It seems to me like we're all looking for something in ourselves. Specifically a definition. Who am I? What kind of person am I? What am I capable of? What do I desire? You know...that kind of stuff.
I wonder how much of a lost cause this is. I mean is there really a fixed definition of who we are? Isn't it always changing? Seems to me that as soon as we figure out who we are today we realize that it's just who we used to be. Who we are now is something we have to figure out tomorrow only to realize once getting there that those are just the headlines of yesterday.
Maybe the answer isn't in finding out who we are (or who we used to be) but in not caring who we are or who other people think we are and just being what we wind up being.
Easier said than done I suppose.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Television
I am a dumber individual than I was last night before 7:00.
You see I turned on my television.
It sucked me in.
Mind numbing "entertainment" ensued.
I felt like I needed to take a bath after watching all the media that silver box spewed out at me. Bath, shower, whichever. I figure the next step after my trip into a decidedly feminine post-wedding depression state is taking bubble baths with a loofah sponge while singing the theme to "The Sound of Music" or something (see the "Observations" post for more details. Cause you know you want to find out more).
Anyway I think it was kind of a good eye opener. I went from watching "Who Wants to Be a Hilton", a reality TV show that gives selfish, money grubbing 20 & 30 year olds the chance to become part of the materialistic Hilton family saga - or whatever, to watching a documentary on the struggles children are experiencing in India which include: child prostitution, starvation, disease and suicide. A lot of contrast.
Here's the deal with TV. It will suck you in. I guarantee you'll find something that's somewhat interesting. But is it really something that you needed to see? Is it really something you need to know? No. You know why, if you watch television you become dumber. I can't prove it medically or scientifically but I guarantee you're a stupider person for it.
Stupider, is that a word? Wow...I just proved my theory. I would have never said that yesterday.
You see I turned on my television.
It sucked me in.
Mind numbing "entertainment" ensued.
I felt like I needed to take a bath after watching all the media that silver box spewed out at me. Bath, shower, whichever. I figure the next step after my trip into a decidedly feminine post-wedding depression state is taking bubble baths with a loofah sponge while singing the theme to "The Sound of Music" or something (see the "Observations" post for more details. Cause you know you want to find out more).
Anyway I think it was kind of a good eye opener. I went from watching "Who Wants to Be a Hilton", a reality TV show that gives selfish, money grubbing 20 & 30 year olds the chance to become part of the materialistic Hilton family saga - or whatever, to watching a documentary on the struggles children are experiencing in India which include: child prostitution, starvation, disease and suicide. A lot of contrast.
Here's the deal with TV. It will suck you in. I guarantee you'll find something that's somewhat interesting. But is it really something that you needed to see? Is it really something you need to know? No. You know why, if you watch television you become dumber. I can't prove it medically or scientifically but I guarantee you're a stupider person for it.
Stupider, is that a word? Wow...I just proved my theory. I would have never said that yesterday.
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