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During my run today I had a jumble of thoughts and I wanted to post what I can remember.
I'm wondering if anyone ever has the feeling "Whose culture is this, does anybody know?"
If you are like me and you do, where are you when you have this feeling? For me, it happens when I am at a theme park. Recently I visited the new Market Street shopping area in the Woodlands, TX (a pine forest where a community was built beginning 30 years ago, 35 miles north of Downtown Houston, Texas). Market Street is a high density shopping area - not a mall exactly because you have to walk around outside. It has faux old-looking buildings like a historic downtown might with 2 or 3 story old brick buildings. It has the trendiest restaurants with highest end shops, and a theater (which is another subject for later). There is piped-out music to the sidewalk everywhere you go. Reminded me of Seaworld in San Antonio and SixFlags/Astroworld where there is music coming out of fake rocks. I thought- what does my shopping experience gain from this ambient music? I guess the antidote to theme park music is an ipod or ipod equivalent. ha.
BTW the music where I shop 4 food is horrible, i feel ill and shudder while i shop. sometimes the music is soooo awful when i hear it i am so offended to have to listen to it - i feel angry and have violent thoughts. Antidote - cd player & headphones. I'll have to make a food shopping mix. Hmmm.
OK. What else do i find myself thinking - whose culture is this? OK. When I am at the quick jiffy lube place getting my oil changed and Mr. Bush started bombing Iraq that day, they had on Faux News on TV in the waiting area. It was so weird cause I don't watch it but people sitting there were sort of cheering! yay! The bombing starting and I was really appalled - watching bombs dropping on Baghdad. What a Horror! Who are these people who can be happy about bombing a large city with people in it?
I have looked at Fox News channel a few times trying to figure it out and i cant even figure out who those people are who would *work* there. How could working there be a positive career move for a journalist? I cant figure it out. Whose culture is this anyway?
I told you it was a jumble.
I'm wondering if anyone ever has the feeling "Whose culture is this, does anybody know?"
If you are like me and you do, where are you when you have this feeling? For me, it happens when I am at a theme park. Recently I visited the new Market Street shopping area in the Woodlands, TX (a pine forest where a community was built beginning 30 years ago, 35 miles north of Downtown Houston, Texas). Market Street is a high density shopping area - not a mall exactly because you have to walk around outside. It has faux old-looking buildings like a historic downtown might with 2 or 3 story old brick buildings. It has the trendiest restaurants with highest end shops, and a theater (which is another subject for later). There is piped-out music to the sidewalk everywhere you go. Reminded me of Seaworld in San Antonio and SixFlags/Astroworld where there is music coming out of fake rocks. I thought- what does my shopping experience gain from this ambient music? I guess the antidote to theme park music is an ipod or ipod equivalent. ha.
BTW the music where I shop 4 food is horrible, i feel ill and shudder while i shop. sometimes the music is soooo awful when i hear it i am so offended to have to listen to it - i feel angry and have violent thoughts. Antidote - cd player & headphones. I'll have to make a food shopping mix. Hmmm.
OK. What else do i find myself thinking - whose culture is this? OK. When I am at the quick jiffy lube place getting my oil changed and Mr. Bush started bombing Iraq that day, they had on Faux News on TV in the waiting area. It was so weird cause I don't watch it but people sitting there were sort of cheering! yay! The bombing starting and I was really appalled - watching bombs dropping on Baghdad. What a Horror! Who are these people who can be happy about bombing a large city with people in it?
I have looked at Fox News channel a few times trying to figure it out and i cant even figure out who those people are who would *work* there. How could working there be a positive career move for a journalist? I cant figure it out. Whose culture is this anyway?
I told you it was a jumble.
posted by marcia at 8:09 PM
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