Americans are hams. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? The country's motto should be "look at me, look at me!" It's too easy to dismiss such behavior as exhibitionism or acting out. Today large swaths of the populace feel nonexistent without an audience. This [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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myspace has lost it’s relevency
i love youtube. where else can you watch videos of dan hicks young and old, or k.d. lang being interviewed by canadian television? it’s for video clips what the internet was for information. type the name of what you want to see in the search field and if someone who had it lying around has uploaded it, you get to see it. you have to have a high speed internet to make it any fun, i guess. thankfully, that is one thing i have spent money on this year.
want to see what the halls of your old high school look like today? look it up.
want to see the palestinian/gaza lifestyle (if you can call it that) up close?
want to see Pete Townsend the first time he sang Bell Boy?
want to watch two solid minutes of a dog barking?
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