Eeh, I'm still deciding if I'm serious about this blog business. On the one hand, I've always liked being able to record my internal monologues, but on the other blogging has become a huge trend and I hate being trendy.
I think possibly I'll make this a secret blog, posting occasionally but not telling anyone of it's existence--no links in my signatures when I post on the boards, etc. That way no one I know will read it, and I don't care about whatever strangers may happen on it by accident. I can say whatever I think! Yes, this could work.
First experiment in unfettered expression: Political correctness is bullying, pure and simple. Political correctness doesn't represent or foster respect for others, it's about bullying other people into censoring themselves out of fear of being called names like racist or right-winger. And it's the method of choice for the most intolerant people in America--the extreme left--to muzzle anyone who tries to voice an opinion that runs counter to theirs.
Ooh, that was lovely. I'll try another one: People who scoop up multiples of limited edition dolls so that the doll sells out almost immediately, then hours later turn around and put the dolls on eBay for twice or three times the retail price are pigs. Vile, loathsome, detestable, greedy pigs. The last two times that FAO offered an exclusive Ellowyne Wilde doll I watched the pigs descend, credit cards at the ready, and gobble up all the dolls before most real collectors had a shot at them. But then I also watched with soaring joy as almost all of the dolls that subsequently appeared on eBay with grossly inflated opening bids had their auction close without a single bid. I'm proud of my fellow doll-collectors for refusing to pay outrageous prices like that. And for the record, I wasn't one of the people trying unsuccessfully to buy those dolls from FAO--they're priced out of my range from the get-go. It's just that speculators are the kind of people that make capitalism look bad. Plus I hate it when people who behave badly get what they want.
And here's another dollop of pure opinion: The results of American Idol are not headlines news, they are water cooler fodder. The rundown of the top stories should not read "10 people killed by tornadoes in the Midwest, Myanmar death tolls rises, and American Idol down to the final 3". Which one of these things is not like the other?
Don't stop me, I'm on a roll. How about: What's wrong with having an Oscar for "Most Entertaining Movie of the Year?" That way all the ar-teests can still vote for incomprehensible-but-critically-acclaimed movies thereby proving that they do indeed have artistic souls and aren't just in Hollywood because they're narcissistic attention-whores, but those of us out here actually paying to see the movies get to watch the really entertaining films (Iron Man!) get a little of the glory.
This is fun. I may keep it up. We'll see.
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