on tv you can find a good documentary here, and funny show there (King of Queens amd Reno911! are my favorites), but it's mostly crap. skewed portrayals of society that contribute to stereotypes and misperceptions are rampant, so i try to keep my tv-watching to a minimum. during the school year it's pretty easy since i'm so consumed with work. but summer brings a lot of free time and i watch a litte more than usual. some of the shows (especially the reality shows), are so...i can't even think of a word to describe how dumb they are. There was "The Singing Bee" in which the contestant had to correctly sing the lyrics to songs to win money. And then there was "Don't Forget the Lyrics" in which contestants...had to do THE SAME EXACT THING. the creativity behind these shows is groundbreaking. They were hosted by Joey Fatone (who just wont accept that his 15 minutes of fame has been over for years) and Wayne Brady (i wont even start with him). and i really thought it couldn't get any worse after that. then came "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" [sigh]. now, the other day i saw a commercial for a new show called "Hole in the Wall". the contestant is placed on a board moving towards a wall with a hole in it. they have to bend their body so that they'll make it through the hole, or else they'll fall into a pool of water. and i don't even have cable, this is basic network television. it's sad but sometimes i cant help but laugh.
i've always preferred books. My favorite author for the past few years has been Edward P. Jones. He wrote
Lost in the City, an award-winning collection of short stories. In 2004 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel
The Known World.
This book was like no other I had ever read before, and reminded me of how powerful literature can be.
Right now I'm reading
All Aunt Hagar's Children, which is his second collection of short stories and it's breathtaking, just as i expected it would be.
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