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I'm not living.....
2002-12-16 ::: 7:45 p.m.
I was looking through the new Adbusters and one of the little clips caught my eye. It read, "I forgot how to think." Then, on the next page, "I forgot how to feel." Then finally, "I forgot how to love," on the final page. That sent my mind in motion (as do many things in Adbusters). It all reminded me of myself, how it seems that what I am supposed to think, feel, and act is force fed to me by popular culture and big businesses. The television tells me daily how I should look, what I should watch, who I should associate with, what I should eat..... and it's stolen my identity. It's stolen my ability to do things on my own, to think for myself.I noticed within the last month that it has become increaingly hard for me over the last few months to actually sit down and read or write something. My mind has suddenly begun to work in 5 minute bursts where if I'm still doing something after that five minute interval, it becomes suddenly boring. I REALLY don't like that. Our generation has adopted the mentality of "give it to me now, or it's just not worth it" and it is destroying us. We are driven by our impulses, and if we are not gratified immediately, watch out, there is going to be HELL to pay. And that just sickens me. I find that my mind is usually occupied doing things either on the computer or in front of the television. It's all about being entertained. I don't gain anything, really, from playing video games on my computer or on my handheld gaming system..... the television has nothing to offer that a newspaper, magazine, or book can't provide WITH BETTER INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. I'm frightened by what I see in myself and the rest of my generation. It's no wonder our nation is gradually becoming fatter and lazier.... why work when we can get whatever we want when we want it? There is nothing more detrimental than a society based on immediate gratification. - ...I'm just killing time.
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