Thank you sir! May I have another!?

          This semester has been an extremely busy one so there hasn't been as much time to waste on adventures like in the spring. Homework has been unrelenting and my inability to do it effectively eats up even more of my leisure time. It's been so long since I've had a free night to stare at the wall and not feel guilty about it so tonight when I finally get some time to kill I had no idea what to do with it.....then we found a taser. Tonight's activities raise some questions that are hard to answer. Most people when faced with mind numbing boredom don't automatically think that electrocuting themselves is the cure and yet it happens. In fact it happens more often than rationality would imply. Could we find better things to do than inflict pain on one another and ourselves? Easily. So why is it constantly tempting to prove that we're knuckle-heads? Why is it hard not to smile when I see a skater punk destroy himself while attempting to grind a railing? Even forever and a half ago Charlie Chaplin knew that people found amusement in seeing other people fall on their face. In a social situation like ours when we are looking to do something to spend our free time  pain is anything but torture. Stupid actions tend to act as a much needed release of whatever it is inside of us. Emotional catharsis is important when trying to hold onto one's sanity so it's ironic that this end result can be reached through outbursts of insanity. The best way to keep your sanity in is to occasionally let insanity out I guess.
          The moral of the story: Playing with tasers is a big part of keeping yourself mentally sound. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.