Blog Love Omega Glee: Corporate Creeps From The Last Decade (23 September 2012)

"All I remember is Enron because my junior high social studies teacher used to complain about them constantly," Jake says, lying in bed with Francine, "I think he had stock in them and lost a lot of money. He was very bitter."

"You don't remember Worldcom, or Lehman Brothers, or any of the other creepy corporations that went under last decade?" Francine says, feeling an early autumn chill from the open window and pulling the sheet up.

"Nope! But I bet I can name all the World Heavyweight Champs from the last decade in order. Can you do that?" Jake says, sticking out his tongue.

Francine hits him with a pillow, "Don't you pay attention to anything but wrestling? Those greedy corpos nearly bankrupted the entire country."

"I pay attention to you," Jake says, then gulping realizing how sappy it sounded.

"Oh, geez," Francine says, rolling over onto her back, "Don't get any ideas! We're still just friends."

"I never do this with North," Jake mumbles.

"You would have if you were gay," Francine says, then rolls back towards him, "OK, maybe just special friends do this."

"'Special friends'?" Jake says, "That's what we are?"

"What do you want? To get married? You know what that is, don't you? It's a business deal. Lovers get greedy for each other's love and want it all so they tie themselves up in legal knots. It's like becoming a corporation."

"You were going to get married once though, weren't you?"

"Yes, when I was younger and dumber. Thank God that didn't work out!" Francine shakes her head, "What about you and what's her face?"

"Jackson?"

"Yes."

"We talked about it once in a while, but I think we were both too busy with school to really think past the next semester. That would have been a disaster anyway."

"Don't worry, they're all disasters whether people admit it or not. Marriage is an outdated concept. When women didn't work and men worried about having legitimate heirs to inherit their property it might have had some merit, but it's useless today."

"You really believe that?"

"Yes."

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