$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ hogz of entropy #253 $$$$$P $$$$ $$$$ moo, oink, up your butt. $$$$P $$$$ x$$$$ $$$P $$$$ xP$$$$ d$$$$$$$$$$$. $$$. $$$$xP $$$$ $$$$$$' >$$$$ $$$$$$$$$. $$$$P $$$$ 4$$$$$. .$$$$' $$$$'`4$$$b. $$$$ $$$$ 4$$$$$$$$$P' $$$$b 4$$$$b. $$$$$$$$$$$ 4$$$< %% $$$$$b 4$$$$$x $$$$$$$$$$$ 4$$$$$$$$$ %% >> Apotheosis << by -> Lifelike ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- i realized as i was peeling potatoes that LIFE is a lot like a POTATO when you peel it, that is 'cause when you peel them, you take the tip of the peeler & dig into it if you find a black spot or something & you gotta do that with LIFE you gotta DIG AT IT with a SHARP OBJECT until you get out the bad parts the parts you can't eat the parts that make you sick & you THROW THEM IN THE TRASH with the PEELS actually potatoes are more like individual relationships than LIFE in general 'cause each relationship starts out covered in dirt & you gotta peel that shit off & reveal the white skin of the starchy tuber beneath & when you happen upon those black spots you gotta DIG THEM OUT you gotta D1G TH3M 0UT you gotta have fear in your heart & then sometimes you find a MOLDY old PIECE OF SHIT POTATO & you think you can SAVE IT from its STAGNATION & YOU WANT TO DATE IT because you think it can LOVE YOU LIKE NO OTHER, because IT'S SEEN PAIN TOO but it's REALLY just DIRTY & FULL OF MOLD & HAS A STINK & you realize, after you've cut your fingers with the vegetable peeler TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT that maybe it's NOT WORTH SAVING & sometimes, you need to just THROW ONE AWAY, WHOLE nothing more can be done for it. ... my potatoes, much like my relationships, are now cut into little pieces & in a pot of boiling water in my kitchen. soon i'll mash them & add milk & butter & some salt it's all cycles, man. potatoes take a long time to cook HOLY SHIT SO DO RELATIONSHIPS you gotta have PATIENCE for the potatos to be cooked all the way through otherwise you come out with LUMPS ALL THROUGHOUT & i always think i put in too much milk when i'm mashing them but it always turns out to be JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT it's like something otherworldly is watching over me, protecting me from the horror of a whole pot of runny mashed potatoes but uh, i guess that's where things differ in this stupid analogy 'cause no one can protect us from BAD RELATIONSHIPS i make excellent mashed potatoes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * (c) HoE publications. HoE #253 -- written by Lifelike -- 7/15/98 *