happy day

Friday, September 07, 2007

It has been pointed out to me that my blog posts are very sian. Ok, I admit over the last two weeks I have been very sian, because I was down with this irritating throat infection that refused to go away. And I had to endure all these very lowbrow lesbian jokes (don't ask). But today I am almost recovered, and I have had red wine and Lana cake and KFC and Pepsi, so my mood is infinitely improved.

It also helped that I had interesting conversations - with XH, who bought me lunch, with J., who bought me camomile and honey tea, and with R. and I., who felt compelled to stop in the middle of a discussion and say in parentheses: "Ok, I must just point out that this is an intellectual conversation, hor".

Which it was. Today I learned that there are many types of bitching, and some are superior to others. For instance, you should not come out and say things like, "OMG XX is getting married to YY I can't believe it they are both so ugleee!" You can, however, write a blog entry that says, "Why do people get married in such youth and haste? Perhaps they are happy to have finally found a partner with similar characteristics and tastes." This is, I was advised today, known as Stealth Bitching. Stealth Bitching is an elevated form of bitching. It requires sarcasm, wit and tact. It is bitching that is admirable.

Then there is the Bitch Enabler - he who does not himself bitch, but who sits by and giggles at other people's bitchiness. He who encourages the production and proliferation of bitchiness. He who is usually fat (ok not always true).

Today I also found a new Why Are People Religious theory. My long-standing belief was that religiosity and intelligence were correlated, negatively - but this fell to bits once I became acquainted with intelligent religious people. My new theory (shamelessly stolen from XH) is that religiosity is correlated with happiness. People are more likely to become religious because they are unhappy. And then after they become religious, they are even less likely to be satisfied, because everything that pagans do for pleasure is denied them (this is I. building on the theory). So: unhappy people become religious become more unhappy.

*write down new theory on resume to hell*

And now for karaoke!

I'm really pushing this sore throat recovery thing to the limit.

 posted by zyn :: 8:40 PM :: 6 Comments :: permalink


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