Postsecret review #2

As promised, here it is, although it's nearly the end of the week. 

"I got back with my ex because I needed editing software." A truly utilitarian relationship. Although certainly there have to be other ways? Let's hope that this person's ex isn't a terribly loathsome person and therefore that it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to get back with him or her for the use of their editing software.

"I turn 18 tomorrow and I could not be more excited for the rest of MY LIFE!" Ah, the optimism... I'd say that I can be fairly cynical at times. Maybe this person has ended up/will end up becoming a drug addict (one of my favorite topics to consider...) Or maybe they met an unfortunate end somehow, by murder or a car accident or a house fire or something. Who knows! I certainly didn't have that kind of optimism on my 18th birthday. Instead, in recent years I have felt old, even though relatively speaking, I'm young compared to many people. Alas. Hopefully this person had something worthwhile to look forwards to, I guess, because I can't think of any other reason someone would write a secret like this. I can only imagine being that optimistic... (says the possible future starving linguist) 

"I look at chandeliers above me and wonder if I'd move fast enough from it smashing me." I like this one because it's sort of eccentric and also somewhat morbid. The perfect combination. I think it embodies me perfectly, among other things.

"I once stole herbal supplements because I couldn't afford my prescriptions" Good for you! And I say this without sarcasm. I hope this person doesn't feel guilty about obtaining those herbal supplements by any means necessary. 

"I smoke and take drugs so that I have more interesting stories to tell" Well, that's one way of doing it, I guess. Maybe it's cheaper than traveling the world, or even just the country. Imagine telling the story of how you overdosed and nearly died! Or maybe you won't survive the overdose and therefore won't be able to tell the story... "Bad choices make good stories" and "Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse" are some quotes that this secret makes me think of. 

Those were the only secrets that spoke to me enough that I felt compelled to comment on them. Unsurprisingly, there were a number of sex related secrets in this week's batch. Come on, Postsecret guy. I'm telling you, there are things that are more interesting and less vulgar (or at least, vulgar in other ways) than the sex related secrets that seem to pop up rather frequently. Why can't someone write a secret about, say, really, anything else? There are tons of other things in the world to write secrets about. 

And with that, I conclude this week's edition of my Postsecret review. More to come sometime after next Sunday, at least that's my plan.