nektros - Cynicism in a Hot Dish

Cracks in perfect visages, and imperfect

Posted 4 June 2008 in by Yvonne

“I’m not exactly a wife-beater aficionado who’s making plans on joining the club any time down the track,” I said, “but really, they’re any normal couple who were only exchanging a few words.”

“Oh, please,” replied the purveyor of bad taste judgements present in all of our lives. “You know it’s a different story when no-one else’s looking. Back there it was a bit of shouting; for all we know, the rest of the time it’s backhands and NASA-approved, industrial-strength foundation to cover up black eyes.”

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Polar opposites and messed up materialism

Posted 26 May 2008 in by Yvonne

Everyone has that unique someone in their life whom I like to self-explanatorily ascribe the label ‘materialistic humble pie eater’. Put even simpler, they are part of a group who share the belief that objects hovering on the lower end of the inanimate thingamabob scale of worth can do no wrong in curing all ills, and procuring batted eyelashes doling out forgiveness in response to their screw-ups.

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How optimism breeds the circle of (good) idiocy

Posted 31 March 2008 in by Yvonne

There is no such thing as selfish greed.

Every act made in the pursuit of money is simply an act of survival.

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Happiness Marketing … ooh, possibilities

Posted 26 March 2008 in by Yvonne

A while ago, Time questioned whether our general happiness comes down to genes, and is therefore unchangeable.

Inferring, of course, that creating misery through the idealisation of happiness is a different ball game than chasing after plain old happiness (which, ha, I get to say is) …

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