being all serious on the internet

It begins with a quote. "I've noticed that when people are joking, they're usually dead serious, when they're dead serious, I laugh." Jim Morrison

I've noticed that surfing the web under a bout of insomnia really gets my blood bubblin.' Visiting people's websites where they promote their work or cause is cool, but last night I surfed into someone's seemingly professional website and had a WTF moment. Really, WTF was it? A bio conveyed in riddles, cryptic symbols that link to other rambling self promotion, random images gone uncredited, pictures of them hanging out, and even general life advice! What was this person trying to sell? That they have fun. That they know how to party. That they are serious about being alive? Haha.

A few years back, I had a philosophy teacher who printed his web address on the syllabus. Being whatever he was being, his webpage was precisely one page with a photograph of him floating on his 33 ft. sailboat. Professor Ess taught us that he loves New Orleans, food, culture, Battlestar Gallactica, a certain flavored vodka black Russian, and especially red wine. WTF? Are you trying to date us, man? I like New Orleans, food, some culture, Mad Men, white wine and dogs. I guess it won't work out. This man was serious.

Unlike Pablo Picasso, Jim Morrison was an asshole.