She blinded me with science

I have recently been accused of knowing tons of useless, Hollywood facts, as if my brain is full of nothing else. I've been thinking about this a lot. I mean, I could talk about quantum physics with some actual knowledge basis, but who would listen?

I believe it has to do with needing to feel connected to what is going on in the world without hearing all the depressing stuff. I watched Larry King the other night about the recent air attack on Iraq. He has a great job. He essentially needs to know how to pronounce everyone's name (which I would be HORRIBLE at) and then repeatedly say "with what [last person talking] said, what do you [next person talking] think?". Sure, I was learning about the world, but does it have to be so annoying, depressing and short-sighted?

I guess my problem is that keeping up-to-date with politics and news involves so much sifting through media jargon. Happy news doesn't sell, so it's hard to find. I get depressed about losing freedoms in the name of impossible "safety". I am saddened that we as a country still can't figure out that violence will not stop violence.

So, I instead read about movies, books, music and celebrities. These are simple, frivolous things. I don't think I officially care about Jessica and Nick, TomKat, or who does what, but I feel connected anyhow.

If you want to talk about thermodynamics, bring it on. Otherwise, don't worry about what is inside my head.