I'm watching The Truman Show on TNT, and I think it's a very underrated movie. And, I'll be honest, with the way TV is going these days, I think The Truman Show was way ahead of its time. And if the movie hadn't come out, I bet we would've already had a similar show on television. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if we still see it.
And I think the movie pretty much paints out exactly the way a show like that would've worked out. The writers can set up a plotline for a man's life, putting great friends and a pretty girl in his way, but the man is going to look for his own path. And even though the writers have done everything they can to make his life easy (great best friend, beautiful loving wife, nice town, good job), Truman doesn't want to take the easy path.
From his teenage years, he goes after a different girl. And that's where his life alters off the writers' path - he marries the girl they want him to marry...but he spends most of his time trying to find the one that got away. The writers did everything they could to discourage leaving the town (making him afraid of bridges and water and flying), but he spends all of his free time trying to get away.
And I wonder if that's how God works too. If he sets out this nice little plan for us to have an easy life, and if we stubbornly try to make our own path. As if we have some sort of built-in system where we don't want to take the easy path because it'd be "too easy."
Because my roommate Ashley and I have a funny little story where, after we die, we get to Heaven, and the first thing God says to us is "what the Hell?" We don't know what he's talking about, and God tells us, "you could've been the greatest swimmer in the world! Why didn't you swim?"
And we'd look at him, confusion in our faces, and ask him why he didn't put any signs to tell us to swim. "I put millions of signs," God would say. "Each one more obvious than the next, and you still ignored them."
And that's the kind of stuff I wonder about - the people I meet but brush off who could've been great friends. The girls I never talked to that could've been the love of my life. I think we all like to think that, if something is supposed to happen that it will. But what if that's not the way the world works? What if, like Truman, we set off on our own path even if the one that's set for us is the one we're supposed to go down?
I'm probably reading too much into this movie, and I'm not even hitting on the primary theme (that we don't always accept the world we're given).
And there's times when I wonder about that too - whether my life is one big TV show. The scene where Truman drives around that circle, and every street is full of traffic blocking his way? I feel like that sometimes. There are times when people will act a certain way, and I wonder if they're simply playing a part or reading a script. And there are times when I feel like the world knows my deepest and darkest secrets because they all saw them revealed on an old rerun of my show.
But then I think about it, and I realize that my show would've been cancelled a long time ago. Because, in the end, I think my life would be extremely boring to watch. No one would sit and watch me "work" for eight hours - no one would want to watch me play video games or watch TV - and no one would want to watch me write this blog. So, in the end, I think my life is just too boring to be a television show.
Unless that's what the writers want me to think...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mavs, Stars, and Playoffs...Oh My
I write this blog with a troubled heart. At the moment, it seems like the Mavericks are going to make the playoffs, and my beloved Stars are not going to. Both teams are playing significantly below their abilities, but only the Stars have a good excuse.
The hockey gods were not kind to Dallas' hockey team, handing out season-ending injuries to captain Brendan Morrow, power play quarterback Sergei Zubov, and new power play quarterback Brad Richards (who broke his other hand in his return to the ice Saturday). Marty Turco began the year in the worst stretch of his career, Modano and Lehtinen continued to show their age, and the Stars' extremely young corps of defensemen all seemed to have sophomore slumps. And then there was Sean Avery. Considering all of that, the Stars were pretty lucky to be in the hunt for so long...most teams couldn't survive that.
The Mavericks? After the Jason Kidd trade debacle, the Mavs just don't have the youth or the talent to compete in the West. They're a solid team that can occasionally play a big game, but they're boys among men in a league they don't belong in. They're almost a lock to make the playoffs, but they're looking a matchup with the Lakers in the eyes. And that would certainly end in disaster.
I, of course, would love for both my teams to make the playoffs. But if I had to choose one team to make it, I'd want it to be the Stars. And I have several reasons why:
1. The NHL playoffs are much more unpredictable than the NBA ones - In hockey, a #8 seed will regularly beat a #1 seed and not much is made of it. Because, really, all you need is a hot goaltender to win a playoff series. Jean-Sebastian Giguere proved that a few years back. In the NBA, it takes something drastic (like the Mavericks' choke job in 2007) for a #8 to beat a #1. Besides, the Mavs don't really have a hot hand like Marty Turco that they could ride.
