Tuesday, January 30, 2007
non-douchebags of the world unite!
i am currently taking a class on the global impact of american mass culture. the topic of discussion today was the stratification of culture into the highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow and the persistent strain of anti-intellectualism that clings to american culture. now i have been accused of being an elitist--i am studying musicology after all and admittedly have a tendency to seek out the esoteric. if other people know about it, it's time to move on, right? but in reality, i am really just protecting myself from distractions and unwanted attentions. if i have a talent for anything at all, other than wasting time, it would be at shutting out those i have no desire to know. (the years of social awkwardness did pay off! elimination lists are helpful too). i generally try not to be too rude about it, but i definitely make it clear when i'm not interested. so i've been fielding calls from one master douche for about about half a year now. i've not answered my phone since september. to be dramatic, he is my nemesis. most people have at least one redeeming value. so far as i can tell, master douche has none. (seriously, who hates bach?!?) he has offended me in every possible way, and to put it in vaguely marxist terms, we are diametrically opposed. he will, presumably, eventually collapse under the weight of his massive ego and unsavory personality, but perhaps we need a revolution to speed up the process. i am currently enlisting volunteers.
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