j21 in idea barrages

“There is nothing to fear” means a different thing with every differing syllable emphasis.

If CDs were still a mainstream thing and the band Urge Overkill was still a thing, I’d get a bunch of “B” and “R” stickers and turn their CDs into Burger Overkill CDs.

Counting on something big and amazing happening soon to balance this all out is almost as self-destructive as assuming the bad times will ceaselessly roll. All we can do is take control of what’s in front of us and fall into neither despair nor delusion.

If you have to listen to Jimmy Buffet while you’re eating that cheeseburger, you’re not in paradise. It’s hell and you just don’t know it yet.

Your rush-delivery fan-fiction service will be called Same Day Shipping.

Your Velvet Underground parody about Canadian candies will be called “All Tomorrow’s Smarties”.

Demanding the best case scenario, refusing anything less, is the truest way to guarantee the worst case scenario. Work your ass off for the best thing reasonably possible today then wake up tomorrow and do the same. That’s actual progress, not just dreams.

I understand that raising awareness for the Australian fires is important but forgive me if I’m sick of seeing pictures of burnt koalas. There are ways to raise awareness that aren’t basically despair porn, people.