Friday, January 26, 2007

Mens Journal has it all wrong

So after yet another job gone sour I find myself back in the job market. What a fun place to be. I get Mens Journal magazine and have to say I don't enjoy reading it anymore. It seems like they profile the top 1% of the happiest working people in the world. Admidst pages of exotic locales are young, handsome, healthy and fit men who maintain jobs like Ski Instructor, White Water guide, Rock Climber.

This top 1% is not the wealthiest in the world. It's the people who spring out of bed ready to greet another fun filled day of doing much of nothing for the world and somehow living better off than the rest of the population working upwards of 50 hours a week. Just once I would like to be perched in a tree with a sniper rifle outside said Rock Climbers door.

Mens Journal to me seems the opposite of what a Man's Journal would look like. I would expect articles like "101 ways to eat a Pop Tart" or "Your gut could kill you". Jesus Christ, your average middle aged man just wants to do the following:

1. Eat lunch in peace
2. Fall asleep when he goes to bed
3. Have sex often (partner preferred)

Ok maybe it wouldn't be a big magazine. Maybe a newsletter is better.

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