Remember when I kept complaining about not having anything to write about? Time works as a nice band-aid that way. Topics from politics, to the purpose of life swarmed my brain like poisonous bees. I'm always provoked to write at late hours, and yet I did none of that when my brain was working at its best. Since its fresh on my mind I'll address politics. I fell for quite the April Fools prank via this story ----> http://www.the3halves.com/3-news/291-george-w-bush-breaks-from-partisan-politics-endorses-barack-obama-for-2012.html
A friend of mine had posted it along with his own little commentary about it. The story, at its surface, was so good I had to re-post and revel in my own self-gratification. The gratification that two men from different political parties would show their true colors of bullshit. Oh well, I fell for it, life goes on. What frustrates me the most about politics, is that the whole topic makes and breaks friendships. People out there will drop you like a bad habit no matter what your political standing. Granted if you're smart about it, you'll know when and when NOT to run your mouth. Sadly, there have been times when in a momentary lapse of time I was tired of being silent. My personal political view is I don't trust any of them. My outlook is horribly unrealistic. I'm just very discouraged by the system. I'm not going to write this long winded blog about my specific political ideology, but what I will do is touch on some hot button topics. The topics that truly seem to mold the political spectrum. Pro-life vs Pro Choice: Tough topic, My answer is this: Shell out 4 fucking dollars for a box of condoms. Yes MEN that means you guys. Wrap your penis, plain and simple. Okay so once that's been thrown out, ladies try the pill, try the sponge, try whatever else is out there. Now you tell me you've been raped of you have a weird uncle. Alright throw down for the abortion, I only shy away from it because its very mentally stressful for the woman. Its not pleasant in the least. Aye, its HER choice tho, and if its late enough in the pregnancy the fetus gets no choice. My only asinine trump card to abortion is what if YOU were abort huh? Kinda hard to burn bra's when you never were given a fair shake. So yes I discourage abortion but I'm not looney tunes pro life. Gay marriage...at this point in my life I say go for it. I'm a typical male in the sense that I get a bit uncomfortable seeing men kiss and show affection but I have bigger fish to fry. War, well war really isn't pleasant but if push come to shove then we do what we must. We had a president in office for eight years who put us in a seemingly pointless war, and sure enough the next guy to step into office in 2008, not only keeps us at war but gets his hands dirty in another war. Health care, well again I've not been given appropriate options for healthcare and the government really doesn't make it easy to get free healthcare. If degrading you with a bible of questions is 1's idea of a good time and a source of health care then more power to you. Border patrol, if they try to get here illegally shoot em. I'd let everyone in the world come to this country if they did it the right way. I'm not about turning people away, I'm about punishing cheaters. At this phase in my life politics is for people with too much time on the fucking hands. These occupy folks, although its cute that they get to spend their days making a difference. My question is where do THEY get THEIR money. I'd love to protest things, the reality is I have no one wiping my financial ass. Ultimately I think its rather foolish for the rich to lead the working class and the poor. That's really all I have to say on the topic, if you've got lots of hot air in ya then you have a career in politics. I fully realize the importance of knowing about candidates and voting and that dog and pony show, however when I have weeks where I gotta figure out how to survive politics just doesn't make my to do list.
Speaking of a "to-do" list, I had this radical thought that prompted me to want to sit down and spend time spitting words onto the keyboard. I had this thought that there's a void in my life. I'm not entirely content with things and I can tell with my musical options lately. I was up late, one night and in a chatty mood. Because it was late there just wasn't anyone to talk with. As I laid there awake, with only the illumination of a candle, It hit me like a brick to the face. The music, the book, the writing, its all being done to fill a void. I know early on I came right out and told people I'm writing for myself, however I didn't completely believe that. I believe it now, as no one in their right/wrong mind would spend time writing a book and an album at the same time. I can't remember if I mentioned this before but I found a date to start recording. April 10th I hit the studio. Meanwhile I still find a creative way to survive.
Lastly, in case anyone is curious, the book is coming to an end. The 1st draft should be complete by Friday(that's the goal anyways) and then off to the publisher it goes in hopes that they send it back with notes for me to fix. Thus would start a whole new journey of life.
Now I'd like to digress to more of a sociological topic, at least I think its sociological, maybe psychological? Not sure, regardless the topic is men and women. Not just men and women in general but I have a specific topic that I almost broached on Facebook, but refrained. Men: A few things that makes me scratch my head. 1st is do group of guys call each other to consult wardrobe? If so hand over that fucking man card. Men need not consult on what to wear. That couldn't get any more annoying. Please note I was going to say Gay instead of annoying but lately I was yelled at for using Gay as a derogatory term.
I'm not overly concerned about what guys wear, and maybe the bigger problem is who I'm acquainted with, but I've seen some of these group photos(another topic I'll cover) and all the guys are dressed literally the same with a slight variation. For fuck sake do all six of you dudes have to go out in the same designer jeans, button down shirt and douched up hair? Ties my brain up in knots to try and figure out why guys can be so unoriginal. Now before some people tell me look who's talking, guess what asshole, I don't dress like my friends. I don't wear jeans(just a thing I don't do fat dudes really need not drape themselves in denim) I also enjoy wearing music company/band t-shirts and or dickies brand work shirts. Regardless if you see me in a picture its usually not with 6 other guys giving our best dick-face pose.
Next, men there's a reason some of you consider women to be crazy. The double standards in society are about as rough as sandpaper. When men have a Rolodex of fuck buddies and a certain fuck buddy finds out, that's mentally damaging. It's also a rotten thing to do. Now I fully realize that some people are into the Friends with Benefits, sometimes that's completely okay. It's only okay if both parties know about it.
Now before I sound like the spokesperson for Lifetime, I'll end my man bashing. There are a handful of good dudes out there. Probably none of which practice this kind of bull-shittery that I speak of. The only other thing I'll mention is how annoying it is for the gang of guys to take a group picture with a horribly out of sync guy to girl ratio. Yeah that's really what we all want to see 6 dudes with 2 chicks, real fucking impressive.
To conclude, I'm not on any high horse I've just been silent for too long. I couldn't fully form a short concise statement worthy of either one of my networking pages either.
Also I urge people to consider the source(i.e. in this case it would be me). I'm by no means an expert I've just been tricked into having the desire to truly respect women and I treat people in a way that I wish to be treated but certainly don't expect it. Expectations are a gamble I won't take. I don't expect anything out of anyone.
People more so now than ever before don't examine the source. It shocks me to know that people just accept whatever. It bothers me even more that people just think they are qualified to even make an outspoken opinion worth a damn. Now what I'm saying by that is something quite specific. Here is another thing people do that makes me mad. The general public couldn't be any more quick to dish out criticism, and yet the ratio of people who can take criticism to those who hand it out is terribly out of whack. It used to make my blood boil to read people bitch and moan about how good or bad an athlete is or about an entertainer, or musician. Its all about credentials man. Freedom of speech does not mean that you're qualified to make yourself heard. For example, I'm a musician, but I've not sold any records I've not been signed to a label or any of that. So my opinion would not be nearly as credible as someone who has worked in the industry. Regardless of my preference that still doesn't mean a hill of beans when it comes to credentials. Another example, an even better one. I used to play football, but I can't throw a football sixty yards like most quarterbacks can. Now for me to sit on my ass and bitch and whine about QB's who might be comparatively bad just seems foolish. Ever wonder why Ex-ball players get those analyst jobs on ESPN? Well it might have something to do with the fact that They PLAYED THE GAME. Their criticism as credit.
Just a thought.
