I hate to admit it but I’ve been watching a lot of Smallville lately. Watched it some back when it came out cause I had nothing to do in high school and because it had a flimsy nerdy pretext. I’ve started watching it now because I downloaded 4 seasons of it when 8 expressed interest and it seems like a waste not to watch them while I have the chance. They take up like 30 gigs.
Anyway, for those of you who don’t know, the bulk of the show is about this ridiculous love triangle between Superman, Lana, and Chloe, so rather than write a post riddled with the flawed physics of the show, I thought I’d weigh in on that subject. I have to say, if I was in Superman’s shoes I’d go after Chloe. I mean, they’re both excellent fictional characters, and I’d like both if I could have them, but I think being Superman I’d somehow be adverse to polygamy.
The choice is kinda odd. If I were asked, before I met 8, what traits I look for in a woman and then the inquisitive persisted long enough to get past all my joking brush offs and then waited around to get past the time it takes for me to consider such a thing I’d say things like, long dark hair and tan skin. Now days I’d just say 8 over and over until whoever left me alone. Anyway, Lana has long dark hair and tan skin. Chloe is all white and short haired. She’s the better pick though, even just physically. I wonder why my ideas about specific qualities about what I find attractive don’t match actual females I find attractive. One would think that either one would form a composite of attractive females and extract details about that composite to list as attractive, or one would pick traits and then find people attractive based on how many of those traits they exhibit. Apparently I don’t work that way.
Beyond physical superiority there are a myriad of other reasons why Chloe beats Lana. Well, maybe not myriad, but some. I’m mean, these are at best 2 dimensional characters I’m talking about here. Anyway, she’s actually funny sometimes for one, and she’s far less often irrationally angry at Superman. She doesn’t ride horses. Ok… I guess there is only 1 reason, cause that middle one is probably not true, and then that horses thing. 😛 The majority of the acting skill goes to Chloe actress as well though.
See how late it is? And nobody even came to visit me. Anyway, the lesson is that if you try hard enough even poorly written WB sitcoms can make you think enough to inspire blogging. Either that or the lesson is blogging requires no thought. I choose former!
Edit: The over arching message is that 8 should come up here and keep me from watching too much TV.