2 days in a row? Damn, I’ve really got my life figured out. No more questions about the future, no more worries, no more trying to decide between a career in Male Modeling or High Finance. I’ve mastered this “blogging” thing.
All of that was a joke obviously but sometimes I start these “Random thoughts” things and instead of trying to think up something interesting to start typing about I just remind myself that my strategy is to just type about literally anything. I think I once started one, probably unpublished from a long time ago, and just started describing the things I saw in the room; table, lamp, toaster oven, a lack of parents. That last part was also a joke. Call backs are good things.
I’ve been addicted to playing Spider Solitaire recently and I have mixed feeling about it. First off, I don’t play no baby version with only one suit and the computer making sure each deal is actually possible. Nah bro, I’m an adult. I play with two suits and random deals. Due to the fact that I don’t have any reference points I don’t know if my 30% completion percentage, out of 333 total games, is impressive or not. I think it is but how could I know. Ok, I just opened the app to check my statistics and apparently there is a 4 suit version of spider solitaire and I’m screwed man.
My Grandpa played alot of Spider Solitaire but I never payed any attention, not that I regret that or anything; it’s just solitaire. I wonder how much of an old man game it is. To be completely honest with you there are alot of aspects of my personality that seem like an old codger type. I get very angry when technology malfunctions around me and I also have no idea how to fix any of it. I am pretty skilled at using Google so that definitely helps me fix some of the more easy stuff.
How else am I old? I’m cheap as hell. I don’t know. My 30th birthday is coming up and while you don’t have to remind me that 30 is not very old it is still kinda weird turning 30. I think keeping track of your age might be one of those things that doesn’t really matter at all. I mean, it doesn’t really hurt anything unless we’re gonna get real deep into a sociological impact of the normalization of numerical designations but after yesterday I feel like writing about something a little lighter than religions, Thesues, and killer toasters.
Anyway, my Spider Solitaire addiction hasn’t hurt me too much I think. It’s entirely possible that it’s actually helping me in some unseen way, like making my brain better at problem solving or something but that kind of immaterial benefit is always hard to judge. That’s probably why our society puts no credence in that kind of skill/strength. I mean how do you quantify wisdom in a way that satisfies people into thinking it’s of value over things like money? Didn’t I say I wanted to avoid sociology?
My 30’s are gonna be great I think. Obviously, I can’t see the future so I’m just guessing. Plus, I’m 30 years old with no job, no money, no girlfriend, very little ambition (or maybe I should say ‘very focused ambition’), no house, basically not much at all. Maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe starting with nothing of “value”, expect for my own damn self, is a good thing? Nah, I mean, the only reason having lots of possessions is a bad thing is if you’re particularly attached to those things. I’m pretty good at not getting attached to things, sometimes maybe too good, so I think I’d be mostly immune to the trapping of material possessions. I wouldn’t let them limit my choices or options.
But, on the other hand, it may be exactly because I have nothing, that I’ve built up such an immunity to that particular poison, materialism I mean. It’s a powerful poison but I doubt that’s something Blog readers need to be told that much. Maybe I’m making some broad assumptions about Blog readers and maybe there are some completely capitalistic, materialistic, nihilist blog readers out there. I doubt they’d read my blog at all so I guess I don’t have to worry about offending them. Even if they might read my blog what’s the chances that any of my 5 “followers” fall into their group?
Whatever. I wonder how long these posts need to be for me to feel like I’ve written a full length post? I mean, I would let myself end it after one paragraph if that’s something I felt like doing but I definitely think there’s some length that I could use as a landmark, though not one I place any importance on reaching, just one I can use to locate myself.
Mountains are badass. I mean, the Sun is obviously the best landmark there is but it is hurt by it’s pervasiveness. People always take things they’re used to having for granted and forget how amazing it is, like smoke detectors, but I’m pretty good at not letting that effect my judgment. No matter how good I really am at that though, it is a thing I have to deal with and the Sun is pretty much the most “always there” thing in the world. Don’t give me some nonsense about night time either, ‘”Oh but the sun is really only something you have half the time cause night time.” Shut up with that bro. Night is the absence of the sun. That means that night time is still dictated by the sun.
That reminds me of a quote I really like. It’s not on my list of great quotes because it’s more a lesson but maybe it should be. Anyway, there was a character in a TV show who was going to college and he asked his friend for advice. He was conflicted on whether or not to wear his Highschool Letterman Jacket. You know what, instead of describing it to you I’m gonna figure out how to post the clip right here on this blog. I know I’ve done this before but it was a while back. Let’s see…
Anyway, I’ve always liked that little conversation. I’m not sure how much that relates to the phenomenon of Night and Day but whatever.
I’m think I’m done now.
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