2. The draft lottery. The Spurs, the luckiest team in the history of sports, had one bad year with an already-solid group and ended up with the best draft pick in the last 20 years in Tim Duncan. Compare that to the Mavericks, arguably the worst team in all of sports for an entire decade, who never got the #1 pick in a draft...let alone a Tim Duncan-like pick. The Mavs, if they missed the playoffs, could get that kind of luck and put one of these March Madness kids with Dirk and Kidd. Its the kind of thing that could turn the team around. Making the playoffs, getting swept by the Lakers, and getting the 15th pick (at best) would do the Mavs very little good. Probably.
3. The NHL draft is a lot more of a crapshoot. It's kinda like the MLB amateur draft...there are a lot of foreigners who might not adapt to the NHL game, and a lot of them are young guys who teams will plant overseas to develop. First round picks are still huge and a lot of the players develop, but I don't think there's as big a gap between pick 10 and pick 20. In the NBA, the gap is usually pretty huge.
4. The Stars actually match up pretty good against the top teams in the West. The Mavs do not. The Stars lost a lot of games to the Sharks, but they always played them well. And, believe it or not, the Stars won the season series with the Red Wings 3-1. I think they could make either of those series interesting. The Lakers and/or Spurs would slaughter the Mavericks.
5. I already bought tickets to the Stars' playoffs. The money isn't a sunk cost (because any games that aren't played will go towards my new season tickets) - but I'd still like to go to those games. Because the Stanley Cup playoffs make the NBA playoffs look like the WNBA playoffs. Whatever that means.
6. The Mavericks suck.
So the odds are that my NHL and NBA seasons will be over in about a month, and that is very sad to me. Because then there's just the Rangers...who, while they should be better, will probably still suck for another year. Then there's just D-Bag Romo and the Cowboys to look forward to.
This Dallas curse needs to end so I can enjoy sports again. Post haste.
The hockey gods were not kind to Dallas' hockey team, handing out season-ending injuries to captain Brendan Morrow, power play quarterback Sergei Zubov, and new power play quarterback Brad Richards (who broke his other hand in his return to the ice Saturday). Marty Turco began the year in the worst stretch of his career, Modano and Lehtinen continued to show their age, and the Stars' extremely young corps of defensemen all seemed to have sophomore slumps. And then there was Sean Avery. Considering all of that, the Stars were pretty lucky to be in the hunt for so long...most teams couldn't survive that.
The Mavericks? After the Jason Kidd trade debacle, the Mavs just don't have the youth or the talent to compete in the West. They're a solid team that can occasionally play a big game, but they're boys among men in a league they don't belong in. They're almost a lock to make the playoffs, but they're looking a matchup with the Lakers in the eyes. And that would certainly end in disaster.
I, of course, would love for both my teams to make the playoffs. But if I had to choose one team to make it, I'd want it to be the Stars. And I have several reasons why:
1. The NHL playoffs are much more unpredictable than the NBA ones - In hockey, a #8 seed will regularly beat a #1 seed and not much is made of it. Because, really, all you need is a hot goaltender to win a playoff series. Jean-Sebastian Giguere proved that a few years back. In the NBA, it takes something drastic (like the Mavericks' choke job in 2007) for a #8 to beat a #1. Besides, the Mavs don't really have a hot hand like Marty Turco that they could ride.
2. The draft lottery. The Spurs, the luckiest team in the history of sports, had one bad year with an already-solid group and ended up with the best draft pick in the last 20 years in Tim Duncan. Compare that to the Mavericks, arguably the worst team in all of sports for an entire decade, who never got the #1 pick in a draft...let alone a Tim Duncan-like pick. The Mavs, if they missed the playoffs, could get that kind of luck and put one of these March Madness kids with Dirk and Kidd. Its the kind of thing that could turn the team around. Making the playoffs, getting swept by the Lakers, and getting the 15th pick (at best) would do the Mavs very little good. Probably.
3. The NHL draft is a lot more of a crapshoot. It's kinda like the MLB amateur draft...there are a lot of foreigners who might not adapt to the NHL game, and a lot of them are young guys who teams will plant overseas to develop. First round picks are still huge and a lot of the players develop, but I don't think there's as big a gap between pick 10 and pick 20. In the NBA, the gap is usually pretty huge.
4. The Stars actually match up pretty good against the top teams in the West. The Mavs do not. The Stars lost a lot of games to the Sharks, but they always played them well. And, believe it or not, the Stars won the season series with the Red Wings 3-1. I think they could make either of those series interesting. The Lakers and/or Spurs would slaughter the Mavericks.
