See What You've Done

I was reading a paper IRL and I looked to the side to 'scroll'.

It is Friday nite and I'm home

I'm on the internet.

I see the internet more and more as A Place, somewhere you'd go. Abandon reality to go to.

Staying on the internet a Friday nite is a viable alternative to going out.

You can do things online. Actions. Still interact with people. I guess I'm just talking about the way the internet was meant to be: a medium for people to communicate i.e. not porn.

So much to read. So much to watch. So much to know about. So much to find out. So much content to consume. So much content to absorb. So much content to produce. It's almost like a newfound way of being a little productive, under a new, recently established definition of productivity.

It is increasingly easier to monetize 'working on the internet'. (Careers having to do with the internet are actually the most sought after ones.) Web Designer. Blogger. Music Critic. Writer. Poet. Musical Talent. Leader of a New Religion. Prostitute. Plus many other careers you can strengthen with a strong internet presence.

It's just really obvious that things have really changed (permanently) when I think ten years back; it's something I don't like doing.

When we'd watch TV.

I don't watch TV anymore, and it feels like nobody does anymore either. I know the world's in constant change, I guess I had chosen not to see the change, til now.

It's fine.

Birthdays aren't a thing.

One time, for some reason, some people thought it was my birthday and it wasn't. I played along to it. They took me out for dinner, a movie and drinks.

I went home and changed my birthday on Facebook to my 'real' birthdate.

New Taco Bell Product: "Dorito Loco Taco"

This is a reaction to the video.

A man describes the new Taco Bell product. The Dorito Loco Taco: A burrito whose shell is made of [THING DORITOS ARE MADE OF]. The man says: "It's everything I expected and more". I cannot draw an absolute conclusion: too many possible circumstantials. He could have expected a great taco and got a better one. He could've also expected a bad taco and got the worst. But then he keeps eating it and I am able to say he likes it.

"The shell is an actual Dorito?" Yes.

I think he said: "I walked into heaven". He finishes the taco and puts his thumbs up. He liked it.

Is this 'too much'? Has Taco Bell ripped the taco of it's 'essence'? What a taco 'should be'?

Or is it innovative (a step forward in Taco Bell's plan of domination of the food chains)?

Things I'd Eat Depending Where I Am

If I was at the mall I'd eat a Wetzel's Original pretzel and cheese with a lemonade from Wetzel's Pretzels.

If I was at a party I'd probably eat some junk food like at one or two in the morning.

If I was at the beach I probably wouldn't have food. Unless I went to the pier, they sell hot dogs there. I would probably have one.

If I was in LA I'd definitely eat a hot dog.

If I was at home I could eat so many things. I could eat chips, cookies, cereal, cake, fruits, etc.

If I was at school I would have two options. I could either get chips from the vending machine, or cookies. Or I could eat fruit I take from home.

If I was at church I'd eat a churro or some nachos.

If it was Sunday I'd 'eat out'. I haven't had burgers in a long time, I would probably get Chinese food. Orange chicken, BBQ pork and some chow mein.

Some Saturdays my family makes 'carne asada'. I would eat a lot if it was one of those Saturdays. Ribs too.

If I was at the movies I'd eat popcorn and get a soda.

Things to Do When You're Bored Instead of Eating

There's nothing I enjoy more than eating, I could eat every hour of every day but then I 'feel bad' after eating so much. My stomach sometimes hurts because it's too full and I sometimes feel bad when it is obvious that I can't control my eating.

If you also eat when you're bored you can do other things to not eat when you're bored:

Watch a soccer game but change the channel on the commercials because they're probably about food. About Pizza Hut's newest pizza with cheese and pepperoni on the crust. And about DiGiorno's pizza, 'It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno's pizza and cookies'. DiGiorno's pizza comes with chocolate chip cookies now, but you need to put them in the oven.

Read things on the internet and try not to think about food. Maybe it is all in your will? But why can't you stop eating?

Don't smoke weed because you will eat for hours and hours. You'll probably eat some food that will be delicious (at the time). Full meals are great but snacks are just as good. Remember last week when you didn't have anything to do Saturday nite and you and your friends just bought a lot of food and got high and ate for the whole nite?

Maybe do some exercise. Play soccer or work out. Read a book. Not one about food. Read books (exclusively) about people like and/or in the same situation as you. All largely follow the same non-plotness. Just narratives about the mundane life of an unemployed twenty-something or something.

Establish a goal for the day. "Today I will only eat 4 times". Though it is vague, it will remind you that you want to be on control and maybe you'll feel bad if you break that promise. Or that's what you'll think anyways. But you'll eventually eat again and won't be able to stop, but you'll feel good.

The World Today (April 05, 2011)

It was the seventeenth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death.

'Government shutdown' seems imminent as both parties can't agree on budget proposals. A federal government shutdown will require only the 'most essential' government personnel to show up to work i.e. if you happen to be a government worker and you're asking yourself "am I an essential part of the government personnel?", you're probably not. You won't get paid for the time you don't work and who knows when you'll start working again. And that isn't even the worst part of it, I mean you're talking about a government shutdown. The fucking U.S. government will 'shut down'!

The wave of revolutions/revolts against governments in the Middle East/Northern Africa, started in Morocco followed by Tunisia then Egypt, Libya, etc, seems to have moved even farther with new uprisings beginning to take place in Ivory Coast. The country has just went through elections and some are not content with the elected candidate. Will the whole Middle East/Northern Africa 'revolt'?

The effects of the nuclear crisis taking place in Japan seems to not weaken, but intensify, as levels of radiation seem to spread more and more around the affected areas. Japanese officials for some reason thought it'd be a good idea to dump radioactive water from the nuclear plants into the ocean and now fish that swim around that part of the ocean are radioactive. I really don't get it. They said something about the half life of radiation or something but still, it doesn't seem too sane to dump radioactive water on the ecosystem, because it will obviously affect it. It really seems like this nuclear crisis has 'gotten out of control'. It seems like nobody was ready for it and no security measures were ever taken into consideration. Will this be the first out of many other 'nuclear disasters' that will take place? Japan isn't the only country with nuclear plants, just the one more prone to disasters. But who knows.

The ozone layer over the Arctic has reached an "unprecedented" loss, due to hardcore chemicals, global warming and a cold winter. I don't 'exactly know' how these affect it but they said it was a 40 percent loss. Seems 'pretty alarming'. The ozone layer shelters the Earth and all its creatures from the dangerous ultraviolet rays of the sun. Without the ozone layer the Earth would be hot desert and no life would be able to exist.

Seems like nothing good happens anymore. There isn't any good news ever. The future seems bleak.

A Rhetorical Conversation: Hypotheticals

What if we breathed water instead of air, we'd be like fish. What if I could never stop eating? Will my insides fill up with food and explode eventually? Will I be able to digest the food fast enough to keep up with the amount of food that is being put inside my body? What if I have ADD because I just stopped writing this article, opened another tab, started a new blog post, saved it and came back to this one? Are people with ADD aware that they have ADD? Can you only have ADD if you're aware of the concept of 'ADD'? What if people with ADD aren't really sick, but are just different? What if I hadn't ran out of cookies? I'd still be eating. What if I ran out of documentaries to watch? What if I have an eating disorder? Is eating too much an eating disorder? What if no one believed anything I say? Am I 'addicted to' something only if others tell me I am? The only thing that matters is what things feel like, because that's the only thing that we can be sure of. A thing isn't intrinsically a thing, it is a thing until someone calls it a thing. Pizza.