Friday, August 30, 2002

Twenty of the things that

Twenty of the things that make, or in the past have made, me sad (explanations omitted) (random order):
20. The buttons you push to make the traffic signal read “walk.”
19. Blackboards.
18. Masking tape.
17. Ashtrays.
16. Scars.
15. Call It Sleep (Roth).
14. Organized religion.
13. Neckties.
12. The 38 Geary (not the 38L or the 38BX or especially the 38AX).
11. Abandoned pets.
10. Recess.
9. Children playing with broken toys.
8. 1970s interior decor.
7. Burned food.
6. Failing.
5. Lumps of human waste on the greenspace across from my apartment.
4. When my car burned up.
3. The Wise Men of Chelm
2. Bakersfield and points east
1. Lost opportunity

I thought that would make me feel better.  I don’t know why I thought that.