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\"Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time\" - System of a Down
Henry Rollins' spoken word was phenomenal, as usual. One particularly valid point he hit on was Wal-Mart. I know, I know... easy target. But the way he did it was ingenious. He suggested that we coerce Morgan Spurlock, of Supersize Me fame, to live in a Wal-Mart for a year. He could make a domicile or tent out of materials found in the store, eat what they carry, watch what they carry, read what they carry, etc. He imagined the first four weeks would be gravy.
"Hi, everyone. I'm Morgan and it's been, uh, I guess about four weeks now; it's hard to tell with all this artificial light. Anyway, this is the night crew: Todd, Gabriel, Jeff, David, and Darrell. We've been hanging out a lot, talking and really getting to know one another and these are just real, honest, salt-of-the-earth people. I tell you, it's really great to meet people like this." Got that image? Cool. Flash forward to six months later. Morgan is thirty pounds overweight, staggering down one of the brutal neon aisles of consumerist shit at three o'clock in the morning stabbing a copy of The National Enquirer with his index finger repeatedly screaming in a hoarse rasp: "It's all here! It's all here! The real reason Jen and Brad split. It was nothing about wanting kids or different lives. No, it was because Jen had been abducted three times in the past. I know it! Brad was communicating to me when he blinked at me as I watched Oceans Twelve the other night for the sixteenth time. It's all here!"
Anyway, I thought it was funny and disturbingly accurate.
Do yourself a favor and acquaint yourself with Henry Rollins' body of work. You'll be pleased that you did.
4:49 p.m. - 2005-11-26
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