Musing No. 14 - My Observations

So it's been awhile since I've posted. The combination of my businesses, - my marketing company, record label, and real estate solutions company; and the fact that most of my thoughts recently seem to be able to fit into 140 characters for a twitter/facebook status update - the blog has not been chuggin.

But where I've not been writing much, I have been observing just as actively - likely more actively than normal. I would like to share some of my observations with the world now. (Yes. The whole world reads my blog. What of it?)

OBSERVATION 1: LINDSAY LOHAN IS STILL DUMB.

Yes, Lindsay Lohan has continued the proud tradition of celebrities who repeatedly break the law and then wonder why they get in trouble for it. But hey, she got like a month cut off her 'a little longer than a month sentence' so I guess she really didn't get into trouble for it. And she's already gay, so getting violated by other women won't really be that traumatic either. Come to think of it, that doesn't really sound like a whole lot of trouble when you really play it out...I'm thinking I might need a new headline....

*EDIT* OBSERVATION 1: LINDSAY LOHAN DID ONE OR TWO DUMB MOVIES WHEN SHE WASN'T AN UGLY-ASS STICK, SO SHE WILL NEVER GET INTO ACTUAL TROUBLE. EVER.

That sounds about right.

OBSERVATION 2: MEL GIBSON IS STILL AWESOME.

Yes, you read that right. Still Awesome. Now if some of the allegations are true, he's also guilty of a few crimes, but that never stopped other celebrities from being loved. And I don't hold the fact that he at least tried to follow God and all that against him like the media seems to want to. That doesn't seem to make sense to me - 'Because you tried to be good and didn't succeed you are much worse than all the people who just try to be bad and succeed.' lol. The guy has battled alcoholism, he's bipolar and now he's apparently crazy. Just chalk another point up to 'Awesome' in my book.

Also making me dislike him less and hate the woman more is the week and half of daily audio tid-bit releases. Nothing says conniving bitch more than a woman realizing she has no legal right to his money so she just tries to tank him in a slow tortured career suicide. When I have more money I'm hiring Mel to join my posse and just curse people out. If you have listened to the tapes at all, you have to admit - he is good at insults, like really really good.

OBSERVATION 3: THE WHITE HOUSE ONCE HAD SMART PEOPLE IN IT

Lol, Yes yes, my political rants are not appreciated - dually noted. I'm assuming this was the cause of 3 people blocking me on twitter - but out of my 9000+ twitter followers, 3 seems like an insignificant number. And now that I've stunned you with my math skills:

I have no personal issue with Obama or anyone else in the White House, but they really seem dense at the moment. If we wanted someone to pursue their own agenda and not deal with the actual problems of the country, well then we wouldn't have needed 'Change' now, would we?

The combination of a Healthcare Bill that only taxed people who didn't buy Healthcare, a Stimulus Bill that didn't stimulate, The Cardcheck Bill that is trying to make a majority of the businesses Unionized so we can have nationwide the joy that Detroit has had with the Auto Unions, and Cap & Trade that taxes companies that pollute too much, (because we need more taxes on companies in America right now) It appears we are in the middle of a war on American Wallets. "No-good wallets, always planning schemes behind our backs."

OBSERVATION 4: PEOPLE ALL HATE WHAT THEY WANT TO BECOME.

I laugh when I hear about people talking about the 'filthy rich' people on wall street, big firm execs, big oil or whatever else. The reason I laugh is because if 99% of the people who complain about these people were offered the same position for the same pay they would almost all take it. I heard someone call into a show to complain. Here is what I heard, which made me so happy:

Host: "Hello you're on the ______ show. What's on your mind?"

Caller: "I'm so pissed off at the big CEO's of big oil and big business and Wall Street. Obama needs to take them all out and give the money to the people they have stole from! It's not fair that they make that kind of money when the rest of us suffer!"

Host: "Now real quick, I just want to ask - how much would you like to make if you could?"

Caller: "I would love to make 100 grand a year, like those greedy Wall Street folks make."

Host: "That sounds like a great salary, so what are you doing to make that kind of money? What have you done in preparation? Have you gone through 8 years of schooling, climbed your way up the corporate ladder over 30 or 40 years? Have you spend nights away from your family, sleeping in a hotel bed by yourself more nights than you get to sleep in your own bed with your wife?

Caller: "...."

Host: "I didn't think so. Call me back when you've done all that, and then we'll see what your point of view is.

