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I just watched about 3 hours of reality TV.
Don't ask me why, I'm really not sure.
I came back from a long day out, and just wanted to crash on the couch and not think.
I guess they seemed like a best bet.
I watched 2 episodes of pimp my ride, 1 episode of extreme makeover home edition, and 1 episode of the hills.
After all of that...I'm left wondering what the point is. I mean, honestly, what do these shows teach us?
They teach us to see JUST how obscene and how much money can be spent on certain things (Ie: pimp my ride complete with 18 TV screens, a tablet pc, a $10,000 sterio box, etc). They teach us just how BIG we must have everything (ie extreme makeover home with a mansion complete with a castle in the backyard for the kids, their own bigscreen tv and computers, and of course a full race trac inside).
They teach us that money can get you anywhere or do anything.
And we sit here on our couches and all that is running through our brains is how inferior we are compared to all of this.
Or maybe we think just how "possible" these things are and how to aspire to be like that one day.
Even though most of us will never own a car that is worth more than our life insurance.
I hate it. I hate that I watched it. I hate that I live it. It's so mindless.
All I keep thinking is how I would LOVE to take just one leather seat out of those cars or one bay window out of those houses to pay for my tuition. And then I realize that even by thinking this- I totally discount everythng that I have in my life.
My aaron
My friends
My family
My health
My experiences
My music
My LIFE.
This crap that is fed to me makes me feel so awful about myself and I let it do that by letting it in. I need to find some other inputs. I'm ordering some new books online right now.
I need to plan some roadtrips, too
Don't ask me why, I'm really not sure.
I came back from a long day out, and just wanted to crash on the couch and not think.
I guess they seemed like a best bet.
I watched 2 episodes of pimp my ride, 1 episode of extreme makeover home edition, and 1 episode of the hills.
After all of that...I'm left wondering what the point is. I mean, honestly, what do these shows teach us?
They teach us to see JUST how obscene and how much money can be spent on certain things (Ie: pimp my ride complete with 18 TV screens, a tablet pc, a $10,000 sterio box, etc). They teach us just how BIG we must have everything (ie extreme makeover home with a mansion complete with a castle in the backyard for the kids, their own bigscreen tv and computers, and of course a full race trac inside).
They teach us that money can get you anywhere or do anything.
And we sit here on our couches and all that is running through our brains is how inferior we are compared to all of this.
Or maybe we think just how "possible" these things are and how to aspire to be like that one day.
Even though most of us will never own a car that is worth more than our life insurance.
I hate it. I hate that I watched it. I hate that I live it. It's so mindless.
All I keep thinking is how I would LOVE to take just one leather seat out of those cars or one bay window out of those houses to pay for my tuition. And then I realize that even by thinking this- I totally discount everythng that I have in my life.
My aaron
My friends
My family
My health
My experiences
My music
My LIFE.
This crap that is fed to me makes me feel so awful about myself and I let it do that by letting it in. I need to find some other inputs. I'm ordering some new books online right now.
I need to plan some roadtrips, too