Monday, September 29, 2003
I've always been a bit morbidly inclined... Yet whether or not I personally wish to be dead at that particular moment, I usually feel sad when I hear of others dying or having been killed. Sympathy for their family's loss. Sadness for the person who died or is dying, in case they want or wanted to live. Celebrity Deaths are of particular interest. Seems like we're losing a lot of people lately. But maybe I'm just noticing more. (Or recognizing the famous recently lost....Or suddenly caring more than I did before. Who knows)
This site (of those I found when I searched here and here) seems decently put together. And I like that there's pictures, and a little info about the person, so I can match the name to the face and celebrity status.
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This site (of those I found when I searched here and here) seems decently put together. And I like that there's pictures, and a little info about the person, so I can match the name to the face and celebrity status.
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Penance. Is fear the penance for happiness? Is there a rule that you can't have a much wanted "good" without a terrible "bad"? I hope not. But there's fear now, and scary things ahead. And dread. And terror. It leads to a great thing. But can I make it through the first parts? I don't know. Fear overwhelms. And this doesn't make sense probably.
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Saturday, September 20, 2003
I'm a little discouraged by the new season of TV shows starting this week. It's nothing new, but it just seems to be getting worse. Why are most shows crime oriented? I mean really, is it only entertaining if the show is about someone (or multiple someone's) being brutally murdered, including grizzly scenes and a veritable "how to" for every psychotic wanna-be? This is entertainment? If it doesn't involve a court room, police station, morgue, or hospital, it's not worth watching?
It's probably hypocritical of me to bitch about this since I'm just as guilty of watching these shows as your average couch potato. (What else is there though? The non-music slut-show on MTV? The mind-numbing sensationalistic rehashing on CNN?) But still.... What happened to the idea that TV was supposed to provide some entertainment along with the nightly mortality report (aka-the nightly news)? I already know that life sucks. I don't want to see the dredges of humanity on my TV every night when I can just as easily go into any city or super store parking lot (or some days, just outside my door) and watch the freak show. I don't want it on every channel too. What's wrong with these TV execs? (or whoever these people are who choose the "must-see" shows) Do they have nothing of substance to choose from these days?
And while the more gore-filled shows aren't usually shown during the dinner hour, their syndicated reruns are. Yuck. The irony here is, I do like some of these shows. Damnit.
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It's probably hypocritical of me to bitch about this since I'm just as guilty of watching these shows as your average couch potato. (What else is there though? The non-music slut-show on MTV? The mind-numbing sensationalistic rehashing on CNN?) But still.... What happened to the idea that TV was supposed to provide some entertainment along with the nightly mortality report (aka-the nightly news)? I already know that life sucks. I don't want to see the dredges of humanity on my TV every night when I can just as easily go into any city or super store parking lot (or some days, just outside my door) and watch the freak show. I don't want it on every channel too. What's wrong with these TV execs? (or whoever these people are who choose the "must-see" shows) Do they have nothing of substance to choose from these days?
And while the more gore-filled shows aren't usually shown during the dinner hour, their syndicated reruns are. Yuck. The irony here is, I do like some of these shows. Damnit.
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Saturday, September 13, 2003
Sometimes it's better to leave the past alone. But that's not always possible. Visiting people (ok, relatives) you haven't seen in years and listening to them talk about the in-depth details of the lives of people they cared enough to bother keeping in touch with is downright depressing. And worse, they talk about these other people as if you even know who they are, and have ever even met them. *duh*
The family grapevine isn't that long. Nor strong. They seem not to realize that when the few ties that bind, whither away, there will be nothing left to keep the thread-thin connection. There's barely a connection at all. My memories of them are from pictures of events I am too old to remember, and too young to have(know I should have) burned to memory at the time. Sometimes I feel like I don't care enough, yet somehow, care too much.
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The family grapevine isn't that long. Nor strong. They seem not to realize that when the few ties that bind, whither away, there will be nothing left to keep the thread-thin connection. There's barely a connection at all. My memories of them are from pictures of events I am too old to remember, and too young to have(know I should have) burned to memory at the time. Sometimes I feel like I don't care enough, yet somehow, care too much.
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