[apartment six, berkeley]

all alone. chris and kathy have gone galavanting.
I went to barnes and noble today to relax. I found so many books that i wanted to read. Kalle Lasn's "Culture Jam," in particular, looked really interesting. It's about the role that the media plays in molding and perpetuating the American culture/addiction of consumerism. I'd like to read that after finals come around.

As i leafed through the first few pages and skimmed the back cover, i thought about my penchant for purchase and how these tendencies were encouraged and in fact brought on by societal trends (ooh, a double entendre).

I can totally see how reading this book will make me stop spending (at the least) and will most probably make me hate my consumerist self. I'm not my fucking khakis. I was a diehard supporter of this very statement after watching fight club. *ahem* "was" is the keyword here. Little by little, and especially after i gained a bit of buying power because of Todai, i turned away from this simple rule to live by and became the very person ed norton sought to destroy. It'll be nice to get away from the superficialities of clothes, electronic toys and shoes. well, i might hang onto the shoes ...