Playing House

So I got to play house with the girlfriend this past weekend, it was lovely. My friend needed someone to look after a house for him for a couple of days and take care of three dogs, one of which, I am officially in love with, he was so cute and goes by the name of Baxter.

Anyway, during our stay there we decided to prepare dinner and since I'm such an excellent chef, I cooked. I decided to cook the chicken on the grill since I'm an awesome griller as well. So I'm getting the grill ready and trying to get the damn thing to light. I turn the gas on, follow the directions by turning one burner on first and then hitting the ignite button. I hit the ignite button several times and its not lighting, so I lean in to further inspect the grill and hit the ignite button once again to see if I could at least see a spark going off. Well, needless to say, as I was leaned over the grill it decided to light that time, I mean, of course it did. And, well, the eye lashes on my left eye are now a bit shorter than the eye lashes on my right eye...I just love the smell of burnt hair...

It seems like things like this only happen in the movies or to me, I don't get it...

Philosophy for today:

Make people depend on you. A god is made not by adorning the statue but by adoring it. He who is truly shrewd would rather have people need him than thank him. Vulgar gratitude is worth less than polite hope, for hope remembers and gratitude forgets. You will get more from dependence than from courtesy. He who has already drunk turns his back on the well, and the orange already squeezed turns from gold into mud. When there is no longer dependence, good manners disappear, and so does esteem. The most important lesson experience teaches is to maintain dependence, and entertain it without satisfying it. This can hold even a king. But don't carry it too far, leading others astray by your silence or making their ills incurable for your own good.