When I say "Gap," it's not JUST a play on TS Garp from the Irving novel, it's alto mocking Gap the retail store.
We live in a "modern" society not quite envisioned by many futurists.
We were supposed to have peace, unity, and utopia.
We have chaos, craziness, and capitalism (I'm not bashing capitalism here, I'm just saying it's not what some writers had in mind).
It's a nutty commercial society. Television advertising takes up more time each year, sporting events have long lines of corporate sponsors waiting to tie in their participation with their PR (Johnson's Cottage Cheese: The OFFICIAL Curd-Based Dairy Product of the 2004 Olympic Games), and one can't walk to class without being assaulted by some kind of media.
Sometimes this is good. Sometimes this is bad, but it's always ever-present.
The World According to Gap is meant to comment upon all facets of the "modern" world I come into contact, be it the book I'm reading one week or the wacky people dancing on the television trying to convince me to buy their pants.
I apologize I was only able to work in two jokes into the title. I'll work harder on that in the future.
Apologies also go out to anyone who happens to tune into my website when I'm making changes. One minute the letters are black, then they're blue, then green. Script appears and disappears out of nowhere (though now there is a Comments Page at the bottom of the screen). All that shifting can put a person on their guard without reason.
Not that a little paranoia ever hurt anyone.
Just remember to draw the line before you find yourself wearing a aluminum foil hat.
Earth metals don't stop the alien mind scanners anyway... Goodnight folks!
