greed/avarice

the excessive desire for something that isn't yours.  also, the desire for money.

granted, this isn't all about money, but money plays a big role and with money, acquisition of something that isn't yours is much easier.  is desire for something that isn't yours, bad?  i want an education, i desire schooling.  i want that candy bar really badly.  drop 50 cents in the slot, it's mine.  cingular wants more customers, they acquire at&t.  back to the previous example.  i'm fat, i want to be skinny.  why is this bad?  it's not the need or desire that's the killer, it's what's acquired or how it's acquired that's the bad thing.  the term greed has a negative connotation, but it doesn't have to.  you think the guy who lives in the street thinks greed is bad?  you think the guy who lives in the $20 million mansion things greed is bad?  take it away from him and i'd wager to say that he'd change his mind if you said yes.  and finally, if you don't believe me, take Gordon's thoughts into account:

 The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of it's forms - greed for life, for money, knowledge - has marked the upward surge of mankind.

I found a site that not only gave way to discussion of the sins, but the 'antidotes' for them and this was generosity.  Generosity means, and i quote, "letting others get praise or credit".  Now i'm all about being a team player.  I never ask for recognition when i do my job, because it's my job and because i play a small part in a larger function, so i don't require or ask for a pat on the back when i do what is expected of me, but giving someone else take credit for my work?  I think the use of generosity as an antidote is a bit off and a bit vague.  Or it certainly fits one's definition as an antidote, but not all or many.  It also mentions that greed means getting your fair share.  I think this comment played on the negative connotation that many people associate with greed.  I just don't see it that way.

having said this, i'm realizing that i graduated college 10 years ago and am now wondering why i took on this writing assignment.  :)  i think i was agitated this morning cause i hate tuesdays (more than any other day of the week) and i also saw some landscapers blowing grass into the street.  i don't know why, but this just reeks of laziness to me.  i worked for a landscape company for years and i can't figure out when they got so lazy as to just blow everything into the street and let someone pick up after them.  that just agitates the shit outta me.

oh yeah, and my pussy hurts...

no more sins...  sorry to do that to you.  i'll lighten up.