The Down-Slope

I, Don Quixote

Posted by Jess is Jess , Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I have a quest. (Okay, I have many quests)

It's an important quest.

One that is more important than the other quests.

I have a quest for world domination.

Not in any sort of aggressive way.


I've explained this before - I really only want what is best for you. Don't get your panties in a knot. I have no plans to steam across Europe into Russia.

I also realize that this is all a product of my over active imagination.

(ahem, delusions)

But here is the thing that I have recently realized about my thought processes - they make my life interesting. It really is a rare day when I am genuinely bored. And other than my own slow separation from reality (whateves, reality - you are overrated) nothing bad comes from it.

"No harm, no foul," I always say.

Much like Don Quixote, I spend time tilting at windmills. And I haven't the slightest problem with that.

There are many things in this world that I want to fix and I can only do so much. Sometimes I feel frustrated by the amount of problems that are out there and by the stupidity or callousness that causes people to be blind to them.

Sometimes I need a break from these heavy issues and need to get riled up over inconsequential things. I'm lucky that my active imagination gives me the freedom to do this.

Today I say: "So what if my windmills are things like a stupid college newspaper, or the Olympics for interrupting my regularly scheduled programing, or winter - you know for the static and the snow and stuff."

There are much worse things that one could be tilting at.