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Old 11-22-2008, 07:09 PM   #67 (permalink)
smooth
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I have no real feelings on the video. I know I should have some, because I am inundated with messages about it, but nonetheless I have no strong reaction.

I do have a certain sense of amazement, which tends to follow me in a lot of social interactions far more mundane than this one.
I'm amazed at Palin's apparent non-chalant reaction to what seems to me to be an obvious distraction to just speaking normally in front of a camera. I'm amazed at the chicken grinder's grin. I have no idea what he is grinning at: is he ignoring the turkey he is butchering, is he enjoying it? Is he enjoying the camera presence? Is he staring at Palin's ass, is he imagining grinding Palin's ass instead of the turkey? Is his face frozen like that from a child because alaska is so fucking cold or he made faces at his sister like my mom used to warn me about?

It struck me as about as weird as the time a news reporter stopped a bicyclist after the Florida(?) hurricane aftermath. He asked if the biker was checking up on people. And the biker said, yeah, actually he was riding to his buddy's house. and the reporter asked if he was able to use the phones. but no, the biker was not. was he concerned about his friend's safey...not really, since he already knew he was fine and now they were planning on having some beers. hmm, strange, but aren't we both standing in the middle of a major catastrophe? well, the biker wasn't getting the message and decided to roll on. meanwhile, elderly couples were walking along the beach in the background within the camera's view.

just little things that make me think in my head, "that was a weird social interaction"
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