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[annundriel]

Monday was Senior Trip. It was a lot of fun. We met at the high school at 6:30 am, which wasn't too bad, and stopped at North Bend for breakfast and some shopping at the outlet mall. The outlet mall would have been (slightly) better if it was actually open. We got there around 9 and it didn't open until 10. So we wandered, waiting for the shoe shops to open and when they did half of the girls went around looking for decent, cheap shoes. Most of us wore flip-flops/sandals, which was not good because theme parks usually require closed-toed shoes. So, yeah. We all found shoes and continued on our way.

The first real stop for our trip was Enchanted Village and Wild Waves between Seattle and Tacoma. That was fun, even if I didn't ride anything or swim. Yes, I am lame. Thanks for asking. I had a great time people watching though. OMG-osh there are some funny people. And some people very comfortable in wearing small swimsuits with no other clothing all over a public place. It was even a cool day! In the Pacific Northwest! I was wearing capris and I was freezing! But they do think that 80 degrees is hot over there on the coast. That is not hot. That is warm-ish.

So, we were supposed to stay at the park until 5:30 pm but it turned out the park closes at 4. New plan! The next step to the trip was a cruise (3 hour tour!!) around Puget Sound so we just went down to the piers and wandered for an hour. I felt so important! I took Amanda, Lindsey, and Melissa around Pike Place Market. I did pretty well, too. Which is good considering I'll be living in Seattle by the end of September. Money was spent by me. I couldn't help it. The boat ride was fun! We had dinner and then a hypnotist and DJ. It was soooo funny. Not sure how hypnotized some people were. There was one person I was pretty sure was completely under, but the others . . . Well. I think the problem this year was that the hypnotist picked too many "unbelievers" to begin with. Anyhoo. It was great. Ride home was crap though. People with long legs should not be made to ride for long periods of time on school buses. It's cruel and unusual punishment. My legs are too long!!

Since Monday I haven't done much. Mostly recuperating (My feet are dead.) and helping Grandma in the yard. Let's see . . . Rented and watched Two Weeks Notice, Frida, and The Animatrix. All of them were good in their own way. Sometime you need a romantic comedy that doesn't require lots of thought. Sometimes you need something that's visually interesting and new. Sometimes you need stuff that makes you go "ooh". Would love to own The Animatrix.

Aaaaaaand the Buffy Season 4 DVD is out. Aaaaaaand the next Harry Potter book is out in 8 days.

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Humans need Drama

[dragonsxist.livejournal.com]

I gree with you. People do need trauma. I was thinking about all this, and I remembered what my original question was that sparked all this: "Why do people need such drama intheir lives?"

Its how people live. What do friends talk about? The casualties occured in their day. What is gossip? The drama being passed around that occurs in other people' lives. I mean, if you really think about it, ts all true. Why do people love soap operas so much, becase the drama on it. They love to watch other people going through difficulties. I once watched an E! True Hollywood episode on "Saved By the Bell" and the producer was saying that the audience loved it when they pulled Zack and Kelly apart and put them back together, and pulled them apart and put them bak together.

I don't have a problem with this as I know that nothing will ever change it, and the fact of the matter is that it does not bother me, I just find myself fascinated by it, because, we, as a species are so complicated: we have to be brought up right.... .

I know that the very seems that hold together our society, our very beings, is drama.

Re: Humans need Drama

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

You know, I never really thought about gossip and everyday talk, but you are right. Gossip is nothing more than spreading the juicy, generally, bad information you accumulate about a person. Friends may ask you, "How was your day?" A perfectly nice question by itself. But you may answer it with all of the things that went wrong or didn't happen.

I think soap operas allow their viewers to live vicariously through them. In a way they sort of allow the viewer to revel in being bad/naughty/evil/manipulative/etc. without actually being that. Like a mother who is afraid to act on-stage and so watches as their child does it. I believe people are generally interested in seeing the seedier side of life without experiencing it.

Which actually brings up something else I've thought about. The United States, despite being a relatively open-minded country, is one of the most prudish. There are topics and values that society tends to frown open if they are brought into the open whereas in other countries these topics are an everyday issue that is addressed all of the time. So, I guess this sort of goes back to the drama issue and back to bad news. American society likes to watch the bad stuff on TV and then sit back in their recliners and think, "Thank God I'm American" without doing much.

I completely agreed. Humans are so complicated. We think one thing and do another. One word, one look can have so many meanings to it.