assimilate

I worked Saturday. Can you believe that? Now I shouldn't really complain, because I am fortunate to have a job. I can't help it though, because work isn't fun for me. I should be having fun all throughout my life, because I might only live once on this planet. I'm trying to be rational about my job situation. Really I don't feel like I have a choice now-a-days, because I have bills and other obligations to assimilate into organized society. WTF! Now that is an interesting word, assimilate. I'm not big on vocabulary, and like much of my vocabulary, I learned this word from television. I'm sure many Star Trek geeks know what assimilate means. I don't watch too much Star Trek, although I can actually tolerate it in small doses.


The Borg are an enemy in Star Trek that absorb humans by making them cyborgs and assimilating them into the larger brain washed robotic unit. Like a huge evil robot comprised of millions of assimilated humans. The Matrix movies played with these ideas. Sci-Fi right? Well sometime I feel like I'm being assimilated into the corporate world.


From: http://dictionary.reference.com/
as·sim·i·late (ə-sĭm'ə-lāt') v. as·sim·i·lat·ed, as·sim·i·lat·ing, as·sim·i·lates v. tr.
Physiology
To consume and incorporate (nutrients) into the body after digestion.
To transform (food) into living tissue by the process of anabolism; metabolize constructively.
To incorporate and absorb into the mind: assimilate knowledge.
To make similar; cause to resemble.
Linguistics To alter (a sound) by assimilation.
To absorb (immigrants or a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture.