I don't think reality shows really express the reality.

- comment on the article "How Addiction Turned Me Into a High-Flying Hooker on Jezebel.com

Nor do police statistics on teenage pregnancy, or the evening news on burglaries of family heirlooms with no monetary value, news of a friend's passing by word-of-mouth. Reality is experienced - it's bitterness tasted through tongue buds, stark colors flash through the filter of our eyes, cutting edge of tin cans felt through finger tips... and the warmth of grass and sunlight wriggling through our toes.