GQ, buddy. GQ.

So this is where we are, this is how far we've come.

To write honestly is better then to write well.

I am rereading Blue Like Jazz (recommended) - this coupled with an early-morning romp through this month's issue of GQ garned a slight disdain for most everybody's (and mine) attitude. Everybody likes Johnny Depp. He IS cool - not that he possessed the attribute, but he actually defines it. Depp does whatever he wants, wears what he wants, lives where he wants, and says what he wants. He always has a cigarette, he used to be addicted to drugs and be in a rock band, he owns an island and plays pirates in movies. We like him because he doesn't care what you or I think about him. He is like noone else and as a result we all want to be like him.

Why does 99% of the population have so much fear of being their own person? Why are we so dominated by GroupThink? Maybe because identifying oneself by the group offers so many 'outs.' You can't really be held responsible for anything if you're only a small part of such a large organization. After all, if you can't singlehandedly change the direction of the body you can't be accountable for its shortcomings - just wave a blind finger in the direction of: the group. It's enough to make you hate marketing and huge corporations and shady governments.

Today during our pre-work banter in the cafeteria, someone said to me that Disney has become greedy and cheap. Without thinking, I replied, "They always do." Was that a socialist thing to say?