Monday, February 21, 2005

On death and juxtapositions

Over the weekend, other cats' deaths made headlines:
Sandra Dee
and Hunter Thompson

These two were icons of their respective decades: Sandra Dee served to represent the wholesome ideal of teens for the 1960s, a picture of innocence and idealism, the gentle kitten. Hunter Thompson was the ultimate cynic, an alley tomcat who had survived a few too many fights.



Between the two of them, I'd put my money behind Dee every time. You may not live longer being nice and wholesome and a little naively optimistic, but it's easier to live with yourself in the long run.


Of course, I begin to learn this AFTER having tried for decades to pretend I was Thompson-material.

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