Thursday, December 04, 2003
It is officially the 3 Weeks of Chaos!
Breathe it in deep and welcome it in with open arms.
You see, when I was in college, my housemates and I came up with this theory called the 3 Weeks of Chaos. It is the one time period of the year when everything seems to hit the fan. If you think back to the days of yore, or at least as far back as college, you will remember that the time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas was always incredibly hectic. There were term papers to write, exams to study for, parties to attend, and professors ready and willing to use their red pen in a flourish of pure evil.
When I was in school, we would keep track of the different events that would take place during the 3 Weeks of Chaos, so that we could look back in January and marvel at how lucky we were to have survived. There were times when relatives would die or boyfriends would break up with girlfriends; times when the local bar would burn down or someone would eat some rotten sushi and end up in the hospital for a week. Not that this stuff wouldn’t normally happen during the year…it would. But imagine it all happening at the SAME time and there you’ve got the theory behind the 3 Weeks of Chaos.
There were also times when strange and mysterious things would happen. For example, how did a handful of my laundry end up on our crazy, child killing, neighbor’s lawn? You should have seen my face when I came home to THAT little surprise.
Things aren’t always BAD during the 3 Weeks of Chaos. Sometimes they are really good. Like I would find $45 on the ground and it would be mine! Or I would finally convince the buffed up straight dude that I’m chilling with to take off his shirt and make out with me. And only during the 3 weeks of chaos would he do such a thing. And yeah, it was good.
So here we are. Another year has gone by and the chaos of the end is in full bloom. It makes perfect sense that I would see someone have a seizure on Tuesday and that my hamsters would be close to death. It also makes sense that I have met a new boy and am still struggling to keep the old boy that I have been with for 4 years. Surely my job is hectic and my friends are bouncing off the wall with the excitement of the holiday season.
But what is truly in store during this 3 Weeks of Chaos?
There is no way to know, but it can be expected to be a whirlwind of messy misfortune and marvelous memories.
Breathe it in deep and welcome it in with open arms.
You see, when I was in college, my housemates and I came up with this theory called the 3 Weeks of Chaos. It is the one time period of the year when everything seems to hit the fan. If you think back to the days of yore, or at least as far back as college, you will remember that the time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas was always incredibly hectic. There were term papers to write, exams to study for, parties to attend, and professors ready and willing to use their red pen in a flourish of pure evil.
When I was in school, we would keep track of the different events that would take place during the 3 Weeks of Chaos, so that we could look back in January and marvel at how lucky we were to have survived. There were times when relatives would die or boyfriends would break up with girlfriends; times when the local bar would burn down or someone would eat some rotten sushi and end up in the hospital for a week. Not that this stuff wouldn’t normally happen during the year…it would. But imagine it all happening at the SAME time and there you’ve got the theory behind the 3 Weeks of Chaos.
There were also times when strange and mysterious things would happen. For example, how did a handful of my laundry end up on our crazy, child killing, neighbor’s lawn? You should have seen my face when I came home to THAT little surprise.
Things aren’t always BAD during the 3 Weeks of Chaos. Sometimes they are really good. Like I would find $45 on the ground and it would be mine! Or I would finally convince the buffed up straight dude that I’m chilling with to take off his shirt and make out with me. And only during the 3 weeks of chaos would he do such a thing. And yeah, it was good.
So here we are. Another year has gone by and the chaos of the end is in full bloom. It makes perfect sense that I would see someone have a seizure on Tuesday and that my hamsters would be close to death. It also makes sense that I have met a new boy and am still struggling to keep the old boy that I have been with for 4 years. Surely my job is hectic and my friends are bouncing off the wall with the excitement of the holiday season.
But what is truly in store during this 3 Weeks of Chaos?
There is no way to know, but it can be expected to be a whirlwind of messy misfortune and marvelous memories.
