case of the willies

(shiver) i just got a bad case of the willies. i was just looking at some pictures of nissa on flickr and noticed one picture had 4 times as many views as any of the others. it's of her on the changing table, you can see her pulling her feet up to her face (her feet being the latest in many new favorite things to find their way into her mouth!). it's a really cute picture, i think. but for a split second my stomach dropped at the thought of the picture appealing to an unsavory individual and now my brain is a rush of guilt and depression. i feel guilt firstly because i'm exposing my daughter (though very, very indirectly) to potentially unsavory individuals and making her an object of their unfortunate habits. then i feel guilty for assuming the worst for a potentially (and realistically) innocent set of circumstances. followed by the depression that our society really does include unfortunate souls with unfortunate habits, something i can do nothing about and hope my daughter never has to be aware of (much less experience) in her lifetime. ugh.

on a lighter note, i saw a funny billboard this weekend. gotta change the subject before i sink much lower into that previous line of thinking. it was an advertisement that started with "cubs win the world series", followed by "live long enough to see it". too bad it's for quitting smoking. while yes, that is a worthy cause to advertise, i think it'll take more than quitting smoking to extend one's life long enough to see the cubs win the world series. a worthy subject for this ploy would be a fountain of youth, cryogenics service, or even reincarnation; because let's face it: it's not happening any time soon! man, i hope i just didn't jinx the whole thing. i'm married to a sox fan after all.