the desire to look good in the absence of clothing is the best motivation to exercise that i've ever found. most people work toward a goal weight, or a marathon time. me? no. the only thing that motivates me to work out is the hope that it will, in some way, lead to an orgasm.
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here, for once, i am going to give my opinion on something that really matters, or at least i believe that it does. one of my classes raised the issue of the media's influence on its consumers, specifically our children. following the recent tragedy at virginia tech, as seems to be the case after any major, horrific event involving american youth, people willingly place blame where i am convinced it does not deserve to be: on the media. do people really believe that a reasonable explanation for this violence is the fact that our generation watches kill bill, plays grand theft auto, and sees (barely) the iraq war on the news? when someone who was exposed to violence in the media commits a murder, it's the media, or the nature of it, that is at fault? i have always had problems with this, in part because i actually find it insulting (as well as ridiculous). really, it is a matter of distinguishing plot from reality, and right from wrong. as someone whose parents hardly censored what she watched as a child, but were always there to parent, i can say that i am able to recognize that movies are simply movies, special effects and all. they're also art, which raises even more issues about censorship that i don't feel like addressing. but i feel that there is something fundamentally wrong with a society in which the media becomes a scapegoat for a person's lack of ability to separate what can happen on screen from what can happen in real life. and let's face it, isn't that really a more personal issue? one that no one seems willing to face, of family and parenting?
