you are some body!

Isn't it amazing/terrible/weird how words don't really mean anything? All the time spent writing/texting/messaging/editing/mailing and for what? Anyone who has studied a little critical theory knows about Saussure, Derrida, and the slippage of the signifier. Of course I know about this, but I guess until recently I haven't really wanted to pay attention to it, and truly accept it as a part of real life. That is probably because I am being paid to write everyday, and to write something "meaningful" and "significant" to a certain academic community. Basically I have to buy my own hype in order to get through this project. But the truth is that maybe a handful of people will ever see my work, and I know that its influence isn't going to extend very far. In fact, this crappy blog will probably get more play.

This rant was inspired by the catch phrase that titles this post. I heard it on TV or something, some commerical. It is a ridiculous affirmation, the kind that actually means less, the more it is bandied about by the disembodied voices of TV announcers. It was desperate to convince me that as "somebody" I was entitled to the products for sale or whatever. It was trying to tell me I was special, but as I started thinking about it, I realized that being "some body" was probably the most unspecial thing I could be. That this word actually meant the dead opposite of what it was being used to say.
This happens all the time -- even I do it sometimes! It just leaves me thinking how strange/sad it is that, in this world where communicating has become so easy, words have become basically worthless. A metaphor of currency inflation comes to mind here, and it seems that the only "solution" in sight at the moment is to print up a bunch more bills.

So then, I will see you here again tomorrow, right??