ali: the color of autumn, the color of schizophrenia.

so, orange? over it? well, orange was the biiiig color this fall, along with other jewel tones. working in the retail industry, i obviously have to follow this stuff. you should see the br, there is so much orange that i want to kill someone. i used to love orange, but looking at it 6 days a week is torture. also, we have a lot of ugly stuff that's orange.

here's the thing about orange. i can't remember when i heard this, but someone told me a while ago that said that people with schizophrenia are drawn to bright colors, orange in particular. i love orange, i love bright colors. i may or may not be mentally ill.

orange... why now? excuse me while i get all philosophical / preachy, but when do i not? i believe that our country is going through a severely schizophrenic period. we are unsure of what we value, of what we believe. we just elected a president on the platform of "change," which is barely a slogan, much less a campaign promise. we have vilified a woman who stepped up when asked to lead, said terrible things about her pregnant daughter, and very rarely commended her for making a very difficult decision. we praise the media, who have literally stopped doing their jobs. the economy is tanking, we're all running scared, trying to protect our jobs, our families, and our health insurance.

i think orange is the perfect color for autumn.