Posht modernidad
Hace unos días Tony, me pasaba uno. No pensaba hacerlo. O mejor dicho; pensaba hacerlo pero no publicarlo. Pero visto el resultado no me ha quedado otro remedio.
Señoras, señores:
You own…
(x) your own cell phone (de hecho 2)
(x) a tv in your bedroom (que es la misma que en la sala, que en la cocina...)
(x) an iPod
( ) a photo printer
(x) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(x) high-speed internet access
(x) a surround sound system in bedroom (Aplicar el mismo caso que a la TV)
(x) dvd player in bedroom (idem)
(x) at least a hundred DVDs (134 recién contados)
(x) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(x) a queen-size bed (¿qué menos?)
( ) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher (Selby no cuenta, ¿no?)
( ) an icemaker
(x) a working washer and dryer
(x) at least ten things from a designer store
(x) expensive sunglasses
(x) framed authentic art (not lithographs) (dos Kikis Alamo y un boceto de Chillida)
(x) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels (Maternal regalo de independencia)
( ) a multi-speed bike
(x) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
(x) a tennis court (y cancha de baloncesto, Kan Kinder es pequeña pero matona)
(x) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
(x) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin (no es mía, es de Maternal)
(x) wealthy family members
(x) two or more family cars
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
( ) a yard
(x) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
( ) good credit (ja ja ja... el poco que tengo está exprimido al máximo!)
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
(x) at least $100 cash in your possession right now (pero porque tengo que ir a pagar el alquiler!)
(x) more than two credit cards bearing your name (y más de dos bancos a punto de enviarme al cobrador del frac)
( ) a stock portfolio
(x) a passport
( ) a horse
(x) a trust fund (either for you or created by you) (más bien la primera)
(x) private medical insurance
(x) a college degree, but no student loans
Do you...
(x) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
(x) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
(x) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw (y me pone muy nervioso que lo hagan)
( ) wear perfume or cologne Chanson d’Eau (Chanson d'Eau??? Y porque no Farala?)
(x) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don’t need the money
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you...
(x) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don’t get your way
Have you...
(x) been on a cruise
(x) traveled out of the country
(x) met a celebrity
(x) been to the Caribbean
(x) been to Europe/America
( ) been to Hawaii
(x) been to New York
( ) eaten at the Space Needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
(x) been to the Eiffel Tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
(x) dined with local political figures (con los que últimamente he participado en debates televisivos)
(x) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you...
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
(x) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
( ) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(x) attend private school
(x) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you (Concretamente fue la de los 20)
Con mis 45 “x”, me he dado a mi mismo tanto asco, que me he ido al gimnasio a castigarme físicamente. Se lo he contado a Eva, lo ha entendido perfectamente y me ha castigado convenientemente.
Ahora sigo dándome el mismo asco cada vez que lo pienso, pero por lo menos las agujetas me mortifican…