What is rot?

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Bane, there is a memory, got me started watching RedEye on FOX. I dither between absolutist prude and free-for-all libertine, a condition brought about by excesses and guilt while growing up and learning in a world that was pretty wide open to me. At one time, and to an extent even now, I know forbidden fruit is simple to pluck and luscious to consume, if there is a price and often many costs. How does one hold one's own nature at bay? The Church of course, and the bible, and the Triune to be sure. But one can't live in the Church, always be reading the bible, or think solely on God. The thing is, is RedEye rot, an observable manifestation of reality seeing both good and bad, or what?

I have considered this. Not just about the show. S. King's books, Shakespeare's plays, and even Tolkien's books have been examined as false or true, good or bad, rot or not. And more, what about manners? Are those societal impositions or a calming factor which lead to civil discourse and social continuity. Are manners a means of separating rich from poor through artificial means or a means of attempting to raise all to the table? No wonder I have no time to wash my bum, I'm thinking, pondering, debating, fighting over so many seemingly insignificant issues that finding time to pull my head out of the ether of "depth" while juggling things in life that I drop the egg to make a save by grabbing the bowling ball, losing potential for food, life, and renewal for some heavy mass of... what? And to what ends?

Still, I have come to a conclusion regarding RedEye. That it took me since several years before Bane's retirement to now to find it is simply a matter of how fast some things take. Usually, regardless of what some try to say, believe, or schedule, it takes as long as it takes. (Bane will never die... not quite... not so long as someone dreads or remembers in love, and then maybe not.) I have decided that RedEye, while flirting with rot, is actually rather good. It takes a human, non-preaching, approach to today's problems and does so with gusto and a grin. Something I need to take notes from, occasionally. It isn't so much that the show has a "good heart" or "good intentions" so much as the focus of the show is on highly variable voices and opinions without the usual political correctness, one side being dominant, or even a clarified position. People simply state their take and state it plainly. Right, wrong, indifferent, irreverent, but straight. So rare these days. The chuckles only help. We don't have a perfect world. We can't have one. Why not have shows which deal with that and the world as it is, honestly and humorously?

I am still a bit burned out. A few pain pills, some salad (finally got some and will probably eat it before it goes bad, but more because I don't have to cook it than anything), and some watching, thinking, and writing, and I might still get some things done. For whatever reason, I sense pressure or pain or something lifting, making me think I might be able to get back to some things on my lists. Maybe yet tonight. I can't sleep, so why not... if I can... just... break... free... Just a little more.

Later or good night.