A Mid-Evening Night's Dream

     Last night I awoke out of nowhere from a rather excellent dream. I was singing this in the dream so I decided to jot down what I could remember...

Oh it's for you that I'm yearnin'

But the world keeps on turnin'

And my desire keeps on burnin'

So lets dance dance dance

And get down tonight

There's not a cloud in the sky

So why wonder why;

Baby let's get together and fly

Cause there's no one better

Whom i'd like to write a letter

Just to say hello and hi.

Single days, single ways

They all sound the same

In this silly life game

Baby let's get down tonight...

     To the dreams we wake up from wishing for them to be real.

Sunday's Homily

     To say there's been a bit on my mind lately would be an understatement. This weekend was dedicated to a lot of thinking (and a lot of drinking) along with some good thought cruises (I drive around southern Illinois listening to music and thinking. Strange? Maybe. Oh well, there's no better way to think then to be surrounded by nothing but nature, tunes, and the open road. Southern Illinois is perfect for such an activity). Normally I don't feel the need to share what I think about on my cruises but this really really helped set my mind right and I think carries a universal message that everyone can relate to at some level...
     Life. As individuals we are constantly striving to figure our lives out or just the meaning of life in general. That's where I'm currently finding flaw in our design as individuals. Why should we sit around and waste time trying to figure life out or what it "should" be in conjunction to what we actually have. Life is happening on a second-by-second basis all around us and as such should be lived on a second-by-second basis. Yeah, it's good to have an idea of where you want to go with it but that's the important thing to remember. It's where YOU want to go with it. It's not where your parents want it to go, where your friends think it should go, or hell even where some cracked-out fortune teller tells you it should go. There is no correct way of doing things, there are just methods that others have already done which we look at and decide whether or not it is the way/direction we would like to take as well. If we don't like them then we create our own paths. That alone is a subtle beauty of this thing we call life.
     People are always using the analogy of life being a glass of water either half full or half empty. I've thought about this analogy countless times and I've honestly never been able to decide which way to see it. It's not because I'm torn between the half completed/half wasted aspect of the matter it's just that I think the whole analogy is stupid in the first place. It is a perfect example of overthinking. Why are we trying to equate life to a glass of water? Let's overthink this a little more. Hell let's just turn our brains into never-ceasing thought traps of worries, concerns, and misintentioned beliefs while we're at it. No. This is where I'm putting my foot down and saying it's stupid. Life is not a glass of water. We are not meant to sit around and think like this. We have the ability to laugh, love, play, create and in general ENJOY LIFE.
     So what I'm getting at is do just that, because from here on out I intend to. Be happy, laugh and smile everyday, find that person you care most about and kiss them everyday just to let them know you care. We live in a beautiful world that often gets overshadowed by tragedy, worry, past regret, and concern. If you stop and think about anything today let it be, "I think I want to smile right now." Then do it. It's great, and naturally everything else seems to fall into place around you. Figure out who it is you truly care about and let them know it. Say the awkward things that are on your mind, who cares. If life is truly a glass of water then I'm going to stick a straw in it and blow air bubbles. Life is life, it's that simple. Now let's start enjoying it a bit shall we?


Also, 10 Ways to promote happiness
  

Requiem For A Tower - Escala

I took care of something very important tonight. Need motivation? Here you go people. Oh and they are pretty easy on the eyes

Oh the Places We'll Go

     Here I am at work sitting in a rinky dink, run down gynmasium watching a group of twenty-something year old men hit each other with wooden sticks (Kendo) and I stumble across a site with some places I would like to go before I die...

    
     Here's the full site and descriptions of these places and more (I want to visit all of them): 10 destinations I would like to visit

     Here's to life and the journeys in store

Cheers! Misunderstood by all and trapped alone with only my thoughts and worries as company.

Walter Meego - Forever

Pandora has let me down a lot in the past but generally I've been pretty happy with the "Animal- Miike Snow" station. Here's the song of the day, enjoy!

My Mind as a Chatroom

     I decided instead of trying to think of something to write about I would just jot down a few minutes worth of the inner thoughts that are going through my head. If the chatroom format gets confusing just try to picture it like That 70's Show where the camera is in the middle of a circle moving around as the conversation goes....

Brian(1): Hey look the Daily Show is on
Brian(2): Yeah? That's cool with me
Brian(3): Fuck yeah! They're talking about the Irish Republic Army
Brian(4): Wait, why are we watching t.v. right now?
#2: Don't you know what tomorrow is?
#1: The holiday of our forefathers?
#2: Exactly.
#3: Hell yeah, St. Patty's day bitches.
#1: Siiiiggggh, the ole' liver is going to take quite a beating
#3: Haha yeah, especially since we should be starting early assuming Kristin doesn't die tonight
#4: I get it, so we're chillin' in preperation. So who wants to smoke a bowl?
#2: ...
#1: ...
#3: Go back to sleep #4.
#1: I feel like death is going to occur for us during the half marathon next month.
#3: Yeeeaaah. We've been really bad about that whole "running" thing.
#2: It's cool, if NPH can just up and run a marathon in How I Met Your Mother then we can call upon his awesome power in our time of need and everything will be alright.
#4: Whoa what's going on guys?
#1: Why do you even ask that question? You know perfectly well what's going on because you've been sitting there the whole time. Oh and because we share thoughts.
#3: #4 you're an idiot.
#2: Come on now guys leave him alone. He does bring up a good question though, what is going on? We're all thinking about her right?
#1: Haha of course we are #2. It's kind of hard not to.
#3: He's asbsofuckinlutely right chap.
#4: So why don't we do something about it?
#1: We've been over this. What is there to do right now? And frankly, do you ever think there'll ever be the right chance/time to do anything?
#2: You're a booger face.
#3: Yeah well you're a towel.
#4: A beaner towel.
#1: ...You guys are the worst. Some day I'll make you have a serious conversation with me.
#3: Good luck assclown.
#1: Really? No...really?
#3: ....I'm sorry.
#4:  Let's run in the morning before drinking commences?
#1,2,3: I'm in.
#3: I'm boreeeeeeeed
#1: I know #3, but the alternative activities of the moment are trifling.
#2: I just wish there was a solid internet connection in this house
#4: fasdkfhalisdgflaijsdkhfakjshdflajhdljva
#3: ...? Feel like you needed a little attention there big guy?
#4: Maybe...
#6: SHIT!COCK!FUCK!TIT!UNICORN!ASS!BOOB!SHIT!
#3: Hey hey! #6 you tourette havin' bastard. Good to see ya! Now it's a party...

Ok, I'm going to go do something else now. As always, stay classy.