Don't mistake my actions: I did not wake up super early to write this. This is the kind of night that I just happened to stay up the whole night. You know, the kind of night when one episode of a TV show rolls right into another and you can't stop yourself. Where you look at the little clock on the right hand bottom corner of the screen and you say to yourself, "It's really that late? I don't feel tired at all. One more episode." Thank Allah for Christmas break.
In this case, the drug of choice is Californication. I love that show. It's absolute filth in the best possible way, but also fills a hole in my soul. I love Hank Moody's nicknames, sayings, vernacular, and his incredibly insightful and misguided wisdom. He embodies a man that I admire in so many ways. He sticks up for every maligned woman and would do absolutely anything for his daughter. He's unapologetic about everything and very nearly proud of it. I want to have a drink with that man. I love when an actor so falls into a role that I want to meet the character, and not the actor himself. To me, that's the sign of a truly great actor.
I also have a question about cursing. Cursing is used quite frequently in the show, as well as used by the young teenage daughter. Do babies learn that cursing is bad by our reactions to the word after we say it? If we used curse words in casual conversation around our young ones, and did not provide any inflection or reaction to the offending word whatsoever, would the young ones learn it as a bad word? Or just accept it as a natural part of speech and not use it nearly so much? Because, seriously, we only use curse words because we're not supposed to, and it feels "naughty". I mean hell, if "handbag" or "flibberdejibit" were used as curse words, we'd be saying them a lot more now.
At any rate, be safe out there kids. It's a dangerous place.
Recommended viewing experience (of course):
Californication (TV show) (not for the faint of heart)
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