Socially Irrelevant - OUCH

in a recent article in the new yorker, malcolm gladwell argues that past chicago-style admissions ultimately produced "socially irrelevant" people by only letting in brilliant students.

ouch man ... a school that produces nothing but "bookworms and bench scientists" and "an institution that Harvard officials looked upon and SHUDDERED."

bookworm and bench scientist. hrmmm ... why am i feeling slightly annoyed right now?

i've been very busy lately .. preoccupied with work and such. to the point where my appearance is sadly slip-shod.

badly in need of a haircut, wearing my broken glasses (taped together by the way, and i don't care if i look strange), and walking around with holes in my kicks (you can actually see my big toe poking halfway through) ...

i am the mark of social irrelevance.

somewhat related to this, i realize that i'm not a fan of ambitious people.

there exists a saying, "ambition is the last resort of failure" not to mention that ambition also reeks of desperation.

think about it. i think this phrase explains so many things ... so many people. career goals, personal relationships, even our own egos from time to time. i watch people fail and then try harder ... in pursuit of money, status, trophy boyfriends/girlfriends, etc. they try harder and harder and in the process, they start to grow very ambitious. eventually, failure is transformed into blind ambition which is indicative of either a) unattainability or b) personal shortcoming.

in the end, isn't ambition just another word for selfish endeavors?

so i'm not very ambitious. in fact, i like being mediocre. mediocrity is like manna from heaven. this may also sound counterintuitive but the only reason why i need big names to back me is to reinforce my mediocrity even more.

ok, enough of this driveling. back to WERK~.