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Feeling scattered tonight, unable to choose what to focus on. I blame too much chocolat. Went a bit nuts on it.
Had one regular size hershey's candy bar, five hershesy's chocolat kisses, and chocolat on ice cream/raspberries. Not all at once, of course. There was at least three hours between each. But it has made me feel scattered and restless. Why oh why do I crave things I should not have? (That was largely rhetorical by the way.)
Tonight flipped between Las Vegas and Prison Break. Las Vegas won finally, because for reasons I can't quite describe, I can no longer handle constant graphic violence. Even struggling with Nip/Tuck and BSG on this front.
I find myself cringing. Have I finally hit overload? I feel overwhelmed by the violence on tv constantly shown.
Every other show seems to have it. Read a column by Stephen King recently where he stated and I agree, there are so many shows on right now that want to scare the yell out of you that you have to kick them out of the way.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good mystery and a little thrilling tension, and violence here and there not a problem, was a fan of Angel and Buffy after all. And did enjoy NYPD Blue and Homicide Life on the Streets in the past. But lately I feel as if I've being inundated by it with the media. Maybe it's just me. Probably is.
While listening to the telly, mostly background noise - I read a good portion of an article in The New Yorker mag that I picked up on a whim today. Don't usually read it. But today saw two articles that grabbed my eye: "Republican's Against Bush - Why is Brent Scowcroft, the first President Bush's confidant, so upset with the son? Reporst on how Iraq is dividing conservatives" - by JEffrey Goldberg. And "Justice Breye's dissent by Jeffrey Tobin". Made it half-way through the Breyer article. Interesting. You have to understand I went to law school to study Constitutional Law and took three courses on it - one was Constitutional Law (2 semesters), one Constitutional Litigation, and the third, a seminar where we wrote lengthy papers comparing and analyzing the current Supreme Court's opinions. (This was back in 1992 - so current was Sandra Day O'Connor and Rhenquist, who I compared and contrasted.) So I'm fascinated by the Roberts and Miers nominations and the historical controversary surrounding Miers, who I have difficulties about. Constitutional Law is an impossible field to make a living in - you have to score very high to get anywhere, hence the reason that I'm currently a contract administrator in a health care company analyzing contracts and pretty much surrounded by and handling the type of law that bored me to tears in law school. It's not bad, and I enjoy parts of it, but it was hardly what I planned. But then as a guy at work always posts at the bottom of his emails :" Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans". ( cut for length and political content )
Had one regular size hershey's candy bar, five hershesy's chocolat kisses, and chocolat on ice cream/raspberries. Not all at once, of course. There was at least three hours between each. But it has made me feel scattered and restless. Why oh why do I crave things I should not have? (That was largely rhetorical by the way.)
Tonight flipped between Las Vegas and Prison Break. Las Vegas won finally, because for reasons I can't quite describe, I can no longer handle constant graphic violence. Even struggling with Nip/Tuck and BSG on this front.
I find myself cringing. Have I finally hit overload? I feel overwhelmed by the violence on tv constantly shown.
Every other show seems to have it. Read a column by Stephen King recently where he stated and I agree, there are so many shows on right now that want to scare the yell out of you that you have to kick them out of the way.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good mystery and a little thrilling tension, and violence here and there not a problem, was a fan of Angel and Buffy after all. And did enjoy NYPD Blue and Homicide Life on the Streets in the past. But lately I feel as if I've being inundated by it with the media. Maybe it's just me. Probably is.
While listening to the telly, mostly background noise - I read a good portion of an article in The New Yorker mag that I picked up on a whim today. Don't usually read it. But today saw two articles that grabbed my eye: "Republican's Against Bush - Why is Brent Scowcroft, the first President Bush's confidant, so upset with the son? Reporst on how Iraq is dividing conservatives" - by JEffrey Goldberg. And "Justice Breye's dissent by Jeffrey Tobin". Made it half-way through the Breyer article. Interesting. You have to understand I went to law school to study Constitutional Law and took three courses on it - one was Constitutional Law (2 semesters), one Constitutional Litigation, and the third, a seminar where we wrote lengthy papers comparing and analyzing the current Supreme Court's opinions. (This was back in 1992 - so current was Sandra Day O'Connor and Rhenquist, who I compared and contrasted.) So I'm fascinated by the Roberts and Miers nominations and the historical controversary surrounding Miers, who I have difficulties about. Constitutional Law is an impossible field to make a living in - you have to score very high to get anywhere, hence the reason that I'm currently a contract administrator in a health care company analyzing contracts and pretty much surrounded by and handling the type of law that bored me to tears in law school. It's not bad, and I enjoy parts of it, but it was hardly what I planned. But then as a guy at work always posts at the bottom of his emails :" Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans". ( cut for length and political content )
