I've Been At Home For Two Days, And I've Seen Superman Returns In 3D Twice.
Watching the news today, I got really down. Lebanon did something awful, or maybe the Israelis did something awful to Lebanon, one or the other, but now they're pissed at each other, so, by default, the Palestinians are going to pick up arms (read: rocks) again.
But I don't want to make political banter here, you've got hundreds and hundreds of guys out there writing about this stuff, touching themselves and thinking about Jon Stewart, and I really don't think you need another one.
So I'm just going to suggest a way to feel better when this kind of thing kicks you in you're already apathy-shrunken testicles. I put TNT on, and I watched Law & Order.
Now, it starts off just being a good show. Regular, mom n' pop Law & Order is always good watching because it inevitably brings you back to those middle school strep throat weekdays spent on the couch. You could watch the SciFi channel and get the same result, but not with the frequency that this show delivers.
If there is a cure for political apathy ity is Jerry Orbach's cynicism and frequent quips referencing one of his three, yes, three divorces.
And if you need a stronger dose, I recommend Ice-T on Law & Order: SVU. Yes, you'll have to deal with stories about sex offenders, rapists, child molesters (you know, the boring stuff), but with the possibility of Ice-T taking out a perp, it's well worth the risk.
What was the name of that big hit song that Ice-T put out again? Was it "Cop Killa"?
Why the hell is the news so damn depressing? It seems like even when they try to make it positive these days it's still pretty sad. I saw some dude in a hawiian shirt rescue his pet parrot out of a tree in Somerville on the news sometime last week and I was really struggling to see the humanity (or humor) in his actions. His eyes were just so dead and soulless. He may have been a drug addict.
Now that's the kind of news we need:
DRUG ADDLED SOMERVILLE MAN RESCUES PARROT FROM TREE, VOWS TO CONTINUE TO 'KEEP IT REAL.'
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It's been raining most of the day, and it's weirding me out. Time has been passing strangely all day because I didn't sleep at all last night, and when you can't even follow the somewhat familiar path of the sun across the sky, things get weird. There's definatlely a total lack of motiovation in a lot of ways-- take for instance the fact that I didn't take a shower until about 6 pm today, this, after staying up all night and working from 8:30 am until about 3:00 in the afternoon at the Swan Boats.
I fell asleep sitting down on the train this morning and my head slammed into the pole in front of me going around a turn or something. It was pitiful.
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Listen to Justin Roelofs' new album, White Flight.
It is a celebration. One of the best I have heard in a long time, it's like listening to Neutral Milk Hotel for the first time, all over again.
3D Superman is also pretty sweet, by the way.
But I don't want to make political banter here, you've got hundreds and hundreds of guys out there writing about this stuff, touching themselves and thinking about Jon Stewart, and I really don't think you need another one.
So I'm just going to suggest a way to feel better when this kind of thing kicks you in you're already apathy-shrunken testicles. I put TNT on, and I watched Law & Order.
Now, it starts off just being a good show. Regular, mom n' pop Law & Order is always good watching because it inevitably brings you back to those middle school strep throat weekdays spent on the couch. You could watch the SciFi channel and get the same result, but not with the frequency that this show delivers.
If there is a cure for political apathy ity is Jerry Orbach's cynicism and frequent quips referencing one of his three, yes, three divorces.
And if you need a stronger dose, I recommend Ice-T on Law & Order: SVU. Yes, you'll have to deal with stories about sex offenders, rapists, child molesters (you know, the boring stuff), but with the possibility of Ice-T taking out a perp, it's well worth the risk.
What was the name of that big hit song that Ice-T put out again? Was it "Cop Killa"?
Why the hell is the news so damn depressing? It seems like even when they try to make it positive these days it's still pretty sad. I saw some dude in a hawiian shirt rescue his pet parrot out of a tree in Somerville on the news sometime last week and I was really struggling to see the humanity (or humor) in his actions. His eyes were just so dead and soulless. He may have been a drug addict.
Now that's the kind of news we need:
DRUG ADDLED SOMERVILLE MAN RESCUES PARROT FROM TREE, VOWS TO CONTINUE TO 'KEEP IT REAL.'
- - - -
It's been raining most of the day, and it's weirding me out. Time has been passing strangely all day because I didn't sleep at all last night, and when you can't even follow the somewhat familiar path of the sun across the sky, things get weird. There's definatlely a total lack of motiovation in a lot of ways-- take for instance the fact that I didn't take a shower until about 6 pm today, this, after staying up all night and working from 8:30 am until about 3:00 in the afternoon at the Swan Boats.
I fell asleep sitting down on the train this morning and my head slammed into the pole in front of me going around a turn or something. It was pitiful.
- - - -
Listen to Justin Roelofs' new album, White Flight.
It is a celebration. One of the best I have heard in a long time, it's like listening to Neutral Milk Hotel for the first time, all over again.
3D Superman is also pretty sweet, by the way.
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