paper late…
Im unbelievably tired this morning. One of those mornings when its 6:30, the kids are climbing on the bed, the TV is on, and you say to yourself… ok, Ill wake up…Open, eyes... and your eyes say – No. Sorry. Call back in an hour.
And maybe my half-asleepedness is to blame, but Im finding childrens television especially surreal this morning. First its JoJos Circus with its claymation clowns… which is fine… and not as creepy as a universe of clowns might have been, but the thing is… everyone is either a clown or some kind of Circus Folk or Circus Animal… except for the Potatoes.
Would someone out there PLEASE tell me what the fuck is up with the Potato-Looking-People-Things on that show?? Ive been to the circus a few times, and I do NOT remember seeing any anthropomorphic potatoes.
Next up is Blues Clues which Im usually ok with, but todays show is titled Soccer Practice and opens with a shot of Blue playing soccer with SideTableDrawer.
Im sorry, but am I supposed to just ACCEPT the image of a DOG playing SOCCER with a fucking ENDTABLE without comment? Granted, Im not 4, but I think even the 4 year olds might just look at that and think… Ok, what the fuck??
Lastly, Ive awoke today with the Phil-Collins-Era-Genesis song Paperlate playing on infinite repeat inside my head. Which is doubly irritating, because not only do I not know where the hell it came from, I have NEVER had any idea what the fuck the words to that song mean. Paperlate? Paper Late? No news is good news? The only thing I can think is that my subconscious conjured it up in response to the fact that only about half of my physics students have handed in their term papers.
Anyway, its not even 8:00 AM, and I already dont have a good feeling about today.
dave (doctorsilence.blogspot.com)
Wouldn’t it bother you that an endtable could talk and move, let along play soccer? And yet the dog, which in reality moves, cannot talk. Ah, the messed up world of children’s programming. I just did a report on it actually, haha. Good thing you’re not my professor.
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So, no ways to play with the imagination, reality is all that should be? I disagree… however, I think that Blue’s Clues, etc, trivialize children’s imagination, so again, I’m on that fence.
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ryn: i know that, you know that, but the admissions office and whoever wrote the rules for finding an advisor apparently doesn’t know that.
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*sigh*… so totally laughing, because–yeah. So now I’m sitting here wondering what particular comment in my entry you focused in on that warrants a “TrainJob.” girls in boy briefs? my insanity? HIS insanity? 🙂 …ummmm… hmmm… what else was there? lol… well, I look forward to it at any rate… I owe you a bit of a “more” email anyway regarding oh… almosttotallyfiction &
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there actually BEING a few nooks & crannies where one could shove someone against the wall &…. cuz god. Yeah. You need to think about that more & not be hyper-critical for you know… a few minutes and actually tell us all about that. Or me. Tell ME all about it. 🙂
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of course, speaking of boy briefs… I did get some & I’m wearing them right now and they are surprisingly comfy… well not surprisingly actually because I thought they LOOKED comfy, but having gotten used to the thong, I thought that might be an issue but it’s not. They’re quite soft and… nice. 🙂 They’re grey in case you’re wondering. 😉
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I’ve read some of the things you’ve written. It leaves me always with one of those wry grins. Please don’t stop.
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I believe I noted on this already, but then again, It may have gotten lost. I was having the worst luck with notes today. Bah. It could be here, It could be there. I may have imagined it. Stranger things have happened.
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I totally get you on the kid’s shows, but I’m so immersed in them that I sit there and go “Hummmmmmmmmmm!” (legs crossed and meditating) I don’t notice the oddity of it anymore… Well, okay, except…why is Caillou bald? Even his little sister has hair. Did I miss something? He really freaks me out. He’s such a twit. PS…thanks for the LOL on this one! : )
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