Will You Come Home, And Stop This Pain Tonight?

A lot of times we get in the mode of saying "FML" after every little thing that happens to us even when it isn't so bad. We live our lives like Nancy Grace and gripe for-freaking-ever, and get nothing done. When in reality we should live like Anderson Cooper. Why? 1) Because the ladies dig him. 2)Because he keeps it real. 3)Have you seen his Hurricane Katrina footage? Cooper saves lives.

As people in this world progress towards the world of tomorrow I think we lost touch with what makes living great. Everyone around you.

Today around 2:00 a young junior higher came to my door with something I had already held a funeral for. My wallet in hand she(that's right, she.) handed me my identity. For a split second the world went all WoOoOoO, and I'm pretty positive the song "I Miss You" by Blink 182 began to play softly in the background.
(Read "I Wish I Was A Baller" for context)

I spent a good 5 minutes in shock at the fact that someone actually brought it back. I mean it is probably about as rare as an assassin being able to hit George W. with a shoe. (God knows that man practiced his entire life for that moment.)

I wish I had something more intellectual to say to her than my confused and awkward, "Uhhhh thank you.." Maybe something deep like, "Young child, thank you for returning my pocketbook. You see it contained my very livelyhood! Unto you I say young one, 'tis better to be happy and destitute, then sad and wealthy!"

In a British accent of course.

So my advice:

Today, say "hi" to a stranger or just hold the door open for someone else. I promise you the stranger will be thoroughly weirded out which is both hilarious AND nice! Two-fer. 

Because sometimes I wish I was a little less cynical. 

Because maybe I need an intervention.

Because maybe I need a psychologist.

Or maybe I just need the attractive legal aide from The Social Network to say the lines supposedly spoken to Mark Zuckerberg to me, and perhaps everyone like me.

Marylin Delpy: "You're not an a***hole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be."