Things that happen when you're in Grad School

Your wife falls asleep on your copy of Oreintalism.

your world is wireless and full or terrible douchebags

Why are all thes cell phone commercials showing how their tech enables you to be an annoying and rude person? I like the sidekick ads where all the kids organize a shopping cart race in the supermarket. I wish someone would just stick their foot out and trip one of 'em. On the plus side, it seems like a perfect opportunity for some Laslo Letters-type thing where you start a letter writing campaign about how in times of terrorism and heightened security, it's irresponsible to show this kind of subversive action in public places.

But Whatever. I'd like to do a study on the portrayal of anti-social behavior in connectivity-themed advertising. I think maybe I'd find that these companies were privileging tech-mediated (Their tech of course) interaction over non.