Irony

Irony, a writers a sidekick in this crazy little thing we call life.
It is easy to see ironic circumstances when we read our favorite books or watch a compelling movie, but do we see it everyday, when it effects us.
I was driving down the road in my hometown of Clearwater, Florida, when I was behind a car with a bumper sticker that read “Get off your phone and drive”. Surely enough the man was on his phone.
Irony is way more than an Atlantic Morisette song (more about bad luck than an ironic situation).
Things here around campus that I found interesting is the fact that we are beginning to start a project to be more environmentally sustainable. I applaud these endeavors with full support. The positives of this solar farm are undeniable, it will limit many gases from being emitted into our atmosphere, but why must we tear down sixteen acres of natural land, why not put it on the roof-tops?
Irony finds its way into all sorts of sticky situations.
Recently, two faculty members have been getting into some trouble with the law, sexual harassment charges, and ironically, both are members of the Criminal Justice program. Interesting.
Maybe some find it ironic to think that to make campuses safer from potential shootings, we should welcome the idea of more guns on campus. Imagine how unsettling it would be to teach a class, wondering how many students are holding guns.
These everyday incongruities surround us, sometimes they are more hypocritical than ironic, or perhaps not ironic at all and just simply bad luck.
It may be scary to think about, but perhaps the most intelligent man is just another Wizard of Oz, a cranky old man. And maybe at the end of it all we will realize that we spent so much time searching and searching for intelligence, or a heart or courage, and we had all along. Maybe this life is fueled by irony, and it takes that long journey to figure out we were all just another brick in the wall.