Different

Actually heard one former teacher call into the Brian Lehrer show and say that anyone who looked “different” (which she heavily implied meant gender nonconforming) distracts the other kids and causes discipline problems.

So pretty much, you can’t win.

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So, I FINALLY started watching Breaking Bad, and, yes, Jesse, Jesse, Jesse!

I’ve been listening to these “making of” podcasts, which, are, of course, 100% spoilers, but who knows when I’ll next have a chance to watch the show for real.

The podcasts are actually kind of disturbing, in the way the writers and producers lump all the meth users (besides Jesse) into this brain-damaged zombie category.  Also, I guess it hadn’t really occurred to me that the meth cooking in and of itself is supposed to be one of the evil things that Walt does.  I thought it was mostly about the lying and killing, and the unquenchable prideful anger.  But whatever.

Also, Aaron Paul is some kind of crazy method actor.  He is actually smoking sugar (which explains why his pipe looks like crap despite him smoking super pure shit).  And to keep the TV-14 rating, they can’t show him inhaling; just exhaling.  Also driving a 1983 RV down the highway at 60mph, and giving himself a concussion in one of the fight scenes.  Not to mention researching shooting heroin on Youtube to get it just right, because in real life he is super squeaky clean.