this morning i woke up in my 500 square foot apartment to have a shower with as much hot water as i could handle. afterwards, i bedecked my body with expensive products to make it smell less or better or look shinier or silkier. with the radio playing modern music in the background, i stood in front of one of my two closets and picked out something to wear for the day, my only considerations whether or not the office would be warm or cold. i picked out a short-sleeved shirt and jeans, uncaring if skin was bared or not. in my kitchen, i opened full cupboards to procure food to eat throught the day, making choices from among the many varieties available to me. i put money in my wallet and got into my single-occupancy vehicle and drove 25 kilometres to where i work for a wage considered ridiculous by some. now i am sitting in front of a computer, reading and typing at an advanced level while considering what i’m going to go purchase for myself just because i can.
\ni’ve got it good, here in the fat west. so do you, if you’re reading this. we’re overflowing with riches and possibilities and the thing that pisses me off the most is that none of us even realize it most of the time. we bitch because we don’t make enough money or our asses aren’t small enough while billions of people around the world can only dream of having a fraction of our wealth or freedom. things are unbalanced and scary right now, but just think about how safe and soft you truly are while you’re sitting at home watching other people get their homes and lives annihilated on CNN tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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