Jump, Jump for Joy
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Reader, this is a memorable day. I’ve finally done it. I’ve attained Kriss Kross status. Let me explain: I’m a Mac daddy. No, I haven’t sired a scrappy young pugilist who will one day challenge Mike Tyson in the ring. Let me explain further: I now own a computer synonymous with a certain fruit, after my hard drive crashed faster than Tiger Woods leaving his house. Also, like Tiger, I neglected to backup properly. Then why the “daddy” title, you ask? Ease up with the questions, Morley Safer. For starters, it cost as much as a child, its small and portable, and it came from China, where many people go to get a little bundle of sweet and sour baby these days (available in pint and quart sizes). The way I understand it, the unwanted tots are just stacked all along the Great Wall and Americans are welcome to stuff as many as they’d like into their fanny packs and you pay for them at customs when you leave the country (girls are buy one, get one free). Now that’s what I call a Wailing Wall (eat it, Jerusalem)!
Kriss Kross had no trouble turning their clothes around. Their careers? That's another story.
Sadly, I wasn’t inspired enough by the Winter Olympics to do this with my old laptop. Heck, I’m still so upset about the hockey loss that I’m boycotting maple syrup, Canadian bacon and Molson. Breakfast has been ruined for me. Still, the thought of turning my Toshiba into a snowshiba is tempting.
So, how can I justify owning a product by a company that I’ve made fun of numerous times on this site? I had no say in the matter, really. You see, I’m married. My wife, who loves Macs to the point she should be classified as a “manimac,” suggested we purchase one. I sternly said “No.” While I was putting my foot down, she was whipping the credit card out. One week later, I was Shanghaied. Secondly, you learn a lot when you run a website, like that you can’t compete with porn and no one wants to buy your mint-condition back issues of Ranger Rick. I’ve also discovered you always mock the ones you love the most. And vice-versa. (Oh, and I’m a raging hypocrite).
What does that mean? We ridicule our reality. It means I wish Hammer never stopped dancing, that I take my cue from Tiger and use Gatorade as an aphrodisiac. It means Will has molded a 10-foot-tall statue of Jean Claude Van Damme out of gelatin, which he displays in his living room (he calls it “Jello Claude”). It means I have a Strawberry Shortcake ankle tattoo.It means this post is as random as Ellen Page being the spokesperson for Cisco (honest to blog, she is).
With my theory from two paragraphs ago in mind, there’s something I need to say. It comes from the mouth of a man much older, wiser and fictitious than I. Will, you’re dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a strange man offers you a ride, I say take it.
And once again, The Simpsons bails me out when I can’t think of a conclusion. I thought Macs were supposed to make you more creative (maybe more creative with your budget after you blow your savings on one…hmm…instead of turning on the heat I could start a tire fire in the living room as soon as a swipe some tires from my neighbors. Thanks, Mac-enhanced brain!). Where’s that receipt and my bus pass? I’m headed to Chinatown to see if I can exchange this for a knockoff “Mackbuk,” a couple bootleg DVDs and 700 egg rolls.

