At this point in my life, about to turn 23, still in college, allergic to alcohol while attending a college that requires you to drink at least 10 beers to take a final, sarcasm, it's pretty strange. There are so many different things that I've experienced and here I sit, writing an article I doubt will get much attention here because I choose to not talk about the stuff that realistically doesn't matter. Sports. I don't think they matter. Why? Because the world is broken in many areas. Because money is how this world is run (whether you like it or not) and most of it is going to someone based on how well he can catch or throw a ball. Seems quite strange how that is America's money maker.

What I want to do is I guess explain where I'm at and how I feel about it. Maybe my current status or my experiences can help someone going through something similar in a way a stranger shouldn't. I think today, right now, we've lost our way as a community and collective. I think the priorities of the majority are locked up on things that shouldn't even matter. I blame the media for this because they've become the puppet masters in our allegory of a cave. And with each shadow, our collective mind is distorted. The media has diverted our path towards enlightenment and I must call it out. I must address the fact that we need to evolve from trusting mainstream news or anything mainstream. Money is the equivalent to objectified time. The more time you have, the longer you live, right? In order to attain as much money as possible, one needs the attention of the majority. You cannot tell me that in today's society, News doesn't have ulterior motives. It used to be something we fantasized about. Until individuals with enough money actually started buying out these networks. Subliminal messaging has been known to be quite effective. The goal of this passage isn't to have you in a state of worry. The content is horrible stuff, but what I want to say is, don't let other people dictate how you want to live your life. Don't let news outlets establish your mindset. These are all choices that WE must make within ourselves.

I've been on this wave of being accepting. Regardless of any situation, I always try and give a clean slate to people I meet. And so far, it's really been nice. It's actually shocking how wrong the idea that there are all these bad people out there trying to get you is. I've met some of the greatest people just through actual conversing. That's another thing I dislike about today's society. The conversations between strangers is usually the worst thing in the world. I don't know if the whole smart phone phase is what's removing our ability to actually talk to people in real life, but look around, for the most part, strangers don't socialize well. And this is sad to me, because we're a species so heavily dived in with romance and love, and yet, we fail on so many levels when reality hits. But why?

Life is given to us once, but what video games and movies have done, has eliminated the significance of life because we've become accustom to this idea of respawning or everything working out, regardless and a "Happily Ever After".

It's all bull shit. The stuff that should never have been relevant but is. I love movies, don't get me wrong, but I don't think we realize that movies just aren't for everyone. Especially films that contain violence or psychological terror and fear. These films can damage the way we think and misconstrue and distort our thoughts. Do you get that? What happens if someone watches Saw and becomes obsessed with the idea? What do you think it does to the way we think when we see insane amounts of people dying in a movie? We lose value on life.

I don't think I'm wrong because at this point, there are just too many people in the world. There are too many things we as humans do wrong that create strange new ripples in the water of life.

It's fixed through simple small steps, like loving yourself, making your bed, brushing your teeth, eating healthy and exercising, but at the same time, being realistic. Accepting that you are different and that different is good. Don't be normal because that's the worst thing you can be in life. Stick out. Make someone's day. I tipped a server in an empty diner, 100 dollars and she started crying. That's what we should live for, moments like that. I made friends with international korean kids at the University of Iowa as an American and I ended up going to California with them for vacation and at one point, I was driving along the Malibu Coastline in a convertible Mustang. That's the thing about life, which makes it so wonderful, is that it's unpredictable but it requires actual exertion from us. There are so many doors and roads in life but we must find these doors and roads and go through them and down them. Do you know what I mean? We gotta live because we only get to live one time. Why not make it incredible? And without regret.