Oct. 2nd, 2001

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The last time I bought trash bags for the kitchen, I got Glad Odor Shield bags. I don’t know why. I wasn’t paying attention, I guess.

Glad Odor Shield bags have a special ingredient that neutralizes trash odors, leaving behind a pleasant fresh scent
  • Neutralizes to help eliminate trash odors
  • Keeps kitchen smelling fresh & clean
  • Fresh scent

Okay, if this ingredient actually neutralizes odor, where does the fresh scent come from? They have to add it. And why isn’t it neutralized too? I think their idea of neutralizing is to counter it with an opposing scent. Well this opposing scent is offensive. I don’t want my home smelling like fresh. I can smell it every time I walk through the kitchen. Once, I bought fresh scented soap by mistake. It stunk up my whole bathroom.

How did they come up with this scent? What thing is it supposed to smell like? How did they get the public to accept it as the smell of freshness?

Right now, I think I’m glad I can’t smell anything

Derek

Oct. 2nd, 2001 10:06 pm
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My friend Derek, who you may recall, had the tumor on his spine, is coming home on Thursday. It’s been five weeks. Today he walked thirty feet with his walker. He was happy about that. He’s not so happy that he might not get complete use of his ankles back, and might have to wear ankle braces. In three weeks he starts radiation treatments to get rid of the rest of the tumor. He goes in every day for at least four weeks. It’s not going to be really bad, like chemo can be, but I still don't envy him.
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Some else sent me their kindergarten report card.
Any guesses?

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us and them

Oct. 2nd, 2001 11:12 pm
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Today somebody said
I get tired of hearing the same old protest songs and chants. It's like they never grew up out of the 60s, and hold that decade as some sort of cherished era, when in reality, it was and remains to this day -- a failed attempt for some kind of idealistic life by breaking rules and turning inward instead of outward. Basically a selfish "me" mode of being saying "I can do anything that feels good or makes ME feel happy."

It's funny. Wasn't the '70's the "me" decade? No wait, wasn't it the eighties? Yeah, that was it. The decade of a failed attempt at a hedonistic life by making new rules and turning inward instead of outward. Basically, a selfish "me" mode of being, saying, "I can do anything that feels good or makes ME feel happy." <cynical>At least in the sixties they tried to get everyone to join in the love. In the eighties it was every man for himself.</cynical>

Why don't people get it? It's not an isolated incident. It's not about them. It's not any different now. You are doing the same thing they used to do, and it's no better or worse now than it ever was. You all want the same things.

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