It occurs to me that I haven't blogged in a while. And I fall into the trap of feeling some kind of obligation to write a new entry. So much for writing for my own enjoyment. Now it's like AaronJ and Simmons are paying customers.
Btw - Simmons, AaronJ - race to get first comment. The winner gets to have no life. Go!
Current bloggable events include my birthday on the 21st of June and and a martial arts tournament on the 29th. I will blog about neither. Instead, I will recount a couple of amusing anectodes.
At the recent wedding of my cousin Robert, I was asked to be a witness for the signing of the marriage certificate. I replied, "heeell, yeah", but no-one got the Dr. Dre reference. A pity.
Just this afternoon I was in Borders with Huda. He asked me if I had any money, so I took out my wallet and asked an attendant if they accept cards.
"What kind of cards?"
"Keycard?"
"Yep."
"Visa?"
"Yep."
"Go up a level?"
"Nope."
And yes, I did have a 'go up a level card' on me. Munchkin ftw!
That's all for now. I'm gonna watch some Buffy and go to sleep. And before either of you complain about the lacklustre blogging, remember that AaronJ hasn't bolged since the 22nd of May, and Simmons: you don't even have a blog. GTFO, go punch someone short.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
A Question of Vanity
Today it pushed its way to the front of my mind again; that old acquaintance, the question of Vanity.
I went into a hair-loss clinic to have myself checked up, and, irritatingly enough, I am going prematurely bald. I don't look like a mange-ridden tauren just yet, but give old Male-Pattern Baldness a few years and he can do great and terrible things.
The treatment is ridicuously expensive. Something in the order of $4000 for the initial 8-month course and $2000 per year for maintenance thereafter. And so, the Vanity Question shows up.
Is it worth it?
More generally stated: How important are looks? Does substance trump style by merit of its authenticity? Or does the tedency of perception to shape the world around us ultimately bear witness to a state of things in which a solid bluff really is just as good as pocket aces?
I have 2-4 years before the damage starts to become irreversible. If you could figure this one out and get back to me before then, that would be great.
I went into a hair-loss clinic to have myself checked up, and, irritatingly enough, I am going prematurely bald. I don't look like a mange-ridden tauren just yet, but give old Male-Pattern Baldness a few years and he can do great and terrible things.
The treatment is ridicuously expensive. Something in the order of $4000 for the initial 8-month course and $2000 per year for maintenance thereafter. And so, the Vanity Question shows up.
Is it worth it?
More generally stated: How important are looks? Does substance trump style by merit of its authenticity? Or does the tedency of perception to shape the world around us ultimately bear witness to a state of things in which a solid bluff really is just as good as pocket aces?
I have 2-4 years before the damage starts to become irreversible. If you could figure this one out and get back to me before then, that would be great.
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