two random things i've noticed about life

well, last night my stolen wireless finally went AWOL. i guess i shouldn't complain since i'm stealing it...but then again, the only reason i'm stealing it in the first place is because so far it's taken my five days to find a way to contact an internet provider in such a fashion that they will, in fact, provide internet. and i still haven't hit on a solution. it's annoying, especially because most of my socializing lately, as well as my actual profession work is pretty much internet-centric.

i've managed to deal with the social part by doing my usual (going on long walks, watching lots of movies, feeling sorry for myself), but the work part is a little more worrying. anyway.

random thing #1: why are there headshots of the main star of a movie on the spine of the DVD case? invariably they're always small, really weird pictures, and one would assume that by the time you get that close to the DVD case, you've already considered buying it, which is ostensibly the whole reason for the mini head on the case in the first place. i scoured my entire DVD collection, and i only noticed four DVDs that didn't use this tactic, three of which were the "matrix" movies. my frustration peaked when i realized that "spiderman 2" had a little headshot of spiderman on the spine. i mean, presumably these photos are there so that you'll look at them and think "oh yeah, i forgot actor X was in movie Y! i'll buy it now!" how the fuck are you going to forget spiderman is in "spiderman 2"?!

random thing #2: perhaps the most unrealistic thing in most "reality" shows to me is the portrayal of relationship strife (whether it be family, significant other, friend, etc). whenever there's a conflict, it's always really clearly spelled out (whether directly or through subtext) for the benefit of the audience. for example, paul is mad at hilary because she refuses to wash dishes even though she's the one signed up on the fridge notepad as the dishwasher, PLUS she suspects that paul is interested in dating her best friend and even though she's not interested in paul herself, she still doesn't want him to date her best friend either PLUS she thinks that paul is unfairly taking out his frustration from his strained relationship with his brother on her. and you know all of this as the audience. it's equally clearly spelled out when some problem is fixed. i guess this just frustrates me because it gives the impression that in real life, every person on every end of a problem has all the necessary context and subtext to make a decision, whereas in reality life is a lot more fluid, a lot less sure, and problems are a lot murkier. i mean, if it's "reality", shouldn't things be a little more random and a little less like watching a sitcom?

i really should work on paul and sarah's prompts now.

i'm still trying to work the kinks out of recording in my new bedroom. once i do, i'll get that demo up here.