Dopp Juice Archive

[Cartoon removed as a result of a very friendly Cease and Desist Notice from Gary Larson.  Woops.]  Do you remember this Far Side comic by Gary Larson? I saw it as a young kid on the secretary’s wall at the veterinarian’s office. I thought it was hillarious, and somehow, it stuck with me. Whenever I find that I can’t understand (or I’m just not paying attention to) something I’m hearing, I’ll repeat in my head, “blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah GINGER…”But I thought I was crazy for doing that, so I kept the inside joke to myself. Recently, though, in one of my classes, someone brought this up in perfect context. We were looking at examples of work that was hard to understand, and someone casually babbled, “blah blah blah GINGER…” Even more to my shock, most of the class chimed in!It’s beautiful moments like these when I realize that, even though some of us may think we’re crazy, the rest of the world is often up there with us. (props to redbrik.cu.ie for archiving these comics.)

Allow me to wax philosophical for a moment. I’m in my early twenties, and I’m experiencing daily surges of hope that I can make a positive impact on the world. These surges often arrive coupled with elaborate plans for how I can devote my life to large-scale contributions to the cause of my dreams–a cause which changes every few weeks.Nearly anyone in their forties could take one look at me and say, “I remember that phase. She’ll grow out of it.”Thus, I think I need to focus my energies less on scheming, and more on building a life that encourages rather than discourages more scheming. Because if I can hold onto my idealism for at least the next ten years, I should at some point in that time become adequately equipped to pick a scheme and carry it out full force.In the meantime, I’m collecting creative idealists to help me build my future Ethical Empire. Send me your résumé and personal statement for consideration.Or just tell me you’re in.

Wow, wow, wow. I was getting to the point where I didn’t think a site like this could possibly exist. But it does exist. So that must mean there’s adequate good things happening every day to fill its quota.HappyNews.comMy world just got a whole lot brighter.