You Had A Great Idea...

Maybe I’m weird.

I can’t stand tabbed Internet browsing, and became so cross with Firefox for not letting me open a new window with a simple Apple-Click, like Safari, that I have vowed to never use it again (in other vow-related news, my embargo on Taco Bell is still going strong). Just thinking about those smug little tabs makes me want to shoot my computer, Elvis-style, but people seem to like tabs on their browsers. And I like to use AppleWorks instead of MSWord, but I can’t figure out why in the hell Helvetica comes up as the default font. Is there an uglier font in existence? Is there a more useless font, in terms of academic acceptability? Even Courier gets a green light from APA! But someone obviously likes it, as it has been the default font in ClarisWorks, and now AppleWorks, for at least 11 years.

These are the thoughts that plague me.

Another plague-ish bit of consternation came to me today from MTV. Fucking MTV. Imagine at this point that I have made the ceremonial and obligatory mid to late twentysomething rant against MTV for ditching music in favor of shit like "Yo Mamma" and "My Super Sweet Sixteen," and I’ll get on with my point. MTV launched a music site this week (ah, sweet irony) to compete with iTunes. Okay. Did any of these geniuses stop to consider the fact that MTV programs (Jackass, Beavis & Butthead, Punk’d, etceteras) are available for sale on iTunes? Now, while I have an MBA, I wasn’t at the top of my class, so maybe I’m not seeing the big picture here. What it looks like to me is that MTV has decided to start selling a product that they stopped promoting about 15 years ago (music) while allowing the industry GIANT they’re competing against (iTunes) to keep selling the product MTV has been all about producing and promoting for the last 15 years (shitty television programs). Uh-huh. Well, all due respect to MTV and their corporate masters, but I hope Steve Jobs stomps their monkey-asses down. Honestly, MTV might have just become too stupid to survive.

But if they put episodes of The State on their dumbass music site, I’d probably sign up.

[Edit: due to my recent rageless angst, I have created a new shirt honoring the angry butterflies that set up shop in my stomach last week. Also available in pink. Enjoy!]