| So far it's been one year long, one year strong. :o)
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| I've graduated almost a month ago now and I can definitely say that my life has definitley been one long crazy journey. However, it usually ebbs and flows like most things from times of catastrophe to times to calm and peace. It's those rare times of tragedy that make you think.
A few days ago, a young coworker from my BRYE program i did the last 2 summers was gunned down in her porch in Dorchester. You can read about it here. She went way before her time. So I just want to dedicate this entry and I guess this day to her. Those of you reading this, I just want (if I may say so) you to reflect on your lives as they are, appreciate what you have and be thankful that you have that gift we take so granted, the gift of life.
Rest in peace.
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| So yeah, I've been thinking a lot about life and what the future might hold for us. It got me thinking about how old I feel right now and seeing the youth today makes me even older. I see teens today and think to myself "what's up with their jeans and their clothing. Turn down that music you hooligan!" etc. etc.
So with that in mind, I decided to think of potential crazy old man things I'll be saying 50 years from now.
When I was your age:
...We had to watch TV using our eyes and waste precious time and energy to change the channels using these things called "remote controls."
...We were forced to use these 5 bladed razors to shave our facial hairs which still meant that hair would actually grow back everyday.
...We had to eat right and exercise to stay healthy. Who knew that legal crack would have been the secret all along?
...We couldn't just scratch our AIDs flair up to make it feel better. We used to have to take medication everyday.
...We didn't have this teleportation bullshit. We had to drive around
in our cars like tools spending all this damn money on fuel and wasting
hours of our lives. ...We used to follow these men called "politicians" and let them run our country. Thank goodness for that communist revolution 20 years ago.
...We used to domesticate dogs and cats as our pets. It wasn't till that damn thermal nuclear war business that we had to cook Santa's Little Helper and Snoopy.
...We had to do something called "reading." They didn't just teach us through osmosis till like 10 years ago.
...We had to actually wipe our own asses with toilet paper.
...Trash actually had to be discarded.
...Weed was illegal and cigarettes were legal.
...We thought Michael Jackson was a troubled human being who happened to possess incredible talent. It wasn't till the Martian invasion that we discovered his true mission...
...We thought that the universe was created 15 billion years ago and the Earth about 10 billion years after that. We only recently discovered that the Bible had a typo and it was actually created in 666 days and the first two people really were Adam and Steve.
...We used to drink this liquid called "water" that was actually so ample all around the Earth though we preferred to buy it in bottles.
...Young people used to be so vain they created these things called "blogs" just to share their inane views with the rest of the world in a veiled cry for attention.
...It used to be considered unattractive or even weird to have a third arm, a third leg, or even a third eye.
...The middle finger was still used as a sign of hatred and angst, not the universal symbol of love like it is today.
...I used to get real bored and spend time on this thing called Xanga trying to write bad satyrical humor. |
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| For those of you who know me somewhat well or at least have read this
damn thing over the years, you've probably realized that I'm something
of analytical and fairly cynical guy, though I see myself more as a
practical realist.
Anyway, I guess as a senior once
again, I've become very introspective lately with regards to well, my
life. Not exactly about my future (I've been avoiding that
question) but about the nature and structure of
socialization--friendships, romantic interests, enmities, etc.
I've
met many freakin people over the years. Some I've known for
longer term than others. It makes me wonder what kinds of changes
have I made in my life. Have I really improved anything?
I'm leaving college with the sense that I know less than when I
entered. However, this is not in the literal sense, but rather,
in the sense that I am much aware of the fact that the world is huge
and I really don't know much about it. Whereas when I first came,
I felt like I knew it all--like I could take on the world.
Human
beings fascinate me above all. They are so trivial and
superficial sometimes that I wonder if we really were created with a
purpose, or could this all actually be a gigantic scientific
coincidence that formed breathing, living, bitching beings.
Honestly, we're so technological and structuralized that really, half
our shit has nothing to do with necessities for survival, but just our
own vanity.
I don't know, I used to think there was such a thing as "normal" but
the longer I go the more I see that I was completely naive to think
such a concept could possibly exist. People--all people--are
inherently nuts. I think it's a malfunction of the frontal lobe
or something. We all have our facades on the outside and dark
secrets on the inside.
I think I'm getting in a depressive state again...
(note to shortnsweet, I actually have learned that lesson over the
years too. I try to avoid thinking too much. It's just sometimes,
there's periods of life that one can't help but contemplate. I
think the thought of leaving college begins one of those periods...)
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| I've sent this to a bunch of people already, but for those of you I missed, here goes:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-395041067634736475&q=bsb.
I'm sexay as shiet.
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