gosh
October 4, 2005 – 3:09 pmthis idling thing really gets at people, doesn’t it? they’re all fully engaged in rushing to defend work, before they’ve actually realized what’s under discussion here.
i wonder why.
the thing about ’slacking’ / ‘idling’ being deeply ingrained in people’s minds as being ‘wrong’ is clearly true - if anything its more entrenched than even i realized.
that’s fine - if you guys out there who take issue with this idling business, good- why don’t you carry on as you are, ignore me. i simply am writing about it since i find it highly interesting. relax - no one is trying to make you do anything otherwise.
however i must say the reverse isn’t true. i mean people don’t live and let live. they expect certain things. people expect me to do things - like - make an effort to match my socks. Why? they expect me to be conventional and do the things they do. and they say matching socks isnt hard work. WELL THEY’RE WRONG! ITS BLOODY HARD WORK. ( only because the black hole that eats lighters eats socks too ;-)) so i personally don’t bother. i know when not to challenge nature!
but then you get so many questions- and laughs! and its so petty and mundane. why are people bothered if i wear correctly-matched socks or not? they oughtn’t to be.
4 Responses to “gosh”
Idling?
Didn’t ex-Poodle Rocker Jon Bon Jovi sing:
“I’ll live while I’m alive / Sleep when I’m dead”
Given how we have less decades to be alive than we can count on both hands, I’m inclined to think he has a point.
By Ibn-Battuta on Oct 4, 2005
I agree about the socks.
By Ibn-Battuta on Oct 4, 2005
he certainly said that. and so does most modern society. but try giving up sleep and see what kind of quality of life that gets you - you may as well be dead then!
By sonia on Oct 4, 2005
im glad someone does.
By sonia on Oct 4, 2005