addictions

11 Things: Addictions

Thursday, September 4, 2008

1. Sex:

Pros: Pleasure, babies.
Cons: Babies, displeasure.
Highs: Yes, yes!
Lows: A lack thereof.

Follows: 5 not 2.


2. Drugs:

Pros: Ridiculous insight.
Cons: Ridiculous behavior.
Highs: Yes, yes!
Lows: Illness, prison, death.

Follows: 3 not 7.


3. Rock 'n' roll:

Pros: Bad reputation.
Cons: Bad reputation.
Highs: Annihilation.
Lows: Annihilation.

Follows: 2 not 8.

4. Politics:

Pros: We've been inspired.
Cons: We've been duped.
Highs: Utopia.
Lows: Dystopia.

Follows: 10 not 1.

5. Love:

Pros: Insane happiness.
Cons: Unhappy insanity.
Highs: Delirium.
Lows: Delirium.

Follows: 1 not 10.

6. Television:

Pros: Escape.
Cons: Escape.
Highs: News.
Lows: News.

Follows: 4 not 9.

7. Work:

Pros: Provides insurance.
Cons: Makes you sick.
Highs: Collaboration.
Lows: Termination.

Follows: 11 not 5.

8. Religion:

Pros: Meaning.
Cons: Delusion.
Highs: Heaven.
Lows: Hell.

Follows: Itself not 4.

9. Exercise:

Pros: Health.
Cons: Effort.
Highs: Yes!
Lows: Yes!

Follows: 7 not 6.

10. Internet:

Pros: World at fingertips.
Cons: Pain at fingertips.
Highs: Communicate with world.
Lows: World communicates with you.

Follows: 6 not 11.

11. Sleep:

Pros: Crazy dreams.
Cons: Crazy laziness.
Highs: Sundays.
Lows: Mondays.

Follows: 9 not 3.

- Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/NSLK12KEK2.DTL

This article appeared on page G - 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle