join me, won't you, in weeping for our country's future
I was shelving books at the store earlier today when somewhere between fiction and mysteries, I stumbled upon a pride of college-age girls. They appeared disoriented and unfamiliar with their surroundings. I was keen to this feeling because it's similar to the one I get when my third grader pulls out his math homework and I see it's geometry (geometry?!).
If I'd sniffed the air, I'd have been struck by the heady perfume of, well, perfume. However, I was first struck by sadness.
"Oh my God, you guys, apparently they'll make a book out any TV show!" one of the girls exclaimed.
Her words, of course, rang true. The bookstore is ripe with titles based on or inspired by television programs, but I was curious which of these books might have caught the young woman's attention. When I glanced over, I saw her hoisting up a large, leatherbound edition of Gray's Anatomy.
Gray's Anatomy, a lovely scientific tome filled with names and parts, but alas, none of those names include 'Meredith' or 'McDreamy,' or them doing things with their parts in medical supply closets.
We're in good hands, world. We're in good hands...which is appropriate, since that part of the anatomy is outlined in amazing detail in the book the young woman was holding in hers.
(and now I'm off to watch the last two weeks of Grey's Anatomy that have been hanging around my DRV!)
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posted by for a different kind of girl @ 6:37 PM
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The other day I was walking behind these two young girls (12, maybe 13ish, tops?) for a few blocks and listening to their (very loud) conversation, which centered solely on how chubby their lithe, 94 lb bodies were, their stomachs in particular. And I busted out laughing when one of them said "and I look, like TWO MONTHS PREGNANT OMG."
*snicker*
Oh dear. Although that makes me feel a lot better about how oblivious I was to what was going on in the world when I was that age (of course, the fact that this hasn't changed much takes away from it a bit...)
Perfect timing! I just caught up on the past couple of MONTHS of Grey's on hulu while Chris was away for the past week. I really did mean to let it go...but it was too tempting to check back in. I think the show has more going for it than people appreciate. The real looking "hot girl" - the high value placed on friendships - the very taboo question of "what would you pick, your boyfriend or your career?" I think it was supposed to be ER meets rom-com meets Days of Our Lives...so no one really cares about any serious or interesting issues the writers want to explore. Either way - it looks like I'm ensnared once again. But I'll be damned if I let that stupid show Private Practice recapture me [on the ground groping for a makeshift weapon, "help - somebody help me!"]
To Hell in a hand basket. I was willing to accept that I was just getting older, but realized that wasn't it. Look at politics. Look at the economy. Look at the lack of respect and knowledge. And all the rules the government is placing on us. The music of rape and such. Parents letting their kids run wild. Bullying. I mean, come on! Pants on the ground? You really think it's sexy that it looks like you are wearing a diaper that needs to be changed? I am not oblivious. I would get a tattoo, I would love a mohawk dyed purple, pierced nose. I get these things. But I am scared to death what the future will be like for my grandkids.
I'm sorry, but that's just hilarious. . .
And I sincerely hope that I'm dead before that generation is in charge of anything. . .
I have a time-worn copy of Gray's...I adore it...and I plan to use it to teach advance anatomy to the Evil Genius - he's keen on anatomy, and we;re working on basic bones and muscles right now.
Meanwhile...I despair for the future...I'm thinking my healthcare plan will have to be "Don't Get Sick".
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
Did you tell them to get off your lawn?!
Oh my....
And the people of this country wonder why we are so far behind the rest of the major nations...
I'm with Craig. Shoot me now.
Can't wait for when 'The Merck Manual' premieres!
This post frightens me more than it should.
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FADKOG, you just made my morning as I went through my google reader. Thank you.
We are so screwed.
I am laughing manically! How frightening!
This is too funny. You didn't dare to burst her bubble by showing her that the book preceded the television show by, oh, 140 years? Well, and the whole Gray/Grey dealie?
But I gotta admit, the whole book/TV/movie connection IS just a scam to suck every last cent out of our wallets.
The world's going to end soon anyway, so don't worry about it.
Why not have a little fun before we all die?
