Of Cheap Shots and Cheap Whine
Cheap shot. Cheap, cheap shot, Theresa. In my defense, you couldn't have asked during a worse time. Four midterms in four days kinda time. BUT! After a week from hell I'm ready to address the task at hand! A week late!
When I got Theresa's message, I swear to god I actually came up with something to post. I was proud of myself. The problem was, my mind didn't realize that, just by coming up with the post, I didn't actually post it online. It's a real problem. Anyway, though, here it is: I hate Bush. I really, really hate Bush. This is clearly on the record, just look at any post I made before November. But ever since the election...I've almost been divorced from politics. I stopped reading all the progressive blogs, only skim the paper, and never, ever watch any of the cable news shows. I've even cut back on the daily show! It's a little disturbing. I feel like I've given up, resigned myself to another four years of blundering mistakes, and have accepted it all. And, after accepting it all, I've seem to decided that I can't be bothered to know what's going on. I want to recaputre some of the pre-election passion I had. It just isn't there anymore. I don't know. Maybe when we attack Iran I'll get back in the spirit. We can only hope, right?
On the non-political front is the book world. Full disclosure, first: I have not read a book that isn't related to Chinese history, international relations of Asia, or economics since Christmas. And even then I didn't read any of the new Big books, so my ensuing discussion, learned as it may seem to be, is in fact full of crap. The Morning News held their first annual tournament of books this year, and the winner was David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Obviously, I haven't read it yet. But I want to read it! I read Ghostwritten by Mitchell a few years ago and absolutely loved it. What was most suprising about the tournament, though, was Tom Wolfe's success. He made it to the semi-finals, for god's sake. Now, I like Tom Wolfe. I don't love him. In fact, I never really understood why he is considered this great social commentator. Again, I obviously haven't read Charlote Simmons yet (and I doubt I ever will), but...I mean, did ANYONE (besides Bush, that is....and, uhm, the judges at the tournament) actually like the book? I didn't read one mediocre review of it, let alone a good one. People tore it to shreds. And after seeing him on the Daily Show I can guess why. The man is just so out of touch with youthful society. I'm in college now. Maybe my school is just a geek school (which is a distinct possibility), but I sure as hell aren't seeing any drunken orgies where the innocent are corrupted beyond redemption. Bah, whatever.
I'm now late for Japanese.
When I got Theresa's message, I swear to god I actually came up with something to post. I was proud of myself. The problem was, my mind didn't realize that, just by coming up with the post, I didn't actually post it online. It's a real problem. Anyway, though, here it is: I hate Bush. I really, really hate Bush. This is clearly on the record, just look at any post I made before November. But ever since the election...I've almost been divorced from politics. I stopped reading all the progressive blogs, only skim the paper, and never, ever watch any of the cable news shows. I've even cut back on the daily show! It's a little disturbing. I feel like I've given up, resigned myself to another four years of blundering mistakes, and have accepted it all. And, after accepting it all, I've seem to decided that I can't be bothered to know what's going on. I want to recaputre some of the pre-election passion I had. It just isn't there anymore. I don't know. Maybe when we attack Iran I'll get back in the spirit. We can only hope, right?
On the non-political front is the book world. Full disclosure, first: I have not read a book that isn't related to Chinese history, international relations of Asia, or economics since Christmas. And even then I didn't read any of the new Big books, so my ensuing discussion, learned as it may seem to be, is in fact full of crap. The Morning News held their first annual tournament of books this year, and the winner was David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Obviously, I haven't read it yet. But I want to read it! I read Ghostwritten by Mitchell a few years ago and absolutely loved it. What was most suprising about the tournament, though, was Tom Wolfe's success. He made it to the semi-finals, for god's sake. Now, I like Tom Wolfe. I don't love him. In fact, I never really understood why he is considered this great social commentator. Again, I obviously haven't read Charlote Simmons yet (and I doubt I ever will), but...I mean, did ANYONE (besides Bush, that is....and, uhm, the judges at the tournament) actually like the book? I didn't read one mediocre review of it, let alone a good one. People tore it to shreds. And after seeing him on the Daily Show I can guess why. The man is just so out of touch with youthful society. I'm in college now. Maybe my school is just a geek school (which is a distinct possibility), but I sure as hell aren't seeing any drunken orgies where the innocent are corrupted beyond redemption. Bah, whatever.
I'm now late for Japanese.
This entry was posted
on Monday, February 28, 2005 at 2/28/2005 11:36:00 AM.
