Astrology and irony …
… live together in perfect harmony …
Right, well, on my good days, when I am not busy finding new ways of deluding myself, I like to call myself a “realist.” In my snooty science-elitist way, I intend this to mean (among other things) that I do not believe in hocus pocus nonsense like — oh, say, off the top of my head — astrology.
Here, “do not believe in” really means “detest with every fiber of my besserwisser being” but I am trying to say it nicely.
On that note, care to guess what is the most common way for people to stumble onto this blog?
According to my blog statistics, it is a Google image search for “sagittarius”.
That is just not fair.
The photo with this post is another example of irony in real life. According to the photographer, that is an actual brand of cigarettes, made in Japan.
And if you are still feeling peppy and light-hearted, never fear: there is plenty of apparently sincere human heartbreak to be had at PostSecret. Still, with all the negativity there, it feels oddly good to read. In a melancholy sort of way.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:12 am
Check out
http://www.tokyoyy.com/current/horroscope/
The horrorscope for sagittarius is particularly good:
A small black hole will pass through your brain on Tuesday. Less than a millimeter in dimater this incredibly dense ball of matter will cause time to reverse momentarily making you remember the future. It therefore wont be necessary to read your horrorscope this month, but you know this already.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:55 pm
I find your snooty science-elitist loathing for astrology intriguing. Partly because I once was a snooty science-elitist, but mostly because I am now a snooty anti-science-elitist (i.e. snooty anti-(science-elitist), not snooty (anti-science)-elitist).
I therefore have a question for you (mind you, this is a trap):
Do you detest astrology in all forms, or only when people truly believe in it, letting it influence their lives?
June 29th, 2005 at 4:36 am
Good question; see next post!