Kitties are Cute!
Remember sitting in class while the slow kid read or said something really stupid while the teacher patiently listened and wishing the world would move a little faster, feeling guilty and superior, all at the same time? Remember going to the zoo on a field trip and having to bear the embarrassment of that kid yelling near the panther habitat, "Look, he's going to the bathroom!"?
Do I really need to say it? That the election makes me feel like I'm in fifth grade again, but permanently?
If you remember any moment like that, you will remember that you were outnumbered. There were lots of stupid kids-- stupid kids who wanted to make your life more difficult. Stupid kids who somehow had power over you.
Power that was ineffable, but there all the same, and you had to, for the sake of survival, respect it.
So, here I am, all grown up and no longer under the illusion that all that ended with the 80's. I have a stomachache, a headache, pinkeye-- will any of these excuses make it go away? Can I stay at home now?
In conclusion, I give up. I think my kittens are cute.