Thanks to Sloganizer for these words of wisdom! This week's Project Play lesson focuses on feedback thingies, so I am begging for comments, people!In order to achieve a greater sense of community, I would like to tell a little tale. This is a story of people coming together. Not at the library, not while reading books, not even where people gather to spend money (like Starbucks, or Target). In this story, people are gathered around their TV, sharing in a cultural phenomena, in the privacy of their own homes, not unlike our online community here, where we are gathered around our computers, participating in Project Play via cyberspace. I am talking about Pushing Daisies, the fall season's hottest new prime time show.
In a nutshell, Ned, the adorable main character of the show, has the power to bring dead people back to life by touching them. Once the dead person comes back to life, they have one minute to remain alive before someone else in close proximity will die. If Ned touches the "alive again" person at any time after they have been brought back to life, they re-die. You can see the double-edged sword here! Someone is going to die either way. And if the "alive again" people want to remain alive, they need to stay as far away from Ned as possible. But the show is sweet and mysterious and Ned is using his powers for good (as far as episode one, anyway). And he bakes pies. I will definitely keep watching.
Has anyone else seen this fantastic new show? Will anyone watch it this week because I referred to it as "the fall season's hottest new show"? This may be an editorial statement, but in general, the reviews have been glowing. Click here for a quick survey.
And finally, can anyone totally relate to Ned's ability to bring life back from the dead, only to lose it all with a simple touch? Am I the only one that sees a parable for our modern society and technology here? How many times have I searched for the perfect resource online and in one click, lost it forever? Or worse yet, spend time working on a document to have the computer freeze or the web go down and lose whatever I was working on, at least up to the point that I had last saved it? One touch, and all is lost...
So on that note, I will end my entry.
Play more. Learn more. Fear less. Watch Pushing Daisies on ABC/Wednesdays/7 Central. And please comment.
