Think or do?

So it's been awhile since my last post, college has sucked up every free moment i've had outside of work. but still here I am. Well I've been in the lovely State of Arizona this past week, and the week before that I was out in California. During all this time I've had plenty of time to think, and let things eat away at my mind. First, as college and overachieving college students that I must interact with are a large part of my current time table i feel compelled to talk about it. First of all, these college books, someone was paid to sit and think, and then write down in a manner so eloquent, that it makes you feel inferior for not knowing the words they made up. Then there are the students that wish to join these thinkers, who post long drawn out circular reasoning to somehow ask a question. Why? does all this metaphysic/anti-foundationilist(look that one up on spell check cause it don't exist)/epogramic(I made that one up) conjecturing(another college word) get anybody anywhere? Yes! It makes jobs for those white collar workers that have nothing better to do than make money for thinking. Let me put it this way:

we are now in the 1970's and all the leading scientists are ranting about the coming ice age that will freeze over the earth, and all the thinkers are thinking, they think we should get more scientists to research this terrible occurence... so the masses call for the addition of new scientists to study this horrible impending future. All these scientists discover that no actual dramatic cooling exsits. so what do we do now? We have all these thinkers and no job for them. Here comes Global Warming! Sure Everyone believed we'd all freeze why not switch it up and go the opposite direction with it? Does it work? O I dunno probably not, it Just incorporates billion dollars of go Green mercahndise and advancement, as well as affecting the political realm with it's own legislation. I'd say those thinkers done well for themselves.

Now it's the year 2009 and the thinkers are still...thinking. Now I'm not condeming technological advancement or science in any way. I just see a problem with thinkers thinking for our country and our future politicians spending their time writing aimlessly to impress the thinkers. Sometimes you gotta do and let the thinking come later. Anyone who has done anything daring knows, the more you think the harder it is to do. Do you jump off that bridge with only a big rubberband around your ankles? of course! Do you ride that bull? You betcha. Why do people get bolder the more beer they drink? Cause the more you drink the less you think.

Now thinking has its place, and doing has its, so think clearly and do boldly and that ain't overthinking a thing.

Well that looks to be all I got for now, God Bless America, Keep it Simple, and if you voted for Obama think about regreting it.

Midnight Air

The fog rolled in with the fall of night, the temperature
steadily creeping down and the ocean breeze filling the air
with its pungent aroma.And as sweet as it seems her cruel
nature lies just under the surface.This is where i find
myself as another august weekend rolls around and we reach
the fringes of summer. It also makes me think with how
little i've been home i come to find happiness in being on
road and seeing new places, at least it keeps me busy and
my mind from getting to proccupied, and I realized how easily
your attitude can change, from frustration to ease, anger to
contentment. It can be the simpliest of things, a smile, a
song, a moment alone, a beautiful view of nature or being
placed in a fearful situation. Controlling your outlook is
key, if you see the good you'll reflect it, now is it possible
to always be happy? I guess so but nobodys perfect, shoot even
Jesus had times where he wasn't happy, but his outlook always
stayed on the big picture so it wasn't an overwhelming emotional
response. I guess basically what I'm saying is, there are things
you can't control, things that destroy dreams, things that
break your heart, things that force you to fight, things that
force you to run for someone elses good. All these things are
part of life and trying to fight every single one of them
only aggrivates, and frustrates because you can't win, so instead
I'll get new dreams, move on, get my knuckles bloody, and blisters
on my feet. Just as long as what I'm doing is right, and part
of the big picture, let it come let it go I'll be right here
and be the man I am. Wherever the road takes me next I'll keep
being me and I hope if nothing else you take away that you don't
always have to win, life is more than that, so pop a top to the
good times and the bad, enjoy lifes finer things, keep it simple
and keep the memories close. Thats all I got for now, God bless
the USA.

Home?

So after a couple weeks on the road i've made it home, and as ready as i was to get back the first thing that came to my mind walking off the plane was how much i wanted to get out of here. That doesn't sound much like home to me, sounds more like another place to visit. Don't get me wrong I love seeing all my friends and my family and relaxing a bit, but there's just something about this place that makes the walls feel like they're closing in. Sittin on the plane in from El Paso I was sittin between a lady who had some big important job, traveling around inspecting stores, and on my other side a young girl headin home in oakland. As I sat there I wondered if they were happy about where they were going, and i woulda asked had not one been enveloped by a book about some guy named kyle going into a hotel room to meet some fbi agents at least thats all i read over her shoulder, and the other was curled up next to the window lost in a dream.

The one nice thing about being home though, was having some company while i was sittin out front, enjoyin a few of lifes finer things. Which I enjoy more and more as this little life of mine gets more complcated. The trouble is, it don't ever slow down to gimmie a little time to think, so I just gotta slow down and let it pass me by for a little while. In the end it looks to me like I'll be a simple hardworking man, not rich or famous and thats okay with me. Anyhow keepin it country God Bless the USA