Aug. 1st, 2016

Monday

Aug. 1st, 2016 09:47 am
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Pi asks, "Is something wrong with your feet?" No, um, at least nothing new. I was just checking for my callus-bumps, or my corn-bumps, whatever. I was wishing that my feet would return to their old normal healthy state, so that I could resume my more peripatetic life. It would be nice to read "Phaedrus" at the duck pond ... ... Somebody posted this at ONTD: "In honor of MTV's 35th anniversary today, I thought it would be helpful to do a timeline of the network, and when exactly it went downhill. There is debate as to when exactly this was, some blame The Real World, some blame TRL, some blame Jersey Shore. But when did the downfall of MTV really happen?" [ONTD] I think it was the Internet more than anything. Unsurprisingly, I was never big on M-TV, but I did like turning to it now and again to catch some of the music videos. Access to music and music videos was its main thing. Where else could you get that on a regular basis? and that is no longer special in today's Internet world. Today, you can get exactly whatever song or video you want whenever you want it. Pi says, "Oh, yeah? How about Paula Abdul's 'Opposites Attract'? I always liked that one." Ah, talk about the old M-TV days! Ask and ye shall receive: Boom! ... I remember when I believed that I would never make it into the Internet world. Even when Pop suggested that we try it out, I argued against it, thinking it was over our heads, that we could barely afford TVs, much less computers. I am so glad I was wrong. It saved my life ... or at least it extended it for a good while and made it more worth living ... ... A blurb to a Max Boot column reads: "Anti-intellectualism started as a Republican posture. It has ended with a dangerous ignoramus leading the party." [NYT] ... ... Pi says, "Wow, such a pained expression on your face." I was reading an article about people fresh out of business graduate school making over a hundred thousand dollars a year, and ... I was just thinking about how I really, really needed to get that law degree, that it would have made me. It would be such a different life. On the other hand, I wonder what sort of hell it would have been for me to have to spend all my days and energy working on memoranda and reports that mean nothing to me. Still, I picture myself making six-figures, wondering what that would have done for mother and Pop. Jack would still be my loving brother. Would I be married with kids? Of course, I wouldn't be reading Plato, Mann, and Shakespeare. And I just wonder how that all balances out. In the end, of course, we are where we are, and that is the way it is, and there is no way to change any of this anyway. It's pointless speculation. But I can't help it. It is very hard to be this much of a loser at life and have this sense that you were very close to becoming somebody, a success. Daimon says, "Even if you are mistaken in this sense of having been very close to becoming a success?" Even so. It was the age of 'affirmative action' after all. There was a wave for me to ride ... ... Pi says, "Ooh, 'The Simpsons'! They are kind of cute and fun." They do tempt me. Fox apparently allows general access to at least some of their episodes, even if your TV company has not cared to make a deal with them. But I don't think I can give in to their spell anyway. Maybe if life were eternal, or if there was at least another hundred years, I could sit down and watch through all their shows ... ... August. Pop was changing the calendars. Fast flowing time. It's a little hard to believe that we are now at the downhill side of summer. And I'm 51: on the downhill side of life. Daimon says, "OMG Are we going to go through this a hundred times a month?!" It's my life. Forgive me for caring about my dying. I doubt that I will ever get over it - that is, until I am actually dead ... ... Sky Ferreira! That's right, I wanted to get her song in my 'keeper' collection: "Everything Is Embarrassing". Some show Pop was watching used her song. I remember when I first came upon her. I thought she might proved to be bigger than Miley Cyrus for me. She certainly seemed rich in potential. But I guess she didn't have Miley's drive. Nevertheless, when I listen to this song, I can still feel some of that magic. Hell, this song even popped into my dream one night ... ... Pi says, "A late shower?" Daimon says, "Are you expecting somebody?" I forgot that I intended to take one tonight, especially after that sweaty wank this afternoon. Because of the cool air-conditioning, I wasn't feeling funky, but I know the funk was heavily on me. Daimon says, "And the funk is gone now?" Yeah, all gone. Do you want to sniff my underarms, or my balls? Daimon says, "You know that will always cost you."

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