I
have an unhealthy obsession with the show, Law and Order.
I was
turned onto the show awhile back. See, I have a long sordid history of
cop shows...New York Undercover, NYPD Blue...but then as soon as I had
Law and Order recomended to me, I was hooked. I loved the cop end, but
even more was the court room aspect. And what I loved even more is how
they always win.
Over
time, I got to know the characters. I started making sure I was up by noon
so I could see it. I took a liking to Mc Coy. He's just great: incisive,
passionate, strategic...I found myself getting sucked into it.
But
then I started worrying. I mean what would happen when I found a new job,
and was at work when the show was on? Would I need to set up the vcr every
morning to tape it, so I wouldn't miss it?
As
time went on I grew more obsessed. I realized it was on three times a day
on A & E: noon, six pm and ten pm. So I never had to miss it, even
if I slept in or had a job interview.
Then
came new years. New Years day I was mighty hung over. They were running
a Law and Order marathon.
Watching
Law and Order marathons are kind of like watching Twin Peaks marathons.
Once you start, all you want is more of the same.
After
the marathon I had bizarre dreams, wacky and surreal and fragmented. I
started to suspect I had somehow let my brain be re-programmed.
Then
today I clinched it. I was bored and was taking silly online quizzes. I
took one which categorized your mode of morality. It analysed how you processed
right and wrong. Mine basically represented a certain respect for authority
and structure (I don't agree with that, or atleast not as blindly as the
ten question quiz interpreted it, but that's an essay for another day.)
but you know what the official name for my morality type was? Law and Order.
Heh,
coincidence? I think not...
January
essays
pontifications