to: you or current viewer

i am trying to get back into writing some of these. so here is just a quick note on life.

today i collected the mail, and one catalogue shoved in my little house-shaped mailbox was addressed to "anita molski or current resident".

every time i see this i get a little upset. i mean, really, why even send it? clearly you don't care if anita gets it, which means it cannot be worth anything. you are just killing precious trees and wasting my mailman's time. he could otherwise be sitting under the tree in my front yard talking on his cell phone and drinking a water bottle, while i skillfully avoid letting him see me sitting by the bay window on computer in order to allow him a little down time. and avoid some high quality awkward eye contact. i mean..not that this has happened... well, yes, it has. government work is great.

and let's be honest, this "or current resident" thing is just a little hurtful. you look down, see your name, and think ' yay! mail that is not a bill!' then you see that they are happy with just anyone flipping through their pages of products. they don't even particularly want YOU to buy anything. nope, they are happy if the squatter who has moved in while we are on vacation circles things he would buy if he had any kind of disposable income. i mean... not that this has happened. well, this one really didn't happen. or at least i don't know. i guess the "or current resident" could have stolen my catalogue. jerk.

you know what, squatter? that's fine, keep my magazines. ink it up all you want. i can't even get you on the fact that opening someone else's mail is illegal. because it's not my mail. it belongs to me... or anyone who happens to be conveniently sleeping in this house at that time.

thank you, but i will buy my products from a catalogue that believes in me.