Post #4- Word of Mouth

Well, I certainly missed staying up extremely late last night and writing a blog, so tonight here I am. Got some comments from the masses on my second blog probably got nothing on the third one because it was rubbish. Some key quotes that I see from the people who do comment is to keep writing or kept me reading so I think that's great you guys take a short couple a minutes to give it a read. To address Michaels comment (if thats even your real name) I mean I like the blog to seem like an informal entrance to the mind, the garage door entry if you will. In doing so the blog is written grammatically sound, yet is free form like butter on a warm pan. Pennnamedbooks, no I did not take your creative writing class however, you did inspire me with the will to be spontaneous and therefore I grant you permission to resume taking credit on my writing if you so choose. OK. The video blog thing, I'm not shooting down the idea. Time constraints right now are a big concern, so TBD on the Vblog.

Being home from college is bittersweet for a lot of reasons. Some people don't like it because there are rules at home. Some people don't like it because some of their better friends are at school(totally me). Some people can't stand their home towns. Whatever the reason its good and not so good to be home. We get home cooked meals, you're guaranteed a quiet nights sleep without four other grown men screaming while playing some MMORPG (geek speak for- massively multiplayer online role playing game) or easier known as "waste of time", theres your favorite home town restaurants, the clean smell of your house and so on. What I am getting at and what the title portrays from this post is the wrecking ball effect of the word of mouth- lets say phenomena. The he said she said of "home" though you thought you escaped when you left for college, surprisingly it is waiting here for you as soon as you got back. "Well, I heard that timmy got pregnant at a party... yup, had the baby right there on the couch while he was watching the world cup- had a mouth full of chips too". These people aren't the catalyst of this phenomena, however. Its the guy listening who says "What!? No way, I don't believe that I'm telling everyone!" If you didn't see it, it isn't worth talking about, and I guess that's all I have to say about that- just kind popped into my head.

On to other things, went to the airport today, and though Jack Johnson and I both agree that "people watching" is quite a learning experience its not always pleasant. I watched a young girl age cap of 28 lets say, she was beaming. Hair did, nice clothes, fancy shoes. As she exited her gate waiting (I assume) to be greeted by her man friend, she kind of swiveled about from what I could tell she was looking for someone and by the time I noticed her again she wasn't smiling anymore and maybe 5 minutes had gone by. Well, she pulled out her cellphone and this very pleasant young women turn into a very ugly screaming tribal women ready to start the feast of souls (totally national geographic). Apparently, "eddie" forgot about her and failed to make a timely appearance to retrieve his women. That "Piece of shit bastard- retard" had best A. Pick her up and B. buy her "sexy ass" (confident, but in my opinion total lie) a hotel room for just her because she wasn't going to stay with "eddie the great asshole of the century". Two snaps of a gold studded finger and that phone call was over. Lesson: Long nonsensical insults are not only productive but can be very entertaining to passerby's (or eves droppers like me), giving the asshole of the century not only the opportunity to know the location of, but also pay for where you'll be staying is a smart thing to do. Listen up America, society is changing... resistance is futile.

When I started this blog I decided lets not go political but the purpose of this blog in my opinion is learning and IF you read this blog you intend to learn about me, and really IF you comment I'm learning about you and I like that. Lets talk about BP- I'll go first. Here's what I have to say. It is scary when a single company has the ability to completely destroy an ecosystem and I totally understand the alarm- we need to fix this. However, as American people we have the freedom to make money any way we wish as long as its within a certain guidelines of ethics, etc. The gray area here is where the finger is being pointed. We aren't supposed to be mad at BP for drilling oil, that was what they are making money to do. Where we should be mad is that BP, wasn't taking the proper precautions in doing so. MEANING- that the repercussions of BP's actions should be dealt with BP, and not the oil drilling business. As soon as that problem is fixed I hope that someone comes right to that same spot and keeps making money with the BP spill as an example of what not to do. I'm hearing a huge out cry for not allowing people to drill, and more regulation and why isn't the government stepping in. What we are failing to realize is that A. BP is liable to the damages caused and although the fish dead won't come alive and all the similar analogies, but them and them alone are to be held accountable. B. The US Government is 13 trillion dollars in debt according to the US National debt clock. Would you make someone that in debt pay for another entities mistakes? NO!

In the heart of all this I feel deeply bad for the people of Louisiana two major disasters in too little time. Times like these I hope they learn to quit relying on their gov't officials to do damage control and instead make the right voting decisions to make the free market truly free, so that someone who has the money can take care of things right.

I'm not close minded so I'd really like to hear your thoughts on todays blog. I know I have some strongly politically geared friends out there on both sides. Keep it nice, keep it friendly but I'd love to hear from you. Otherwise any other general comments, concerns, suggestions are also welcomed. Love that you guys are reading I'm truly thankful for the feedback both on here and Facebook. Hope you guys had a great start of your week. If not, because summer is not always sunny, remember that like I said in my past blog what seems unbearably important today is simply a well learned lesson tomorrow. Thanks.

-ToDD