I’m crazy!

They say I’m crazy. I tend to disagree. They say that proves it, because there is no madman who agrees that he is mad.

I don’t have a cell phone. I never had it, I never will. I have a home phone though. Whoever wants to find me can call me there, and if I’m not at home I can leave a message. When I’m outside I don’t want to be disturbed. I go out to enjoy the day, I look at the gardens and the beautiful houses, I look at the playful waves of the sea caressing the beach, or the birds floating in the air, the planes, in other words, everything that surrounds me. I also go out to run errands and I don’t know about you, but if I talk on the phone at that time, I can’t focus on what I have to do. If I really need to make a call while I’m outside, I use pay phones. Then there is the moment when I am in the office and of course I have the office phone. You see, I really don’t need a cell phone. I have no idea how to text and honestly all those “smart” phones, I don’t know how “smart” they are, but I never heard anyone ask me “Hey buddy, how are you doing today? A coffee together ? ” People call me crazy for it.

I don’t have one of those Facebook, Twitter, etc. accounts. But I have all my friends’ home addresses and phone numbers on my mind and I keep in touch with the people I care about. I really don’t need everyone in the “neighborhood” to know where I was and what photos I took. I don’t think if I had an account, there would be more than 15 people who would really be interested in my photos, or I would be interested in theirs. Also, friends of friends of friends will be my friends – EXCUSE … It takes years for someone to become a friend and clicking the “OK” button on a website is not going to make it any faster. I treasure my friendships. I often see my friends for coffee and a chat. Lets go shopping. We meet at home, cook and talk while our children play. I found that all these activities, with people close to me, take less time and give me more pleasure than being online in contact with everyone else. So, I often say: this Facebook, etc. things are so crazy. What I get as a response is: “No, you’re crazy!”

I do not have a laptop. What I would need to be on my lap is a person I love. I don’t need a computer in my bed, or in coffee. I have a PC at home to work or to browse, map, etc. I have one in the office. I don’t think it’s a good idea to take my computer from work over the weekend in case there’s a lot of rush work that I can’t wait. The one thing I think can’t wait and can be lost forever is the precious time we spend with family – husband, wife, children, and grandchildren, no matter how annoying they may be at times. I never wanted to work anymore. I wish I lived longer. I don’t feel like putting a laptop on my lap and having a Skype call with my family who live half an hour away. I’m going to see them. Hugging them for thirty minutes is better than chatting for three hours. Skype is, of course, ideal for long-distance family members. It really helps alleviate the lack of their presence when I see them on camera. So I’m not saying it’s useless, but I don’t need to buy a laptop just for this purpose anyway. And they call me crazy for it.

iPad, ipod, iTV, itouch, iFeel, it’s just me, me, me … Where are the others? Nowhere around me safe. I am pro weStuff. Let’s go out to see a movie, eat a slice of pizza, go dancing or just walk around the city, enjoy the sunset, maybe even the sunrise. I don’t want to spend most of my time texting, clicking, swiping, and staring at a flat screen instead of being part of the real world in 3D. How about those virtual games? Let’s go skiing in front of the TV. It’s a lot of fun, I bet the air is cleaner than in the mountains, plus you can ski in your underwear and certainly entertain the kids. Or why not play tennis in the living room? I don’t need to invite friends to the court, I can only play with some cartoon (then guess who the Looney is). I hope my opponent comes up with a funny joke … When I was a kid we went out to play together. Now the children gather inside to play with the computers. Whats Next? Make up a nickname “ME” to play instead of us, so we can do, I don’t know what, but that would be great … I’m telling you, the world has gone crazy. “You’re crazy!” The world yells at me.

