"Breaching decorum"

Kanye West ripped the microphone out of Taylor Swift's hand at the VMAs to praise Beyonce's video. Serena Williams cussed out a lineswoman at the U.S. Open. Joe Wilson yelled "You lie" during Obama's speech to Congress. I feel like something's gotten into the water. I kind of like it though.

Kanye spoke his mind and defended his girl Beyonce even at the cost of appearing, well, like a rude fool. That's at least courageous. Serena Williams was just practicing serenity now and not letting her anger bottle up. I would've been mad about such a jackass call, too. Ann Killion for Sports Illustrated noncommittally tried to make some sort of plug for women's equality like because Serena's a WOMAN and got all scary and used profanity, it's okay, or breaks new ground for women? Why does it always have to be about feminism? That's not why I liked it. And Joe Wilson, well. Republican antics are always entertaining. And only helpful when they're like this.

Even worse than all these breaches in decorum which CNN reporters like to roll their eyes at (I roll my eyes at YOU, CNN, for looking down your nose at popular culture but inwardly relishing it and ruining the journalism industry with it at the same time), there's yet another murder on a college campus. A grad student was found dead inside the wall of the Yale lab she worked at. On her wedding day. How inappropriate. How Poe.

But seriously, it's really sad. What the hell? I never used to follow the news...