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| onceagainistandalone (profile) wrote, on 3-27-2004 at 11:52am | |
| Subject: amphetamine rant |
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| I'm only 17, but I feel like I've lived at least two lives. I could tell stories for hours. The places I've been, the people I've met, the drugs I've done, tales of past heartbreaks and maybe a one night stand or two...I could go on and on about the trials and tribulations that one goes through while growing up in a modern America. An America that is cornerstoned by the corporation and the little guy. An America that respects the power of religion, yet it is not welcome in our society that bows to the minority. An America based on accumulating wealth without even realizing that wealth just continues the cycle of violence and inhumanity. An America that preaches about the importance of "individualism"...until you reach maturity and are expected to join the middle class army of white and blue collar workers. Be free for awhile, but then you have to wake up and face what you are told is reality. Which is get a wife, get a nice house in the suburbs, have 2.3 kids and raise them so that they believe that their main goal in life is to do what their parents did and become a strong upstanding member of the blind mechanical preprogrammed society. But to me, thats not living. Thats being told what living is, and who in the right mind would think that they have the right to tell me, or you, or anyone how to go about the process of living life and being exactly what you want to be? In my opinion, living to fit the mold that society tries to force you into from the day you are born is not what I would consider living at all. To me, "living" is struggling for what you believe in until you've made your voice heard or you've died trying. "Living" is being as happy as you can possibly be. "Living" is going where you want to go, when you want to go there, and doing exactly what you want to do when you get there. "Living" is climbing to the top of the highest building in the biggest city and screaming your thoughts and opinions at the top of your lungs without giving a fuck about the fact that someone out there probably hates you and everything you stand for. Being famous and making millions by writing a book, painting a picture, or making a song isn't what matters. What matters is that someone out there might read that book, look at that painting, or hear that song, and connect with it and feel exactly what you felt when you created it. Open your eyes and ears so that you can look at and listen to your mind. Then maybe you will realize that your mind is a loaded gun, and someone out there is willing to take the bullet. |
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radioradiohead | 03-27-04 2:44pm I heart you beyond recognition, Matt. |
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