It's Steve (now in blog form)

When the wife told me about this I have to admit I was skeptical. Only now do I realize how funny terrible cakes can be. Behold CAKE WRECKS!

I had a couple of final thoughts before I roll out of the hotel.

Why does no one leave comments?- I know you’re reading these. I can hear you breathing. And I can see it in the hit counts. Why not leave me a comment? You realize that blogging is just an elaborate way of trolling for feedback. This doesn’t apply to Phil (you’re cool).

One last funny pic from this week- The menu guy is either very stupid or very funny.

I’m not mad at the media, it’s more that I’m just disappointed. It would be so easy to rant and assume some sort of crazy conspiracy is why I haven’t heard the word Afghanistan on the news in months. It might scream shenanigans when the only Chinese controversy covered is whether some gymnasts are too young (because that’s the only newsworthy issue in China obviously). I almost want to believe that mainstream media is really up to no good. At least that would be something. But more and more I begin to believe that they’re either just lazy or stupid. I think this little gem from CNN makes the case pretty well.

So I was inadvertently really obnoxious to one of the women in marketing today. I was headed back from a meeting and passed by the open swag closet. It seemed like a good idea to replenish my supply of MySpace paraphernalia (note: always a bonus when dealing with partners and staff to drop some swag here and there).

Anyway, one of the marketing ladies stuck her head while I was foraging in and hit me with a “Are you supposed to be in here?” Now here’s the problem. I had never seen her before. No idea who she was. That also means, she had no idea who I am or what I do. I’m sure I must have looked like some schmuck newbie employee stealing t-shirts. She was totally right to question me.

The problem is, I hit her back with “I’m Steve. I’m allowed to go pretty much anywhere I want here.” What a douchebag thing to say. From the look on her face, she clearly thought so too. So she walks off, I finish grabbing a goodie box, and now I feel bad for being a tool to her. Marketing girl, whoever you are, sorry for being a jerk.

I’m going to go home now and try not to say anything stupid for the rest of the day.

They are so majestic. We must organize a field trip immediately. Anybody have a good reason we should visit the NY office?

Check out this video: Douchebag Beach

I find the clueless absolutely fascinating. There’s almost something magical in the phenomenon of folks living in a completely wrong reality. Here’s one of my favorites:

Now, it’s important not to confuse the clueless and the delusional. Delusional people are all fine and good, but the clueless are special. I think what distinguishes them is choice and support structures. With the delusional, you get the sense that they know, deep in their hearts, that they’re being crazy and just roll with it. The truly clueless aren’t that self-aware. I think it stems from the often elaborate support structures that help the clueless live the lie. Think of how many bad American Idol auditions you’ve seen that invariably end with family members walking the crazy out. “You can sing! They’re crazy not to pick you!” Thanks for all the enabling, Mom.

Anyway, this comes up because I came across a really clueless one on the site. She’d posted this note in a completely inappropriate forum:

Topic: female needs a little spending money.looking for guy to help

Body: Due to the rising cost of gas, I am a little short on cash this month and bills have to be paid. I have some sexy pix if anyone wants to see them, please contact me for my private gallery on my modeling website. I will send you the links to see more of me.

Ok, so I figured it was a spammer. I’m pretty confident after looking at the profile that she’s legit. Here’s our friend:

Most of her pics and profile were dedicated to the beauty pageants she’s been in and modeling. The part that makes me kind of mad is that somebody has smiled, assured her she’s making the right choice, and taken her money for every pageant and photoshoot she’s done. She’s been duped by the people around her to the point where she’d think guys are going to pay up for the hot stuff.

It just seems so wrong to fleece the clueless. I’m not sure where I was going with this, so there you go.