Friday, September 07, 2007
(12:00 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: A Shot in the Arm
I confess that Bitch PhD has stolen the confessional concept. I confess that I never have anything "real" to confess because I don't interact with people often enough to have committed any notable sins.I confess that I've been increasingly dreading this semester and have been more generally afflicted with angst and self-pity, and I just need to calm the fuck down. I confess that I may have seasonal affective disorder. I confess that maybe drinking more coffee wouldn't be that big a deal.
I confess that, on a visceral level at least, I don't actually care about the environment or factory farming. I confess that I'm not at all conscientious about recycling and that my token gesture toward animal rights is to mostly buy free-range eggs -- and I don't even buy eggs very much lately. I confess that my main issue with litter is the untidiness of it. I'm a fastidious person, so I pick up after myself. Apparently others don't.
I confess that I support expanding public transit mainly because driving stresses me out and because I object to traffic congestion and suburban sprawl on an aesthetic level.
I confess that I seem calm because I'm very easily riled up, and I seem detached because I'm really needy.
