Word up motha... whats going down in H-town?
I felt a need in order to try to revive the 3v3ryb0dy & 7h3!r br07h3r, since Seth has killed it. The only question remains...what do I post. Im out of deep debatable thoughts. I'm also out of good jokes and humor filled situations. So as misfortune seems to present itself, I will just write in order to pull something out of my butt (which itches right now by the way)
In my nearly 2 years of the old blogger I wonder to myself, what does it take in order to revive a blog and create a mass of comments, and here is what I have come to conclude. You either insult someones religous affiliation or you assault someones lifestyle. So here it is, its not my style to lay it on the line like this, but what the heck I'm going for comments. I can say honestly, that I'm a smoker and a future alcoholic. However, the whole alcoholic thing...that will probably take a while due to my Irish background. Do you remember how back in high school everyone would always tell you how bad smoking is and thats its highly addictive? Well they weren't joking. Smoking is harder than a mother to quit; however, people tend to blow alcohol out of proportion. They offer the insight that one beer or what sip of alcohol and you are immediatly drunk. I will come out and say as someone who has drank their fair share before. It will take more than just one sip or one beer to make you drunk. Now I'm not saying go drink, because I believe that drinking is a choice and should be done responsibly. Don't drink and drive or do something stupid, but drink in a secure location with other people who will prevent you from doing something stupid. Now I realize the audience to which I am speaking has no intentions of ever doing any of this, but it feels good to just put myself out there. I've never been one to hide behind anything and I dont intend to now. So here it goes, I have drank since 10th grade, smoked since I was 15, I don't like attending church because it seems to traditionally minded (not like following apostolic examples traditional, but like we always do song- song-pray-song song-communion-song-offering-song- sermon-song-announcements-song-prayer, and never chaning from that....sorry just a pet peeve), within the past 4 months I have been an atheist, agnostic, and have pretty much hated attending church and do it with complete drudgery and regret. I feel no remorse for whatever I have done lately, whether thats just my stone heartedness or just the fact that I have become tolerant of my behavior no one knows, but I just figured I'd toss it out there.
So technically I did insult someones lifestyle, my own; which I'm not entirely sure will produce a comment, but what the heck it feels like I've accomplished something by putting it out there. So until whenever, Peace out.
Much Love,
Patch-ua
6 comments:
wow. yeah. that had to have taken mucho guts and stuff.
about smoking, not that i'm trying to force you to do anything, but just trying to help out a friend; smoking's really not good for you. i mean, you always here that, and that have that shirt "don't smoke, there are cooler ways to die." but seriously, smokin'll kill ya if you let it. karen's father died of emphesima because of smoking. just food for thought for ya.
alchohol. hmm. well, quite honestly, i don't think it's bad in and of itself; it's when someone goes overboard and doesn't excercise self-control. it's been studied that alchohol when taken in modest portions (a small glass of wine per day for example) it can be beneficial and that ((like evrything else)) when it's drank til you're drunk, it has adverse effects. but even though it's not particularly bad to partake, it's just not the best coarse 'cause you're more likely to be tempted to go too far. once again, food for thought and not trying to tell anyone the way they should live their life.
as for church... yes, services have become very 'ritualistic' (for lack of a better word). but is there really a better way? i mean, even if we change it up a bit, it'll still mean the same, right? it's when you just fall into that ritualistic mindset and just go and "worship" 'cause that's what you've always done that it becomes bad. i mean, i personally adverse to services devoted to prayer. i'm not dissing prayer, not at all. and i'm not trying to say we shouldn't have a 'public' prayer (i.e. 'opening' prayer). what i'm saying is that they're not all they could be. more times then not, they're devoted to one topic. not bad from the start. but having like, 5 or 6 guys praying about the same thing is verging on the monotony that's shied against in the Bible and that we 'condemn' (once again, for lack of better word) other churches for (i.e. catholics). it 1) doesn't uplift me or make me feel like i accomplished anything or got anything out of the service and 2) makes me feel like we're being almost hypocritical to tell people not to be monotonous and then turn around and do it ourselves.
well, i would keep going, but this comments already too long; and i think my brain's overheating
picking up where i left off:
where i was trying to go w/ that was that no church service is going to be a 'perfect service' for evryone. each person has they're own needs: some like to sing more, some would prefer longer sermons, some a shorter sermon, and some actually do find the prayer services as beneficial. what i'm trying to do is encourage you to go to church, even if you don't particularly like it. find the particular reasons you don't like going, and figure out why you don't like it. so.... yeah. i think there i am trying to tell you what you should do, but it's only 'cause i love you. (in a not-gay brotherly way)
Whoa. Okay, you probably have no intrest in what i'm about to say (I mean who cares what I have to say?) but i'm going to say it anyways. Hmmm. Where to start? I'm terrible with words so forgive me if this makes like zero sense. Okay, i think i've got it...
