Tanning salons

OK, one more quick posting. Stopped at a light tonight, my eyes wandered to a tanning salon. And I thought, "is there a MORE stupid establishment to waste one's money on?" I can't believe these places EXIST as stand-alone operations. It FLOORS me that people -- YOUNG people -- take time out of their day(s) to go sit under cancer rays to achieve...what exactly? Listen, I love when I'm tan...in fact, I look fucking fantastic...like REALLY fucking good...damn, I have SO many great summer pics of me bronzed and Hollister-esque...but I ain't so FUCKING VAIN and THOUGHTLESS WITH MY MONEY and UNCONCERNED ABOUT CANCER that i'll go pay money when it's not summer to be artifically fried. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. And the funniest thing is that most people who do it have dark complexions to begin with; they're not pasty Irish like me. Well, i've got some Italian (DO I!) in me, so I'm not THAT pasty. But these people look tan naturally, yet they're off to the ultraviolet coffins. God, it's so fucking annoying. I guess the moral of the story is that while I again admit to being incredibly vain and self-absorbed, it's in a "smart" and "non-tool" way.