five thousand shades of blue
Tuesday, April 03, 2001
Between the infection, the cough, the drainage, and the eye irritation, I feel like a walking human disaster this week. So what happens? Yesterday morning the phone rings and
KMTR wants to come down here to the cafe to interview users regarding the
Am I Hot or Not? website. Now, the first thing that jumps to mind is "FREE TELEVISION PUBLICITY FOR THE CAFE". I recommend that they come down in the afternoon because that's when computer usage picks up, but they tell me it's for the news that evening and they have to come down sooner than that. OK, fine. We agree on about noonish.
Of course, there are no computer users when they show up, camera in tow... and guess who gets to be interviewed? That's right, moi. I get to be on TV looking like death warmed over.
I barely remember what I said, I'm sure I was not very kind. It's a very shallow concept, rating someone based solely on looks, and I'm not comfortable making judgements on looks alone. I've met "hot" people who are assholes, and "not" people who turn out to be the kindest friends in the world. I am sure I did comment that it appeals to that evil little shallow person in all of us, the one that sits at a cafe table and snerks at "that girl's hair" or "that guy's gut". The anonymity of that kind of shallow moment is sometimes too hard to pass up.
They did ask me if I'd ever submit
my picture to this site. No way. I couldn't stand the thought of someone giving me a 2. Hey, I know I'm not particularly photogenic. I don't kid myself otherwise. :)
is
this just not enough…?
