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| Wills Random Thoughts of the Day:
1. Am I the only person who wonders if the Red Cross Blood Donation vans that go from school to school are actually hidden fronts for vampires? I mean, it'd be a perfect cover and no one would ever think to follow exactly where their donated blood goes.. nobody ever thinks that it'll be feeding vampires...
2. Sometimes I think that everything I know, believe, and have experienced about relationships and love came directly from the whole Counting Crows - August and Everything After CD.
3. I think it's a lot easier to deal with the fact that girls don't like you when you realize that you yourself arn't such a great catch. I think the REASON why people are upset with the fact that no one likes them is due to the fact that most people have higher opinions about themselves than other people. General rule of thumb: Take a good look at yourself, body, personality, skills, talents, intelligence and charisma. Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10. Now subtract 3. That's you. I'm also willing to bet that no one ever initially thinks of themself as a one, no matter how emo they try to be. Summarily, everyone is always disappointed by the lack of attention they get; this goes even for hot people. Even if they're a 10, they'll always think of themselves as an imaginary 15.
4. Disclaimer: Don't try this unless you're fully prepared for the possibility of an accident. I make no guarantees that what I'm about to say can't hurt you. I'm not even joking. I've almost gotten into an accident more times than i can count for doing this.
Have you ever been in the car driving along, and then all of a sudden wondered if you're even moving? Like say, you got into your car, started the car and thought that you were moving.. you see the scenery passing by your side windows, you see the cars and dotted lines ahead of you, you feel the bumps and g-force as you make turns. But what if all that was fake? What if you got into your car and it was like one of those 25 cent toy car rides in front of supermarkets where the kid thinks he's going somewhere but in reality is stuck int he same place? What if it was a simulation? all that movement you see on your windows and front windshield is nothing but synchronized video.. all those bumps and tilts you feel your car make are actually pre-programmed to move and bump along with the video thats playing on your windshield. You think you're going somewhere but in reality, you're going NOWHERE. You're still in the same place....once you open the door after you're done driving, you'll see that your exactly where you started off as..
Some people may not understand what im saying but if you do, try it next time you're driving. Make sure there arnt a lot of cars around (id advise not to do this on a freeway). Start driving and then consciously try to SHIFT your perspective .. convince yourself that your're not actually moving, that this is all a simulation. I can tell you its 100% possible and its SCARY. Because once that happens, you JAM on your breaks and try to shift yourself out of that perspective otherwise you'll crash. I can't explain it.. its like all of a sudden, you don't care if you run up a curb because you've convinced yourself that its nothing but a simulation, a game.
My problem now is that i seem to involuntarily lapse into those mindsets and i imagine everything around me is false..and then i have to shake my head out of it .. this happens at least 3-5 times a day now..
again.. what i just said could be dangerous.. don't try it if you're not ready. But if you want one crazy perspective experience.. try it out..
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Radioheads effing awesome.. their new cd debut (whats's the past tense for that? debutted? debutthole?) this morning. For those of you who don't know, it's called In Rainbows and it's only available online from their website. The price is what you think it's worth. That's right. You go on their website and click download. Then it offers a blank form where you put in whatever you think it's worth. Anything. From 0 dollars to a million.
So my brother beat me to it, downloading it from the website. When he told me, i told him automatically to transfer it to our network so i could hear it. Then as i was listening to it, i realized just how much of an idiot i am. This marketing that they're using is genius and already I'm trying to cheat the system. Why? THE ALBUMS FREE! The reason it's so genius is simple: Radiohead already has a devoted fanbase, more than willing to pay for good music and they know it; they stand up for it. They currently have no label and everything is done by themselves from their website. Downloading it is GOOD. They WANT you to hear their music, and it also provides great marketing info for them, how devoted is their fanbase, where most of their fans come from, how fast word of mouth spreads, how many people are willing to pay, etc. So instead of downloading being a bad thing, it's become a GREAT thing for music.
So I'm paying for it. It'll be the first cd i've bought in a year i think. All because they gave me the option of paying what i think it's worth and i think it's fantastic ( my favorite is Arpeggi btw, if you choose to download it.). Because they believe that the music should sell itself and shouldn't be a forced sell. Because this is exactly what the music industry needs, and where the music industry needs to go, leaving all the whiny rap stars complaining about not getting that new Porsche because people choose to download his crappy music instead of paying 15.99 for it. It's a message to all those people: Don't blame the world for not buying your music legally. Blame yourself because your music sucks and you can't survive off just 1 hit single that gets overplayed on Power106. The reason why more artists haven't done what Radiohead is doing is because they know this. They have no confidence in their music or their fanbase which i think is a serious sign of how far our music industry has regressed.
I'm not that naive. I know Radiohead will still make a lot of money. I know they probably have a lot of big name records backing them. I know they'll make even more money when they're special LP release comes out in a couple months for $80. They know they're not starving musicians and they're not trying to convince us otherwise. They just have confidence that good music will always be supported, forced or not. Long live In Rainbows.
http://www.inrainbows.com/
News article on it. One of about a million. The real music worlds rejoicing.
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| It's not about how much you make
It's not about the friends you hang out with
It's not about your Vegas, New York, Hawaii or Europe trips
It's not about the hours spent out drinking and clubbing
It's not about the endless pictures posted, proving that you're alive and social
Is this what you live for? Is this truly what you were put here on Earth to do? Is this the culmination of your life?
Will you leave this world exactly the same as you entered it?
So many people trying to prove their existence, their importance, with these
Doctors work day and night to prolong our lives
Scientists work tirelessly to extend our lives
But do any of us truly know how to live anymore?
Does anyone even know why we live?
I think deep down, all of us are scared sh*tless that someday, people will realize that we have no idea what the hell we're doing.. so we make up for it by acting like we do, living the race, following the norm predetermined for us and trapping our Vegas/NY/elite lives in 3x5s. We talk about it glibly like it's something to be proud of. But if anyone were to ask us if we knew just what we're here for, our purpose in life, what we've given back to the world, i think we'd break down crying.
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