mi madre.

can one disown one's own parents?
how did my mother get this way?
was she always like this?
how bad was her childhood anyway?
did she even have one?
or was she born into a constant unhappy bitter state of adulthood?
why does she always find something bad to say?
why is she always so bitter and angry?
would it kill her to be nice and positive?
probably, because she's apparently alive and well in spite of her bitterness.
i think there should be a limit to how many complaints a mother can have about her children.
i think a mother should only be able to say good things about her children.
i think people should take parenting classes at a hardcore parental boot camp based in the middle of absolutely nowhere, deprived of all comforts of civilization, for at least 5 years before allowed to attempt to reproduce. that way they can appreciate the crap their kids go through when they clearly propagated without giving it any thought at all.
does everyone really need to reproduce?

i was talking to the geneticist i work with. i commented that the interior of his gas-guzzling lexus reminded me of a prius and asked if his car was a hybrid. he said no and said he opted to save his life (the size and weight of his car presumably would be safer should anything hit it) rather than the environment. i supposed that one wouldn't do much good if trying to save the environment if one was dead. ironically, he replied that one way to save the environment was to not be in it, rather dead.

damn, did i agree.