Allergies

My theory is that when my urban-living self leaves NYC, my immune system is no longer adept at living in my hometown without irksome allergies. Is it because all NY air is affected by our business (driving cars, a/c, heat, trucks, construction machinery, farting, smoking, etc.)? Is my respiratory system better at filtering evaporated piss than dust mite-ridden linens?

On a different note, in the car with my folks, on our way back to the ranch, this mind-blowing concept that we were created by aliens and the way we feel time is not accurate or real revisited my limited gray matter. While we're all sitting hear being pissed-off, amused and impatient about the Bush administration and other "worldly wrong-doings," we are being observed by (a) superior being(s). Are we the control group or the experimental group? Which planet houses the other group? How successful are we at distracting ourselves with ourselves? What's the point of our existence? Mundane and common thoughts, I'm sure...