Digital Alterity

I was pondering a conversation with Allyson this morning and realized a fundamental truth about how different the conversation patterns in our marriage are when compared to that of either of our parents. More often than not, our parents talk about things they saw on TV. This is where their culture lies, and it’s why my mom tends to talk about the same current events that Allyson’s mom talks about. They rely on a relatively small set of sources for their talking points. Allyson and I tend to draw talking points from the Internet, and while we have a subset of common sources (the BBC’s Premiership football RSS feed, Fark, etc.), we also have a diverse set of sites and sources that we either find via web searches or that we follow individually. This leads to an incredibly diverse set of conversation topics in our home. In the past several days, I can easily recall talking about:

1. Michael Owen’s move to Newcastle United.
2. Men who don’t find their wives desirable after being in the delivery room for childbirth.
3. Recipes we found that might be tasty.
4. Folks upset about the “gay quote” on Starbucks cups.
5. Why our cat suffers from “petting aggression”.

This could possibly chalked up to us being interesting people with a diverse set of interests, but I’m positive that the Internet as culture factors into it strongly as well.

The Boring Weight Chart

Not much activity this week. I think that the trend line has finally balanced itself out, and I’m probably going to start exercising again this week. I might try exercising at night when I get off of work just so that I can have my mornings to myself. Now that I don’t live in an apartment building that used to (?) have bedbugs, I’m not nearly as worried about picking up a few mosquito bites. I might also just start riding the exercise bike inside. Something must be done, however, because exercising makes me feel and sleep better.

-0.39 kg/week with an average daily calorie shortfall of 507 kcal. I’m losing weight even without exercise. Mission accomplished.

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