The world changes.
The world changes. People grow up. People grow apart. People change. People die.
There are "standards of living" created by the general popluation. Buy a house, get a nice car, marry a hot/well-mannered/independant Perfect girl and go to school to secure the ideal job to attain and keep previously noted things.
Who sets that standard? Movies? Media Reports?
Aren't there people who live in vans/tents/whatever that are completely content with their lives and happy to be free of the stress, responsibility and attachment of the material world?
But yet there are people who have worked their way to the top and live debt free with lots of money and material possesions and they also are happy. Thankful that they're living in a mansion instead of out on the street like they did when they were kids.
And yet again, other people, right on the line. The middle class. The ones who attain that job, to then attain that woman, and that house, and that car.
So while we all have this "standard" is it not just up to the individual person to choose and be responsible for that choice? Everyone controls their own emotions.
That's a random rant. I was thinking of it yesterday and today. I've had alot of pressure put on me my entire life to "go to school", "save your money to buy a house", etc etc.
I don't want to buy a house right now. Who's going to live in it? Me? By myself? That sucks. And then I'm tied down with a mortgage.
I've taken my sweet time in college. I started when I was 16. I still don't have a two year degree. But in the meantime, I've:
It looks as if I may be able to move out of my grandma's house soon. Sweet.
Also, Snakes on a plane is a BADASS movie.
There are "standards of living" created by the general popluation. Buy a house, get a nice car, marry a hot/well-mannered/independant Perfect girl and go to school to secure the ideal job to attain and keep previously noted things.
Who sets that standard? Movies? Media Reports?
Aren't there people who live in vans/tents/whatever that are completely content with their lives and happy to be free of the stress, responsibility and attachment of the material world?
But yet there are people who have worked their way to the top and live debt free with lots of money and material possesions and they also are happy. Thankful that they're living in a mansion instead of out on the street like they did when they were kids.
And yet again, other people, right on the line. The middle class. The ones who attain that job, to then attain that woman, and that house, and that car.
So while we all have this "standard" is it not just up to the individual person to choose and be responsible for that choice? Everyone controls their own emotions.
That's a random rant. I was thinking of it yesterday and today. I've had alot of pressure put on me my entire life to "go to school", "save your money to buy a house", etc etc.
I don't want to buy a house right now. Who's going to live in it? Me? By myself? That sucks. And then I'm tied down with a mortgage.
I've taken my sweet time in college. I started when I was 16. I still don't have a two year degree. But in the meantime, I've:
- Won 1st Place with my team in a Worldwide Web Design Competition between community colleges.
- Cast as a lead as 2nd Lt. Ralph Clark in "Our Country's Good" - A play at BRCC
- Cast as a lead as Algernon Moncrief "Ernest" in "The Importance of Being Earnest" - a play at BRCC
- Cast a silent role in "Three Sisters" by Anton Checkov - a play at BRCC
- Role in a short film produced by BRCC for a national English Conference
- Found out that I don't want to work on computers for a living.
- Began to really enjoy my life, instead of striving for some "standard" dream I couldn't care two shits about.
It looks as if I may be able to move out of my grandma's house soon. Sweet.
Also, Snakes on a plane is a BADASS movie.