Friday, June 22, 2007

I don't understand

Let's play make-believe. Pretend you're getting dressed in the morning. You've just put your Hello Kitty boxers on (because your girlfriend thinks they're hot). You slip on your jeans, followed by socks and a bitchin' pair of sneakers from Payless. Then you put on a slick, sexy plaid button-up (with a unique coffee stain on the right sleeve - "It sets me apart!"), and as you fasten the last button, suddenly your hair turns a charming shade of mauve.

Confused, you take off the shirt and your hair reverts back to its natural color.

Now, really confused, you put the shirt back on again. Charming shade of mauve.

Your brain tries and tries and tries to make sense of this situation, but when it fails, all it can do is fall back on logic. Which first tells you that this shouldn't be happening at all, there's no logical explanation. But, logically speaking, all you can do is accept it and try to figure out how to fix it. Logically.

So, you try putting the shirt on inside out. Charming shade of mauve. You try taking your shoes off, and then putting the shirt back on. Charming shade of mauve. Perhaps your hair is freaked out by the boxers, so you try dressing without them. Still a charming shade of mauve. Maybe if you try a different shirt? Charming shade of mauve. You try every nonsensical, frankly absurd combination of clothing and sequence of getting dressed, but each time you end up with: charming shade of mauve.

Now, imagine how frustrated you would be. Welcome to my day at work.

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