Good job. You and I and that loser who cut you off in traffic today are Time's person of the year. Really. I am not kidding. Does this mean we each get a free copy of the magazine? I'm guessing as long as the Person of The Year isn't some crazed nuke happy leader of a foreign land the "winner" gets a complimentary copy of the magazine. Doesn't that mean we should each get one? There's even a crappy pseudo mirror on the front so we can see our reflections in the magazine cover. Like staring into a fun-house version of myself is going to make me want to purchase this thing.
While Time argues on its website (where I got the pic by the way...don't sue) that each of us controls the information age via YouTube, MySpace and blogging, in its blurb to start the page it seems to brush past just how narcissistic this behavior is. Sure there is a venue for discussion and the expansion of ideas out there. But there is also a whole hell of a lot of crap that no one needs to see, yet someone feels compelled to toss it out there.
I know I'm bordering on being hypocritical here, but I doubt anyone but my friends reads my blog. I didn't create it for much of anyone else to read. I don't push it via other sites. I have left maybe one comment on a web site in my life. The only reason I have a MySpace page is to be able to comment on a friend's page if I ever get around to actually visiting the site.
It seems to me (and it's entirely possible I am completely off the mark here) that besides the narcissism vibe there is also a desperate need to bolster one's self esteem. Why the hell else would someone get to see how many "friends" you have? It makes me feel sad.
So, congrats person who shot a video of their dog sleeping, congrats to the hand farting the Star Spangled Banner filmmaker, and let's hear it for the Spit Art person. What a wonderful world.
Speaking of wonderfulness, work completely sucked today. 300+ boxes and the uber handed down the mandate that our priority was not really putting out books this week. After covering a couple of catagories, we were supposed to just leave the rest of it for later and move on to pulling clearance books from the freakishly large amount of shit, er, bargain we have in back. This masterful plan overlooks the fact that we have no where to store boxes of books for any length of time and we will in fact be getting more boxes in every day this week. Oh yeah, and we are here to sell books NOW in addition to the day after Christmas (when the clearance sale starts). Once again, I felt like my input was in no way desired.
On an up note Little Miss Sunshine comes out on DVD tomorrow!
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