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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
carrrie
Published Letters: 222 Editor's Choice: 8
I didn't read the Grindhouse review, but the headline reads that's great fun, and The Hoax just doesn't cut it? Okay. We just don't like the same things. Grindhouse looks idiotic but it's QT, so I guess everyone's going to love it like they loved Pulp Fiction, which I hated. I will see the Hoax and take my chances rather than take your word for it.
there's nothing wrong with this article. House is ridiculous, not just because of the obvious beautiful hospital or beautiful people, but the way he dissects every piece of info the patients give him. Doctors often listen to patients with half an ear, they don't pore over every detail of the conversation and if the patient dies, he dies. I don't fault doctors for that, it's just the way it is. And we know it's TV, thanks so for pointing that out. So this is entertainment? Yes, like a cartoon. And I am all for cartoon-like live action. Hugh Laurie should go back to Jeeves and Wooster. That was believable. More believable than taking a man who's been in a coma for years to Vegas and getting him to shoot himself so his son can live. There's dramatic license and then there's complete idiocy.
And now I can give you some practical advice as I am also leaving a small, oppressive town for the big city. Selling my house, moving myself, my son, my cat and dog to a big city seemed an overwhelming task, but I am doing it. I didn't have the terrible engagement to end, but that to me seems the smallest of problems for you. The ugly stares from his family in Wal-Mart are easily ignored when you look forward to your new life away from there. Here's how to leave. Put your house up for sale. Once sold, have a big moving sale. Take stuff no one will buy to the dump or salvation army. I sold my car, actually, in order to have money to go. You can drive, but if you decide to fly, a dog costs about 100.00 one way and can't weigh more than 100 lbs in his carrier and has to have a health certificate. I won't have to look for a job once there as I work on line, and I know people where I am going, which may be different for you, but I've done it before, you know, moved where I didn't know people. It can be done. My circumstances are much different from yours. I'm much older, but I grew up in the same kind of lonely, oppressive place you describe. It's easy to let people's expectations get the better of you. Just remember it's a real small town, and life is sweet, but so very short. So get the hell outta there.
but a "confused kid" can be capable of so much devastation. I am hearing some blather about how if someone had had a gun they could have stopped him. The fact is that the majority of people in this country don't want to be armed in everyday life. I'll never forget the woman who was vacuuming her car when she was murdered by the DC sniper. Imagine if every time you decided to venture out into the world, you had to be carrying a gun just in case. And if you are armed while you're vacuuming your car, aren't you still defenseless because you're vacuuming your car? I know people who love guns. I've been to gun shows with my ex where there are people who haven't got money enough for matching shoes but they'll spend thousands on guns. Some people just love guns and they aren't murderers or even dangerous, but shouldn't we take into account that a few people have the potential to become both of these things? Guns are things and you shouldn't become so attached to things that you're willing to sacrifice innocent lives.
I get what you're saying about the passive aggression, not to mention the easy acceptance westerners have of all things absurd. I used to absolutely hate those two traits when I lived on the west coast. Then I moved back to CNY, the anti-NYC, and I so miss both of those things. You get tired of people saying whatever pops into their heads, and the easy acceptance of all things difficult and tedious that typifies life in the small NE college town where I live until Thursday, when I move back WEST. Hooray!
"You say there is no perfect place, I say I know this is true; we all just learning how to smile, that's not easy to do--we both live for the day when we can run away." Art Alexakis says it best. To the person who wrote you're a boring asshole wherever you go, you should address that chip on your shoulder. No need to judge a person's decision. Should he stay or should he go--what do you care? The beauty of this life is he could go back to NYC, decide it's not for him, and then go someplace else if he so chooses. That makes him neither boring nor an asshole, just someone who does what he wants.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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