should we live like we effect everything? even when there are thigns that don't effect us? i know that there are people, beliefs and events that don't effect me. but i can see how i could effect them.

Lately, I've been thinking about what some people have been talking to me about. The word 'Justified' was brought up a couple of times. They were talking about things they have done and how people were upset with them and conflicts that they were in. I think that they were wrong in these situations, but feel right because they can 'justify' ( Read more... )

nostalgia gets me ( Read more... )

life imitates art ... sometimes. johnny cash sang "kneeling drunkards plea" and here i am, drunk and praying. knowing, even when i am drunk, that i should be here (i meant to write 'shouldnt', but i think that the 'should' is a little more fitting). i dont feel like youre listening. but i know that you are. how couldnt you? youre that big ( Read more... )

i was reading my last entry and it reminded me of something that i was thinking about last night while i was having dinner with a friend. why do we need to be moral? why should we do good? how come? im still not sure. i mean, there is the obvious, you do mean/bad things and mean/bad things will happen to you. but i see mean and bad things ( Read more... )

commitment is a really interesting thing. with all of the things that comprise up what becomes our moral code, they all seem to be unnatural things. it is unnatural of us to love our neighbor who is an asshole and keeps his lawn a mess. it is unnatural for us to not just take something that we want, but cant afford. it is unnatural for us to be ( Read more... )

politics make me uncomfortable. people are always telling me what to think. you are cool if you believe what they want you to believe and you are insensitive and stupid if you believe something contrary. either way, i dont fucking care, but i dont like how they are treating people who carry different beliefs with them ... they might as well just ( Read more... )

just a sec ... thanks for waiting. i just poured myself another glass of "Highest Quality TEN HIGH Kentucky Straight Sour Mash Bourbon Whiskey". this is some good shit. damn. it is very smooth, but also strong as hell. it is a few years old as well ( Read more... )

i think that i am going to drink tonight and write in the ole journal and see what comes out of me. sounds like fun. we will see.

the other day i watched the 10th year anniversary special for the show 'Inside the Actors Studio' (which is an incredible show for anyone interested in the arts). the interviewer, james lipton, asks each one of his guests "If there is a God, what would you hope that he would say to you if you get to the pearly gates?" which i think is an ( Read more... )