Reinforcing Stereotypes

If there’s one thing I hate in this world besides the state of Delaware, its Christmas shopping. It’s gotten even more fun since I’ve had in kid in that I now have to go to Toys R Us and all that stuff. Nothing makes me more pissed off than having to deal with parents trying to get stuff for their kids. That’s why I went at 9 am on Saturday morning as soon as they opened up and banged out everything I needed to get in an hour and fifteen minutes. That has to be a record. Even better than that, I was actually entertained while shopping. There was a Hispanic lady shopping for her daughter. She got her…(wait for it)…a vacuum and cleaner toy set. Starting them young, huh? I mean, we’re not even trying to avoid stereotypes there. The only way that would be better was if she got her son a beach set that had a water can and a rake. That’d be equivalent me buying my daughter a shot glass. Alright, maybe that’s just funny to me.

Some other things that may only be funny to me:
I’m getting my dinner last night and the guy in front of me in line has a button saying Obama ’08 in Hebrew. And of course he’s at the register counting out pennies to make exact change.

I’m on the train home and there’s someone next to me who apparently attended an engineering conference in Knoxville and had a tote bag from that conference. And guess what was part of the conference’s logo? That’s right, the Sunsphere. I did not know that thing was still up. I assumed the wig store it was housing was destroyed when Nelson threw a rock at it. Way to change my opinion about you, Tennessee. I now have another tourist destination when I make my trip to Lynchburg.

Since I’m making jokes about all kinds of generalities, I’d be remiss if I didn’t take this time to laugh at myself. I was in the supermarket the other day in the frozen food aisle when it hit me: I really like having Texas Toast in the freezer. I eat it at least once a week, usually more now, and I felt that I needed to pick some up just in case. When it gets to the point that you’re reinforcing stereotypes about yourself, you might want to reconsider making fun of others for doing so. On second though, nah. In the words of Brock when I told him about the Jewish guy, “You’ve reached the apex of funny”.