Dangerous Things

[hummingwolf]

Libraries are dangerous. Even though you have seven books already checked out and no chance of finishing them all by their due dates, more books will call out to you from the shelves, nonfiction tantalizing you with knowledge of all the wonders of the world while fiction piteously cries out to you, "Read me! Read meeeeeeeeeee!" Even books in foreign languages may seduce you, leaving you overcome by desire to learn Serbo-Croatian.

Celestial Seasonings Tuscany Orange Spice tea is dangerous. With 40 milligrams of caffeine (compared to, say, 160 in a double espresso), it gives you a little lift without startling you in any way; so you, beguiled by the delightful taste and seeming harmlessness of the brew, keep drinking and drinking until you are bouncing off the walls and caroming off random pieces of (now-broken) furniture.

Pop music is dangerous. Cute little tunes get stuck in your head and you find yourself singing

Hey
You know you're gonna live
To fight another day
It's just today things ain't so good
Get yourself back again
You've got so much love
That you can't afford to lose

Goodbye heartbreak
Don't look for me 'cos I don't need you now
So long, heartache
Don't look for me 'cos I don't need you now

I don't need you now
I don't need you now
I don't need you now
Hey-heeeey

and getting strange looks from your fellow Safeway shoppers because the Muzak isn't even playing the Lighthouse Family.

With such grave dangers in this world, it truly is a miracle the species survives at all.

Comments

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Eep. Please don't mention bookstores. Certainly not library bookstores or thrift store book sections where I lurk wondering if I'll find another bargain... must resist the bookstores...