Mornings suck

When someone says "Good morning" to me, I am usually still half asleep. My vocal chords cannot produce much more than a grunting sound that is barely audible to the other person. I cannot and will not speak first thing in the morning. My brain just isn't ready for it. So, when someone says, "Good morning!" to me first thing in the morning, I grunt at them. This grunting translates to: "What's so good about it? Nothing good ever happens in the morning. Why can't we all just say 'morning'?" I know some people do say "morning", but they really mean "good morning". Whereas if I say, "morning" I really just mean morning. The greatest thing that happens to me in the morning is coffee and taking a heaping shit.

To illustrate how much mornings suck, here is a cute little ecard I found on the Internet:

Quote of the Day

"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."

-Earnest Hemingway


These wise words of the wise writer, Ernest Hemingway, ring true even  in the 21st century, a century of truncated words used for "text speak". People butcher words down to only three letters which stand for an emotion, action or a whole word.  Through this botching of the English language, the meanings of such words will be lost in history. What Hemmingway is saying is that people tend to overuse words so their real meanings are lost. For example, I have noticed that the word "epic" is frequently used by the people of my generation as a substitute for the word "awesome". However, the original meaning of "epic" has nothing to do with "awesome". The very definition of epic is a narrative that celebrates the accomplishments of a hero, such as Homer's The Odyssey. It does not in any way mean awesome. How the people of my generation came to this conclusion, I have no idea. The Urban Dictionary defines "epic" as it applies to my generation:
Definition 1:

"the most overused word ever, next to fail. for even more asshole points, use them together to form "epic fail."

everything is epic now. epic car. epic haircut. epic movie. epic album. epic shut the fuck up.

saying "epic win" doesn't make you sound any better, either. and for fucks sake, don't ever say it in person.

DUDE UR POSTCOUNT IZ EPIC FAIL FAGOT

LOL EPIC WIN U RUEL

LISTEN TO THIS SONG IT'S SO EPIC" (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=epic) 

Definition 2 (This is the most humorous explanation):

"A word, whose meaningful definition(s)and correct applications are now obscured and have been raped to death mostly by the 25 and under crowd. It has been overused as "the" catch phrase used to describe a situation, person, event, movie, taking a shit,etc. The abuse and birth as a catchphrase has its origins among avid gamers and pretentious English majors.

There are too many "epic" examples to count, just go walk onto a college campus and listen closely." (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=epic)

I am embarrassed to say that I live in this generation of language botching. I believe they call us "millenials".When I hear the word "millenial" I think of irresponsible young people with their faces fused to their cellular phones, their fingers automatically typing away as though it were programmed into their very being. I think of people my age who no longer spell out words or write out entire sentences when they text. I suppose they think it takes too long. No one likes to write anymore. Writing will become a lost art. This makes me sad. So long, English language.

Maybe I took this interpretation of Hemmingway's quote too far, but I think it applies to our society because people don't take the time to properly learn the correct meaning of words anymore. Perhaps this is due to the rapidly advancing of technology that distracts the youth of today from learning meaningful things. I am not trying to say that technology is not meaningful. It is actually quite useful when used correctly. Computers and even smart phones can be used to look up words and to publish writing. I have a dictionary app for my phone that I use when I want to quickly look up definitions of words. The problem is that many young people have not developed the ability to use their technology in a way that proves fruitful to their education.  I find it immensely gratifying to use my phone as a device for not only making calls and texting, but as a dictionary, thesaurus and even a spell-checker. In fact, I even downloaded a Kindle app for my phone so I can access all of my Kindle books on it when I do not have my Kindle with me.
 So, the point I am trying to make is that there is absolutely no logical excuse for anyone in this day and age to misuse words because of ignorance. Knowledge is so readily available to us more than it ever has been.
 

Something is out there. But what?

     Something is definitely out there watching us humans. There are other intelligent species out in the universe watching and observing us as we try to observe them. Perhaps they have already visited us. Perhaps their technology is greater than our own. They may have ships that can warp through dimensions and timelines to see the past-present and future. What if in a different timeline we developed time travel? Maybe in that timeline we were able to go back in the future or to travel to different timelines to see how certain events played out. In doing so, the other version of us is watching us in this timeline, learning from our mistakes so they do not repeat them. As a result, their version of the world turned out to be a better place than ours. Maybe there is an Earth 2 where there are other versions of ourselves attempting to get in touch with us here on Earth 1. That would mean there is another me on Earth 2 living out my life either differently or the same as I lived my life here on Earth 1. 

   

      There are so many possibilities to consider. As I write this and as you read this, there are scientists discovering lifeforms on other planets. Perhaps they are not sentient lifeforms like you or me. They could be something much more simple such as bacteria in the process of forming life. There are probably newly born planets in the universe that are going through the same organic processes that Earth went through as life was born on it. It's daunting yet amazing to know that life starts out as something as simple as an amoeba and evolves into something as sentient as ourselves. This is a humbling fact, knowing that we are not the only lifeforms in this universe and that there are possibly creatures as intelligent, or more so, than we are.

Stop bitching about immigrants

Some words of wisdom paraphrased from Doug Stanhope: If you have skills of any level, don't bitch about immigrants taking your job.

Boredom

I often find myself wondering how anyone can be bored. How can anyone be bored with the vast array of things to do in this world? It is my humble opinion that everyone is good at something and can find something to do in their spare time. I cannot remember the last time I was bored. The very idea has become inconceivable to me. If there is no work for me to do, I simply find something to do with my time. I will usually read, play video games, exercise, go somewhere, have sex if I'm horny, masturbate, take up an artistic endeavor, or anything else to expand my mind. There are so many things I like to do that being bored is no longer an option. There is so much to read and to write about. The more I read, the more knowledge I obtain to write. Those skills work hand-in-hand. Video gaming has been a hobby of mine since I was five-years-old. If I have an excessive amount of physical energy, I take out my exercise mat and do yoga, Pilates or go to the gym. Even if those ideas never come completely to fruition, I know that I at least used my time to do something with my writing skills. I enjoy other artistic endeavors such as drawing and making arts and crafts. I am not that good at drawing, nor do I aspire to be a great artist, but I do it for myself because I like to. Doing anything artistic is a form of therapy for me. Creating new things not only alleviates the tedium of my  fast-paced life, it also relieves stress and lifts my mood. It never hurts to improve my drawing skills. I also take the time to learn knew skills such as origami, sewing or making a collage. I actually don't know how to sew yet, but in time I will. It doesn't matter if you are good at it or not. I don't know how to sew, but it is something I plan on learning in the future because it is useful and it opens up more creative opportunities for me. It's also a practical skill which allows one to save money on clothes. I also like sex. It feels good and it's fun. My butterfly vibrator is also fun and has a few different possibilities which I like to explore. In addition to the typical phallic shape that most vibrators have, it also includes a butterfly shaped piece for clitoral stimulation. So, that's one toy that never loses its edge. Those are my reasons for never being bored. I never think, “Jesus fucking Christ, I'm so bored I don't know what to do with this sack of flesh and organs that I call my body.” There are moments when I definitely feel like shit and I just feel like laying around like a shit bag of a person. However, I am never sitting around like a shit bag doing nothing. I sit around like a shit bag doing something that proves fruitful to expanding my experiences somehow. I just do whatever I have the strongest desire to do at the time because I like to do so many things. Drink, smoke or do drugs. I don't give a shit. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone other than yourself. So, after all of this rambling, let me return to my original point. It's impossible to be bored in a world where so many opportunities exist. There are always opportunities to expand one's mind, to find entertainment, to get a rush and to get sexual stimulation. It's just a matter of discovering what you like to do to kill the monotony that is part of your everyday life. Life does suck at times, but that doesn't mean you should suck at life. Your job may be boring, but your life doesn't need to be.

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