Object of Affection

Right now I think that one of my all time favorite things is over­hear­ing peo­ple make ref­er­ences to sand­wiches. It is so awe­some. The descrip­tions are always very intri­cate and morally impor­tant, car­ry­ing with them this sense of urgency. Peo­ple love them. They really do. Plus, I just wish I could hear the word sand­wich over and over again. It is ridiculous.

For exam­ple, this morn­ing at work one of the mar­ket­ing women (who, I may as well add here, is very sassy and styl­ishly aged) was talk­ing about edit­ing “issues” with a col­league. The con­ver­sa­tion was very seri­ous and ref­er­enced problem-solving. And then it hap­pened: “sand­wiches.” She said it. Why? Why did she bring her sand­wich into this. It is 9:30 in the morn­ing. How could a sand­wich ref­er­ence already make it into the con­ver­sa­tion of a forty-plus year-old women in a media rela­tions department?

I blame it on the hexa­gon on Sat­urn. Thank you for your bizarre shape and revelation.

Some­times I feel bad that I am not “into” sand­wiches. The “portable meal” as a catagory does not appeal to me. I like to sit and appre­ci­ate food/the moment/color/time. But I think I may over­com­pen­sate for this allien­ation through my admi­ra­tion and fond­ness for the sand­wich ref­er­ence. At least I have that going for me.

My feel­ings on the sub­ject are best expressed in the title of this photo on flickr:

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“jan 18: sam wants to be made into a sand­wich (cat love 3 of 3)“

So Do I sam, so do I.

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