How you doin'?
In America, its common to ask a person how they're doing as a salutation. No one really cares, but we ask anyways out of some strange cultural habit. The moment we lay eyes on you we demand to know your status. Its odd sometimes in that I'll be caught asking twice. I'll lean over to make a pool shot, turn my head, and say so "how you doing man?" I'll get a weird look and I'll be reminded that I've already asked this question. Yeah... but this time I'm actually going to listen...


I don't know, I'm actually the sort of mook that'll try to milk it. I'll generally make a noncommittal grunt and check in for sympathy hour. lame I know. The other day I caught myself and realized how lame it all was. Am I really that hard up for conversation material? So I've turned over a new goddamn leaf. From now on when people ask, I'm just going to say "Fucking Awesome", or just Awesome in the case of senior citizens. Maybe "Really Fucking Awesome" if I happen to be in a good mood. In fact I look forward to tilting my head a little and saying "Really Fucking Awesome" next chance I get. But I'll try to say in such a way that people won't ask for any details. That's not the kind of shit I can back up.

I think this will help my situation in a number of ways. (A) I won't be eyed warily by people who don't want to be fucking bothered by my stupid problems, (B) I won't have to repeatedly belabor my stupid fucking problems, and (C) I have a vague sort of hope that at the end of this little experiment I'll have convinced myself that I am Fucking Awesome. Kind of taking my sub-conscious to the cleaners if you will.

Hey if you're reading this, do me a favor and make it a Fucking Awesome Day!