I have recently finally
torn open the infuriating packaging from my Californication boxset
and feasted my eyes on the delights therein contained. When I got
bored of that, I actually watched one of the shiny discs, and found
it much more interesting.
If follows Hank (David Duchovny), a
writer who is trying to fuck his way out of writers block, while
trying to reconcile with his muse and the mother of his child. It is
so funny that I regret not seeing it sooner. I am now on the 2nd
season and it continues to be riveting.
What particularly impressed
me was that his daughter read the Satanic Bible in school and it is
referenced a bit. Whether she grows out of it or not I do not know
yet but I loved to see the friction it caused with a hypocrite at the
dinner table.
I’ve read the Satanic Bible myself, it is a good read
with some interesting ideas and philosophies and it makes the
hysterical reaction of people who have never read it, but condemn it
look so funny. I might add that I have also read books on Buddhism,
Zen, Hinduism, Christianity, Quakerism etc, and find them all
interesting in their own way.
A conclusion I have come to however, is
that religion isn’t for me. That doesn't mean I don't believe in
something but I sure as hell am not going to be giving away any power
I have over my own life, to someone else and their idea of what is
really behind it all, if anything. The least you can do is follow
your own delusion, not someone elses.
Well, I didn't see that
going the way it did, it was just going to be a quick few sentences
about Californication. And they say TV dumbs things down! Speaking of
which, I must do a post on Breaking Bad at some point, one of the
best shows I have ever seen...
