I said it first

this, I hope, is the first recorded instance of someone suggesting that the broad genre which for the past 12 or so years has been called classic rock be renamed guitar hero music

The View From Below

Currently I distinguish between 3 types of people* in my life. The categories are, from largest to smallest, these:

1. normal people. These people have a purpose and direction to their lives, and do something every day to bring themselves closer to that purpose. My role in their lives consists of either an ally in achieving that purpose, or as an obstacle or distraction between them and their goals. Their waking hours are usually different than mine, so we rarely interact except in totally opposing states of mind. Our friendships are destroyed by our inability to be awake, coherent, and friendly at the same time.

2. Sluts. For some reason, these people seem to have organized their schedules so that at least one of them is nearly always available to fuck. They seem to have been somehow psychologically programmed to have sex with me no matter how much disrespect or condescension they get, as long as I show them the slightest attention.

3. Bar People. These people are most important to me, because they determine how much money I make and how much alcohol I get. Certain behaviors cause them to like me, causing them speak favorably of me to my employers (in the case of co-workers) or give me free drinks and status (in the case of other bar workers). Predictably, these are the behaviors I repeat the most.

*Customers are not people. They are units of labor. The work consists of making them think I think they are people, which done a certain number of times to a certain number of customers, earns a certain amount of money which we don't disclose to the IRS.