5. I already bought tickets to the Stars' playoffs. The money isn't a sunk cost (because any games that aren't played will go towards my new season tickets) - but I'd still like to go to those games. Because the Stanley Cup playoffs make the NBA playoffs look like the WNBA playoffs. Whatever that means.
6. The Mavericks suck.
So the odds are that my NHL and NBA seasons will be over in about a month, and that is very sad to me. Because then there's just the Rangers...who, while they should be better, will probably still suck for another year. Then there's just D-Bag Romo and the Cowboys to look forward to.
This Dallas curse needs to end so I can enjoy sports again. Post haste.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Bad News / Good News
Bad News
I'm sick again. I need to go to the doctor to try and beat this thing because it is driving me crazy. I don't need all this TV-catching-up time.
Good News
I just finished my screenplay. I need to get it in a few hands to read. Hopefully I didn't screw it up too bad.
I'm sick again. I need to go to the doctor to try and beat this thing because it is driving me crazy. I don't need all this TV-catching-up time.
Good News
I just finished my screenplay. I need to get it in a few hands to read. Hopefully I didn't screw it up too bad.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cramer vs. Stewart
I'm sure a lot of people have already seen this, but I thought I'd provide a link to those who didn't. It's the full interview between the Daily Show's Jon Stewart and CNBC's (and specifically Mad Money's) Jim Cramer. It deals with a great deal of important questions, including:
1. Did CNBC (and potentially Cramer) know that the economic collapse was coming? If so, do they have a responsibility to tell us?
2. What connection does CNBC have with the major banks that helped cause this disaster?
3. What is CNBC's primary audience? Is it the million-dollar short-selling investor, or is it the little guy with a couple hundred dollars in the market?
I feel a little bad for Cramer, but I think Stewart did a phenomenal job. I really hope that Cramer and CNBC act a little more responsible in the future because they could be a gigantic force of good in the media.
http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/03/13/jon-stewart-and-jim-cramer-the-extended-daily-show-interview/
1. Did CNBC (and potentially Cramer) know that the economic collapse was coming? If so, do they have a responsibility to tell us?
2. What connection does CNBC have with the major banks that helped cause this disaster?
3. What is CNBC's primary audience? Is it the million-dollar short-selling investor, or is it the little guy with a couple hundred dollars in the market?
I feel a little bad for Cramer, but I think Stewart did a phenomenal job. I really hope that Cramer and CNBC act a little more responsible in the future because they could be a gigantic force of good in the media.
http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/03/13/jon-stewart-and-jim-cramer-the-extended-daily-show-interview/
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Random Thoughts
I've been meaning to write a blog recently, but I haven't had a topic worthy of one. So I'll just write down a bunch of smaller topics:
1. Daylight Savings Time doesn't need to take place on a Sunday morning at 2am. It should take place at 4pm on a Friday, no matter what time zone you live in. So everyone gets an hour off work as a reward, not an hour less of sleep as a punishment. As for the "fall back" - that can stay at 2am so we all get an hour of extra sleep, or it can be done as a mandatory second hour of lunch. Or a mandatory party.
2. The Stars are struggling, and it makes me sad. I love this team, and it sucks that they've had to fight through so much. Injuries are killing them, but they're right there.
3. Speaking of the Stars, someone needs to talk me out of spending $2000 or even $4000 on the Stars next year. If you're not going to help, don't ask.
4. I got a massage today. Even though I don't think it's gay (especially from a female masseuse), I always feel a little gay going in there. In related news, I wonder if dating a masseuse is a good idea. You'd probably get awesome free massages, but she'd also spend all day rubbing on dudes that I assume are better looking than me.
5. The people at my work are really dumb. And it wouldn't bother me as much except that these same people are, in a way, handling my money. And that bothers me.
6. My sandwich at Potbelly's was free this afternoon because they accidently put my sandwich in a to-go box. The girl that gave me the free sandwich and delivered it to me was pretty cute, too.
7. I'm about 85 pages into my script. I'm looking forward to finishing it and starting a new one. I have a pretty cool idea for the next one.
8. Tucker put up our video(s) on Youtube. By the way, in case you were curious, I didn't win the Australia jobs. So f*%# Australia.
