Overheard at Pharmaprix...

...or what stupid Ontario calls "shoppers drug mart".

Gay gentleman 1: "Oh my god, I love this drink, But I cant buy it"

Gay gentleman 2: "Why not?"

GG1 as GG2 mouths along : "its so embarrassing , its the Life Brand" (Thats a generic brand produced by pharmaprix)

GG2:"Yeah thats embarrassing to walk around with"

What was the drink you ask?

lemon flavored still water. 

Who cares that some people drink sewer water, some of us can not drink generic brands. 

MB>MC

The worst thing about a good time, is that at some point it must end. And then we end up feeling like shit. HeHe.

Seriously though, We foresee that the good time will end. Sometimes we know the exact day and the exact hour of the day, yet we invest so much of our leisure time planning for those good moments. See its one of two things:

1) We are masochists. 

2)Our marginal benefit from the good times exceeds our marginal costs stemming from the shitty feeling that follows.

I do not know about you, but I fall into category 2. 

I had fought with boyfriend and stopped talking to him for a whole week. And I was never able to not talk to him (or at least call and yell my lungs out) at least 10 hours after the fight. But I meant it that time, I did not talk to him, He did not talk to me. Finally, he caved (Never , Ever, and I mean EVER Happened). It was actually the first time I was 80% sure he has feelings(not for me but in general). So, as a result of the great make up, I decided to go visit him for the long weekend. BIG MISTAKE. 

But you know what? Its ok, My marginal benefit exceeded my Marginal Cost. And In Economics, That is good baby ! 

Issues

I have issues. Just like everyone else does. 

I have recently figured out how to deal with them. A little over a month ago, I gave myself a mental slap, and told my self to get over myself. And for the most part, I did. 

But What happens when that mental slap suddenly makes you question what you really value in life? Not that I never knew what I value in my life. One thing about my personality, is that I am almost always fully aware of what I want and will go out there and get it. But what I am asking here is, what if a mental slap makes you realize how your previous issues formed a wall between you and *new* values, and now that you are aware of this fact, you do not know how to go about it, because it was always something you pushed away. 

I am not going to lie to you, I am as confused as you are. I read that sentence, it does not make sense. But a minute or so after, it so does. 

Simplicity. Happiness in its most primitive form.

That's it. I never thought of it. It never occurred to me. "But it cant be, I am used to complications, How Can this be?" I ask myself. 

I now seek the answer. 

Let me get things out in the open. I hate Toronto. 

Phew, it feels good to get it out every day around 3 times. 

As Apparent from my blog, I have a problem with committing to a certain activity. I get into things the first few days and then easily get distracted and lured into the beauty of doing nothing. But this time; since I am stuck in an ugly smelly city, there really isn't much to get distracted by. 

I will have a little bit of everything on this blog. Mostly judgments of random people, random beliefs. There will be some cool economics topics (mostly to keep myself in the loop with the academic stuff) and if I do keep up with my intentions, i plan on tackling a topic that has been in the news for a week or two. Thus keep you eyes open on a financial topic soon :).