I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords..

There are ants on my desk.

Have been for weeks, maybe months.

I'm not sure where they're coming from - i don't leave food scraps about and they don't even seem interested in my coffee cup.  The only thing they do get into is my drinking water.

No matter.  They don't bite or otherwise give me any trouble and, while it's probably not especially hygienic, they generally don't bother me.  In fact, i've discovered lately that i quite like having them there.  Or, more accurately, i like the *idea* that i don't mind them being there.  Just today i worked out why that is - it's mainly because i know anyone else in this office would just automatically kill them without a thought why (beyond the fact they're ants, and you kill ants because they're ants), which in turn signifies a whole bunch of other attitudes and viewpoints that seem to be taken as a given around here, but that i constantly find myself completely at odds with.  So somehow having ants wandering my desk with impunity has now become a small symbol (or numerous small, mobile, six legged symbols) of disdain for the culture of this place (and their stupid minds - stupid, stupid!).

In a nutshell - i like my ants because my not being bothered by ants would shit people who shit me.  Simple as that.

I really do think i may be losing my marbles.

 

Edit - Ha! I've got it - i'm just being anti! :)