maybe it's because i spend my days doing brain-busting tasks like, oh, say, practically autoclaving my two-year-old's hands and trimming her nails to the point of declawing after i discover she's shoved her paw down her poopy diaper.
but even when i worked full-time in an office whipping off press releases, legislative talking points, speeches or strategic plans, my head was not filled with deep thoughts. i tend more toward people magazine or how much i weigh today or what's on sale at target.
it's not that i don't think about darfur, or global warming, or the presidential election. it's that there are SO FREAKING MANY important things to care about that i feel as though i can't possibly understand even a fraction of them. local referendums. lead in toys. iran's nuclear ambitions. breast self-exams. i feel my brain start to race and then freeze up.
so i revert to what's comforting: i can has cheezburger? is like nursery food for my cerebellum, applesauce for my synapses.
are these excuses? rationalizations? unavoidable truths in a world with far too much information for the average person to sort through on an average day? i dunno. but i do know halle berry looks fabulous pregnant.
Monday, October 29, 2007
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