Beth, Ceileidh and I were walking cross-town to get the subway up to the Metropolitan Museum. We were on 34th Street, walking east. And this is what we overheard, in a flash, as someone passed by us:
It was a big kind of flowzy-shaped guy, wearing a grey suit, very conservative-looking, with sunglasses on – and he was talking very loudly on his cell phone as he careened past us. And all we heard was:
“Man, your feng shui is all FUCKED UP.”
I just don’t think that that’s what the ancient feng shui gurus really had in mind.
Oh, one more thing:
I have worked in a “feng shui’ed” office and my roommate of 8 years was very into feng shui and re-did our main rooms – and it certainly does make a huge difference. Hard to explain. The first thing I did in my new apartment, in my rather small kitchen, was place a small mirror in a strategic position – and it completely opens up the room and makes it seem bigger and lighter. I don’t think it’s all malarkey, but I do think the popularization and yuppification of it is kind of ridiculous.
And some guy who looks like he eats Wendy’s 3 times a day screaming to his friend about how his “feng shui is all fucked up” is high comedy.
I think “my feng shui is all fucked up” will be my new all-purpose excuse. ;-)
Fun case studies in Feng Shui by my cousin….
http://www.sweetfancymoses.com/guilfoile_fengshui.htm
Ann Marie, I am shaking with laughter.
“In this hole lives the Wicked King. Kill for my Master. I turn children into killers.”
HAHAHA
Also:
“If you find yourself compelled to read The Catcher in the Rye again and again and again, break it up occasionally with To Kill a Mockingbird, balancing negative Salinger energy with positive Harper Lee qi.”
Also his explanation of what a “compass” is at the very bottom – this is hysterical!