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5 minutes later, the epiphany comes to me. I can physically see my first paragraph, sitting in front of me.........and it's so beautiful. A few wipes and a flush later, I'm back at my desk, actually getting some work done.
I know we've all made jokes about the thinking power that can be generated in the stall, but I don't think we ever regard the process with more than just the occasional musings we create. It's more than that people! These are the revelations! The thoughts that will change our time, and open our minds to the truth. Rather than just flip through magazines or ponder on the softness of the paper in front of you, perhaps we need to aim our thoughts skyward in the noble effort of true change!
It makes me wonder if Buddhism was founded in the can?
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12.16.06: As many of you internet browsers may know, Yahoo has a little section on their homepage known as "The Buzz Log" in which the most popular searches of the day are categorized by type for your viewing pleasure. Today's buzz log was entitled "A Royal Rally" where the category was anything with "King" or "Queen" in the name. The top 4 are as follows:
1. Queen Latifah
2. Four Kings
3. Dairy Queen
4. King Kong.
Did I forget to mention that today is Martin Luther King Day?
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12.12.06: I was reading the news the other day when I stumbled across an article regarding the "Value Meal" created by fast food companies who have apparently found ingredients that are cheaper than fat and sugar to kill us with. Apparently these companies will be creating even more budget oriented meals in light oo the heightened costs of gasoline and heating bills. Apparently, they're concerned about the finances of the american public.
The fast food corporate regime feels sorry for us. I'm speechless.
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I pull into the parking lot of a Mcfrugal's because I missed a turn, and as we all know, McFrugal's parking lots are an excellent place to orient yourself in the right direction. So, while I'm driving though the parking lot, I notice something that sticks out like a sore thumb. It was an older gentleman, in a really nice, really expensive-looking suit, climbing out of the "Yuppie SUV" (You know the one I'm talking about. Yeah, that one.) and walk into Mcfrugals.
I was quite perplexed by this. I mean, it just doesn't make any sense right? But, after thinking about it for a second, I realized that it is a statement,, a testament to be shared with you all. In these times of war and prejudice, we must band together has a whole. It doesn't matter what skin your color is, who you praise, what you love, or who you are..........because we're all united for our love of cheap crap!
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Here's how I know my major rocks. I was sitting in my Human Universals class, working on my last quiz. The Teacher had just announced that there would be no class final, so everyone was feeling pretty good.
Has I was composing poetry on the need of Anthropologists in the development projects of the third world, I heard some music coming from a classroom down the hall. I stopped writing, because I swear I had heard this music somewhere before. I shook it off, and went back to my quiz. A few minutes later, the same musical theme came blasting down the hall. "Damn, I know I've heard this somewhere!" It was really starting to drive me nuts.
A few minutes later, the same theme blasts down the hall, and my mind finally makes the connection. I know this theme! It's the theme song from Monty Python's "The Holy Grail!"
I wrap up my quiz, say thanks to my teacher, and head down the hall where some illustrious proprieter of education is showing cult classics. I poke my head into the classroom and catch the last five minutes of the film.
The credits start to roll, and the teacher stops the film, turns to the class and says, "Alright, so what did we learn?"
I didn't stay to hear the responses, but I'm sure they were as enlightened, articulate, and well composed as only an Anthropologist could be.
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I was sitting at a stop light around 33rd and Main, just waiting for the light to go green when something caught my attention. I glanced to my left, and seated in the turning lane, were two women in some nameless, beat-up clunker, quickly fashioning a marijuana cigarette before the light could change.
This was interesting to me, not because two complete strangers were doing something illegal, but because it was a pretty clear reflection on us as a society. I think it's a sad time we live in, when our world is moving so fast, that even the slackers have to roll their joints on the go.