Today, On A Very Special Episode...
One of the things about crazy shit happening around you is that you stop to examine your life. I used to hate doing that in high school because I always ended up disappointed. In high school I used to think my life was so very boring. I just wanted something to happen. Once I left high school, stuff started happening. It wasn't anything that would go on in the O.C. but it was stuff that happened. Now I am in my third year of college and I look back on these last couple of years and I realize that nothing has really changed. The stuff that happened in college is the same stuff that happened in high school. I always just hang out with friends, had a drink or five, had some laughs, and went home. But since high school ended, I have been less disappointed with that life. And now with some real crazy shit going down (look at my last post if you don't know what I'm talking about), I don't want anything more than that. I just want to hang out, have some drinks, have some laughs, and go home.

The big problem was that I grew up on television (in that television raised me not that I was on television) and television showed me that my life was supposed to be exciting with all sorts of mad cap adventures. Think about it. They make television shows so that people will watch them. One of the things they do to make people watch them is make the main character someone the audience can identify with. Zack Morris, for example, had something that everyone could identify with. Even though I was always more like a Screech, I identified with Zack Morris' laziness in school and ability to get by with very little work. And every episode Zack Morris got into some crazy adventure that was resolved in a couple of days. And in the end Zack Morris got the girl (in case you're wondering the girl is not what this post is about but its an example). Almost everyone can identify with Zack Morris in one way or another.

But not everyone can be the main character of a TV show. Not everyone is going to have adventures that they can resolve in a couple of days. And not everyone is going to get the girl. That's the way life is. And you know what? I am completely fine with that. To have an adventure you need complications. Complications lead to stress. Stress lead to seizures. Do you see how I am thinking now? I don't want stress. I want to lead my life with a my few friends, a few drinks, and a few laughs. Look at your life. If you have all of these, then you really can't be asking for too much more. I have this and if there's anything else I need, I'm sure the good Lord will provide.