don't you think?

i think i find it a little ironic that one whole continent can be trying to lose weight while another whole continent is starving. Ironic that i can spend my whole day wishing i were outside while the window washers scattered around my building probably spend their days wishing they were inside. Ironic that conquering one problem only brings another.

is it ironic that i enjoy making friends with fresh, new, interesting people who have fresh, interesting outlooks and ideas that seem to open new worlds as much as i enjoy staying friends with familiar, good, loyal friends who are familiar and know me and know what i've done and sometimes what i'll do, which is comforting and powerful and seemingly essential? ironic that i love home as much as i love to be away from it? ironic to love routine as much as spontaneity?

Ironic that octogenarians wonder what if? while adolescents wonder what will be? (prepubescents only wonder if people like them. ok, i do that too. whatever.) Ironic that i can write about a few things that are actually slightly ironic and gain pretty much nothing from it, while alanis morrisette can sing a whole song about things that aren't ironic at all, ask the leading question, 'don't you think?', consequently have the whole American population think to themselves, 'yes, i do think!', and gain millions. of dollars, that is. not even ironic dollars. REAL dollars.

so maybe then i'm switching to: i think i find it a little unfair that ________.

blank could be: see above. good things don't always get rewarded. bad things don't always get punished. OJ was acquitted. The bridge fell. Elvis, michael, whitney, britney, et al. all let bad decisions get in the way of making good music. One was incomplete and another was a touchdown.

maybe it's not ironic or unfair. maybe it's just _____. maybe it's just some word i don't know.

maybe it's time for me to go to bed.