9. Link - http://www.youtube.com/user/reefhunterfilms
10. Speaking of Tucker, I'm re-watching the Wire. I need to do a Wire blog, but I need to finish that first. I also need to do a Dexter blog, but that show isn't nearly as fresh as it was a couple months ago.
11. Dirk Nowitzki just made a ridiculous shot. Too bad he plays for a team going nowhere.
12. I think I'd make a pretty good assassin. Not because I'm good at killing, but because I think I could walk into a place, kill someone, and no one would remember who I was or what I look like.
13. We're almost a fourth of the way through the year. Where in the Hell does the time go?
14. I think I decided I'm okay with cutting T.O.
15. I didn't think I did, but I realized that I have a type. All the girls I've ever liked fit into one specific category: Girls I Can't Have.
16. Dirk did it again with a 3-pointer to give the Mavs a 5-point lead.
17. (Edited for Content)
18. I saw the Watchmen movie this last weekend. I don't know if I liked it or not, but I know that I don't want to watch it again any time soon to figure that out.
19. Mother Nature doesn't want me to get better at tennis. Three of the seven weeks were rained out.
20. I think I'll go to bed so I can wake up early and get Jamba Juice on my way to work. Tomorrow is TBA day, and so it should be busy. I also have Stars' tickets for tomorrow night.
1. Daylight Savings Time doesn't need to take place on a Sunday morning at 2am. It should take place at 4pm on a Friday, no matter what time zone you live in. So everyone gets an hour off work as a reward, not an hour less of sleep as a punishment. As for the "fall back" - that can stay at 2am so we all get an hour of extra sleep, or it can be done as a mandatory second hour of lunch. Or a mandatory party.
2. The Stars are struggling, and it makes me sad. I love this team, and it sucks that they've had to fight through so much. Injuries are killing them, but they're right there.
3. Speaking of the Stars, someone needs to talk me out of spending $2000 or even $4000 on the Stars next year. If you're not going to help, don't ask.
4. I got a massage today. Even though I don't think it's gay (especially from a female masseuse), I always feel a little gay going in there. In related news, I wonder if dating a masseuse is a good idea. You'd probably get awesome free massages, but she'd also spend all day rubbing on dudes that I assume are better looking than me.
5. The people at my work are really dumb. And it wouldn't bother me as much except that these same people are, in a way, handling my money. And that bothers me.
6. My sandwich at Potbelly's was free this afternoon because they accidently put my sandwich in a to-go box. The girl that gave me the free sandwich and delivered it to me was pretty cute, too.
7. I'm about 85 pages into my script. I'm looking forward to finishing it and starting a new one. I have a pretty cool idea for the next one.
8. Tucker put up our video(s) on Youtube. By the way, in case you were curious, I didn't win the Australia jobs. So f*%# Australia.
9. Link - http://www.youtube.com/user/reefhunterfilms
10. Speaking of Tucker, I'm re-watching the Wire. I need to do a Wire blog, but I need to finish that first. I also need to do a Dexter blog, but that show isn't nearly as fresh as it was a couple months ago.
11. Dirk Nowitzki just made a ridiculous shot. Too bad he plays for a team going nowhere.
12. I think I'd make a pretty good assassin. Not because I'm good at killing, but because I think I could walk into a place, kill someone, and no one would remember who I was or what I look like.
13. We're almost a fourth of the way through the year. Where in the Hell does the time go?
14. I think I decided I'm okay with cutting T.O.
15. I didn't think I did, but I realized that I have a type. All the girls I've ever liked fit into one specific category: Girls I Can't Have.
16. Dirk did it again with a 3-pointer to give the Mavs a 5-point lead.
17. (Edited for Content)
18. I saw the Watchmen movie this last weekend. I don't know if I liked it or not, but I know that I don't want to watch it again any time soon to figure that out.
19. Mother Nature doesn't want me to get better at tennis. Three of the seven weeks were rained out.
20. I think I'll go to bed so I can wake up early and get Jamba Juice on my way to work. Tomorrow is TBA day, and so it should be busy. I also have Stars' tickets for tomorrow night.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Terrell Owens
Tonight, the Cowboys cut Terrell Owens, and I'm not really sure how I feel about it. It's on the front of my brain right now...moreso than watching the Mavs beat the Spurs. Moreso than missing LOST tonight.
