Today’s post will be a bit more light-hearted than the last, a bit tongue in cheek, so don’t take this too seriously.
It’s just that I’ve noticed I’m growing more and more like one of my television heroes, Dr. Gregory House of the TV show, “House”. I’ve included a picture to illustrate one or more of my points.
1) We are both complete misanthropes. He a lot more notoriously than me, but my sister who lived with me for awhile can verify the accuracy of my statement that indeed, I am a misanthrope.
2) We both deal with chronic pain (only I realized several years ago how useless popping Vicodin actually is for dealing with this kind of pain).
3) We both believe we are right pretty much all of the time. And now that I am pursuing a medical education, there’s something else to gloatingly be right about pretty much all of the time. :)
4) We are both forced to wear trainers to deal with our lack of mobility. No cute shoes for me. Just solid, supportive trainers.
5) Here’s where we differ, but more and more I want us to be the same. He has a cane to help himself limp around. I think that would actually be quite nice and reassuring.
So maybe I watch too much TV (well, no, not maybe) but I can see some similarities here, can’t you?
Ha! Ha! Ha! I hadn't thought about this myself, but now that you point it out there are some definite similarities! :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE House! I don't watch it as much as I once did, but still a great show. And seriously something about that man is just hot! (I'm not sure what it is, I think it might have to be something about #1 and #3)
I love this post! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
OK, so I get the total disdain for humankind thing; hey, I teach in a public middle school! But it's also hard to accept that you're a COMPLETE misanthrope--you see, I just finished a great article in YOGA journal about peace and equanimity that comes from sending out lovingkindness and service to others. Opposite ends of the spectrum, for sure, but I'm trying to get there from here (public-middle-school-teacher-so-glad-it's-spring-break!)
ReplyDeleteI do send out lovingkindness, not as regularly as I should, but I do make it a practice. So I guess there's a difference. I don't see House meditating on that. But if a public-middle-school-teacher can do it, a House can do it! :)
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