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Well folks, the short lived
interconnected relationship between cosmicsparky and facebook is now
a thing of the past. For the second time, that horrid website has
been fled for the sake of this writers mental well-being and there is
no intention of returning. You may be wondering what makes that site
such a personal target and there are several factors. First is the
main reason anyone joins it to begin with. We all want to stay closer
to our friends and family, and yes such sites can make that possible,
yet more often than not instead of feeling connected and surrounded
by your people, you get reminders of how isolated and forgotten
everyone is. A factor that is only multiplied when each individual is
reduced to basic blurbs and interests as stand ins for their true
personality. Really the only time you receive a benefit from using
the site is when you baby sit it, and then you're missing out on
actual life. Yet that hardly stacks up to the worst element of
facebook. It attempts to make day to day existence into a cheap
competition. Sure you may feel like sharing thoughts and feelings
with your social circle, but not unlike a lame party you have to
fight your way through the crowd, and hope someone notices. Whether
people realize it or not, this alters the way they express themselves
in order to get noticed in a dirty flood of random thoughts. It's
especially sad as you watch someone write a post out of longing for
companionship or understanding that would have been better served by
something as simple as a phone call. In the end; the biennial or
forgettable items win out over anything resembling true emotion which
is treated as an inconvenience standing in the way of cat pictures.
As an experience it is cruel and heartless, made all the more so by
it serving as a lame stand in for proper companionship.
So fuck facebook. Ones outlook on life
can be infinitely better without it clogging up the works. From now
on it's only fully fledged self expression through the use of actual
human interaction, and this place where ideas needing more than a
single small paragraph can be fully expressed. If I ever feel the
longing for something like a social networking site again, just
remind me to send out a mass text. It's much more likely to yield
comforting results.
Phew! So that's the updated status on
the website for now. believe it or not there could be a full sized
post about the bothersome nature of FB. But you fine people didn't
show up to hear about how bad things can be. Nay! You wanna have some
fun, so let's do just that.
Trailer park Boys season 4
Picking up were we left off. The end
of season three put a slight twist on the formula as Julian, Mr.
Lahey, and Randy were shipped off to prison leaving Ricky in charge
of Sunnyvale. A friend mentioned that this was their favorite season,
and seeing as they're an enormous fan I approached it hoping for some
top notch stuff. No disappointments here as it contains what are
possibly the two greatest episodes of the entire series. First up is
“Conky.” This is the sampler platter of storytelling right here.
Every key element of the show is on display in a tale about using a
twisted old ventriloquist dummy to make Bubbles get a tooth pulled.
Usually shows just earn some grins from this viewer but this one
actually made me laugh. The following episode, “if you love
something, set it free.” Doesn't let up either. In this tale,
Bubbles rehabilitates a mountain lion that's hooked on dope. Both eps
are just outstanding fun. Very little, if anything negative to say
about this season. From a solid story arc to the garbage liquor known
as swish, and even the legendary “samsquamch,” this a great,
great season of boob tubage.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Oreos.
Oh yeah. These are real, and they are
spectacular! Let it be known that no one, and I mean no one could
ever sue Oreos for false advertising. If you were to take a Reese’s
and place it in the center of two standard Oreo cookies it would
taste exactly the same. They aced every detail. Right down to the
almost captain crunch like resistance to milk. You may actually feel
some guilt about the cruel drownings that these bastards endure as
you hold them under the white surf in an effort to make them even
slightly moist. It's candy wrapped in baked goods. If you have any
inclination towards that sort of thing (and who the hell doesn't?)
then grab a pack and just make a fat pig of yourself. No judgment
here.
Trailer Park Boys season 5
Back to the show. There was a little
worry jumping in to round five as this is usually the point where
most shows start to get a little stale and lifeless. True to form
this one does make a few stumbles but it holds up pretty well. The
general storyline for this year is a bit more depressing with all the
boys down on their luck living around the burned out husk of a
trailer while they try to sell off a hash driveway piece by piece. A
key misstep is the extra focus placed on Ricky's dad Ray who up to
this point had always been a small time support character. He's
played by one of the shows writers/producers and the guy's a good
enough actor but Ray just isn't all that funny or interesting to
watch. On the other hand, Julian is much improved this season as he
trains Cory and Trevor like dogs and threatens mall cops at gunpoint
for Bubbles. A major win has to go to season five for having the best
finale so far. They successfully wrapped all the threads from
previous episodes into a shoot out that featured most everyone
banding together in defense of their shitty little trailer park.
That's what makes this show work as well as it does. After everyone
drives each other crazy, somebody usually bites the bullet for the
greater good. It's a surprisingly positive outlook to come out of a
show about low rent criminals. Like that picture up top, ya can't
help but wonder how something like Game of Thrones would go if
everyone climbed out of their ass, had a drink, and hugged it out.
Maybe they'd realize nobody wants to sit on a pokey chair.
Strange to think that there's only two
short seasons (and a handful of movies/specials) before getting up
to speed on this beast. Easy to see why my friend laments the long
wait for new content as this has become some true comfort viewing
over the past month. Once it's wrapped up there's gonna be a gap for
something to provide that same kind of feeling. Any suggestions to
fill that gap folks? Maybe something with hot girls? Those are
painfully absent in the Summer TV diet. Or how about talking animals
that solve crimes? Perhaps we can combine both items. Like She Spies
meets Wishbone. The furies will eat it up.
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