A Post of Lesser Significance

Fair Warning: The following clip may be either annoying or downright addictive. Watch with caution.



That said, there is something valuable about the ability to be irreverent. Being serious all the time is truly trying and spouting gibberish for no apparent reason can be just the cathartic release that certain high-strung individuals need.

So before this post becomes excessively thought out remember to occasionally not give a turd about what others think and say. We are human after all and that gives us more than permission to err a little bit.

(I will now spell check and proofread this post... I'm sorry, the my OCD should become OPP. C'est la vie.)

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The Rules... (sorry ladies, not those.)

Quite an interesting image on the right. But please get your mind out of the gutter as I am only using it to illustrate a single principle.

Liberty Loves Justice.

Everyone has rules to life that they choose to live by. More so, it seems those rules will change based on a given date, maturity level or traumatic incident. Regardless of reason, we craft these rules hopefully because they allow us to be the person that we want to be, no more, no less.

But have any of us taken the time to write them down and see how they evolve? I'm sure someone has, but just in case I am wrong (and those of you who know me know how frequent that is) this will be the beginning of my list.



So, without further ado. Here is a rule to live by.

Play The Game.

Simple enough. If you don't like the game you are playing currently, play a different game, but if you are in a game, which EVERYONE is, Play The Game.

The rest of the interpretation, as interpretation is always personal, is left up to you.

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It's the Inside... that frightens?

Just an overly philosophical realization, but hear me out. We all grow up seeking to find what drives us. That something within that just burns passionately for a trade, a craft, or a love. Some people seem to find their "calling" immediately and others may never find their inner truth at all.

But if it's inside of us, why don't we just let it out, ring the bell and say,

"I win, I'm Happy Now!"

Because we're smarter than that...

As we grow and mature, I think we all subconsciously let out the amount of our inner true selves that we can handle at a given time. Everyone recognizes going "into a cocoon" we times are difficult in an effort to weather the storm, but the climate and timing have to be perfect for the butterfly to emerge.

Personally, I think this is kind of scary. For me to be telling myself that I am not ready for of all things, me, is a little hard to fathom. But when deep inside I feel as if I have a unique and surprising greater purpose, I guess I need to be patient and ready for anything, come what may.

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I'm Used to Winning, But Not Quite Like This...

I am seriously beside myself right now. Some could describe this as a cathartic release. Those who know me would view this as only increased pressure, but no matter what the truth may be I have a new best friend...

Meet Emmy...

That's right, she's my new roommate. She hasn't moved in yet, but she has signed the lease. In a weird way I don't feel as if I am worthy of her golden awe, but I think it's time for me to fess up to myself.

I'm good. Damn good. And I'm worth something damn it!

So let this miniature triumph for me be the catalyst to you "getting yours" because I am oging to "get mine" even if I have no clue how.

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Kaboom!

Sometimes it just feels like everything in the world is being blown to pieces. When I say this i speak of an individual's world and not the world at large. However, strangely enough, this may be the first time in my life that I am welcoming the change.

It's almost as if their has been a snail creeping ever so slowly toward the reset button on the NES of my life and finally after umpteen years, the snail is about to complete his life's work.

So what the hell is a person supposed to do in this situation? I see the carnage around me and trust me, the fireworks display is downright amazing, but the hamster in my head is really wondering if he should be abandoning his wheel.

Akums Razor says to go with the simplest solution which would seem to be do nothing and so far that is what I have done, but who's to say that I can't run into the fire and carnage and come out unscathed and arguably better for the experience?

It all comes down to determining what risks are necessary. Maybe life has just gotten too comfortable recently? I feel like it's time to live. Live in the same way that you feel alive at the peak of a roller coaster on second before you plummet. With that, only one thing can be said...

Game on.

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The Search for (Im)Perfection

It's all anyone every wants. That's right, if any of us could have one thing and one thing alone, it's perfection. The Patriots want it. Roger Federer wants it. And I want it. But now there are throngs of society telling me and every other idealist out there that we can't have perfection. Nobody's perfect adn expecting to be will set you up for nothing but failure. Quit while you're ahead. Be happy with what you have.

To them I say... SCREW YOU!

I have not lived out 26 years of my life to be told that there are things that can not be accomplished. At one point space travel was impossible. Before that simple air flight was impossible. Heck, every one of us starts as a crawling mess of a baby that sees walking, vertically-enabled adults taunting us with what we can't do (Don't act like you never reached hopelessly for that cookie that was precariously placed on the coffee table.)

So, if we have accomplished all of those things, why not perfection too? Supposedly perfection is tarnished by a single mistake, but I'm saying here and now that that's rubbish. Perfection comes from handling mistakes. Fixing that flat tire. Calling that scorned friend. Not quitting on yourself. Hell, the best wins are always the comebacks, so why assume that perfection requires Boardwalk and Park Place. I'll whoop you with New York Avenue any day of the week. So if you want to see perfection, create it. It never goes away.

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PlayCafe a.k.a. Trivia Bliss

Make sure that you check out PlayCafe, the live streaming internet game show where you are the contestant. Be forewarned, I am head writer for the show, so questions may be closer than they appear. Good Luck and Have Fun!

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The Year of the Ex

Why does it feel like it's Halloween? After all it is only January. Something about the new year brings back the visages of everyone that you thought you had once escaped. It's as if everyone has made a New Year's resolution to reconnect with their past... even if it should stay that way.

So this year, I am actually making an attempt to join the fanfare for the common man. That means a lot of people are getting second chances and some are getting the first chance that I never gave them. I guess my hope is that something positive will come from all of this.

Things such as having more friends, being exposed to different perspectives and way of life, being able to trust someone (anyone). All of these things should have a great value in any individual's life.

Primarily though, I am breaking up with myself. I don't like the person that I was last year, and it's time for a change. So as I reunite with all of these people from the past I look forward to improving my relationship with myself. Here's to a new me, and hopefully a new you too.

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New Year, New You

Welcome to 2008. It's a little crazy to think that another year has gone by, but every new year provides us all with, in essence, a do-over.

Did you feel remorse for cutting that class last January?

Not asking that girl out in April?

Eating that entire pizza pie in September?

...or drinking all 17 of those shots your "friends" gave you in November? (maybe it was 26..)

No matter how you look at it. All of 2007 is officially in the past and this new year is a chance to create a new you. So instead of making small improvements or making resolutions, why not be that person that you fantasize about. You know, the one with the brilliant mind, perfect body and all the popularity to boot.

Even if you are moreso a realist than an idealist, just fake it until you make it. Realize what "perfection" may cost. You may lose friends, alienate family or even awaken fears within yourself. However, if all of this change helps you to not only find but also attain your inner truth, the risks and losses will be worth it and the gains will be immense.

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Have You Ever?

Have you ever really wanted something so bad only to find out that when you got it that you didn't care nearly as much as you thought you did? Why does this happen. I think that we need to realize that many of our goals dreams and desires are dependent on contingencies. The when, where and How are just as important as the what.

So how the heck can we stop being so picky? After all, most of us would like to do anything that would allow us to be happy instead of bitter. Well to take a line from late night television, it's all about lowered expectations.

Now lowered expectations does not equate to lower goals. continue to aim high and refuse to settle for anything other than your best, but don't project your own personal mantra onto others lest you be willing to risk extreme disappointment. For when it comes to matters that impact you more than others, which is exactly what most personal desires are, it's not only unlikely that the others will care as much as you, but frankly it's natural.

And should you seek something that does not involve that aid or assistance of another human, make sure you reflect inward and evaluate yourself. If you don't end up happy, you only have yourself to blame.

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