Monday, August 12, 2002

That's Bob Dole's Peanut Butter


BDA has lagged of late. It's been driving around the information superhighway, looking for a rest stop with a Sbarro so that it can get out and strech its legs. You see, BDA remains committed to its NO CURRENT EVENTS and NO ROMANCE format. While we flirted with an adult contemporary format, in the end BDA decided to feature less Kenny G. and more witty observations on our daily lives.


But therein lies the rub my friends. Therein lies the rub.Hearing about USAIR's bankrupcy filing sent BDA soaring down memory lane, searching for it's long-lost love. How BDA used to give its bag of assorted snack foods to its beloved. BDA and the beloved stealing magazines and blankets, BDA getting the stewardess to put an extra lime in the beloved's tonic water. The beloved, much like the airline giant, tried reorganizing its debts, until it defaulted on the one loan that truly mattered, the one promised to BDA's heart. Now BDA is stuck in a holding pattern and unlikely to arrive at the gate anytime soon. BDA is only human.


Sometimes BDA feels like it needs current events and Anne Geddes prints to reaffirm its faith in humanity. Sometimes BDA needs to talk about J-Lo and Ben Affleck's impending romance, just to let BDA know its still alive. That it can think and talk and breathe....and love. Being a cynical, urbane, twentysomething young professional in a major metropolitian area is a full-time job. Sometimes BDA needs to watch Sleepless in Seattle in its PJs eating a big bowl of chocolate ice-cream. Sometimes BDA has fat days. But sometimes, just sometimes, BDA has enough to get by.