Current Events and the Art of Being Shallow
Between Terri Schaivo, the Pope’s passing, and Carolina winning the championship, is there anything else going on in the world? Can’t seem to find anything in the media otherwise. Oh yeah, Prince Charles got married and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might be doin’ the nasty.
Michael Jackson is going to get off, this time just without the direct involvement of young boys. Martha Stewart’s always been a thug, now she’s got street cred. Important stuff there.
We’re being told what’s important by a select few. This isn’t just some grand conspiracy theory, just a fact of life. My house has a subscription to Us Weekly, not the New York Times, so we’re as guilty as anybody.
Some friends suggested reading the Brothers Karamazov in preparation of a Sunday School class - I’ve never been so overwhelmed in my life. The section I read before abandoning it for being too highbrow was plenty violent, but not nearly enough sex and explosions.
Another friend recommended a Tennyson poem to me regarding something I said to them. WHO?