Suspended Disbelief

a coworker emailed this pic to me with a caption that read "misbehavin children" and a note about disciplining your children. another woman she copied wrote us all back and said she found the image disturbing and not funny.

i replied and said i couldn't help but notice the car was over a bit too far to the right (parked on the shoulder?) and the background was way too unblurred for 99 miled per hour, whatever speed film they were using.

having been a video/film student, i find it harder to suspend my disbelief. it is what all movie makers count on the audience to do. however, once you've been behind the scenes, you can't ever go back. it's like losing your faith in santa claus or the pope or someone.

i was walking along the embarcadero today and this flatbed with car, lights and camera on it was driving up and down with a police motorcade and i realized i was behind the scenes again and made a mental note to watch for driving sequences where the car seems too high off the ground. blah blah blah

what's my point? well, i am about as gullible as they come and made a connection today with a person like me's ability to suspend their disbelief about their fellow man. and i do. all the time.

it makes me disarming for most and a sucker for some.

but anyone who has been backstage at some pretty rancid humanity knows better.

if i'm a liar, everyone becomes a tale teller. if i cheat and scheme, i'm always sniffing out the snake. if i've been hurt or betrayed, i'll never trust again. this is no new revelation. it's the well-known reason why crooks make good cops.

but to the pure all things are pure. is naive so wrong?

hey, this kid might really be screaming bloody murder travelling at speeds that ... would make his knuckles much whiter, don't you think?

what do i see? a kid having a ball. i can't help it.

this post sucks!!!! time for a snack ....

read these instead:

jesus' blog

jamie's blog

big bonky's blog