Tuesday, October 26, 2010

One of these...

One of these babies (out of which one is the always adorable/cranky Baby Sunshine), one is more likely to end up as a mid-level management corporate drone in one of the less significant subsidiaries of one of the huge Japanese "Zaibatsu" conglomerates, keep working late nights, marrying, having children but being a constantly absent parent until at the age of 55 he/she will be fired during a reorganization when the company decides that new blood will be needed and with the experience limited to one company he/she fill find her-/himself unable to land a decent job. Eventually he/she will land a low-level sales job spending the nights away from home in ~5,000 yen ($50) cheap ass business hotels in the outskirts of the Kanto area with the spouse at home since long engaged in numerous extra martial affairs and not even bothering to hide it anymore. A not unlikely end is suicide by hanging in the closet of a particularly crappy business hotel after a critical deal got messed up and the shame of reporting this to the abusive supervisor proved too much.

One of these babies will likely find her-/himself getting mostly along on her/his looks as aptitude for studies is lacking and a particularly cranky behaviour makes it difficult to get along with the people around him/her. Eventually he/she might land a job in the "water business" in a cabaret/host club, earning plenty of money but wasting it all away on brand goods and drugs to try and fill the void inside due to the meaninglessness of it all. As he/she is approaching the 30's and the market value is dropping, things will be harder to sustain and a large number of short term loans will make it harder and harder to maintain the lifestyle. A not unlikely end is ending up dead by an overdose of MDMA provided by a handsome (but sociopathic) actor that pretended to be able to help provide a better brighter life but in reality just using him/her as a diversion from the overbearing family life at home.

Our children are the future!

11 comments:

Corinne said...

Woah... Hard day at the office...?

Those babies are both very cute and I'm sure will grow up to be some kind of brain surgeon. Or a high class host/hostess who can at least afford to stay in the game until she/he's at least 90.

Jonas said...

I was expecting the second paragraph to be about a bright future (like brain surgeon) for the second kid, and some thoughts on how you would try to help Baby Sunshine in that direction. Oh well...

Cheer up - the odds are not too bad that she will instead grow up to eat food on national TV..!

RMilner said...

My guess is that the one with all the brightly coloured swag is Baby Sunshine.

lina said...
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lina said...

That's a cheerful outlook on the future's generation life ahead.

Anyway, found the skeleton baby outfit like the one you purchased for baby Sunshine at Yamashiroya, and was sorely tempted to buy one for my niece. :D

We got a Kamen Rider and an Ultra Seven outfit for my two nieces. ;)

Hanta said...

Excellent.

I loved every word.

aimlesswanderer said...

Yours must be the one on the left. Note the very colourful accessories and blanket (ie just like a girl "should be"), while the boy just toughs it out. Cuz that's just how things are.

Fernando said...

Shady post. Sadly probable, but not necesarily true.

Anonymous said...

I laughed, probably shouldn't have but there you go.

Mr. Salaryman said...

Corinne - Well, the target is some kind of sports stars at an as early age as possible so me and the Mrs. can pocket the profits before she becomes a legal adult!

Jonas - Well, we'll see, maybe she can become one of those famous and respected "food fighters" here in Japan later on?

RMilner - Yep, I didn't think we went overboard with pimping the baby carriage, but when Mrs. Sunshine met some mom friends she stood out a bit with all the stuff...

Lina - Aeon is pretty good with cheap funny baby clothes, right? Hope you had a nice time in Japan (but from your blog, it seems like it :) )

Hanta - Well, thank you, let's just hope we can avoid those fates!

Aimless - Yep, and if there's one thing Baby Sunshine hasn't figured out, it's to tough things out...

aimlesswanderer said...

You need to start training her so that she be tough enough to wear mini skirts during blizzards, like the other sensible girls. Surely that is something they train their whole lives for?

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