Not a whole lot has been going on here, just things changing slowly to where they need to be. Here at the house we got rid of cable tv. We feel that tv sucks creativity out of life. It's so easy to turn in on and be entertained and that's what we're culturally programmed to do. We are living in a day of entertainment where everything has to be entertaining or we don't pay attention to it or don't even like it. I hear people complaining about things they don't like and don't want to do it. Sometimes in life you do things you don't want to do, actually all the time. I wonder sometimes if there is more pain in life that we would accept it better.
There is another blog that I stumbled on and keep reading because I think it's interesting. The writer is a young mother who became pregnant at 19 and was forced to marry the father, which wasn't a terrible thing, but parents made them choose to get married right after they found out that this girl was pregnant. This blog describes the joys of being a mother and dealing with money issues in their happy lives. The father is going to school so the mother is doing much of the house work as well as taking care of the child. In there also is a very open minded person who is finding the best way to do what she needs to do without following the norms of the culture around her. She is very strong and is a great mother. When I read the posts on her blog I see how she deals with all the trials that she goes through in her own way. She wishes things were better but she does the very best she can. Life for her is very consistently painful and she is still very used to and and very happy. Sometimes she compares herself to others or where she wants to go and when she does this it brings her down a little bit. Her strong self reliance is why I like reading her blog.
I really don't know what I'm writing. I'm actually a little bored now. Normally I would be sitting in front of the tv and let that trance wash over me and let my brain take a little break, and I'm glad I'm not there because I can use my time more effectively doing something else. I've been reading more which I like to do and I've been playing my guitar more, I've also been playing my playstation too. There a game called Lair that's coming out soon that I'm looking forward to. It's set in the middle ages and you ride and fight with dragons. It looks cool so go check it out. I think it comes out September 7th I think, which a few weeks later than posted on their advertisements.
Yeah. So we put the tv downstairs as well as a couch and a chair. One of my friends in the house also bought a couple of turn tables and dj mixer. She's going to be kickin it as a dj soon, as soon as she figures it out. It's cool that other people besides me will be hanging out in this level, but it's also kind of sad because I had been the only one doing stuff down here and now there's some ugly furniture here and more people. It's better though.
Yesterday I went up to the outlet mall they got up here. It's pretty big it was hard to find anything good. I guess that's how it is at every outlet mall. Someone told me that Gap makes clothes exclusively for their outlet store which seems weird to me. It seems that outlet malls are selling some of the stuff that stores couldn't sell in their normal stores which isn't bad in any way, but what trickles down to the outlets are a bunch of clothes that I couldn't wear. I try to have my own style and express myself in what I wear and the stuff I saw yesterday doesn't even come close. In my mind there are certain levels of fashion that the normal person shops at: for instance one level is buying clothes at the trendy places where it doesn't really matter what they're selling as long as it has the trendy name brand on it. Another level is buying clothes at those same stores but only the sale items to still fit in but not buying the stuff that you really want to buy because you don't have the money. Another level is shopping for clothes at Walmart or Meijer or Target. And I'm not judging anyone for shopping at any of these places. Everyone has motives to shop where they do for their own reasons. But there is the point of self expression. I think everyone should do it and not be afraid to do it. I know many people are and just want to fit in. I went through a faze like that and I think that most people do. And getting to my point that the more people shop at the outlet stores the less expressive they can get with their clothes. I don't extend that only to outlet stores but to the big chain stores that are in every town and city from coast to coast. I also know that it's how a person wears the clothes that dictates who they are as well. Getting more into my point: I see people becoming faceless consumers caught up in what the big companies are selling and not thinking. I also think that not watching tv helps a great deal with this.
Is anyone reading this? I'm surprised if you are. I feel like I'm rambling. I am actually, but I'm also thinking about stuff and not letting my brain slow its mental capacity by letting it watch tv. So I like where my life is heading. I will, however, miss some programs.
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