February 2004 Archives
Wed Feb 18 16:22:49 CST 2004
Taking Fiber way to far.
So i walk into the Men's bathroom in
Waggener hall, here at UT Austin, and can't help but noticing that
there's a pile of sunflower seed shells on the floor in one of the
stalls. And i think, "Oh great... in addition to 70,000 of my
closest house-ape friends (students, faculty, staff), i now also
have to share the toilet seats with UT's copious squrrel
population."
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Mon Feb 2 20:59:41 CST 2004
Venality TV
I don't watch much TV. I realize
there's a perception of "intelligencia pressure" to say that, but
really, i don't, despite the last entry being about watching PBS.
DVDs: yes. Playstation: yes. PBS: when i have time, though not as
much as i would like. Which i was watching this evening, about how
the many of the American settlers of Texas screwed the Tejanos
(Mexicans living in Texas) out of their land and possessions after
Texas won its independence from Mexico, despite the fact that these
very same Tejanos had fought along side the European Americans for
Texas Independence at the Alamo, San Jacinto, and many, other
places. Most of these EAs were from the United States. (Texas was
an indepenedent country for 10 years.) Damn Americans just cannot
seem to get past the color of people's skin. Or maybe it just made
a covenient excuse to murder and steal. Pretty depressing either
way. After the program was over i channel surfed for a few seconds
until i came across some "Reality TV" show i'd never heard of. I
just don't understand what possible purpose these shows could
serve. A little unsolicited advice: if you need "reality," turn
OFF the damn TV, walk outside, look at the sky, and
if feeling especially estranged from "reality" just eat some dirt
or something. Watching people do humiliating things on TV for money
is not "reality," it's pathetic.