Thursday, November 17, 2005
Random Thought
Driving down Colfax on my way to school today I saw this ruggidy looking SUV flip a bitch and fly past three lanes of rush hour traffic to make a right turn onto Colorado Blvd. That’s one finely tuned spontaneous action that I don’t think I could re-enact…not in the heart of Denver at 3:45pm. It was also a very life risking move. Now you’re telling me a person has no desire to change the monotony of his or her life or have the risk taking fortitude to work and live and be something more than what/where “the man” sweeps him? It’s crazy the same person can take such a gamble on getting to the far right lane faster…is this observation or introspection?
Driving down Colfax on my way to school today I saw this ruggidy looking SUV flip a bitch and fly past three lanes of rush hour traffic to make a right turn onto Colorado Blvd. That’s one finely tuned spontaneous action that I don’t think I could re-enact…not in the heart of Denver at 3:45pm. It was also a very life risking move. Now you’re telling me a person has no desire to change the monotony of his or her life or have the risk taking fortitude to work and live and be something more than what/where “the man” sweeps him? It’s crazy the same person can take such a gamble on getting to the far right lane faster…is this observation or introspection?
# posted by Nick D @ 5:28 PM 
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I appreciate this thought. Is this Y Control? Is it the man or is it us? Have we slipped off our track? What changes us when we become anonymous behind the wheel of an SUV or a keyboard?
I can't answer all these questions here. I can say we've all had moments of idiocy we'd rather forget. Sometimes idiocy saves us; we are, after all, irrational beings living in a rather daunting array of loosely ordered chaos. I can support this chaos. I embrace it.
That said, I detest suffering and causing harm to others. Perhaps our crazy rush hour maniac forgot all about these higher things. For that instant, all that mattered was "me first" or "I'm in a hurry."
Reminds me of the Tao of Pooh. Rabbit does annoying things.
Let's hope you and yours aren't any closer to the next Rabbit episode on the freeway.
Let's also hope our busy friend had an introspective moment later that day. There's hope that the extra adrenaline rush and the next red light had our SUV driver uttering a big DOH.
I can't answer all these questions here. I can say we've all had moments of idiocy we'd rather forget. Sometimes idiocy saves us; we are, after all, irrational beings living in a rather daunting array of loosely ordered chaos. I can support this chaos. I embrace it.
That said, I detest suffering and causing harm to others. Perhaps our crazy rush hour maniac forgot all about these higher things. For that instant, all that mattered was "me first" or "I'm in a hurry."
Reminds me of the Tao of Pooh. Rabbit does annoying things.
Let's hope you and yours aren't any closer to the next Rabbit episode on the freeway.
Let's also hope our busy friend had an introspective moment later that day. There's hope that the extra adrenaline rush and the next red light had our SUV driver uttering a big DOH.
The guy had talent...I just wish he put that talent to use...in some legal speedway with a helmet on and paramedics close by.
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