The Genie’s out of the bottle, the monster is out of the cave
when I see someone wearing those glasses, I’m going to smile and wave
There are two topics I’d like to touch on tonight. First, it’s now pretty clear that New Jersey Governor Jabba the Hut Chris Christie really did order the closing of 3 lanes of traffic leading up to the George Washington bridge just to deliberately fuck up the citizens of Fort Lee because their mayor refused to endorse him. This is evidenced by several staffers e-mails saying stuff like “Ha Ha, we really fucked up the traffic in Ft. Lee, that’ll teach ’em.”
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blocking entrance to George Washington Bridge
Of course, as scandals go, it’s sort of minor league. Nobody got killed, nobody was imprisoned or tortured without a trial, no money was involved, and no underage male hookers. Why all the whoop de do? Well, despite the seeming small potatoes aspect of it, it is still people in politics using their position to deliberately fuck people up, which is wrong and should be enough to cause the loss of an office. But also, it’s something everybody can relate to. I suspect a solid majority of the people of New Jersey have driven across that bridge at some point, and a large percentage of them have been stuck in traffic while crossing. They aren’t going to take kindly to this.
The other topic I want to talk about is Google Glass. First off, I think they should be called Google Glasses and from this point forth I’m going to. A glass is something you drink from, and they aren’t that.
A friend of mine posted on facebook today that he’s quite worried about the invasion of privacy aspect. Once they’ve got facial recognition, someone wearing them will be able to look at you and, if you’ve got any kind of web presence at all, your facebook page or whatever will pop up and they’ll see your name and everything about you. Which is kind of scary, especially if there are warrants out for your arrest.
On the other hand, for someone like me, who blogs every day, spends hours on facebook, attends poetry readings, loves karaoke, and teaches for a living – in short, someone who is obviously desperate for attention and has a pathetic craving for recognition, the idea has a certain appeal to it. Not as somebody who wants to wear them, just as somebody who wants to be noticed by somebody wearing them.
I’m the kind of guy who, if he knows where there is a security camera on the metro or on the street, will stand up a little straighter while walking by, look directly at the camera and smile.
It’s not even a “fuck them” kind of smile, although it should be, considering my anti-authoritarian politics. I’m just narcissistic as hell. I really am.
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