Imagine yourself befriending a monster

[wickedparts]

Today was a pretty good day. I had to work early today, but everyone was in a good mood and it went by really fast because there was tons of shit to do, and my boss asked me for advice and said I had a good idea. She also said I could have the two days before Thanksgiving off, because I have been a trooper and I always show up. I'm basically great. Also, on my break, I was sitting on a bench outside and a nice fatherly man came and sat next to me and talked to me, and then his nice motherly wife came over and we all talked. Then, I got to eat Bojangles. Then, I got to hang out downtown and as I was walking to my car, a girl stopped me and said she liked my dress. Then, I went to the store and bought some wine, and the checkout guy looked at my ID and was very nice, but that could have been because I was displaying some cleavage. Either way, today restored a little bit of my faith in humanity. I alternate between having great contempt for people and feeling great compassion and fascination toward them. Am I a sociopath?

[When Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope] "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is, is we're here on Earth to fart around." -Kurt Vonnegut