the sarah palin book ruined my big mac
Friday, 20. November 2009, 08:30:36
One of the Fox announcers was at a bookstore signing party she was giving. He kept talking about the mob of people waiting for a signed copy. With the tight lens of the camera, I could only see about fifteen people, but I guess somebody's buying them as the sales numbers have been good, unless it's the Supreme Court into the numbers game again (Stop the counting! We declare Sarah's book the winner!). One after another, people kept coming up to the camera to brag about how long they had waited in line: 2 hours, 3 hours, one man said 4.
Even though my Big Mac in front of the TV in the posh "McCafe" was a particularly good one, very hot and fresh, when the man said "4 hours", my throat and stomach tightened. Some cool sips on my Dr. Pepper didn't help any. I kept thinking, "what empty shattered lives", though I once waited in line 5 hours for a ticket to an Elton John show decades ago. I could think of so many other things to do with 4 hours, like masturbate. No, wait. That only takes about 5 minutes.
To me, Sarah Palin is a major representative of the status quo. The status quo sucks. It has enough rich and powerful friends already. It doesn't need wage-earner me waiting in line for it.
















