I have been putting forth lots of effort to be a better person. Each night I hang up my clothes rather than tossing them into a heap. I’ve been washing dishes after I use them and wiping the little drips of errant food that land on the kitchen counter. In the mornings I’ve been packing a lunch and making coffee so I don’t need to spend 1.69 at Dunkin’ Donuts or 5.00 at a lunch cart. This morning my father emailed me a silly picture and I was about to send a funny but slightly cruel reply. I stopped myself. I am not the type of person who makes jokes at other people’s expense. No matter how hard my dad would have laughed, I will not be a mean person.
One area where I have not been making inroads is my after work activity. I get home and immediately drop into bed and watch TV until I fall asleep. I want to do other things but I completely lack ideas or energy. At least rather than lapping the channels over and over, I watched a movie last night. It was Fellini’s City of Women. I’ve wanted to see it for some time. It stuck me as being pretty typical Fellini. Satyricon is still my favorite. I love Capucine.
Mean is OK if it’s funny. Don’t you like Dogbert? 🙂
I gotta agree with Koz. If your Dad would have laughed, how is that “mean”?
And errant crumbs don’t make you a bad person. ; )
Hope you have a great, crumbless New Year, Donna –
N.
The punchline was, “Looks like the Special Olympics team is standing in the background.” Believe me, had you seen the picture, it would have been funny but there’s something wrong about cracking a joke at the expense of people who were born with a disability and are really challenging themselves. It would have been an easy joke, it would have been a funny joke but I refuse to be cruel and so I’ll find another way to make my dad laugh.
You like Fellini, eh? Wow, one of my favorite recordings is the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita. I had to pay to have it imported from Italy (actually it was simply an Italian import, but I had to special order it.) Music was written by the incomparable Nino Rota, I bought the soundtrack expecting the cheesy cafe song to be included. It wasn’t. However, many years later I discovered what the song was, it was “Patricia” by Perez Prado. Wonderful! Screams 1960’s!