Did you ever feel like your tolerance for people is so low that you could just snap out on someone SO profoundly that leaving the repercussions would undoubtedly have karmic, public, or judicial reprimand which would proceed longer than your car payments? For instance, right now I'm at the library because a) I don't have reasonably responsive internet at my house, b) I don't have a scanner and c) my company frowns upon using their resources for my personal gain. So here I am, trying to scan my license because the car dealership forgot to and I need to e-mail it to them. Why am I writing and not scanning? Because some BITCH is scanning an entire book on the scanner! Yes an act of undeniable copyright fraud and outright disregard for the remaining patron's use of the scanner. So here I sit and burn her with my eyes while typing vigorously on the computer. I am pissed off people. I am in a long string of pissed off!!
You know what else? I don't have cable any more! So all my shows are streamed slowly through a neighbors internet or from someone else's home. And I have little time for reflection when people like my brother, my father, and Franz are yammering in the background about the shows' lack of substance and the meaning of reality! So I need to take this time to explain something to everyone. Reality television is a unique social commentary. It is not a documentary. And yes, it is reality. Does my reality differ from your reality? You tell me. Do directors play some part in the manipulation of the characters? yes. Do people act differently when they're being watched? Hell yes. But guess what, everyone is manipulated by an array of driving forces in their life and your choice of behavior does not alter your reality. And it is a fucking law of physics that the very act of observation changes that, which is being observed. So please, you can hate on reality TV all you want. Watch it, don't watch it, I don't care. But the next time I have to hear some idiot babble on about the substance and veracity of the program I am not only going to snap out and publicly shame you more vigorously than illegal obnoxious scanner girl, I am also going to refer you to this excerpt. Scanner's free. I better go. Until next time, this has been Rachel's "rant" on reality.
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Rachel, I came across your blog and thoroughly enjoyed reading this post. It was almost like you were sitting right next to me going on one of your hilarious rants. I'm glad that you have this blog to vent your feelings through, because as pissed of as you are, your posts are extremely enjoyable to read. Please share more often!
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Your little sis :)