Virtual Obscurity

Things that make the world a worse place (in no particular order):

“Jersey Shore”
“Real Housewives” (all of them)
“Keeping up with the Kardashians” (notice a theme starting to develop?)
Jay Leno
The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (Times Op-Ed piece here)

Things that make the world a better place:

Google, for standing up to China.
Sorry, thats all I got.  It’s easier to be bad than good, I suppose.

1. I’d never carved a pumpkin before.  Seriously.  Not bad for a first time, huh?  Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year.

2. Saw Where the Wild Things Are.  Not bad.  The book didn’t give them a lot to work with, but they made it work. 

3. Saw Away We Go.  Awesome.

4. According to my Facebook photo feed, there is a baby boom going on.  When did Facebook stop being about hot girls and start being about babies?

For the last five years at my job, I have been in the same office. Recently, due to seniority, I was given a new office. By all measures, it is superior to my old office. It is larger, it is better located, and it has a better view.

But I still miss the old one.

When I was 6, my parents told me that they were getting rid of our family car (a Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme) and getting a new one (a Volvo). I remember being sad to the point of tears.  I remember pleading with them to keep it, saying “but we have so many memories in that car!” Heh. Six years old. Guess I will never change.