Les Bulletins d'un Grand Enthusiast #3 - Enfant du Soleil

May 8th 2012 - Enfant du Soleil

Painfully sunny: The weather of the last two days has been exceedingly bright. The author continues to tan easily.


Painfully grey: But today is muggy and grey. Such is the world.

A political man: The author, who desperately wants to describe his life in its proper political context, probably couldn’t manage it with his present vocabulary. He thinks anybody who uses directions like "right" or "left" to refer to politics is muddled up, since the only real directions are "up" and "down".

Distilling A Bottle of Morals from a Single Experience: He finds he’ll only give money to homeless people if he is walking by himself. This is not something he does or does not do out of principle, but only because (as far as he is qualified to speak to his own motivations) he 1) hates showing off 2) hates an awkward silence.

A History of Fools: The author doesn’t think the whole human race is crazy, just the baby boomers.

Societal Pressure: What has he to fear from society? The author wouldn’t put his finger on it in protest unless it was absolutely necessary, in order to save himself some reading time. However, he has been getting less reading done of late, and this largely due to "the economy".

The Run of the Mill: The author admits it’s a boring job but someone needs to run it.

Complexity: Speaking to reflection, the author thinks it’s healthy to glory in things, and unhealthy to dwell upon failure. But -- all significant action in the world has come about from a lack of confidence, that is, a need to prove by doing. The author thinks this thought will possibly help his generation from its own self-pity.