Early on in my blogging I saw that the daily newspaper strip -'Ripley's Believe It or Not' had copied two things I had posted about and included them in their one panel comic. I know it wasn't the case that they 'copied' from me personally, but I liked to think that they found the story on my blog and it was deemed worthy for their purposes.
There I go again, assuming I am the center of the universe. Well according to bit torrent sites like Demonoid I am because within hours of me thinking about a particular film or learning about an old movie or TV show I might want to see, that torrent appears...POOF...for me to use.
Happened again today when I was reading the new Entertainment Weekly. They highlighted this quote from 'Better Off Ted' like I did a few weeks ago. Of course that means that someone else found the same quote memorable and watched the same show. Big deal right?
But you can ALSO think of is this way. I have the pop cultural sensibilities to work at, and eventually run, the entire magazine. More of that sick kind of validation I soak up the way a sponge soaks up blood.
Don't worry. I will never leave the 'Cave of Cool' as long as you keep reading. I will just whore out my talents to the 'man' also.
