A Few Things

Firstly, I realized today (bit late) that I must be an economics major because I detest inefficiency. I hope I hate it enough that I will work to combat it as a working professional. Mainly, I realized this today because I had bought nearly a dozen rolls of assorted ribbons for my cousin's upcoming wedding (this Labor Day weekend, in fact), fully aware that most of them would be brought back to the store for a refund. In my mind, buying more than was needed would save multiple trips to the store to buy additional things to compare and contrast. Why not just buy everything we may potentially need/like for the wedding and bring all the unused supplies back after it's all over?

Without asking my permission, and without any of the receipts which I had so methodically saved, she decided to return all of them to the store, only to receive in-store credit. But of course in-store credit didn't bother her in the least, because "you can always use the in-store credit when you shop at Walmart" and "it was on the way [to wherever she was going, presumably]." This is annoying because my original plans were disrupted, not by any uncontrollable circumstance, but simply because my mother didn't have the sense to consult me first (not to mention that I don't want goddamn in-store credit). Communication, people.

Secondly, it only hit me the evolutionary significance of eyelashes since I began using contact lenses again. It is such a pain in the ass to nudge those things onto your eyes. Removing them, however, is not nearly as much of a hassle but is still not enjoyable. I've worked with the contact lenses a few times already and am still not getting the hang out it.

Finally, it just feels a lot better to give than to receive. I think most people acknowledge this and do mean it, but rarely actually feel fully satisfied and fulfilled from doing it. Maybe I say this because truly giving is something I don't do too often, and usually the greatest satisfaction comes from giving to the people that mean the most. There is underlying reciprocity in all of this, of course. This point is probably getting a bit cliche.