I don’t like skim milk. Have you ever heard of a cow giving skim or low-fat milk? I do not think so. If the cow is not made to give it that way, then making it fat-free is wrong. I’ll drink it like nature did because nature is so much smarter than us. If I don’t want to get fat, I’ll only drink a cup, not a whole gallon. The same goes for all gluten-free, sugar-free, cholesterol-free, and brain-free products. I’m healthy. I need wheat. I need sugar, not the carcinogens that replace sugar. I need fat. This is how my body is made. If it’s too much, it’s a problem, but I’m not going to deprive you of what you need. I eat meat. No one can convince me that this is wrong or unhealthy. People have always been predatory. Sometimes I eat for pleasure, but mostly to live. I am a city person. That’s why I need someone to kill the animals for dinner. If I go back to nature, I will kill them myself. Nature made the world so cruel to survive the death of the lower levels of the food chain. Homo sapience is at the top. So don’t blame me for being so natural. If I have to survive on just plants and nuts, I will go crazy! They say I have to eat five servings of fruit a day (who can eat that many, by the way). Well, cocoa is a fruit. So often one of my servings, and sometimes all of them, is chocolate. Nobody says that those fruits should not be in the form of banana split, or strawberries with ice cream, or cocoa in the form of chocolate. I love chocolate. I can eat five bars without feeling the slightest feeling of nausea. I have always said that we have food for the body and food for the soul. Both are equally important, but should not be overused. They say “drink lots of water, it’s healthy.” I will drink as much water as I need. I think that any excess is not only unnecessary, but really harmful. Unless, of course, you intend to attend some peeing contest and really want to impress the audience. So I tell my friends: I have no restrictions. I eat and drink what I want in regular amounts. I also move around a lot. Mainly walking, swimming or running. I can go out and run in the rain, I can run in the cold, I can go and run at six in the morning to escape the heat, but there’s no way you can make me run on a treadmill in a smelly gym. I am fit, healthy and happy. Despite that, they still call me crazy.

What about wisdom teeth? They all take them out as soon as possible, the moment they come out, as if they were a strange radioactive or poisonous bud in the mouth. I recently had a painful cavity in my wisdom tooth. The dentist didn’t even bother to consider having a filling. She just told me, well, we’ll extract it. THAT? I am going to go to a dentist, I will have a relatively healthy tooth removed, I will go through recovery and pain, I will pay all the money that no insurance wants to pay for this … I have to be crazy! I just had him make the filling and in 30 minutes it was fine. I still am. The other thing that bothers me is how all the kids wear braces. Does anyone really think they are THAT necessary? “This child’s teeth are a little crooked. They may have some cavities in tight spaces. And it is very difficult to floss between them. My advice is, instead of taking a whole hour to fill the cavities in sometime in the future, if they show up, why don’t we spend a few days to put braces on him and have him wear them for two years, have him come in every month for adjustments, and then wear the retainer for a while? Oh, that It’s a lot of fun, this kid. He’s going to like it! And the cost to you (if you choose the most basic dental appliances) would be no more than $ 5,000. It’s worth it! Let’s do it! ” My teeth are not perfect. Neither are my son’s teeth. So far we are fine. I don’t need my teeth to look like a South Korean army in my mouth. I don’t need my son to have a perfect smile. He has his own lovely “crooked tooth” smile. Whats Next? Are people going to have plastic surgery to correct the difference they have on the left and right side of the face? Or maybe it’s a good idea that we all look exactly the same and perfect. Who Needs Perfection? Well I guess I may sound crazy.

I like to let the sun in my apartment. Every morning I open all the blinds and, if the weather is nice, I open the windows. I even open the doors to make it brighter. Some neighbors say I have no privacy. Well, if the architect put windows in and made it so that others can see my rooms, then it shouldn’t be too bad. I’m not going to live like a mole in the dark or take away the purpose of windows by lowering the blinds all the time, just to fit in with others. If you’re embarrassed to see me, you shouldn’t look. My home is my castle. I have to feel comfortable there. Even if they call me crazy.

Often if not all the time lately when I look around I see so many people doing crazy things. Sometimes I say “You’re crazy!” Of course they tend to disagree. What proof that they really are.