Because I think, in the end, I liked T.O. I realize that he was a bad influence in the locker room, and I realize that he was a "team cancer." I know that Witten hated him and Garrett hated him. And that Romo was probably more tired of him than anything. He ran bad routes and had bad hands. He practiced poorly and probably influenced the receivers negatively.
But in the end, Terrell Owens did everything he could to make sure his team won. Because a lot of people think that T.O. is a selfish person, and I don't think that's correct. I think T.O. wants the team to win more than anything, but he honestly believes that the only way the team will win is if he gets the ball. He's definitely a narcissist, but he wants to use his talents to win.
And while the team has one less knucklehead, they also lost a guy with a lot of heart. And this was a team that was already short on heart.
What to do now? The team needs to use the salary cap space that has been cleared (if, in fact, some has...I've heard conflicting reports on this), and they need to use it wisely. Sign another WR, sign a DE, or sign a safety. I think I'd be okay with Roy Williams, Witten, Crayton, Austin or Hurd, and the three RBs in our offense...assuming that everyone can finally get along. The defense is probably still going to be fine, but we're losing a lot of people this offseason and there hasn't been much in terms of replacements.
I really can't believe it's come to this. I really thought T.O. and the Cowboys were going to win a Super Bowl. Now it's over, and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
I wanted to talk Mavs and Spurs tonight, but Jerry did what he does best. He stole the spotlight.
Because I think, in the end, I liked T.O. I realize that he was a bad influence in the locker room, and I realize that he was a "team cancer." I know that Witten hated him and Garrett hated him. And that Romo was probably more tired of him than anything. He ran bad routes and had bad hands. He practiced poorly and probably influenced the receivers negatively.
But in the end, Terrell Owens did everything he could to make sure his team won. Because a lot of people think that T.O. is a selfish person, and I don't think that's correct. I think T.O. wants the team to win more than anything, but he honestly believes that the only way the team will win is if he gets the ball. He's definitely a narcissist, but he wants to use his talents to win.
And while the team has one less knucklehead, they also lost a guy with a lot of heart. And this was a team that was already short on heart.
What to do now? The team needs to use the salary cap space that has been cleared (if, in fact, some has...I've heard conflicting reports on this), and they need to use it wisely. Sign another WR, sign a DE, or sign a safety. I think I'd be okay with Roy Williams, Witten, Crayton, Austin or Hurd, and the three RBs in our offense...assuming that everyone can finally get along. The defense is probably still going to be fine, but we're losing a lot of people this offseason and there hasn't been much in terms of replacements.
I really can't believe it's come to this. I really thought T.O. and the Cowboys were going to win a Super Bowl. Now it's over, and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
I wanted to talk Mavs and Spurs tonight, but Jerry did what he does best. He stole the spotlight.
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Dark Side of Kids
I went to the Stars game yesterday, and I sat in my own tickets (so with the common man) to see the Stars play the Penguins. As you know, I'm a pretty big Stars' fan...and as you might know, the Stars are struggling at the moment. They ended up losing 4-1 (and it wasn't that close)...and this story will be from a "Drew is already annoyed" perspective.
It didn't take me until the national anthem to find out that there's some 3-year-old kid one row behind me. As soon as the lights go down for the anthem, I hear "why is everyone quiet? why is everyone standing? what is everyone doing? why is everyone standing? why is everyone standing? why is everyone standing?!?"
I forgive the kid because I like kids, and this particular kid is getting his first taste of hockey. And maybe he's never been to a professional sporting event and doesn't understand that we all stand quietly for the national anthem before the game.
But that's not it. Seconds into the game, I hear "what's the score? who's winning? who's losing? who's winning now? who has the puck? who has the puck now? who's winning? are we cheering for Dallas or Pittsburgh?"
If you need more help picturing this, he had a loud and kinda high-pitched voice (I had to check to decipher gender) and a bit of a lisp. Got a good idea?
The kid also doesn't understand the scoreboard. At the Stars' games, they put the score on the scoreboard and they put shots on goal on the video monitors. And the kid, throughout the game, thinks that the shots on goal is the score. He cheers at the first shot on goal for each team. Cheers when they get to 5 and 10 and 15 and 20. And comically confuses 6 and 9 at one point.
The dad, God bless his poor soul, is mostly quiet. He doesn't correct the kid most of the time, and he usually makes his demon spawn ask the question several times before he'll answer it. Maybe after years of annoyance, he was able to block the kid out. If not, he's just as much to blame as the kid.
And this went on...the...entire...game.
