Ok. I hate fake radio laughs. Can I say it again? I hate fake laughs, but fake radio laughs are just dreadful. I have been listening to interviews with Ricky Gervais a bunch today. Firstly, Google needs an audio search. You can search for images, but not audio. Or maybe you can, but I am not seeing it. So, having listened to all the Ricky Gervais podcasts 3 times already, I decided to google audio interviews with him. I have listened to two. One on NPR and one on some radio guy's podcast. I hate radio guys. Oh my. There isn't much worse than someone who's job is to be on FM radio. I thought this yesterday, too. There was a 107.3 FM truck in front of the YMCA yesterday. And I thought, wow, there is nothing more lame than FM radio. ANd how sad are you to be driving around in an FM radio van?

Ok, I am being critical here. Sorry. But I have been thinking a lot lately about how people present themselves. And how I don't have a lot of patience for things that are polished. Let me explain. It is all well and good for one to be polished and professional at work, that makes sense because you are getting paid to be professional. Like all the people on the bus this morning. So many ties and tweedy tweeds. It is funny because all the suit boys on the bus look a little like they are still kids, but dressed up. Coats hanging off and ipods a-running. I respect these guys. They dress up because they have to, but they still are themselves underneath somehow. But there is this thing that I don't respect. And that is when people make art or craft or podcasts or whatever. Anything that is independent that you are working on for your own fun, ya know? And then they muck it up by pretending they are working for a huge corporation. Like that podcaster interviewing Ricky Gervais, asking Ricky about his "process." Ugh. Fake laughing whenever Ricky made a joke. I hate radio voices and laughs. Just be human! And NPR. Ugh. I used to listen to NPR all day long, but I am so sick of their hosts not knowing anything about popular culture. The weird thing about that interview with Mr. Gervais is that people love him because he is so damn real, ya know?

I guess I am just interested in my world being authentic. Is that the right way to put it? I know this is coming from the girl with the pink hair, so maybe this is meaningless. :)