Support: Sooner or later, our souls' eye-rolling catches up with us. If we spend too much of our time deconstructing the world, eventually we're left with nowhere to stand. We become like that jaded pair in the Simpsons' "Lollapalooza" episode, who comment on Homer's freakshow stunt:
Teen 1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He's cool.
Teen 2: Are you being sarcastic, dude?
Teen 1: I don't even know anymore.
Minor Premise: I believe I'm approaching my own high water mark. Sardonic humor approaching critical mass. Will soon collapse in on itself. Can't go on...describing symptoms...much...longer.
Conclusion: I'm going to post all of the cat-related material I've enjoyed - ironically - in the past year or so. It'll help me turn a corner, I think. And it's what I meant by "exorcise daily" so there's nothing wrong with starting to follow one's own advice.
First, there's this monstrosity that hangs in my kitchen right now:
Technically, it belongs to my roommates. But I laughed so heartily at theirs a couple years back that they bought me my own. When it comes to domesticated animals (who seem to prefer drinking out of the toilet, incidentally), "dignity" strikes me as a somewhat unrealistic goal. But this HAS to border on abuse. I comfort myself with knowing that somewhere there is a spinster-in-training making these calendars and NOT subjecting the children she doesn't have to the sick twists of the beauty pageant circuit.
Next there's the well-known internet meme, the "lolcats":
Not really a guilty pleasure since I feel like everybody wins. Most of the pictures - if staged - at least appear to be cruelty-free. The captions are added afterward, so these present no danger to the cats' self-esteem. Not that it could hurt to knock them down a peg or two. But I've got no hard feelings. These cats serve the community. Many of them are teaching grammar to my students.
Lastly - and most bizarrely - is www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com. And it's exactly what it sounds like:
I know it's a long shot, but for some reason I hope that of all the things NASA could beam into outer space, alerting our presence to extraterrestrial life, this website arrives first.
Anyway, I hope you found some of these funny. And, if you didn't, you can help me get me out of purgatory here.
Next there's the well-known internet meme, the "lolcats":
Not really a guilty pleasure since I feel like everybody wins. Most of the pictures - if staged - at least appear to be cruelty-free. The captions are added afterward, so these present no danger to the cats' self-esteem. Not that it could hurt to knock them down a peg or two. But I've got no hard feelings. These cats serve the community. Many of them are teaching grammar to my students.
Lastly - and most bizarrely - is www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com. And it's exactly what it sounds like:
I know it's a long shot, but for some reason I hope that of all the things NASA could beam into outer space, alerting our presence to extraterrestrial life, this website arrives first.
Anyway, I hope you found some of these funny. And, if you didn't, you can help me get me out of purgatory here.
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