave (over the course of time, everyone except for the previously mentioned plutocracy).