My Self-Diagnosis
July 22, 2008 · Filed under: Personal.
I know self-diagnosing on the internet is frowned upon, but for the sake of this entry I’m just going to gently push Reason aside and continue with my self-diagnosis, because I can. I suffer from Lazy Ass Syndrome (you might have heard of it), and the evidence I will present will hopefully be so strong that my self-diagnosis will be accepted even by Those Who Frown.
Evidence:
- Instead of getting up to close my door so that Leo doesn’t fly from the kitchen, around the corner, and onto my shoulder to annoy me, I’ll pick up a binder sitting next to me, lean over, and attempt to close the door with it. This saves me the added stress and time of getting up and walking two feet.
- Instead of grabbing a dinner plate from the kitchen, I grab a paper plate sitting on the counter so that later on after I finish eating I won’t have to turn on the faucet and rinse the plate. It’s better to just bend a few degrees and chuck the paper plate in the trash.
- Instead of walking into the kitchen and getting some ice for the lukewarm water sitting on my desk I, well, don’t.
- When running out really quick to do some errands, I put my hair in a bun rather than taking the time to brush it out. All five strands that are left, that is.
- Instead of getting up to turn on the lightswitch for the fan, I sit on my couch and melt into a nice fleshy puddle from the heat.
- When someone calls, I let the machine pick up rather than answer the phone, and when my Mom yells at me through the answering machine to “ANSWER THE PHONE, SARY!”, I pretend not to hear.
- Instead of blogging every two days like I used to, I let my blog sit for four of five days and update my About page for the upteenth time for no reason but to stall.
Those are but a few symptoms of LAS I’ve experienced in the past day. I’ve heard there’s a cure somewhere, but I’m too lazy to find out.
Why I’ll Never Get Into Politics
July 18, 2008 · Filed under: Thoughts.
The more I read about politics and see it in the media, the more I realize it’s just not for me. Small local government seems okay, but running for president? No, thank you. Simply because to do so you have to:
- Sell your soul to the devil.
- Pucker those lips of yours to perform some major ass kissing.
- Have balls of steel for the inevitable attacks on your beliefs, patriotism, family, and faith.
- Be willing to walk over the necessary people to get to the top.
- Have a lot of money.
- Have a squeaky clean past.
- Be in control of what you say and do every hour of every day.
- Deal with the press.
- Deal with America.
- Deal with the um, World?
It’s just not my cup of tea. Being the president of the United States would be a wonderful opportunity to do some good, yes, but the system is so corrupted I wouldn’t waste my time. And then you have to clean up Bush’s mess, be constantly watched and compromised, deal with world issues and pretend to care, and all for $400,000 a year. I’d rather do other things like catch up on my DVR’s, brush my husband’s face, paint, read a book, and live my very simple (anonymous) life. At least I’d enjoy it.
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