Escaping Reality?

Half truths are found buried in mass culture.

Having had too much time on my hands, and too few people around with the same luxury, I've been spending most of my time watching shows on my laptop. No. I'm no movie buff, more a TV addict. Either way, I haven't been doing this for awhile.

It surprised me to find how subtly the mass media portrays reality. As a wise friend once said, it has just the right amount of fantasy to help us escape, and yet the right tinge of reality to make it seem believable. I buy into this all too often, too often than I ought to.

Which also partially explains why I avoid watching dreamy chick flicks.

Nonetheless, here's one very interesting thought that came from a most unexpected place. Kudos to anyone who actually recognises it.

sometimes we don't do the things we don't want to do,
so that others won't know that we want to do them

How profound.
Couldn't have thought about it or articulated it better myself.

ps: no. i won't be talking about the british elections. my mind draws a blank. its all too intellectual for me. besides, the sg elections are simply summed up in 3 letters. PAP. (what were you thinking?)