{"id":5059,"date":"2010-03-05T18:38:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T23:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2010-03-05T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T23:39:03","slug":"sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/sometimes","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t open books at random too often, but I just did, because I’m kinda bored with Shopgirl<\/a>, and this was the book I was using as a mouse-pad for my new jerry-rigged media center:<\/p>\n

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it’s the way things happen to you in life that’s unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it’s like watching television \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you don’t feel anything.<\/p>\n

Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. The channels switch, but it’s all television. When you’re really really involved with something, you’re usually thinking about something else. When something’s happening, you’re usually thinking about something else.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)<\/a>\"\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t open books at random too often, but I just did, because I’m kinda bored with Shopgirl, and this was the book I was using as a mouse-pad for my new jerry-rigged media center: Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I always suspected that I … <\/p>\n

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