First Rant of 2010

I have this great idea for a television show....

Let's take this massive cast--I don't know, around 50 or so--and fly them across an ocean to some coastal location.  Then, out of nowhere, something happens.  Maybe it's a flock of birds, maybe mechanical error, maybe snakes, maybe zombies, but the plane goes down.  It's a full plane, but miraculously, and without the aid of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, those 50 (more or less) survive.  Sounds exciting so far!  Could be the coolest reality show EVER.

But wait, this is not some new reality show.  The show will drag on but the cast will slowly dwindle to a small core of characters.  Over time there will be flashbacks, future scenes, and alternate realities.  Still interested?

It gets better.  Each episode will leave you asking lots of questions with the ultimate goal of keeping viewers coming back for answers.  Now here's where it gets tricky.  While the show will answer one or two of your many questions, it will also leave you with about a half a dozen more questions.

So now I'll ask you...does this sound like something you might be interested in?

The show I so eloquently described is "Lost," which premiered for its sixth and final season last night on ABC.  DISCLAIMER: [Editor's note:  that's legal-speak for "here comes a lame excuse to explain some condition of ignorance"] I have not seen a single episode of the show and my knowledge is based on TV promos, tweets, and Facebook statuses.

Why do people watch this?  I get that everyone has different tastes but why do people OBSESS over this show?  Yesterday, about 15 "friends" changed their status to something lost related (including one who posted a countdown every hour), plus a handful of tweets.  Today, more posts and tweets, most of whom were confused.  [Editor's note: my law school training gave me the deductive skills to understand "What just happened" to mean confusion.] 

C'mon people!  This is only a television show.  Television is supposed to be simple.  It's an activity for entertainment purposes.  It's not supposed to make you think, wonder, suppose, question, or any other feeling/emotion other than relaxation.  Okay, I watch Jeopardy sometimes  because I do like to think while watching TV every so often.  Television's role is to entertain, like a sporting event, or numb the brain, a la Jersey Shore.   It's an escape! 

It you want frustration and confusion, allow me to introduce you to a new medium of entertainment.  It's called reality.  It also comes in a generic form, life.

7 Months of Catching Up - Part One

After our carolling session last post, a lot of you have been asking me to elaborate on the list. As a man of my word (sometimes), I will. [Editor's Note: sometimes refers to being good on my word, I am ALL man ALL the time. Even on weekends.]

Today we will tackle items 11 and 12, both referring to Twitter. At some point roughly three months ago, yours truly joined Twitter. This was not an easy decision nor one that I am proud of, rather a necessary evil. But why is Twitter so bad?

There are two sides to this argument: those who feel the feel the need to tweet (took me 11 weeks to nail the lingo) every little thing that happens to them at six-minute increments (another reason I hate billable hours) and those who don't tweet and look down on those who do. I used to be in that latter group looking down on everyone who was so self-absorbed and thought their life was so important that they needed to narrate their life in 140 character posts.

I was probably just another hater because if you've read this blog you would know that I probably would not be able to keep to the 140 character limit--yet I'm very succinct with my texting (translation: I don't sound like a 12 year old girl or 40 year old perv, l8r LOL!).

Finally I just sucked it up and created an account. I figured with all the tools out their who are less important than yours truly, how can I not start tweeting? Okay, the real reason I joined was to gain support and use it as a tool to hype up my business. Then the strangest thing happened: I actually got hooked on it and discovered Twitter for all its power and glory. I started getting all the breaking news from my areas of interest and I started dropping knowledge on all my followers (there's a shout out to the 40 of y'all) and the world.

So I stand here today to announce that I, DotCW, tweet and I'm proud. Fine, proud might be over the top but something between proud and embarrassed works. It wasn't easy and I'm still learning, but I'm getting there. I think the "11 weeks learning Twitter" will probably run longer. You can reach me there @sorryimnottellingcuziwannakeepthisanonymous.