no promises

let's be honest, i'm probably not going to start posting frequently. if we were to be honest, the main reason is that i simply don't see the funny little things in life like i did when i was in law school. i'm more of a bitter, sad lawyer these days. but i had something happen today and i wanted to share it. since i've never been one to shy away from talking about personal things in a slightly detached way, my first thought was to post it on a blog i had been keeping for one person. who never read it, but at least i felt like i was sharing. and then at some point, i decided that rather than do that, i could share it with the whole world of people. where, once again, no one was actually reading. but we'll see. maybe i'll start up again. maybe y'all will give me reason to see the silly things that are there every day. or maybe i won't post again for 11 months.

also, for the record, please don't expect much from this post.

so. i'm going to work this morning. not prime going to work time. i wish i could say that's b/c it was one of those rainy gross days, where you wish that the real world had rain days and you didn't have to go to work. but, if i were honest, i'm never out of bed before 9am, so i'm not exactly commuting in with the rush hour crowd. so i'm getting to the metro, i've just picked up my morning express and i notice a man handing catalogues out at the top of the escalator. now i always think this is a pretty bad idea, but it's really really gross today. and he doesn't have an umbrella. and it really really looks like this catalogue (truly, not a brochure. i am totally fine with giving out chinese food menus at the top of the escalator. that seems like a great way to drum up business. but this is like a bona fide catalogue that shows up in your mail. and even when it's addressed to you, you throw it away.)--anyways, point is, it totally looks like a catalogue selling farm equipment.

so there's this amish-looking man (is that wrong to say? he had the beard.), standing in the rain, at a not peak time, in the middle of the city where people are taking public transportation to work. selling farm equipment. well, i'll be honest, i take these things when they're chinese food menus. hell, that could do me good. so i take this one. i feel so bad for this man!

of course, as soon as i take it, i feel bad, b/c this is a nice brochure. it's got thick shiny pages and professional pictures! that's not cheap! and no one is under any delusion that i am going to use these products! they shouldn't be wasting their brochures on me!

anyways, the complete line of products listed on the front of the brochure includes animal nutrition, crop management, roofing systems, and vehicle products. WHY in god's name is this man handing these out in the middle of an urban area?!?! i don't even own a car, let alone farming equipment or livestock!!!

but now, b/c i have flipped thru all the pages of the brochure (seriously, if he wanted to sell farming equipment, i might have been one of his best guesses, despite the fact that i can't even open the back door to my patio (can anyone help me with that?) and now i feel terrible! i wish i could help him! i wish i had livestock that needed something!

BUT if you need rooting systems (yes, that's what it seems like this guy does. there's a card inside my catalogue), i totally have someone to recommend to you.

that was kind of a lame first post in a year, wasn't it? well, maybe i'll at least drum up some business for Conklin.