There was never a moment of peace. Never a moment without a question of who has the puck, or why people are clapping, or who's winning, or what's the score, or who to cheer for, or what's going on. Every few seconds, there was some question, and every time it was repeated two, three, four, five times.
Meanwhile, my team's playoff hopes are slowly getting torn apart. And to make matters worse, the dad was a Penguins' fan.
To summarize, it sucked.
And when they finally left with six minutes, everyone in the section looked around in amazement. We all congratulated ourselves for surviving Hurricane Evan (or Kevin - the father was surprisingly quiet) and bathed ourselves in sweet, sweet silence.
And I'll repeat myself: I like kids. I have fun hanging out with kids, and I think I'd make a pretty good dad. But I'm not sure I could stand a kid like this one...it would drive me absolutely crazy. And in today's society where everything is medicated and punishment of any kind seems to be cruel and unusual...I don't know whether to blame the father, the son, or the holy society.
All I know is that, if I have a kid like that, he might "accidently" get left at the bus station. Or kidnapped by "some Puerto Rican guy" like Butters on South Park. Because I couldn't take it for two hours at a hockey game...I definitely couldn't take it for 50-something years.
Because kids that are annoying as kids turn into teenagers that are annoying. And adults that are annoying. Hall monitors and student council members and IRS auditers.
I did, however, realize that people are generally good. Because if they weren't, that kid would've been thrown off the third deck before the end of the first period. And there would've been 300 witnesses that said he pulled a gun on everyone and jumped.
It didn't take me until the national anthem to find out that there's some 3-year-old kid one row behind me. As soon as the lights go down for the anthem, I hear "why is everyone quiet? why is everyone standing? what is everyone doing? why is everyone standing? why is everyone standing? why is everyone standing?!?"
I forgive the kid because I like kids, and this particular kid is getting his first taste of hockey. And maybe he's never been to a professional sporting event and doesn't understand that we all stand quietly for the national anthem before the game.
But that's not it. Seconds into the game, I hear "what's the score? who's winning? who's losing? who's winning now? who has the puck? who has the puck now? who's winning? are we cheering for Dallas or Pittsburgh?"
If you need more help picturing this, he had a loud and kinda high-pitched voice (I had to check to decipher gender) and a bit of a lisp. Got a good idea?
The kid also doesn't understand the scoreboard. At the Stars' games, they put the score on the scoreboard and they put shots on goal on the video monitors. And the kid, throughout the game, thinks that the shots on goal is the score. He cheers at the first shot on goal for each team. Cheers when they get to 5 and 10 and 15 and 20. And comically confuses 6 and 9 at one point.
The dad, God bless his poor soul, is mostly quiet. He doesn't correct the kid most of the time, and he usually makes his demon spawn ask the question several times before he'll answer it. Maybe after years of annoyance, he was able to block the kid out. If not, he's just as much to blame as the kid.
And this went on...the...entire...game.
There was never a moment of peace. Never a moment without a question of who has the puck, or why people are clapping, or who's winning, or what's the score, or who to cheer for, or what's going on. Every few seconds, there was some question, and every time it was repeated two, three, four, five times.
Meanwhile, my team's playoff hopes are slowly getting torn apart. And to make matters worse, the dad was a Penguins' fan.
To summarize, it sucked.
And when they finally left with six minutes, everyone in the section looked around in amazement. We all congratulated ourselves for surviving Hurricane Evan (or Kevin - the father was surprisingly quiet) and bathed ourselves in sweet, sweet silence.
And I'll repeat myself: I like kids. I have fun hanging out with kids, and I think I'd make a pretty good dad. But I'm not sure I could stand a kid like this one...it would drive me absolutely crazy. And in today's society where everything is medicated and punishment of any kind seems to be cruel and unusual...I don't know whether to blame the father, the son, or the holy society.
All I know is that, if I have a kid like that, he might "accidently" get left at the bus station. Or kidnapped by "some Puerto Rican guy" like Butters on South Park. Because I couldn't take it for two hours at a hockey game...I definitely couldn't take it for 50-something years.
Because kids that are annoying as kids turn into teenagers that are annoying. And adults that are annoying. Hall monitors and student council members and IRS auditers.
I did, however, realize that people are generally good. Because if they weren't, that kid would've been thrown off the third deck before the end of the first period. And there would've been 300 witnesses that said he pulled a gun on everyone and jumped.
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