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| By Apathy Babcock |
I have a more than full-time job. I do business development on the side for a start-up. I host events, sit on panels, give talks, and try to write this blog. I’m not virtuous, just stupid.
And sometimes when I stare at my plate, and I realize there is too much on it, there’s only one thing I can do. I clean.
Nothing says “Apathy has backed herself into a corner” like a sweaty session with a Swiffer and some Pledge. It’s a way to wrestle control back when control is slinking out of my grasp.
And tonight I watched Norma Bates take a page out of the Apathy Babcock playbook. “People who need to feel in control of everything actually feel out of control on the inside,” Norman’s therapist tells her.
But Norma’s not having a therapy session, and she’s not having anyone tell her she’s lost control of herself, or suggest she ease up on her control of Norman. Instead, she’s going to take Windex to that hulking behemoth of an outdated television and dust the hell out of the cherished family photos.
After last week, it seems like Norma should be feeling IN control. Shelby’s dead and out of the way. She’s got a business arrangement to bring money into the Bates Motel.
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