I know I am not usually one to bring
up something like this. And before you come in and slam me here, yes, I am
fully aware of how good we have things but it is called “forbidden fruit” for a
reason.
I don’t know why but it seems to be
human nature to want what we cannot have. You tell someone that they cannot have
something and suddenly they want it all the more. Want proof? Ever been on a
diet? Boom. Argument closed.
And what is really bad is that the
things I want, they are so simple. I want to watch the news. I want to go to
that MSN homepage and see new information about what is going on. I want to log
onto The Chive. I want to see new episodes of The Daily Show or The Colbert
Report. I want to log into Facebook and see what everyone is doing. I know
it seems mundane and trivial but before, I felt that I stayed pretty plugged
into the world and not it is like I am in a sensory deprivation tank.
I know it does no good to ramble on
about such things and I know what kind of a debilitating effect it would have
on the group so that is why I type this out here. I know it is tremendously
cliché for me to say things like this but it is true that you don’t know what
you’ve got until its gone. And I have said for years that you have to learn how
to appreciate the little things.
Now more than ever I seem to be
feeling these things. I have to wonder if the world will ever get back to the
way it was. I am afraid it is just a pipe dream really. I doubt that such a
repair could even be possible in my lifetime. Sure, Dubai sprung up seemingly
overnight. But we just transformed in the course of a month into a vast,
unpopulated hellscape. Repairing this damage, we just might not have the
manpower. There might not be enough people to rebuild this world.
I need a drink…
