I just did something I normally don't do. I watched the news. I usually don't do it because somehow it always spoils my day. It's the same with the morning newspaper. Sure it's educating and all that shit, but reading about the wars, killings and religious stupidities going on all over the globe at breakfast isn't my idea of a good morning. I like to read a book and at the moment I'm halfway through the last of the Dune novels, Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's Sandworms of Dune. I imagine there will be a big hole to fill after I'm done with that epic tale.
Anyway, watching the news did just what I expected it would: annoy me and spoil an otherwise lovely evening with my girlfriend. The first two stories were about middle aged men buying sex from minors and the third was about a stupid idea that probably is necessary in this day and age. "Culture on prescription" is a new thing that Swedish politicians want to try to increase public health. Supposedly, getting a prescription for a visit at the theatre or the cinema is what sick people need. You would think that people should understand themselves that some quiet time reading a book or otherwise indulge in cultural activities is something that works positively on the human mind, because it has done so since we climbed down from the trees.
People of the western civilization are way too stressed and I can't understand why it has to be like that. I, for one, will never live such a stressful life that I cannot (as Offspring puts it) sit back in my favourite easy chair and put my feet up. I refuse.
Well watching the news didn't really spoil my evening. Nothing can do that when I'm in the same room as my dearly beloved. Or... wait, maybe. Her zapping over to MTV might actually do the trick. I have to stop this shit now before it kills both our minds. Hugging time!
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