It's funny how being sick changes your perspective on things. Many of my past goals and wants, all seem so vain when measured against the ever changing-ness of the body, of life in general. Right now I'm down with a stomach virus, feeling like a giant hand is repeatedly rinsing my insides against a washing board. ... Social status is pointless. It's worth nothing and doesn't help one in any way. It's a completely aleatory way of measuring relative value. I've written about this before in Hunt...
