Sunday, May 14, 2006 The One Commandment
Ten Commandments
-Too many, waste valuable time
-Have Connotations
Advantages to the One Commandment system:
-Quicker
-Appeals to the youth
-Easier printing on merch and outreach materials such as tattoos
Here is the One Commandment:
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Don't be a damn asshole.
It is surprisingly hard to keep the One Commandment. With ten, one has better odds. I find time to effortlessly keep at least three out of ten of the traditional commandments every day.
The One Commandment is not in keeping with my natural inclinations or personality.
For example: I hurt my knee last week. I fell on some uneven pavement on my skates, and my leg got twisted. An honest mistake, except I should've known better, but "I should have known better" turned out to be the theme of the event that I was leaving.
I limped around for a week, tying myself in inner knots over imaginary scenarios where it turned out that I'd torn something irreparable and would never be able to skate again.
During this time, I went to three practices, including a Harrisburg Area Roller Derby (HARD) practice, and I don't even live in damn Harrisburg, and at these practices, I continued to skate, like an asshole.
Finally, the clouds parted, a shaft of light poured down from the heavens, and the one commandment was revealed to me, so I went to the damn doctor, who yanked on my leg more than I thought was fully reasonable, but the good news is that I am going to be fine, except for inherent personality flaws. The doctor didn't say that, but he saw it in my eyes.
He said my knee was bored, and wanted a beautiful new outfit, so he gave me a little tube top for it, and that is the extent of my treatment--except I'm not supposed to practice this week. The next bout is on Sunday (hurry, tickets WILL sell out), a week from today, and it would've been nice to get another night of scrimmaging in before we go up against the Junkyard Dolls.
That is a parable, you know. posted by Frenz | 5/14/2006 02:59:00 PM
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