Blog of R'kik D'nec

As my brother and I were walking through Tops tonight, I became deeply sickened. What set it off was a pack of Care-Free gum that promised to "whiten teeth". Why on earth do we need a gum that whitens teeth? Not only that, but what's with "lightly salted" Lay's with half the sodium? There's nothing wrong with the salt content of regular potato chips! I mean come on, it's obvious that chips are bad for you, why even try to delude yourself into thinking you're being healthy because you're only eating half the salt? You know what else there's nothing wrong with? Sugar! It's pure, it's natural, and it's delicious. Who needs Splenda, Sweet'n'Low, Equal, or "sugar twin"? There are so many products out there that just disgust me. It seems that recently companies have been coming out with more and more new products and telling us that we need them. Regular gum isn't enough... you need the stuff that whitens teeth! You need chips with less sodium, beer with fewer calories, and bread that's low-carb! That isn't progress! Is it just me, or are we moving backwards? If it's not broke, don't fix it. Don't brainwash us into thinking we need the newest and the best product just so you can boost your bottom line. My philosophy is that if you're going to have something, have the real thing. Eat the original Ben and Jerry's, drink the good beer, use real sugar! Don't bother with this new crap that everybody seems to be putting out. Tell the greedy corporate giants to take their new and "improved" products and shove them! Because, seriously, it's getting ridiculous. OK, rant over... for now.

So yeah, by the way, I finally figured out what the title L. G. Fuad stands for last night, thanks to Tony. I thought it was the strangest song title (on the new Motion City Soundtrack album, Commit This To Memory, which by the way is awesome and I've been playing constantly for the past two months), and I finally realized that it corresponds to the opening line of the song. "Let's get fucked up and die. (I am speaking figuratively, of course)". Go out and listen to the album if you haven't already. It's good.

Current Mood: Conflicted
Currently listening to: Commit This To Memory by Motion City Soundtrack and Healthy in Paranoid Times by Our Lady Peace
Last movie I saw: The Big Lebowski (again, still)
One line review: Hilarious, a comedy classic, easily stands up to repeated viewings.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 0.5 sucks