a couple of weeks ago, in case you never pay attention to anything really significant going on in the world, brad pitt and jennifer aniston broke up. i wondered how such seemlingly perfect people could not want to be together anymore.
this morning, as i was giving chair massages at the hospital, katie couric was talking to some celebrity-interviewer woman, or maybe she was a celebrity pyschologist, i don’t know, about the breakup. this was poor timing, as the last thing i wanted to hear about was brad and jen’s failed marriage.
they concluded that people want to hear about bad things like this happening for twofold reasons – first, it makes them feel better about themselves. if brad and jen, two of the most perfect-looking people in the world in my opinion, who have more money than they could ever spend, have fabulous homes, fun careers and a seemingly ideal life can’t make things work out, well then, my life must not be so bad, right? so money, beauty, fame, all of that really doesn’t buy happiness?
also, the woman said that everybody is kind of sadistic. think of people watching gladiators, or bull fights. or any of those dreadful reality tv shows. people like to see pain.
like i said, none of this was good for me this morning. last night mom read my latest postings and announced that i was just blue because it’s cold and grey crappy winter, and that everybody feels that way. she was wrong, but at least she did come up with an explanation.
so, now what, now that things have sunk once again? Sleep, i’ve written about the joy of sleeping before, and i hope to make that an important part of every day. also, i started reading a book a few days ago, and i know that in the past, i’ve loved reading books. reading, another excellent way of escape without having to buy an expensive plane ticket. plus, when all you want to do is sleep, usually the one thing you can’t do is sleep, which is a conundrum. but if you just want to read, all you have to do is get a book and start in. and finally, movies – i haven’t been to a movie in i don’t know how long. i’ve decided i should go to all the movies now. except not really; i’d never see a horror film, i usually don’t like action films, and actually, i’m in no mood for any dramas, either. so i’ll go to all the comedies i can find, although unfortunately there aren’t a lot to choose from here in spfld. Now, if i went to la, there would be PLENTY to choose from…
but fleeing won’t solve anything, because there’s always having to come back. plus all the expense.
so, my plan – sleep, reading, movies. plus i did actually do what i said i was going to do last time; i wrote down a bunch of stuff i’d like to do with my life, and who knows, maybe i’ll actually try to follow through on some of it. you never can tell.
i was really looking forward to the weekend, but now it looms ahead of me, like some big black ugly frozen monster.
ok then,
grace