the simanek seven - i'm going to hell

wierd, i know this post had gone up a while ago and even have a comment from hawkins to prove it but for some reason, it's no longer there. thankfully i had it saved as a draft so in case any of you missed it, here it is again.


it occurred to me today that i'm going to hell. why? read on...

1. vanity - it's no secret that i like clothes. even before i had a cleaning lady and my house was in less than tip top shape, my closet was always neat and organized. i have also been guilty of the occasional pose in the mirror (especially with the shampoo mohawk...i love that thing).

2. envy - i have to admit that i'm jealous of my brothers. one has the Harvard PhD with a great family and job that i'm sure will one day make him famous. the other also has a great family, is very successful, and has the perfect work/life balance worked out.

3. gluttony - have you seen me eat? or run? i was talking to cindy, my quasi-roomate the other night, and it turns out that i binge in just about everything i do. when i eat, i eat enough to feed two or three people. when i read, i usually finish the book in a day or two, and not because i'm a fast reader. when i first started running, i decided i'd do a marathon.

4. lust - i'm a guy.

5. wrath - this one was the hardest for me to come up with. for the most part, i'm pretty laid back, and there's not a single time i can think of where i truly snapped off the hinges. there was, however, one time where i regret not snapping. in fact, if i could go back 6 years and relive that 30 seconds in time, i would have. so yea, i guess i do have some wrath in me.

6. greed - yup, i'm about as greedy as it gets. i will do almost anything ethical to become successful even if it means risking a stable career or a reasonable social life. between this and my incredible pickiness for women, it's a miracle i ever date. in my mind, greed and being competitive are one and the same. i want to win. during a race, when i go to my 'hunt and kill' mentality and start setting my sites on who i'm going to pass, it's the desire to beat them that makes me go faster. nothing more.

7. sloth - i like to sleep. i like to procrastinate. most of all, i like to sit and do nothing. when i'm not working or working out, i like nothing more that to be sitting in front of the tv while digging through a bowl of pasta and drinking myself stupid. i really don't think it gets any better.