#13: how to hit the panic button

most of you have probably heard about the devastation in japan already, but i don't think you heard about it - in the right way. and yes, i know that critiquing anything about a natural disaster this quickly is like pulling off a scab before it’s healed. but the media's coverage of these events always leaves me in a state of helpless anxiety and i’ve always wanted to understand their need to open-palm slam the panic button with such a cemented predisposition. the media has always been a catalyst for spreading panic and over exaggerations, but i've never understood the motivation behind it. maybe the media and the government like to play footsies under the table. and the resulting alarm from their coupling is a means of exploiting the generosity of their citizens. or maybe it's because the...

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#12: how to get distracted

saw a billboard for a pub the other day. had on it a s*ut holding some appetizers ever so near to her giant overexposed bussoms. and i thought to myself, "billboards are completely useless. and i hate them". if i wanted to go to a bar with the atmosphere of a french woman's armpit - i won't need to see a billboard for it, i'll just ask the neighborhood vagrant. "oh, it's a good thing i ordered the chicken wings here.. not only do they taste like a meaty sundried tomato, but are also the worst thing i've ever put in my face.. oh, and i just got chlamydia from this seat". usually they're advertising something i don't want, can't use, or wouldn't want to use after seeing the billboard. i mean, what is the point? don't billboards cost like thousands of $/month? when's the last time you or antone...

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