Three obvious revelations

I spend the last night in the cozy flat of my good friend "oh-I-really-love-Microsoft-but-they-still-haven't-came-up-with-anything-as-good-as-the-iPhone-so-that's-why-I-use-an-Apple-product"-Viktor. That made me realize a few things:

Revelation no. 1: Watching TV can be fun

Alright, this headline might sound bloody obvious, but let me explain. Those of you who know me somehow well must have noticed my - what should I say - ignorance of television. I don't like to watch it, and I almost never do - except the news in the morning, for a short period during my second college year. In fact, I don't even have a TV in my apartment anymore. And I'm good with it! This morning however, I zapped a bit between Discovery Channel, National Geographic (both in HD!) and VH1 and got kinda stuck... I really felt like I wanted to watch more and more, and couldn't help myself checking those three channels (which just happened to match my expectations of what I wanted to see and hear that morning). It got worse: I couldn't get away and do what I really wanted to do (and that was to eat breakfast - those of you who know me at least a little know how important that is to me). So here's the strange conclusion, which might be obvious to pretty much anybody except me (till this morning): watching TV can be fun! But hey, I noticed something else: it's really easy to get stuck, not realizing the time going by and end up with nothing done! Have you noticed that?

Revelation no. 2: Music videos may have an impact on the song's popularity

As I watched VH1, they played a lot of familiar songs, among them Amy Winehouse's "I'm no good for you" and Coldplay's "Viva la vida", both of which are on records I recently enjoyed. The funny thing was that the music video kind of exaggerated my reception of the music - it seemed even better than what I expected it to be. Yeah.. sure, I know that people since 1639 say "seeing is believing"...

What I realized through my own experience led me to an thought-provoking conclusion: music videos may have an impact on a song's popularity. That might explain why it is so important for artists to get air-time on MTV, Viva or VH1, but also why popular music aired on those channels gains so much popularity! Now, this is of course just one of many other reasons, among which social impact of the music video's air-time might be crucial (that is when you - or your subconsciousness - go like: "hey, since it's aired on the TV, many others must think it's good, and if other's like it, I might as well give it a go and listen to it"). So that might be the solution to the mystery of popular music. Or... perhaps I'm just over-analyzing it a little...? ;-)

N.B. Even now, I can hear "Viva La Vida" playing at a party somewhere nearby. Guess they watched VH1 this morning too...

Revelation no. 3: Sofas can be comfortable

Yes, they can. 

Well that was it, three damn obvious facts, for your reading pleasure. Something you never thought about. But I did. And I wrote it down. And that's the difference between me and you! Peace out ;-)