...smuggies

I'd like to create my own comic strip, called "The Smuggies". It'd feature little platinum-colored creatures, similar to the Smurfs, but dressed in more appropriate attire (designer shabby-chic corporate casual attire). They don't walk: they'd either power-run, or just drive around in miniature two-seater sportscars or miniature luxury SUV's. They'd all have cell-phones, PDA's and two way pagers, as well as laptops (which they normally use at power lunches where they spend more time meeting than eating). The show would mostly feature them venting their overachiever aggression at each other, via road rage, or an incessant need to outdo one another in various activities, such as: buying more designer shabby-chic corporate casual attire;acquiring more overpriced technological toys whose value will depreciate accordingly; discussing their houses and financial investments; climbing the corporate ladder (which I envision as a huge Jack-N-the-Beanstalk monstrosity in the center of their subdivision, uh... I mean village). The motto, uh..I mean moral of the cartoon: Work Hard, Play Hard, Live Hard!

ok, so I'm a little tired of the morning commute mambo. Sue me.

I don't mind the 85 mile-an-hour drive to work. Hell, let's be honest...I kinda dig driving fast. However, the tailgating, bright-flashing, weaving thru traffic, white-knuckle-the-steering-wheel shuffle is NOT a cute dance. And my peers (not my colleagues at work, they're a pretty cool, diverse, eclectic bunch) that have "arrived" on the other side of the hump...well, they're not real tolerant. You'd think that having "arrived" or "achieving the success" that we've worked so hard for would inspire some old-fashioned virtues. Patience. Humility. Compassion. Yeah, right. We DO have to maintain our newly found stature (or inherited arrogance?), now don't we? lmao I have to maintain a sense of humor about it, to avoid to succumbing to the "smuggy" within.

<Note to Ian: I love you dearly, but agree to disagree with you on this one. I have subdued my inner smuggy!> (mental note: try to convince yourself that 2-way pagers/PDA's/wireless web enabled cell phones are NOT necessities)

...ok, maybe I'm just hating cause I know the digital camera I want for Christmas isn't on anyone's list.