the walking dead

christy on recent "oprah after the show" is introduced by oprah as a woman who smokes two packs of cigarettes "every. single. day." the woman starts to explain why she smokes, why she wants to quit etc, and before she can finish oprah starts in...

"i'm looking at you and i see myself, fifteen years ago and the real truth is that you've gone- unconscious. you are completely absent in your life, that's what i see..."

christy says she also eats too much and watches a lot of soap operas and volunteers a lot. dr. robin and oprah theorize on why and how and what and who christy is for awhile while christy begins to cry and tries to take it all in and then says:

"my deepest desire for doing this show is to accelerate humanity...i want to leave this earth knowing i did it, i did it. i fulfilled. my. humanity. (applause) and that is my desire, that is my deepest purest desire for people who watch this show is to get that. the same as i am striving for that. for you to understand that this for me is not just about a show... it's about you receiving a moment of clarity about what's going on with you. and im telling you this..YOU ARE THE WALKING DEAD."

the walking dead.

so i was sort of moved by this, in that i smoke and watch a lot of tv and i often do feel like i am removed from "humanity." i finished watching the show feeling like i should maybe be more in touch with the world and less with my addictions. i started watching another "oprah" and she began the show by DOING A SHOT OF TEQUILA with Matthew McConaughey.

whatever oprah. way to "accelerate humanity." rip christy a new asshole for smoking a few too many menthols while watching "all my children" and then turn around and do a shot of tequila.