So long since I've written - longest hiatus yet, I'll bet. I've opened up an entry window a couple of times, stared at the blank screen and blinking cursor, and then sighed, closed the window, and moved on to something more pressing.
Had some friends/colleagues over for Thanksgiving - very enjoyable. I did a weird thing (for me) and invited someone from one of my classes that I really don't know at all. He looked totally nonplussed in response and I thought, oops, I just stepped over the bounds of appropriate social behavior, right? He ended up not coming, but at the break he asked if I was really serious and I said of course and gave him the address, and he seemed really appreciative.
Today we braved the First Day of Christmas Shopping at Rose-whatever Mall. Ugh - we'll not make that mistake again. Parking lot traffic pattern designed by morons, drivers who'd clearly never been to this mall before (or driven at all before, as far as it looked), stores bustling, all the loss-leaders already sold out.
Is Christmas a necessary national myth? Would our struggling economy just completely tank if we gave it up cold turkey? If it weren't such a scrooge-thing to do, I'd propose it. I just see resources directed in lots of dead-end directions and lots of misery created in the process.
Posted by otto0114 at November 26, 2004 04:40 PM