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cool site db. last year was supposedly spectacular, but not here in SW PA. i was just starting to get into astro photography, and i only saw a few (lousy ones, at that). i was all ready, camera loaded with some super fast film, bought a brand spankin’ new nice long shutter release trigger and a sweet tripod and all i got all night was frozen ass cheeks and a couple nice shots of the sunrise. this year, thanks to this damn house arrest shit, i won’t even get that……
gracias, allison. the countdown has been going on for awhile now. and i just realized i’m going to miss the rhett miller show tuesday night. double suck.
this guy cracks me up. i suppose some people might find it a little offensive, or in bad taste, not me.
oops, forgot to give it a new topic.
<small>[ 11-15-2002, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: wireland ]</small>
bob, sorry i didn’t get back to you yesterday, got home from work and ate a few xanax, and well, just lost track of uh…..things. hope the paper went well. sorry again.
bob, i think yer missing the boat a little bit. anomie and alienation are not interchangeable terms. i’ll try to think of a good way to explain it while at work, gotta run.
alright bob, here goes. modern industrial societies, by nature tend to separate people not only physically, but emotionally as well. although modern technological advances may seem to bring folks closer together (i.e the web, cell phones, blah, blah) i think they actually are dehumanizing us in a way, by encouraging a culture of less and less human to human direct interaction (i.e those vile types who order their groceries etc. via the web, instead of going to the local farmers market and chatting with and smiling at the actual PEOPLE who produced the food they buy). durkheim believed anomie was impossible in traditional societies because of the egalitarian nature of them and the daily contact with the other members of said society. this contact leads (basically by repetition) to affirmation and strengthening of a particular cultures belief systems……which modern industrial societies like ours are completely lacking (that is, a cohevisive ideology of good/bad, etc.) this lack of a cohesive set of beliefs/myths/cosmologies, etc, or "normlessness" as i have heard it referred to, is basically anomie in a nut shell. so why the hell would this make people want to watch survivor? it may vicariously fulfill certain folks longing to get back to "simpler times", when ‘the way things are/have to be’ are much more clearly defined. the egalitarian nature of the tribes or whatever they’re called has a certain romantic appeal to alot of folks. subversive or anti social behavior by a member of a tribe is clearly looked at as detrimental to the social health of the whole tribe. i’m getting really tired of typing, and i need a shower really bad, if any of this makes any sense to you, just respond to it and i’ll try to elaborate a little more. if you think i’m just a rambling idiot……..well, i’ve been called worse, and it won’t hurt my feelings if you think i’m a crackpot.
bob, i had to choke down a good bit of emile durkheim as an anthro. undergrad, and i have a pretty firm grip on his concept of anomie (and can see how it would present itself in a modern cultural/industrial flux like we are experiencing right now). but i’m not sure i really understand how your prof. wants you to relate it to reality tv. could you clarify the assignment a little more? specifically, i could see how a state of anomie could lead audiences to watch ‘survivor’, but i’ve never seen any of the other shows you mention. if you can just focus on ‘survivor’ and anomie, i may be able to help you out a little.
i was just drunk and high and asking to be pulled over. didn’t hit anything (luckily). i’d love to say there won’t be a next time, but i don’t like to make statements like that that i’m not sure i can back up. i’m really bummed i’m gonna miss the rhett miller show here in da burgh, but being at home beats being in the big house by a long shot.
oh man……………….the hail mary comes up a half yard short! stillers blow a 17 point lead and end up with a TIE……….a TIE!!! shouldn’t be ties in football, let em duke it out till we got a winner. ugh.
