Today I had one of the more depressing moments of the last couple days. As I was driving home I was listening to the radio, nothing to spectacular. Then after one song, the DJ made the following statement:
“Coming up in infotainment news we have an update on Britney Spears. Back in five minutes”
After this statement, I found my self lost in the following thought:
“I hope I am still driving home in five minutes. I’m curious to know what happened”
A month ago I could have cared less, and now I wanted to extend my commute to get the scoop. This thought was depressing to me on many different levels. First, I couldn’t believe that I had become emotionally invested in the Britney Spears story and now cared what the latest news on her was. Second, I’m upset that it didn’t occur to me that if I did miss the late-breaking Britney news, I could always check CNN or MSN and get just as good of an update.
I need to find some new things to care about.
I fear I may be a bad influence...
ReplyDeleteMy coworker told me yesterday that the economy would take a little hit if Britney Spears died. He explained that numerous people are employed by her or because of her: doctors, photographers, etc.
ReplyDeleteSo um, I guess she IS breaking news.