Somehow I've always beleived that if you pay attention, you won't end up like people on TV. Television breaks down every stage of life into stimuli and responses. When people do things that are universally unacceptable on television, it boggles me. Don't you watch?

Last Thanksgiving: My uncle turns to my older brother and his girlfriend and asks, appropo to nothing, "So Jay, when are you gonna make an honest woman out of Julie?" (ok, that was the only example I can think of.)

My parents are visiting me in Deleware right now and we keep getting into situations that annoy me, mostly because I find them avoidable. They find it necessary to comment on my lane-changes and stopping times and I feel like there are more interesting things to talk about.