The Flow?

     The flow... of society, fashion, and popularity. Everyone goes with the flow and just follows. Why? cause the guy in front of you or next to you is doing it so might as well. We all were a part of the "Flow" at least once in our lives, some in jr high school but many in high school. We did what everyone else did just for the sake of being like everyone else. Everyone dressed as if they were in jail so even the whitest of white people tried to also. Then it went to the retro look with the guys wearing skinny jeans and stupid colors. After that everyone wanted to be a skateboarder wearing such fresh sneakers holding a skateboard acting like they skate. Then it all went to rock and punk along with all the metal. But why do people do it, keep changing themselves because everyone else is. All they do is waste money just to change their look again five months later.

     I never liked the way everyone did things, maybe thats why I didn't have that many friends. But that was by choice... I didn't want to be like everyone else. Everyone went to wearing skinny jeans and retro colors I didn't even try. Then it went to skating but I didn't even care. Then when everyone went to rock and metal I went to country. I didn't try to be different but I just found it retarded how people changed because everyone else did even though they don't know who everyone else is, why change because of people they don't even know. But I believe no matter how much you change your cloths and hair you can never change the person so dramatically. Everyone changed eventually but some for the wrong reasons.

     Lets get out of high school for a minute, why does everyone change styles after a year? Last year it was heels and this year its all about wedges. What happened that changed the "in" style to wedges from heels? To me it is all on the companies that make these products and advertise them, they then influence a lot of people to buy and wear the "new style" that was already worn two years back but people are too slow and narrow minded to remember. Then if you don't wear wedges and still wear heels people will know that your are "so last year." So last year? What the fuck is that suppose to mean... style isn't like technology where hardware becomes obsolete in six months. But companies and corporations make people think it is and style keeps changing causing more and more people to buy more of their products and throw the old ones out. But wait the last time I checked stuff we throw out doesn't disintegrate or evaporate.
     What will we do with it then... throw it in space? Oh shit wait we already have a bunch of scrap metal and junk up there I'm surprised none of it came back down creating a hole in someones head. But then all of the style doesn't just apply to cloths or style, it can also apply to technology. Some people are stupid enough to get a entirely new computer just for the flat screen because the person they work with has a nice flat screen computer. People buy new Ipods, Zunes, computers, and laptops just because they came out with a new style and it looks cool, nice and all shiny. But they have no clue what is inside the pc or laptop, all they know is its pretty. So many people are impulsive and don't even think about anything before wasting money and resources. They say humans are more advanced than animals... a money plays with gold because its shiny and pretty, a "human" buys a new car cause its shiny and pretty yea so much for "advanced."

     The point I'm trying to make is think before you act and try not to be like everyone else. The thing that makes humans more "advanced" then animals is the ability of analytical thought. "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome" the marines say that and it has a lot to do with what makes humans smarter then animals. The ability to adapt to any situation and most people who say "I'm smarter then an animal" and slow down at a accident just to try to find a body. Violent, and impulsive... sounds pretty much like an animal. Hypocrites.

     Don't be part of the crowd, be yourself because if everyone tried to be the same then some of the greatest people who ever lived wouldn't be so great if they went with the flow. Thats why people in the 1950's were happiest because none of the yearly styles were created yet. There was no such thing as what in and whats out. It was what people were comfortable in and comfortable doing. The insatiable need for consumption was a large contributer to the crippled economy.

Time Flies

     Feels like just yesterday we all started school. When our parents drop us off for the first day and the feeling where you think people wont like you. But the moment you walk in the door all of it goes away and its just what ever. The whatever feeling sticks around even through college. Most people don't realize why we go to school or whats the point in it. To learn a bunch of math that wont be used or a bunch of English words that have simpler meanings? To look good on paper?

     School was never like how we wanted it. All about fun and playing around with our friends. Sure kindergarten was like that and maybe even pre school but I wouldn't know I never went to pre school. Then comes jr high school and in our minds we are bad asses. Then before a blink of an eye high school comes along. The best experience of our lives but also the worst. The place we make memories and enemies at the same time. Sometimes we all wish our high school experience was like those portrayed in high school musical. Fun and full of activities and cool people that break out singing every 10 minutes. The one time we think we find some kind of true love but turns out to be nothing more then a figment of our imagination. The 4 years of our lives that we will carry for the rest of our lives no matter bad or good. But it isn't until the senior year where people realize... holy shit I fucked up!

     But the sad part is some people still don't learn even through college. Some people might have the age of a college student but not the mentality. We are all on for the ride even though we don't know where the ride is going. All we know is what kind of car it is and how much it cost. That's why most people don't finish college or don't make it in life even after college. No one thinks about their future and where the car is rolling. They start the car rolling and set it to neutral and forget about it not caring if it leads to a mansion or to a cliff, "People don't plan to fail... they fail to plan."

     But to many people it all doesn't matter its ten or so years away. But look how fast eighteen years past by, entering the public school system not knowing what high school even is and before we know it were in it. Everyone wants to be rich and just sit back for the rest of their life relaxing. The only problem is people don't become rich by relaxing and money technically doesn't grow on trees. They plan ahead and think about their future no matter how far or how close it may seem. But the secret to success and to all the fortune is simple, to endure. Endure the roadblocks or speed bumps that might destroy your axle. Just keep going and think before you stomp on the gas after eighteen beers. Figure out what the future holds and act on it. "Failing isn't making a mistake... but refusing to fix the mistake."