Monday, October 01, 2007
I’ll wear those shoes if you will wear that dress
Everyone wants to be a badass, but if everyone is, no one will be. Just like everyone wants to be unique; at least everyone with a decent sense of self. But in trying so hard, half of the lot end up being ‘different’ in the same old way. And for those who don’t want to be different, well, they’ve already begun imitating somebody else in that case.You only get to be different when YOU decide how you want to be, without the influence of external stimulus. Unfortunately, we do not have the luxury of being able to think for ourselves. In a world of microwave ‘gourmet’ meals and instant gratification, who has the time or energy to invent new and refreshing ways of expressing their originality? Instead, let’s do the next best smartest thing and be like that guy on TV who appears to be cool because he’s different. Then we’ll be different, just like he… uhh… is. Hooray, mission accomplished! Clueless monkeys.
If I seem like a complete mess, a total fuzzbrain or an isolated imbecile, it’s not an altogether inaccurate perception. But at least I know (or think) that it’s in my own way. If there is someone else who also thinks they are a complete mess, mediocre to extreme fuzzbrain or any kind of imbecile, feel free to be that way but just don’t copy me!
That was such an empty statement because there are so many clueless people searching for an identity out there, that we are all in pretty much the same boat. Clueless, not because they want to be or don’t know any better; clueless because their lives have drifted to where they are no longer fully in control. There is hardly any value in anything much anymore and most people who are supposedly happy probably only think they are happy because they think they have the things they have been told they need to be happy. Now there's something you can tell your friends!
But it’s not as if that is going to stop anyone from being ‘happy’ at the first chance they get.
As someone said very recently, in an unexpectedly entertaining movie, “It’s not the age, it’s the mileage!” Time is still the greatest thief, as one already knows, but it is also a boon that not very many of us make the best use of. You may say that you are out of time, but up to that moment, all you had was time! A few minutes more when you badly want it and suddenly time is a bringer of joy. It’s hard to be angry at a frustration that often reverses its role without needing any prompting. In another form, it is a grocery list item to be given, taken and bartered, but still having the same effects as its nascent occurrences.
So, although it remains a creeping assassin, I’m always grateful for the gift of time and those who give it. That girl might know.
Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
Coldplay – Warning Sign
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – Good Vibrations
1 Comments:
Siddarth, at 4:22 AM, October 14, 2007
Don't just stand there with your mouth open... say SOMETHING dammit!
But entertaining nevertheless!