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So this is going to be my new blog. I have a bunch of journalism stuff from my first semesters of college on here, but yea you can just ignore that.
I just finished reading Beautiful Boy today by David Sheff. It was really an amazing story. If you have not heard of it, it is the story of a fathers journey through his sons addiction. Today I went to Barnes and Nobles and picked up Tweak by Nick Sheff. It is his story about growing up on Methamphetamines. I have read about 50 pages or so and it really is intriguing so far.
I wish everybody could be as open as Nic And David with their lives. Some people hide away in lonely dark corners pretending that there lives are perfect and spectacular. Some people are afraid of allowing people to know things about them. I consider myself a pretty open person. Ask me anything and I will tell you. I think the only time I would consider lying would be to protect someone else’s feelings.
Recently I have been told by a quite a few that I should not be putting out my life on the web. Places like this blog, my old live journal page, face book, myspace, etc, etc. What does it matter though? Who am I hiding from? I have nothing to hide from because in my eyes who is to judge me? What difference does it make what you do and do not know about me? We are equal right? I am no better than you and you are no better than I. We are all just human beings and eventually all of this is going to come to an end. I am not going to stress about the image that I give off. I am not going to worry about what others may think because I will never be perfect nor would ever wish to be perceived that way.
I just want you to think. Think about your entire life and imagine all the time you waste protecting your ego. I am not saying that by doing this you are any less of a person, but ask yourself is all of it truly necessary? The amount of time you spend looking in the mirror, the time in choosing an outfit, washing your car every week - (who are you trying to impress - it’s just a god damn car) Here is my out look on that. It is not how fashionable you get from location to location, but it is about how successful you are and what you do at each and every one of those locations. It’s just an example. I don’t really care how clean or not clean your car is. I’m just saying be you. Stop living your life according to what you believe to be social norms. Another example. Going to church because you think “good” people go to church. I feel like I’m ranting and it is making me feel sick. I think the entire point of all this writing is this:
Are you a good person even when you are not aware of other people watching?
Love,
Louie
I just finished reading Beautiful Boy today by David Sheff. It was really an amazing story. If you have not heard of it, it is the story of a fathers journey through his sons addiction. Today I went to Barnes and Nobles and picked up Tweak by Nick Sheff. It is his story about growing up on Methamphetamines. I have read about 50 pages or so and it really is intriguing so far.
I wish everybody could be as open as Nic And David with their lives. Some people hide away in lonely dark corners pretending that there lives are perfect and spectacular. Some people are afraid of allowing people to know things about them. I consider myself a pretty open person. Ask me anything and I will tell you. I think the only time I would consider lying would be to protect someone else’s feelings.
Recently I have been told by a quite a few that I should not be putting out my life on the web. Places like this blog, my old live journal page, face book, myspace, etc, etc. What does it matter though? Who am I hiding from? I have nothing to hide from because in my eyes who is to judge me? What difference does it make what you do and do not know about me? We are equal right? I am no better than you and you are no better than I. We are all just human beings and eventually all of this is going to come to an end. I am not going to stress about the image that I give off. I am not going to worry about what others may think because I will never be perfect nor would ever wish to be perceived that way.
I just want you to think. Think about your entire life and imagine all the time you waste protecting your ego. I am not saying that by doing this you are any less of a person, but ask yourself is all of it truly necessary? The amount of time you spend looking in the mirror, the time in choosing an outfit, washing your car every week - (who are you trying to impress - it’s just a god damn car) Here is my out look on that. It is not how fashionable you get from location to location, but it is about how successful you are and what you do at each and every one of those locations. It’s just an example. I don’t really care how clean or not clean your car is. I’m just saying be you. Stop living your life according to what you believe to be social norms. Another example. Going to church because you think “good” people go to church. I feel like I’m ranting and it is making me feel sick. I think the entire point of all this writing is this:
Are you a good person even when you are not aware of other people watching?
Love,
Louie
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