So infatuation. I saw something on the web recently which got me thinking. Perhaps this is a better word:
crush
2 informal a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable or inappropriate: she did have a crush on Dr Russell.
Except in this case, the idea was not limited to people. It was everything. You can have a crush on a book, a cd, a song, a tv show or a film, etc., etc. The listing goes on. It did get me to thinking that I do that a lot. I see a movie, hear a song (or album) or read a book (or comic) and it has that certain something which makes me fall for it. At the moment, Bjork’s Greatest Hits has been in my cd player pretty much constantly for over a week and track two Hyperballad has been played more than anything else. In a weeks time however, something else will have taken its place.
It’s just something, crushes come and go (well some stay and will always stay) but it is a good word to apply to passing fancies I guess. I get a new cd and I love it and I overplay it, I crush on it. I get a new Bendis book (shit I think that is actually out now) and I read it and love it: I crush on it. It is a thought I think I shall hold on to.
And yes of course there are girls too, but ya know thats just a whole other story.
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Now Corporations Claim The “Right To Lie”
This is um…interesting. It would appear that Nike are due in the US Supreme Court this month to argue that as a company they are entitled to free speech including the right to decieve.
The very concept is out there and I certainly hope to see some sense coming out of America on this one…it would be a nice change.