something, something, drop out?

what was that saying in the sixties, turn on, tune in, drop out? this generation needs to come up with another that has something to do with waking up from the hypnosis of pop culture.

i can't watch tv anymore. i'm sick today - i just don't feel right, maybe i woke up in a psychosis? but anyway, per my sick day tradition i watched the today show. i've been away from tv for too long - it was absolutely intolerable. they had this "don juan" character on and were grilling him. it was like, they didn't even give him a chance to explain his point of view, he was already proved an evil careless person. well, i applaud the don juan. he's more grounded in reality than the person interviewing him or the sex therapist sitting at his right. his perspective was, i love women i like to have sex and i don't want a relationship right now; i try to be up front about it and if some woman misconstrues my intentions, it's her fault because we are all responsible for our feelings. that's fine with me, i would still be friends with him if he were an interesting person.

i'm not sure i ever blogged about bullshit chris, but he was a guy from penn that studied in buenos aires with us the second semester. the two other girls from my university had him written off as an arrogant asshole because of something he had said or done during orientation, and would have nothing to do with him. but i found him quite interesting. he was fun to hang out with and people watch, and his stories about trying to find a telho the night before a feriado were quite entertaining.

as my brother says, (or used to say; law school might be screwing with his head a little) you have to be an equal opportunity friend. in my words, don't write someone off just because they seem like an asshole; don't write off a don juan just because you don't live or can't even imagine his lifestyle.

then they were talking about turning fifty. one guy was saying he still felt like thirty, like he didn't want to "give in" to being fifty. give in? to the stereotype that fifty means taking it easier and acting like you're fifty? that's bullshit. it might be true that you've got more years behind you than ahead, but you don't have to live that way. you have more new experiences ahead of you than behind you - given that through your life you've been reflective and have learned from your experiences and therefore have some kind of wisdom. wisdom/knowledge/perspective applied to experiences equals revelations!

this might sound like raving deleriousness but no more tv for me. it's all bullshit, all lies, all propagation of stereotypes that lead to unfulfillable desires. it's better to be grounded and seek the truth for one's self.