food baggage...

“There are some people who eat an orange but don’t really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Starry NIght

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”

-Vincent van Gogh

Therapy by proxy...

Jonathan:

I have a chance to work with Jim Jarmish - my whole life could change!

Therapist:

Mmmm, sounds like an illusion to me. Lives don't change; we simply become more comfortable with our core misery...which is a form of happiness.

~ from HBO's Bored to Death

Patience is a Virtue...

A Tennessee State Trooper was patrolling late at night off the main highway.

He sees a couple in a car, with the interior light brightly glowing. He carefully approaches the car to get a closer look. Then he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a computer magazine. He immediately notices a young woman in the rear seat, filing her fingernails.

Puzzled by this surprising situation, the trooper walks to the car and gently raps on the driver's window. The young man lowers his window.

'Uh, yes, Officer?'

The trooper asks: 'What are you doing?'

The young man says: 'Well, Officer, I'm reading a magazine....

Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat the trooper says: 'And her, what is she doing?'

The young man shrugs: 'Sir, I believe she's filing her fingernails.'

Now, the trooper is totally confused. A young couple, alone, in a car, at night in a lover's lane ... and nothing obscene is happening!

The trooper asks: 'What's your age, young man?'

The young man says: 'I'm 22, sir.'

The trooper asks: 'And her ... what's her age?'

The young man looks at his watch and replies: 'She'll be 18 in 11 minutes...'