My new book, "Sherlock Holmes and the Flying Zombie Death Monkeys" is out today on Amazon.
It's enjoyed by people with great asses.
Oh no, say it isn't so!
This made me laugh and made me sad. I had a friend complain about how all the good books are being made into really bad movies and I was all"well as long as people are going to the really bad movies, it's never going to stop, so live with it."
Ha! This is hilarious. And scary.
Maybe she was trying to be funny? Please, dear god, let it be she was trying to be funny.
Frighteningly funny, good god... as Logical Libby said, PLEASE let it be that!
(Although, I doubt it, sadly)
And just top that off, Snooki has a NY Times best seller.
Which dead author is turning over in their grave?
I'm sure just a few years ago, we were saying the same thing about Barney Miller and WKRP in Cincinnati. Didn't they make those into books too?
Um. Eek!
Yikes! They may have been college age, but it doesn't appear they were college material, at least int the IQ dept.
I didn't know the Purple Dinosaur's last name was 'Miller'. . .
Oh, Jesus.
Scary. I wonder at how so many people are truly so ignorant of what I consider obvious facts of life...
Sweet, frightening tragi-comedy, that is.
I think a group of college girls is a murder. Or a barrel.
This makes me want to cry.
Bwa ha ha! I know I should be more frightened by this but if it had been me standing there I would have HAD to correct them, for the sake of education, with maybe some eye rollings and "Dude!" thrown in. Then I would have laughed.
Lisa - Ha! I'm pretty sure when I was two months pregnant, I looked six months pregnant. Hell, I'm pretty sure that right now, I like 93 months pregnant!
Kate - I subscribe to the 'fake it 'til they figure you out' school of life, so that helps me get past everything I'm oblivious about!
middle child - I'm a little bit terrified of what it will be like for my grandchildren one day, too, but I tell you this, if they don't have flying cars by that time, then I give up now! :)
Craig - Some of these kids would have you believe they're in charge now.
Kyddryn - I subscribe to your healthncare idea, too, which beats prescribing to it because, clearly, to get a prescription from the likes of these would be dangerous!
1blueshi1 - Not until after I shook my cane at them. Damn whippersnappers!
msprimadonna67 - Indeed!
Savage - We're a nation that desires the quick fix, and that certainly doesn't help in the long run.
Cheryl - I couldn't do such a thing! Neither could those girls, either, if it came to that. They probably only have finger guns!
Cocotte - I hear it's far more scintillating than "Psychoanalytic Therapy Principles and Application"!
SciFi Dad - That's the beauty of what parenthood does to us!
Cat - You're quite welcome!
Always Home - Big time...and other entendres I dare not use!
Pat - I laughed, too, but not until after shaking my head in sadness!
bikinfool - I figured this was a cause so lost not even a huge reward could bring it home!
Chris Wood - I'm not one to know the greatness or lack thereof of my ass, as I dare not look back there often, but I imagine I would be among those who would like your book!
Meg - Here's where I could make a slight coughing sound and mutter "Twilight" while doing so, but I digress... :)
Anna - You have to laugh...or else you end up rolled into the fetal position and rocking in the corner!
Libby - Alas, her serious expression drove home her 'not being funny' point. Alas, alas, alas.
Sailor - So very undoubtedly.
Vapid Blonde - Each and every damn one of them, for sure. At this rate, we should all be best selling authors!
FTN - Were you even born yet when Barney Miller was on?!
WhisperingWriter - Exactly!
Under the Influence - If nothing else, it's a case for shorter college breaks!
Craig - I think it's actually 'Dinosaur'.
kdiddy - Word!
Tracey - It's been my experience, if only JUST at the store, that it's a pretty large segment of society!
Homemaker Man - It's certainly not a school.
angelasw - You have to laugh first, but long and hard enough to make you cry. That way, it really doesn't seem so scary!
weirdgirl - Heh...my eyes rolled so hard it's a wonder I didn't get vertigo and pass out!
*le sigh*
I'm afraid for my future if these are the kind of kids that are going to be running the world soon.
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