So my wife and I were discussing the most recent Joan of Arcadia episode. Specifically, we were discussing the fact that the mother of one of the main characters is an alcoholic. I complained about the characterization, because I’ve learned from doing Qi Gong healing that many people with some sort of chemical dependency have some sort of health problem from an Eastern perspective. This would include Tobacco, Chocolate, Prozac, Ritalin, etc.
Said health problem forces them to self-medicate. If you hit a low spot every afternoon at 2:00 PM, so you have some chocolate, you’re self medicating.
So I’ve become much more tolerant of people with those kind of problems.
Of course, we still get people into the clinic who have health problems because they like to go out drinking every Friday, but most of the people we see in clinic are just people trying to get by. Since we see the chemical dependency as a symptom, we mostly ignore it, and at some point the patient volunteers on their own that they’ve given up whatever it was.
However, it still bothers me that I’ve become a nicer, more tolerant person. If this keeps up, I’ll have to change the name of the blog…
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Speaking of Joan of Arcadia, did you watch last week’s episode in which Joan’s boyfriend tried to cheer Jane up about not going to Yale by taking a pot shot at President Bush? That irritated me beyond belief. Just another case of Hollywood using its high rated shows to trash President Bush.
I got into a debate about this with my girlfriend, who is a big fan of the show and watches it every week with her family. I only watch it when I go to visit her or she is here visiting me on a Friday night. The few times I have watched it, it seems like a good show with a good premise, although the character of Joan annoys me as she seems so selfish and self-absorbed that getting through an entire show without yelling at the TV at her is a task. Anyway, my girlfriend finally convinced me that this was just something that has always happened that TV shows make fun of the sitting President and that it was only a one time thing. I am still skeptical, but I agreed I would not boycott the show unless I saw more evidence of Bush-bashing from the characters.
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December 1, 2004 11:03 PM
Posted on December 1, 2004 23:03
Sure, Joan is selfish and self-absorbed, because she’s a teenage girl. That’s part of the charm of the show in some ways. Mostly God just tells her to pull her head out of her ass and pay attention.
I remember the bush bashing too though. It was a little more blatant then typical, but on the other hand, there were a lot of Clinton jokes…
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December 1, 2004 11:28 PM
Posted on December 1, 2004 23:28