Like Boxes of Shit in Your House?

My good friend Sandtalb over at The No-Fact Zone made a comment to me just an hour or so ago that really sums up something that I've been thinking for a long time. The jist of his comment was this (edited to protect location, and also, my memory blows, so this is not word for word what was said)

Sandtalb: I just got back from Big City, and I had totally forgotten how awesome it was to be around friends that I've had since I was a kid. I mean, I've made some good friends here, but I really don't like a lot of the people I go to school with.

I've thought for a long time that in all truth, I wouldn't hang out with a lot of the people here if I didn't feel like I have no other choice. Most of the people I've met seem like the people in High School I didn't like. A lot of them are preppie, popularity seeking, spotlight type people. They form cliques faster than Louie Armstrong empties a buffet.

I've made a few good friends here. However, I can literally count on one hand the number of people I expect to keep up with after law school. I'm not saying I hate everyone I meet, I'm just saying that they are so completely unlike me in every way that any kind of real friendship just isn't possible or even desired.

Is Matterhorn reading this blog? I lost your email address. Email me.

Like boxes of shit in your house? Get a cat. If allergies have been holding you back then your life is about to change. A US biotech firm, Allerca, is selling cats that will not trigger allergies. I like cats, so I'm happy to hear this. Now I will never have to hear a significant other tell me "we can't have a cat because cats make me die."

US bashing was hardcore at the UN. While I think that the UN should remain a more civil place than Hugo Chavez would have it be, I think the message is clear. America is pissing off the world hardcore. I hope our next President has years of experience with PR. He's going to have his work cut out for him. Bush has taken a shit the size of Kansas on our image. It's going to take a lot of time and effort to reclaim the political power that we have lost these last few years.

Do not tell me I should have put He/She when I referred to our future President. I don't put He/She because I'm not so PC that I have a desire to make sure everyone knows that when I properly use the word "he", I mean "He/She/black/White/Christian/everyfuckingbody." Someone commented on that to me the other day, I wanted to push Him/Her into the river/stream/canal/tributary.

Holy Son of a bitch, read this alternative September 11th history. Imagine how things could have been....I would never stop voting Republican if this is how things had gone. Looking back on the last 5 years makes me feel ill.

aLs