when ever i sit down to write my mind is full of ideas and spinning miles a minute, but when i start writing either my brain shuts down or revs up to the point where i can't string together a coherent thought. maybe thats just the alcohol? i was once told the key to writing is to just dump everything out at once without editing. just type and forget, then wait a few days to go back edit, sort, collate, and organize. maybe it would be better if i did my writing with a pen and paper versus typing, so i wouldnt see all those lovely little red squiggles that indicate miss spelled words or contractions where i forgot to place and apostrophe...
but of course my mind tends to wander into weird places so maybe its for the best i cant fully articulate my thoughts. i wonder how much thats bouncing around my brainpan is actually an original idea, or a retread of something i saw/read/heard? funny thing the way the subconscious hides and mixes the thoughts of others in with my own thoughts. enough to make me doubt any actual or perceived talent i may or may not have.
in today's society with the prevalence of disorders such as ADD/ADHD and so on i find it even more difficult to articulate thoughts without adding in relevant videos just to keep someones attention. but maybe there is an idea there with the ever expanding tech of virtual books where it would be easy to include code for music or relevant videos to help associate the train of thought into a multimedia experience, right? also all the regulating of the grammar structure and rules is frustrating to say the least. who is it that sat down and wrote all these rules of writing? why do some of the most prolific writers of all times abandon, neglect, or flat out ignore the rules? why do teachers get flustered when one of these writers is referenced the response is always well your not them or they are the exceptions to the rule?
sometimes i think it would be easier for me to sleep sometimes if i was able to completely download all of my thoughts into a computer that could sort and organize my thoughts. i know there is at least two or three good books hidden away in the chaos i'm just not able sit down and sort it all out without going of into some long trivial segway that devolves into a whole separate story line that diverges again and again and then i forget the original story. or i run into a incredible train of thought that i can track follow and would make an excellent story but as soon as i try to write it all down everything goes blank and i cant remember the simplest form of the thought. sort of like waking from an excellent dream that was so lucid and vivid i can remember tastes and smells but like all dreams they vanish in the waking light of day.
someone will inevitably recommend that i try writing myself small notes or outlining my thoughts on a story. to tell the truth i have tried that and my mind just cant make the process to work. i wonder if i got one of those dictation programs and just left it on during the course of the day would help? now i digress i'm sure if you have taken any time to read this your eyes must be ready for a break or you realized that i am most likely a truly boring individual. so here's today's 5 random YouTube videos.....
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire
Common sense is not so common.
Voltaire
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Voltaire
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
Kurt Vonnegut
Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut
It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.
Kurt Vonnegut
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
George Washington Carver
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will Rogers
Niccolo Machiavelli
Politics have no relation to morals.
Niccolo Machiavelli
There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Before all else, be armed.
Niccolo Machiavelli
just some of my favorite quotes
An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.
I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.
But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.
But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."
Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake."
i never figured or planned on reaching my 35th birthday but thats just over the horizon, and i have nothing to show for 35 years of life. i've never been married i don't have any children. and i'm scared shitless of the day when my parents may or may not pass away.
as with tradition i'm getting drunk for the week before and after my birthday cause that's just how half-breeds here roll...
is it my loneliness that fuels my misery, or my misery that fuels my loneliness?
Shakespeare appears every where eventually
I, that have neither pity, love, nor fear. Indeed, 'tis true that Henry told me of; For I have often heard my mother say I came into the world with my legs forward: Had I not reason, think ye, to make haste, And seek their ruin that usurp'd our right? The midwife wonder'd and the women cried 'O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!' And so I was; which plainly signified That I should snarl and bite and play the dog. Then, since the heavens have shaped my body so, Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it. I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which graybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another And not in me: I am myself alone
The Third part of King Henry the Sixth Henry VI, part 3 Act 5, Scene 6
who am i with? nobody
where am i going? no where
where am i from? here and there
what do i do? this and that
did you know that if is the middle word in life?
if you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs you must be the person with the axe..
where is my mind?
also take a look at entertainment television and reality shows, there is a reason why some people call televisions "idiot boxes"....
all aspects of society rewards the pretty people regardless of talent or ability. open whatever you use to get your daily news and see how many "top" stories involve people that have made no contributions or improvements to society, or some form of celebrity gossip. stories that used to be strictly tabloid fodder are being used to distract society from real news like whats the American government doing about the national debt or the current budget problems...
On Monday, January 29, 1979, Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on the school with a rifle, killing 2 adults and injuring 9 kids before going back to her home. Police surrounded her home and waited for 7 hours until she gave herself up. In that time, she spoke with a reporter on the phone. When asked why she did it, she replied, “I just started shooting, that’s it. I just did it for the fun of it. I just don’t like Mondays.
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by the Boomtown Rats that was a UK number one single for four weeks during the summer of 1979. Written by Bob Geldof, it was the band's second number one single. Over the course of the 20th century, the UK gradually implemented tighter regulation of the civilian ownership of firearms through the enactment of the 1968, 1988, 1994 and 1997 Firearms (Amendment) Acts leading to the current outright ban on the ownership of all automatic, and most self-loading, firearms in the UK.
34 years later and nobody remembers this. Spencer used a Ruger 10/22 rifle. The Ruger 10/22 is a semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered in .22 Long Rifle. It had (at the time) a removable 10-round (or 5-round) rotary magazine which allows the magazine to fit flush with the bottom of the stock. She didn't use an "assault weapon" or a high capacity magazine.
I was going to talk about how society reacts to tragedies and how facts get distorted and twisted. But, i started to bore myself. So here's the first 5 random videos from YouTube....
good movie, under rated. but good voice acting and story line....
i've had this song stuck in my head all day
and i'm a fan of international music so here's a random video of a singer from South Africa i think
i really wish MTV would go back to playing music videos, with the new layout on youtube its hard to find new music unless you know what your looking for.
random music cover
for some reason i'm kinda into accordion solos right now.
Saint Patrick's day is soon so here
how was your day? anything exciting, fun? or was it just another miserable day? what's your favorite color? i need entertainment, can you provide some entertainment?
