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Fifteen nanoseconds of fame
posted Tuesday, 23 November 2004
| Actually left the house today!! Since surgery I've been a hermit watching dvds, playing guitar and not doing a whole hell of a lot. Today I took the wife to Best Buy to purchase some blank DVDs. She had purchased some for me and of course she bought DVD+R instead of DVD-R. It wasn't her fault since I only said to buy me some blank DVDs. As we were leaving Best Buy we were approached by a young man asking us if we liked Seinfeld. I have a rule, whenever someone approaches me about anything I play along. Seinfeld was okay but I'm not a television watcher so I never really watched it. I told him I was a big fan and he asked if he could talk for a minute. I looked at the wife and she seemed okay with it so we got out of traffic. He said he worked for The Chronicle Telegram, the local newspaper and he was doing man on the street interviews about the new Seinfeld DVD releases. What with war going on, homelessness, genocide and horrible injustice in the world it only makes sense to talk to people about a television show like Seinfeld. The wife talked about liking the Elaine dancing episode and I talked about how Seinfeld affected culture through catch phrases, choosing taboo topics (Master of My Domain) and it's editing style influencing every television show since. I'm at my best when I'm talking through my dupa. He seemed happy that someone would waste their time talking to him and then he took out a digital camera saying he needed pictures. I haven't been working so I haven't shaved in a few days and badly in need of a haircut. As he was taking the picture I caught my reflection in the window of the store and saw a pretty scraggy looking guy. The camera didn't work and he realized the memory card was full. He struggled for a while and finally got it working. He took my picture and then the wife. I'm curious to see what he writes. If you look in the paper soon and see an unshaven chubby guy spouting meaningless drivel about Seinfeld you'll know it's me.  |
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