Thoughts from the World
Riding the T today I was moved to write the following:
“Television is so bitchy these days. It seems like all “reality tv” is bitchy… but it’s not just there. Today at the gym I found myself imagining, totally spontaneously and somewhat subconsciously–like a waking dream, that Ellen Degeneres leaned forward, faced the raucous individuals in the music video on the TV screen next to the one broadcasting her talk show, and yelled at them to shut up. I imagined that spawning a catty shouting match among several individuals on the various TVs. Is it imagining those things that makes this stuff enjoyable to some? I can’t say I can stand that stuff, but my little vision did amuse me. Why does bitchiness appeal? Does it validate people in their desire to be bitchy themselves?”
The thoughts of someone who is becoming dehydrated, clearly. Or maybe it was the fumes on the T.
I’m annoyed with my dentist office again. It’s such a long pathetic story. Basically, they are totally unprofessional in their attitude. Today I went in for an appointment that we’d rescheduled because the dentist switched on me at the last minute earlier this month. The woman I spoke with never noted my new appointment anywhere, but the woman at the desk today acted like I was an idiot. When I suggested that perhaps the woman who had rescheduled my appointment might have forgotten to write it down because it seemed like she was rather busy and maybe a bit flustered, this lady looked at me askance and basically said that could NEVER happen. Though I opened our conversation by saying that my appointment had been rescheduled, she said something like, “Well, maybe they never did get in touch with you about rescheduling.” Huh?? And what was I doing there if I had no appointment? I mean, did she think I just picked a date and time out of thin air?? Gr… I don’t care so much that the woman failed to write in my appointment… It’s the attitude that I’m the idiot that annoys me. They should be kissing my feet! I’m probably paying for that guy to build a yacht. Well, maybe not… I mean, my teeth aren’t bad.
