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[threeplusfire]

We are all over committed in such strange ways, she said. I haven't heard anything more true about this state of being lately.

The apartment is sorely in need of cleaning. But when I start thinking about it, I have that Frodo moment. "I can't do this, Sam." What I need is a new cd to sing along with and a pleasant enough day with no other obligations. Instead, I'll sign up for my health insurance and mess with inconsequential things. Such as debate the wisdom of eating Chinese food.

It has come to the point where I no longer feel guilty for leaving journalism. The things I wanted to do would never be done in this world. The age of newsprint empires and stories that could change an entire world with the truth has passed. We are left with the dubious comfort and smothering presence of info-tainment. It's not real, and they know it.

Even just spending one night over at the apartment has obviously changed my level of stress.

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[delchi.livejournal.com]

Did yo know that they sell frozen takeout chineese food in the grocery stors out here ? Right next to frozen mini-pizzas and such, in the little cardboard containers.

Sadly it's better than the actual chineese places here, and it makes the stuff from the next-to-the-bodega places in NYC seem four star.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's random. The frozen food aisle is neat.

I'm trying to decide if I feel up to eating a real meal, as I haven't had one since all this madness started.

Thanks for the message, btw.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

It is. While modern journalism had roots in the muckraking and sensationalism of the early 20th century, it has not learned any valuable lessons. The desire to go all out on a story doesn't mean we want to talk to Geraldo about the possibility of him getting to shoot Osama bin Laden. It means we should be asking questions of those in power and finding out just why these things are happening to our world.

It really does make me sad.

[genders.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved to say you look much less stressed.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Greatest icon ever, really.

[genders.livejournal.com]

Didn't I get this idea from you? No, it was neitherday. Heh.