Through the Looking Glass
I love TV. I don't care that my brain is more active when I'm in deep sleep than when I'm watching TV. I love it. Sleeping is just as bad as being awake. My dreams just remind me of my life. Worse, they exaggerate and are overly didactic. It's nice to have that escape where I can just laugh and cry at other characters' problems instead of my own. Shows that are practically their own universes are the best. If only they didn't have to end.
Same with books. True, they involve a little bit more brain activity, but the effect is the same. I end up feeling like I know the people I'm reading about and missing them when they're gone. It's not too healthy I know. But real life blows. It's too depressing and a never ending struggle. Hell, even playing viola for a little while feels like a nice escape.
Still though, it's funny how I compare my life with TV all the time. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't I be saying, "That episode of the 'The Simpsons' reminds me of this one time where..."?
So an example of something I found hilarious was in this episode of "Venture Bros." Dr. Venture is having some guests over or something and one of them is bringing his daughter over. So he goes to his son's room and tells him that. Then he proceeds to give him the talk by saying, "I'm going to teach you what boys your age (should?)...have known for five years." Then you see the montage of him showing him how to get to second base and two action figures humping. LOL
Oh then there's the new Evanescence video. WTF? When Amy Lee goes flying up at the ceiling, okay. But then when the 4 girls in black go flying up and start twirling in midair? I just busted out laughing so hard and still do every time I see the video.
Barbara and I definitely have that thing where we just find the same thing hilarious and look at each other like OMG are you seeing what I'm seeing? Or like when she bursts out into song and I just keep on typing or reading and then say something like, "You were a little our of tune on that last part there...yeah."
What I'm saying is, occasionally, real life is funny but only with the right people in it. And you can't really "be happy", at least not always. You can only make yourself and possibly those around you happy.
t.i.m.e.o. · Sat Sep 23, 2006 @ 08:46pm · 0 Comments |