Catching The Corpses Breathing

I’ve managed to pack a fair amount of boxes in the last few days. Mostly books, a few trinkets… books are easier – they’re mostly some form of rectangle, so they can fit in any type of box.
When I finish for the day, I like to just watch stuff, settle down a bit for the evening. Lately I’ve been catching up on a bit of CSI. I don’t really like horror, or even actiony/thriller type things, but I love a bit of forensics 🙂
The only thing is, I’m watching the earliest seasons. One of the fun things is catching the supposed corpses breathing, or showing other signs of life. Some are quite obviously breathing, and I’ve caught a few eye twitches. I can only suppose that later seasons will refine the non-breathing technique!

When you think about it, all TV shows are artificial. They’re all actors acting – making us believe that what we see is what is there. We get so caught up in the story that it’s a bit jarring to see a corpse breathe. It snaps us out of the narrative, and can make the scene seem absurd.

Life’s a bit like that.
We’re wandering (galloping?) along, thinking what we see is real, and then the corpse breathes, and we’re looking from outside at absurdity.
Where we are now (as in moving again) has been a bit of a snap back to reality, where our plans can sometimes veer off at the last minute.
Good thing there’s still breathing!

Still, I can appreciate a bit of absurdity. The boys have shown me a few AI song mashups, and YouTube has given me a few to watch…
I’m not sure if you’ve ever wanted to hear Johnny Cash “sing” Barbie Girl?
Here it is anyway…

I listened to that one, and YouTube seemed to think I would also enjoy this –

They were right.

Well, I’m off to check out some forensics. It’ll probably be more comprehensible than the clips above.

There are random boxes everywhere at the moment, but my clay sculpture (John) continues to look cool and ready for anything 🙂