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Because of the lack of a standard work schedule, I don't really internally mark the difference between a weekday and a weekend, or between one week and another - but it's still been a fairly difficult week. Castillo and Sterling's shootings spark the same justifiable outrage in others and in myself, and after that there's the calvalcade of posts to social media which, for me, only serves to exhaust. This time it's going to be different, says everyone. If you're not talking about this... well, there are the posts talking about taking care of yourself, and there are the posts suggesting that if you're not talking about it you're letting people down. There are the well intentioned posts about how to be a good ally to the black community, and less well intentioned posts. Then there's the news about everyone else who's been shot by cops - this year, last year, in recent memory, and who haven't been reported widely yet. And then, there are the police who've been shot in protests, news about protests...
There's a bizarre sense of both urgency and an asynchronous reporting, as if all of this comes all at once, all the time - creating a sort of timeless, endless chamber of dead faces, still shots in videos I refuse to watch literally stained red with blood - where I know that with the ease of a button push I can see someone (now dead) die in what was real time.
Welcome to the real life cyberpunk dystopia. I won't say future - it's been here some time, now.
Pokemon Go is out, and I hear it's fun. I also hear that people are causing all kinds of weird accidents where a giant, memetic francise has finally tied itself in with its biggest digital partner so far - real life. We were all walking around looking at cell phones (me too, they're useful and I like them), and now we still are, but we're red, blue, or yellow team. Well, not me. I want to see the appeal, but I've never been big on Pokemon. Want to do me a favor and release one for Persona, anyone? Get that blocky city map from Persona 1 back... pick up herbal suppliments at Lush boutique or buy gear at, like, your local Pay Less. Really finally synergize your branding potential. Buy Accessories (not accessories) in the form of bejeweled keychains at Hot Topic and gain stat bonuses for your summoned demons - it's only a matter of time.
I'm pretty tired today and need the day off for yard work, house work, and personal writing.
There's a bizarre sense of both urgency and an asynchronous reporting, as if all of this comes all at once, all the time - creating a sort of timeless, endless chamber of dead faces, still shots in videos I refuse to watch literally stained red with blood - where I know that with the ease of a button push I can see someone (now dead) die in what was real time.
Welcome to the real life cyberpunk dystopia. I won't say future - it's been here some time, now.
Pokemon Go is out, and I hear it's fun. I also hear that people are causing all kinds of weird accidents where a giant, memetic francise has finally tied itself in with its biggest digital partner so far - real life. We were all walking around looking at cell phones (me too, they're useful and I like them), and now we still are, but we're red, blue, or yellow team. Well, not me. I want to see the appeal, but I've never been big on Pokemon. Want to do me a favor and release one for Persona, anyone? Get that blocky city map from Persona 1 back... pick up herbal suppliments at Lush boutique or buy gear at, like, your local Pay Less. Really finally synergize your branding potential. Buy Accessories (not accessories) in the form of bejeweled keychains at Hot Topic and gain stat bonuses for your summoned demons - it's only a matter of time.
I'm pretty tired today and need the day off for yard work, house work, and personal writing.
