It seems that pens are going ridiculously quickly out of style. I can't even fathom how far we have come as a race (the human race), that pens and pencils are becoming more and more obsolete. I just got out of my Sociology Final, pumping the sky as I beat the shit out of that test like it owed me money. But now I'm stuck on the objective of writing, which has never been a difficult goal, only I procrastinate until the cows come home. I also use bad cliches like "until the cows come home" until the cows come home.
But, I digress.
I really have no idea what to write about, except that words in a blog, or notebook, or journal, or diary, serve a much greater purpose than the ones floating around in my head. Which got me thinking about the nature of thinking. If you ask someone who the current president is, they will say "George W. Bush." But do they actually think the words, "OK, who is the president? It's George W. Bush. Time to answer"? Because if someone asked me who the current president is, in my head would be heard, quite loudly, moaning and groaning in utter disgust of what the correct answer to the question is. Right now, you're reading words on a screen, but it really doesn't mean anything, and this blog really doesn't mean anything. I could write anything down here, and you're still reading it. I could say that, sociologically speaking, the fact that I merely attend college automatically makes me smarter than more than half of the country. It's true, look it up. I really stopped writing with a purpose a long time ago, and it's clear that I need a sense of structure or discipline in my writing, as writing is sacred. The thought of language and the idea that we have a communication system on universally (or not so much) recognized symbols create words, and these words, put in the right order, can change the world. Just like the Gettysburg Address, just like the Treaty of Versailles, just like Hamlet, just like the works of Plato and Aristotle and Nietzsche and so on and so forth, they're just words. Words on a page. Whether you like these words or not, you have used these words before, and the order in which you use them makes all the difference. There will never be a time where no one can say anything without repeating something in the past. It's this thought that led to the quote "Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it." This is the reason why so many events in history have repeated themselves, just like Vietnam and Iraq. I seek no approval in the words I say, because I have freedom of speech. It wasn't given to me by a mayor, or a president, or a God for that matter. It was given to me by a document. My ability to make words was given to me by a page filled with words. And I'm going to say what I want, whenever I want, however I want. If you don't like it, make some words of your own. The point is that we can all express emotion.
So let it out.
But, I digress.
I really have no idea what to write about, except that words in a blog, or notebook, or journal, or diary, serve a much greater purpose than the ones floating around in my head. Which got me thinking about the nature of thinking. If you ask someone who the current president is, they will say "George W. Bush." But do they actually think the words, "OK, who is the president? It's George W. Bush. Time to answer"? Because if someone asked me who the current president is, in my head would be heard, quite loudly, moaning and groaning in utter disgust of what the correct answer to the question is. Right now, you're reading words on a screen, but it really doesn't mean anything, and this blog really doesn't mean anything. I could write anything down here, and you're still reading it. I could say that, sociologically speaking, the fact that I merely attend college automatically makes me smarter than more than half of the country. It's true, look it up. I really stopped writing with a purpose a long time ago, and it's clear that I need a sense of structure or discipline in my writing, as writing is sacred. The thought of language and the idea that we have a communication system on universally (or not so much) recognized symbols create words, and these words, put in the right order, can change the world. Just like the Gettysburg Address, just like the Treaty of Versailles, just like Hamlet, just like the works of Plato and Aristotle and Nietzsche and so on and so forth, they're just words. Words on a page. Whether you like these words or not, you have used these words before, and the order in which you use them makes all the difference. There will never be a time where no one can say anything without repeating something in the past. It's this thought that led to the quote "Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it." This is the reason why so many events in history have repeated themselves, just like Vietnam and Iraq. I seek no approval in the words I say, because I have freedom of speech. It wasn't given to me by a mayor, or a president, or a God for that matter. It was given to me by a document. My ability to make words was given to me by a page filled with words. And I'm going to say what I want, whenever I want, however I want. If you don't like it, make some words of your own. The point is that we can all express emotion.
So let it out.
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