DST and the Celebrity Next Door
I haven't gotten around to figuring out what's wrong with my blogger code, so I can't link to the archive here, but one year ago I wrote an entry about how awesome Daylight Savings Time was. Basically, I was saying that we should just do the "fall-back" thing every 2 weeks so that we could all gain that extra hour of sleep 26 times a year, and the only price to pay was losing about 1 day out of the calendar year. I also remember someone commenting about how stupid I was, in neglecting the fact that with my idea, we would all be living in darkness for much of the year, and choosing an extra hour of sleep every other week over seeing sunlight was borderline retarded.
Well, I am now 1 year older and 1 year wiser, and I now fully see how retarded I really was. I got to enjoy that 1 hour of sleep for all of one day, before my body quickly adjusted and that extra time got pissed away among my list of daily activities. In return, I get deprived of 1 hour of post-work daylight every day for at least a few weeks earlier than I would have without DST. I guess that goes to show that my blog readers are much smarter than me and way ahead of their time. Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways.
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Between all the reality shows involving celebrities on TV these days, it's gotten to the point where these pop stars, football players, or actors are like just another one of our friends or acquaintances. Kind of weird, but some conversations I have had in the past few weeks include the following:
(someone burps)
Me: Dang, that was a loud burp... you should see my sister burp though, she shakes the ground.
Other: haha... actually, you know who burps really loud too?
Me: Who? (expecting it to be one of our friends)
Other: Jessica Simpson
Other: Awww.... that dog is so cute!
Me: It's aight
Other: But actually, Kelly has the cutest dog I've ever seen
Me: Who the fock is Kelly?
Other: Kelly Rowland... you know, from Destiny's Child?
Other: I see you picked up Santana Moss in our McNown League
Me: Yeah, I saw him in this thing on BET the other day and he seemed like a cool guy, so why not?
Other: Nice... he scored another TD today. Maybe I should watch more BET.
Then, there are the people who became celebrities after people saw them in a reality show. Survivor cast members, Joe Millionaire, the Bachelorette have become household names for many Americans. For me, I never really watched any of those shows, but I do have my personal favorite people from reality TV, none other than the guys from Jackass. I was watching the new show with Bam Margera a couple days ago and I almost died laughing. Ironing hamburger designs on all of his dad's clothes, setting off remote control hydraulics on his dad's van, that stuff seriously made me choke on my food. I didn't see as much of Steve-O's show, but every time I see that guy, something in my stomach tightens up because I know something crazy/disgusting is about to happen. And yet, I can never change the channel. This time, it was him sticking his exposed butt onto a porcupine. I don't know if I'm more repulsed or amused by that kind of stuff. A lot of both, I guess. My reaction is usually something like "OHMYGOD... AWWW MAN... .WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT??!", all while laughing uncontrollably.
