This Position

I wasn’t sure I needed soy sauce with my mixed soup, but I knew I needed the fortune cookie. It isn’t our position, but our disposition that makes us happy. In unison the Eight Immortals cross the sea and reveal their power: In Bed!

Sima Qian records that the proper position was supine, but that was before the Li Ling affair. Many centuries later Sai Zhen Zhu advocated the missionary position. A good omen was obtained when calling for a cab at 888-8888.

But true happiness was not yet achieved.

Commitment

A few years ago I attended a 12 Step meeting. The topic was commitment. I was kinda daydreaming, then “John” started sharing. Since he was young and cute I paid attention. His words have been an inspiration to me ever since.

John’s contention was that everyone should have a commitment to a TV show. The commitment should be complete and it was not right to say that season 2 isn’t as good as season one so I’m not watching anymore. He felt that the commitment was important; his show was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Although I wasn’t able to make a commitment to a TV show then (damn you remote control!) I have held this as an ideal. Friends have tried to help me with my fear of commitment, suggesting Prison Break or Survivor for example, but I struggled for years: two seasons of Queer as Folk, giving up on ER (with occasional visits to see Goran Visnjic), not truly committed to Big Bang Theory.

Now, I feel like maybe, just maybe, I have a true commitment to Breaking Bad. I keep waiting for Walt to jump the shark, but so far so good.