tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29487945.post4448330571671931881..comments2023-05-30T11:54:54.899-04:00Comments on Misplaced in the Midwest: Misplacedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03320113457252429472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29487945.post-51325187946881799132007-06-08T11:06:00.000-04:002007-06-08T11:06:00.000-04:00i agree with karyn. self preservation is key. i do...i agree with karyn. self preservation is key. i don't get any channels, don't read the newspaper and only listen to vpr sporatically now. we throw stones into the water and all those circles overlap and come back to shore eventually. we are our thoughts and our thoughts project. we can listen to that shit, immerse ourselves in it and fill our circles with the baggage and weight of humaity's worst or we could do our own good work and be soley responsible for the good stuff our circles share.m.m.crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766156345359910160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29487945.post-52833646379961428112007-05-29T19:29:00.000-04:002007-05-29T19:29:00.000-04:00You know? I really think part of this distaste for...You know? I really think part of this distaste for the hardcore stuff, which I share to some extent, is self preservation.<BR/><BR/>This shit threatens to consume me if I dwell too long upon it; from the perpetual crises in the Middle East to hate crimes to mass slaughters to familial murder suicides to homicide bombers (why call them suicide bombers exactly?) to the - surprise! - toxic residual dust from 9/11 - it just sucks the life out of me and leaves me rattling around in the early throes of an anxiety attack.<BR/><BR/>Self preservation, I tell you. Switch it to some rockin' music and at least fake myself out that the world is okay at the moment...<BR/><BR/>Well, anyway.Karynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454832927860410268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29487945.post-73294244407013949102007-05-29T16:20:00.000-04:002007-05-29T16:20:00.000-04:00I'm right there with you on the TV news - and the ...I'm right there with you on the TV news - and the fact that I don't have a TV is not the primary reason. I still read some papers, but have wittled it down to online versions of Le Monde and Guardian - and a lot of American niche publications (Arts & Literature Daily is a Godsend). But TV news? Non merci. It is so clearly produced to coddle advertisers and big business that integrity and focusing on issues that effect citizens as citizens and not as gore/scandal addicts has nearly disappeared.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you can be blamed for forsaking this offensive stuff.<BR/><BR/>There. I heard it was Tuesday Rant Day!Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.com