First off, I'm going to have to agree with Austin. I'm proud of you for admitting all of that. It really took guts. Next up; Smoking=not such a smart choice. And I KNOW you're a smart kid so don't even go there. I'm going to use my parents (mom for smoking and dad for drinking) for examples because they are perfect when talking about this kinda stuff. My mom has been smoking sense, gee..I don't know...14? Somewhere around there. She pretty much keeps herself (and others in the house) up ALL freakin' night with that terrible cough. It seriously sounds like she's going to hack up a lung. At times, it gets very hard for her to breathe and she's almost always got a runny nose from the effects of the smoke. She's pretty much killed her immune system. I'd hate to think of what would happen if she were to get really sick. She smokes about 2 and a half packs a day. She says, "Get over it. At least it isn't drugs i'm doing." (which we found out that was a lie too). She's slowly killing off everyone around her too. Gee that's love isn't it? And like Donald mentioned, it can cause Emphesima. I'd HATE to see you in critical condition because you wanted 'a smoke'. How gay would that be? You're waaaaay to smart for that, hun. Plus, you know you're hott. How would you look with yellow teeth and super bad breath/smell? Moving on now. Drinking=one of the dumbest mistakes someone can ever make. I'm not even messing around. My dad is awful. He's an alcoholic. He started off with that 'one beer that won't hurt anything' and ended up drinking a 12 pack every day and beating his son black and blue. Think i'm messing with you? I love my daddy with all of my heart but only because I have to. You've got no idea the hell he's put my family through and I honestly think it was the alcohol that made him so 'violent'. Like I mentioned, he beat Chris crazy when he was younger. Chris may be a bit annoying but NO ONE deserves to be beaten. It got so bad that my mom FINALLY got the guts to stand up and tell him to stop or she'd leave him. I swear to you, it was the drinking. I'm also not sure if you're aware of this but, he also tried to hang himself about a year ago. You know why? He was drinking (I didn't say he was DRUNK. He just had a few drinks.) and he got depressed thinking about the troubles of life so, the alcohol (being a natural depressent) led him to attempt something terribly stupid. I think you don't have to be all ' OH I WILL NEVER DRINK IN MY LIFE' or whatever because i have a feeling i'll end up having a few glasses of wine or the like in my lifetime myself. But you gotta limit it. And I mean really. Don't drink so much that you've got a beer belly and bad breath. You're also killing brain cells ya know. A little every now and then is alright. Just be careful. As for the church thing, i'm a bad example. I'm absolutely terrible. I've found myself not able to pay attention during the prayers and i've forgotten the reason of it. Lately, its just been a social thing. I'd only go to see my friends. Listen, I know you believe in God and Jesus and such and I know what you mean about the repetitive services. Nothing ever changes. But maybe it's better that way. Maybe God's challenging you and testing your faith. I don't know. I think we could all do a little better in that specific department. Just remember, you'll get through these rough spots. Just keep the faith and rely on God. You can't go wrong if you do that. It may take some time but hey, what's your rush?
I'm only telling you all this because I love you and I don't want you ending up some bum on the side of the street (not literally but you get what i'm saying) that's gonna end up going to hell. Like i've mentioned to you a gazillion times in this overly long comment, YOU'RE WAAAAAAAY TOO SMART FOR THIS. Think about it. I know you can make it through this. I'll be praying for you. Best wishes. I love you, Todd!
p.s. Sorry for all the misspells. I have a feeling there's a lot of those...
Thanks everyone for your comments....well except Seth.
Just thought I would throw into the discussion, that in the almost...3 years that I have drank, I have never been drunk and have no intentions of doing it anytime soon. The whole staying up puking and just making a complete idiot out of myself doesnt strike me as all that much fun. As for smoking, I'm working on quitting...I've been working on it for about 3 or 4 months, but you know its just like any other addiction. Sometimes the cravings come and they are nearly impossible to overcome (and i know i said nearly, because I have done it and I havent been able to) I can honestly admit that I haven't smoked since January, just because I got sick of having to wash the smoke smell out of my clothes everyday. So anyway, since Im home right now I think I'm gonna go grab some sweet tea...peace out. Much love.
P.S. Sorry, Seth. Id take you out for some spaghetti, but after you have some of Blaine's mom's...its never the same again. I guess you'll have to hold out for a few more weeks.....probably after spring break.
you're welcome man. hey, anytime you need someone to talk to or just to bounce ideas or thoughts off of, just gimme a call. and you know i'm almost always on IM.
i like sweet tea. one of man's best inventions.
Good luck!! (and what Donald said goes for me too..)
mhmm. sweet tea. i'm thirsty now.
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