I want to develop a TV disclaimer device, that puts a nice disclaimer on all speeches on TV. Here are some examples of what you will hear once I develop this device. Obama, in a big political speech, "And I Will Make Sure that the Rich Fat Cats on Wall Street (whose money I glad took to fund my campaign) Don't Steal From Americans Anymore! (and by steal, I mean find ways to make money in an economy that I'm trying to kill.)"

This an example of what would be heard. Of course it wouldn't be popular by any means, because people love to have an enemy other than themselves and love not being held accountable for their own mistakes. Furthermore, most of these people who are rich worked long and hard to get to where they are, and if most people put in the same amount of time and effort would also end up in the same great positions. But it is easier to not do anything and just complain - and easier has become the American way apparently.

That is a few of my observations in the past few months, and I'm sure I'll share more.

End of Musing No. 14

Musing No. 8 - It May Become An Epidemic

I've been reminded lately of who I am.

What exactly do I mean?

You have to know who you are. And you have to know it, not base it on anything else. You can't base it on people that you think are your friends. You can't base it on popular opinion. It's not a puffed-up pride, that you think you are always right about everything. But you are the only one who can truly be right about who you are.

If you don't know who you are, your perception of your self image will change with every blowing of the wind. If you don't know who you are - friends, surroundings, hard times - anything and everything will change who you are. I am sad to say, I have a few friends that this describes perfectly. They change every time they feel bad, they change every time they hang around one friend for any particular amount of time, they change every time they have turmoil in their life. They are just a leaf, blown by the wind.

Now, I am a religion-hating God lover, and I say this because by definition I am a christian, but I share very little traits with most christians I know - so I like to avoid the label. Most Christian's self image is very loose, as it is usually based off of a moral code presented by a minister. The problem with this scenario is that, instead of God being a foundation in their life and self-worth, that minister becomes the mirror holder. And when that minister says something that is not of God, well they have already given that minister their mirror - not God, so they follow where the minister takes the mirror, in whichever way they choose to twist or distort it. At this point - the minister is setting their self-worth, and has complete control of them.

I'm gonna eat you.

Don't get me wrong, this is done with more than just minsters. Many people's sheeplike following of the Obama movement is incredibly similar. Or people's following of rockstars, movie stars - you name it. When you base yourself on what someone else says, you no longer exist - you have become a mannequin.

Self worth is a big problem in today's world. And it affects all walks of life. From the severe breakdowns in the public limelight - like those of Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan - to the big business man who gets hurt every time someone attacks him for making the money he earned at his job - to the everyday man who so desperately wants people to like him - to the girl who buys magazines of what she is told are beautiful women, and develops eating disorders or cutting herself to cope. If you don't have your own self-worth, you will be miserable.

Now to many, this sounds prideful. "Your ego is so huge, that you don't care what anyone says about you. You don't even care when others try to correct you." This has been said to me. And you know what? Aside from the ego part, that's partly true. I am who I am. I am not ashamed of who I am, I accept who I am, and I know very well that I have flaws. But I also know that the moment I let someone else's opinion shape me, that is the moment I have lost myself. That is the moment I cease to be relevant to anyone.

Yay! Now I'm teachable!

There is a difference between being teachable, and being a ball of mush. I don't claim to know everything about anything. I know that there is plenty that I don't know. But one thing I do know - I know who I am. You can teach me a million things about a million things - but I promise you, you don't know more about me than I do.

My opinions, however mean or evil some people may think they are, are at the end of the day - actually MY opinions. They did not spout from some newspaper, tv show or comedian. They did not spur from what someone else told me I should think, they are what I formed myself. Your own opinions are worth more than a thousand repeater's opinions. Your actual opinions, what your thinking mind came up with yourself, are more valuable than every robot's opinions in the world.

Hey!

People are so tied up in wanting to be liked, that they lose who they are. They taylor their opinions to their audience. They craft their words to please people. And they are faker than Milli Vannelli's 'live' performances. And because of this - their opinions are worthless.

If you are fake or people pleasing - I do not respect you one iota. Let's just get that out of the way right now. Fake answers in the hope of 'peace' will get you nowhere with me. I would much more appreciate a severely opposing viewpoint - but one that you actually hold and came to yourself, than a fake all-out agreement.

I would like to encourage all the rebels out there that dare to have their own thought every once in awhile - that you are heading in the right direction. You need to figure out who you are, for yourself, and I promise you, your life will be so much happier than anything you have ever felt before.

I've been reminded lately of who I am. It may become an epidemic.

End of Musing No. 8

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