RETURN OF THE RANT!

I was watching TV today, because of course, thats what one does when one is single and has entirely too much free time. (Right?) I see Lindsey Lohan talking as the new spokesperson for Proactive. She says something to the effect of, "When I leave my house, there are parazzi everywhere, and if I have one blemish or zit.." As if that is her biggest worry. Not being an alcoholic, poor role model for teenage girls everywhere, and a laundry list of other issues. No, its a freakan zit. How stupid do you think we are Proactive? I mean this could quite possibly be the worst commercial I have ever seen. What were the people who created this thing thinking? "Lets get a girl who has completely lost her marbles to talk about how our product, because it prevents breakouts, makes her life stable." The worst thing of all, is that it is kind of true. The worst thing about people today is that they're so visually oriented, that something like a zit might actually drive them crazy. Who knows, maybe Lindsey Lohan went on her drinking binges, and gratuitous pantyless streaks,so that people would look at her sad situation, and her uncovered genitles, and not at a zit.

On a scarier, more intellectual note, I read Brave New World recently, and realized that the mentality of that future society is actually the mentality of today. Sure no one belongs to everyone, but the idea that happiness comes from conformity and childish ignorance. Soma exists, its called alcohol,and we all willingly turn to it for our fun. Those who are different are outcast. Intellectuals who do not fit the mold, or silence their voices amongst the meaningless chatter of the common people, are ostrisized. Like Bernard was accused of having alcohol accidently poured into his blood surrogate as a developing infant, I, a peaceful, kind, moral, intellectual, am labeled a creep simply because I can function on my own outside of a group. Poetry nolonger exists, rhyme has been downsized to only being employed in catchy advertising jingles.What fools we are, fools! We are not free, we are slaves to confention, conformity and commerce. When we depend on others for our own needs we become slaves. Every human has the capacity to provide for themselves naturally. We could tend a garden, raise cattle, and exist comfortably by our own means. Yet out of convineince, and habit, social suggestion, and oure ease, we rely on others, while we must in turn provide for others whom we reap no benefits from aside from earning meaningless paper. The world is not all that it could be. There is no ultimate solution that will answer all of our problems, but can't we make more of ourselves?

I know, Lindsey Lohan to "Brave New World," what a rant. Well I don't know I'm annoyed at the moment. Who knows, tomorrow I could be praising the merrits of modern society. Thats the beauty of a rant, its completely senseless and is an outlet for frustration, and pent up ideas.