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Seether Ft. Amy Lee Broken
Today is Thanksgiving. And yes, as the name implies, many of us here in America use this uniquely American holiday as an opportunity to count our blessings(um ... oh yeah, and eat a lot of food).
I myself am not thankful for anything profound I'm just glad of the obvious. I have my son. I am generally in good health, you get the picture.
When it comes down to the finer points I actually hate my Life. I wait and I wish for it to somehow be different; different or over. I'm not enrolled in any kind of classes. There is no mechanism I am employing to change things in my life, so I guess I'm to blame for the sorry state things are in.
I'm realistic that way. I have no one to blame but myself for my total lack of action and conviction. This disappointing realization makes me feel more fortunate than a lot of people who do have somebody to blame for their despair. I don't have an abuser. I don't have a a despotic regime that overtly controls my existence. I am not the subjugated pew monkey of some audacious religion.
When it becomes of paramount importance to cherish the fact that I fucked up my own life, It's also easy to forget that maybe I live in a place where perhaps that's a little to easy to do. It becomes more urgent then, to maintain a state where you have the freedom and the ability to un-fuck your life.
I believe (albeit somewhat limitedly) in redemption.
Mandatory minimum prison sentences for non violent crimes are totally ridiculous. There are housewives serving 15-25 for a drug possession charge while murderers are walking the streets.
I would be thankful for a criminal justice system that punished crime based on the true severity of the offense.
I believe in a second chance.
Abortion is not something that should be governed by legislation and policy. The fact that reproduction can somehow fuck up your whole life is absurd. If our system isn't going allow and provide for young unwed mothers to achieve in life, then we should at least allow them the choice not to be single unwed mothers. It's somehow not right that if a young woman chooses to care for her child; her opportunity somehow dries up. Isn't that kind of begging young girls to neglect their children?
I would be thankful for a system where abortion is safe and legal and daycare provisions were available so that these girls could have a better life for themselves and their children. People have sex and reproduce, get over it.
I believe in tolerance.
Admitting what you are and how you feel should not equate to fucking up your whole life. Gay rights are your rights to; human rights. Are you supposed to live your life in some diminished and totally un-fulfilling manor because you chose to accept yourself and not live a lie? Did we learn nothing from our ongoing struggle against racism?
I would be thankful for a society that championed integrity over uniformity. Living with good people who appear or act differently is obviously better than living with people who look or act like the masses and kill children in their basement. Bad.
Winamp Pro 5.06
Seether Ft. Amy Lee Broken
Today is Thanksgiving. And yes, as the name implies, many of us here in America use this uniquely American holiday as an opportunity to count our blessings(um ... oh yeah, and eat a lot of food).
I myself am not thankful for anything profound I'm just glad of the obvious. I have my son. I am generally in good health, you get the picture.
When it comes down to the finer points I actually hate my Life. I wait and I wish for it to somehow be different; different or over. I'm not enrolled in any kind of classes. There is no mechanism I am employing to change things in my life, so I guess I'm to blame for the sorry state things are in.
I'm realistic that way. I have no one to blame but myself for my total lack of action and conviction. This disappointing realization makes me feel more fortunate than a lot of people who do have somebody to blame for their despair. I don't have an abuser. I don't have a a despotic regime that overtly controls my existence. I am not the subjugated pew monkey of some audacious religion.
When it becomes of paramount importance to cherish the fact that I fucked up my own life, It's also easy to forget that maybe I live in a place where perhaps that's a little to easy to do. It becomes more urgent then, to maintain a state where you have the freedom and the ability to un-fuck your life.
I believe (albeit somewhat limitedly) in redemption.
Mandatory minimum prison sentences for non violent crimes are totally ridiculous. There are housewives serving 15-25 for a drug possession charge while murderers are walking the streets.
I would be thankful for a criminal justice system that punished crime based on the true severity of the offense.
I believe in a second chance.
Abortion is not something that should be governed by legislation and policy. The fact that reproduction can somehow fuck up your whole life is absurd. If our system isn't going allow and provide for young unwed mothers to achieve in life, then we should at least allow them the choice not to be single unwed mothers. It's somehow not right that if a young woman chooses to care for her child; her opportunity somehow dries up. Isn't that kind of begging young girls to neglect their children?
I would be thankful for a system where abortion is safe and legal and daycare provisions were available so that these girls could have a better life for themselves and their children. People have sex and reproduce, get over it.
I believe in tolerance.
Admitting what you are and how you feel should not equate to fucking up your whole life. Gay rights are your rights to; human rights. Are you supposed to live your life in some diminished and totally un-fulfilling manor because you chose to accept yourself and not live a lie? Did we learn nothing from our ongoing struggle against racism?
I would be thankful for a society that championed integrity over uniformity. Living with good people who appear or act differently is obviously better than living with people who look or act like the masses and kill children in their basement. Bad.