Quite A Juxtaposition

I was sitting in class today, getting psychologically prepared to ravage yet another comm test, and I saw a guy walk into the classroom with an "I voted" sticker on his hat. Good for him. He sat down just one row away from me. On the other side, there was a girl filling her friend in on whatever had happened on the last episode of "Laguna Beach." What amazed me was the ravenous way in which the girl ate up every new, juicy bit of information concerning these stupid kids and their scripted lives.

I was just sort of struck with the stark contrast of interests represented by the guy sitting to my left, absentmindedly thumbing through his notes, and the girl on my right, who cares more about the faux-reality programming about some kids she's never met in real life than her own circumstances. Sad, really. I mean, sure, it's sad when people care too much about tv shows and don't seem to care enough about "real life," but it's REALLY sad when the show in question is dumber than a sack of wrenches.