3 Random Facts About Me

Today I am going to share some little known facts about me. Lucky you. Heh.

1. I watch both South Park and Family Guy fairly regularly. I won't claim this is because of anything beyond a love of toilet humor and stupid things. But they do make me laugh. Also, I have a knack for missing the point of South Park's politics, since I usually come out of the episodes reading a very pro-liberal message despite the fact that I'm pretty sure the intended message is supposed to be more conservative or libertarian. It's nifty to see how my own political biases/blinders influence my perception.

(I also had the same sort of phenomenon happen while reading Fables. It's very peculiar, but kind of fun to realize that you may well be getting exactly the OPPOSITE message than what the writer intends. Heh.)

2. As a kid, I never really liked the cartoon Daria. This was rare, as the show was very popular when I was about 13 or so. Granted, it was very funny and also well-written. However, at the time it was on, I'd just switched middle schools in the middle of the year, and I was a sulky little runt with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses. And the kids in my new school were apparently far more inclined to watch MTV than the kids at my old school. It got annoying real fast.

It wasn't until high school (where I was much more comfortable anyway) that I finally got around to watching the show that I realized that it wasn't really much of an insult. Still, I've never quite been able to shake the lingering resentment enough to really enjoy the cartoon.

3. Because my right eye kind of flaked out a few years back, I'm not actually able to use 3d glasses or viewfinders (those kid toys that look like binoculars, that show pictures when you flip the lever). The last 3d movie I tried to watch was Superman Returns. Things just looked red.

I don't think I'm missing much, but it was odd to realize that it didn't work anymore.

:-)