What to Write/ Walter White

Obviously I haven't kept up with this here blog but I am looking to get back into it with a little help from 'readers'. I feel as though blurting random thoughts onto the screen is a tad pompous, assumptive, and what I now call 'embarrassingly self important' . I would like to steer towards more thoughtful posts on actual topics. I am looking to keep posts relatively short in order to actually gain viewers. Any ideas? Please post them on my fb wall. For now, please don't wear thick black rimmed glasses or ride fixed gear bikes, and enough with Dubstep already.

Ryan

Thoughts on the coming months

Did you ever find yourself longing to live in a house underground in the middle of the forest during winter? When you came up you would fully appreciate the sun shining on your face and the smell of life all around. Desmond knows what I’m talking about. Hobbits did something like that right? They built houses or little mounds out of the earth? Seems like a good place to get away from Jersey Shore….I know what you are thinking…Snooki might very well be down there with the Hobbits. Lately I’ve been thinking about the transition from winter to spring. Some years we really don’t get to experience a very warm spring, nor do we always get past the mud. My favorite part of spring happens only once. There is a fleeting moment in which my nose catches the smell of life floating through the air. It only seems to appear on the first day warmer than 50 degrees F not C. It awakens something in my body that I cannot begin to describe. I feel as though it could be a very strong shot of Vitamin D (or whatever sunlight gives off) but it is more life affirming than waking up every morning. It reminds me of trees blossoming, baseball games, and the end of school. Interestingly enough spring as a beginning to something new also brings a sense of completion to most of our lives for certain things. As always, spring signals the end of a treacherous school year, possibly even a graduation. Furthermore, everyone’s favorite television shows bring their storyline to a close and open up new possible plots for next year. Although these few examples are not very prominent in the larger scheme of important elements of our lives, they do play a large role to Americans, especially people around my age, just admit it. Of course the gateway to the summer allows our adventurous spirits to finally go wild after being closed off in the cold winter months. The sense of freedom some of us feel at this time of year is something I think all adults long for. There is never really an end to the average American adult’s work cycle (unless they are a teacher), so they are left trapped without much to look forward to besides a vacation here and there. I fear that soon I will not experience the feeling I mentioned before much longer once I enter the work force in years to come. Therefore I have made it my goal to never lose the ambition to make spring and summers feel like my break from the real world no matter what I’m doing. Now let’s all begin to make our way out from our underground homes deep in the forest. Who’s with me?

Sheen Dream

Goo mawning/afternoon…it still feels like morning over here in Western Mass (Aaron Lewis sucks)<---{[mentioning Western Mass made me think of the rise of Staind…WMass’s most popular band…which therefore tells me how much the music around here craps itself….not too different from Nickelback…in one corner we have cock rock from Canada (speaks for itself) and then we have flaccid cock rock. I just read an article claiming Lewis has a country album on the way…oh happy day.}] Maybe it’s because of the lack of sunlight, another gray/grey day. I saw the sun peak out for about 2 minutes earlier this morning (got up at 8:45). This isn’t a tweet. I’m using multiple contractions therefore it’s not a formal essay. My ears are tickled with the grandiose sounds of Sigur Ros…thought of sugar and ice right there (who just thought they saw rice?). Who here is familiar with Iceland? Something to do some ‘search on later. There was a massive volcanic eruption there last year right? A very ‘green’ country contrary to popular belief and Greenland is very ‘icy’. (Fun elementary school fact dere). Upon looking at a couple of words I wrote earlier I thought I read “the sun peaked out for multiple contractions”. Think of the sky giving birth to the sun…deep shit…kinda like most of your toilet bowls at the crack of dawn. Breathe it in…very organic. Final judgment on the Oscars…not bad…stop giving Franco such a hard time…he’s not host material. Why then did he accept the job? Money. ‘The Social Network’ will have a longer lasting effect on film buff humans (naked film critics) than ‘King’s Speech’ so no worries that it didn’t win best picture. I say bring back Billy Crystal as host. General consensus among some friends…less of Andy Richter on ‘Conan’ please. Best misunderstanding of the week: Roommates thinking Adrienne and I saw ‘Beastly’ instead of ‘Biutiful’. I saw a look of horror in everyone’s eyes when we said it was good (still under the assumption we saw ‘Beastly’). That’s really the whole story…well I enjoyed it at least. Oh and I think Beastly should be changed to ‘Beistely’…a film in which a young male’s girl crush turns into Beiste from Glee…let’s see how that goes over with little yellow marshmallow ducks. Can we discuss what it is that Alex Trebek might talk about with contestants during the credits of Jeopardy? I think the general public should practice ‘turn off your computer for a week’ (maybe they already have that…I don’t look up these things)…just like the popular ‘turn off your television etc.’ Let’s get back to our roots of reading and listening to music around a fire or playing cards at the table with some drinks…or perhaps getting outside just for the hell of it…I know I need to do more of that (fat). Then we can go to the Theatre and watch a film like the old days and realize that if one of the major forms of entertainment outside of the house…provides us with films such as Big Momma’s House 3 ‘The downfall of America’ or ‘Drive Angry’…another Nicolas Cage romp then we should all move back into the wild. Has anyone else realized how Cage has a new movie out almost every month? Doesn’t anyone think this is incredibly threatening? Until next time…..slow down. Now turn off your computer so you can stop reading this tripe.

*WINNING*

One post a year seems about right

Welcome back old friends. I also say “hello” or “nice to meet you” to new readers of this corner of my brain. It’s been a long while since I put some thoughts through a keyboard but I’m back for the time being, cheerio.
The snow’s piling up outside and I’m sitting inside reading more often so I couldn’t help but discuss something irking me. Who decided ‘speed reading’ was a good idea? Isn’t it bad enough that we speed through our daily lives? I think of two situations in which speed reading compares; ‘speed eating’ and something I like to call ‘speed living’. Let’s compare life to art (damnit another cliché…I’m breaking the rules of proper writing with one of those…or is including one simply challenging the idea of writing clichés?). We should take time, when we can, to reflect and enjoy most moments (notice I didn’t say all…cause some we would like to forget…you remember those awkward bathroom stall breaches when someone forgot to say “occupied” or lock the door when you knock?) as though we will not find ourselves there again. When I say ‘there’ I mean in a given particular time and space. Minutes in that regard are unique (they seem to pass so quickly…) but I won’t go into that right now because this is already a ludicrous discussion and I’m thankful anyone is still reading on.
Those of us who enjoy reading understand the importance of ‘digesting’ words as our eyeballs hover over each page. The slower the reading, the more time the mind has to paint a picture of the wonderful descriptions the author provides for the reader. What’s the point of reading so fast we are only able to catch “beautiful…..park….on the sidewalk….dogs”? I don’t know about you but I spent some time in high school speed reading and I missed half of the description words that helped give the text meaning.
Going back to the food comparison (talk about a terrible transition)…it’s like going to a nice restaurant where the food has been prepared with care and you shovel down everything so fast you don’t realize what you just tasted. “Well yes it was a bit salty and chewy…and then I remember there was some water I drank at some point..it was a bit metallic”. Okay sometimes we are just so hungry we can’t help it but regardless, the point I am trying to make here is slow down…in everything. Take time enjoying someone else’s creation (music too) because isn’t that what we are all here for, to create? Yes we are all guilty of speeding through everything, but let’s try not to. In some ways it just seems disrespectful to our fellow humans.
All audacity aside, think about how terrible most things are if you do them quickly…yes my friends, going to the bathroom can best be enjoyed slowly….we all know it.






Speed reading sucks.