i think it's funny that because i make a comment about our buy buy buy culture, that i am automatically, by default, against all forms of materialism, and that i want to live in a cave. did i say that anywhere? no. i like the idea of teepees, but that would never work with our current populations. well, it would, but it would be silly. what i AM against is rampant materialism. me me me, buy buy buy. shit that you don't need, and that you don't question. and that's the main thing. people who buy buy buy, and this is their life. they feel better about themselves after being at the mall for 5 hours. i know, my wife is like this. they judge others by how much shit they have acumulated, how new it is, and how much it costs. this is a freaking merry-go-round. there are somethings we need. but we don't need freaking everything that we have. i mean go ahead and get those extra things if you want. but i am not going to spend my life working for them. and then when i got them, reliving that feeling of odd emptiness time after time. i know, i've been there, and i am freaking sick of it!
second. i am not all for a nuclear holocaust. i was joking around about surfing after a nuclear holocaust because it is FUNNY. here, i'll spell that out: f-u-n-n-y. funny. like you know, hanging ten on some toxic sludge? he he. this is probably obvious, but i thought i would just say: i am not for extinction. although, if it happens, it happens. what am i going to do about it? there have been great and massive extinctions all through the history of this planet. it is silly to think that humans are somehow garaunteed to survive the next one. will it come in my life time? i hope not, and i ALSO highly doubt it! maybe in 30 000 years. so where's that leave me? you guessed it: jumping off the goddamn merry-go-round, and burning the candle at both ends. ie: enjoying life. ie: taking a bite out of the ass of life. yum yum! enjoy it for the miracle it is!
what are you and dave talking about man? i wrote this thread this morning between tcpdumping servers at work. i wasn't high. just the opposite: a little too "on the ball".
I understand it's hypothetical, etc., And I'm not trying to be condescending, i'm just saying to examine your thought processes.
Thank you for aiding me in examining my thought process. I've obviously allowed the sniper who is in charge of censoring the things I say to take too long a coffee break...
After careful analysis, I've determined that people spend way too much time in the pursuit of things that just don't f*cking matter. Then at the end of their lives they say things like, I shulda _____. I just don't want to be that guy. When my grandfather died he left some money, his house, his hats, his chickens and 5 bags of crowder peas. Damn. That is awesome! I never knew him not to spend 2 hours a day at least in his garden. My thought process is simply that pursuit of what matters to you personally, deeply, not on the surface has to be driving. How many people even stop to think about what it is that matters to them? We just go through the daily motions of a grind that we don't even want to be on. Why do that? Being Witnesses, we've been robbed of long durations of our lives without being able to think for ourselves or plan our futures as we see them. All I'm saying is that the future can be anything we want it to be. That is my thought process.
Oh, geez, I'm not trying to censor anybody. Drama!!! I can disagree with a viewpoint, and you can disagree with mine without having a huge amt of drama. Sheesh.
As far as the rest goes, CHL, and tetra, sounds like you'd enjoy burning man. You should go check it out next yr. We'll hang out, drink booze and run around covered in mud!!!
Oh, geez, I'm not trying to censor anybody. Drama!!! I can disagree with a viewpoint, and you can disagree with mine without having a huge amt of drama. Sheesh.
No drama avi. This is a personal reference that I didn't explain. Sorry bout that. I have a tendency to say what comes to my mind. It makes me feel fake not to. However, what I think is not always appropriate. To prevent an unnecessary amount of hurt feelings I have termed my conscience a word sniper. I employ him to help me not to put my foot in my mouth. When I say things without thinking, I say he must be on a coffee break. If you want drama, I can get out my dress, take some estrogen, get a period and then ask why you didn't come home when you said you would, you heartless bastard!!
