Party At The End Of The World

I love that song. Helps me keep perspective. The world is certainly going to hell in a hand-basket, that's for sure.

I'm just working on getting my shit together so that at the end of it all, there's a party. The world can't possibly suck forever. But there are periods of time where it certainly does suck. The years of the bubonic plague. When we brought smallpox and gave it to the Indians. The great flood. Now that really sucked. And it kind of sucks now. Mostly due to mother nature.

People always forget that we are animals, too. Granted we are the highest animals on this planet, but that doesn't make us any less animals. Especially important to remember because as smart as we are, we cannot do a damn thing about the earth. We have no control over earthquakes and tsunamis, and hurricanes and tornadoes. We have done quite a bit on the disease end of it all...maybe. What with superbugs and all, we still really don't have control over any of it.

This is all independent of economy and politics and no budget, the bastards, and any of the stuff going on that is just complete and utter bullshit. How hard is it to make sure the troops are paid?

I actually believe that all this stuff we're all focused on and worried about...is all a moot point. I think that when mother nature lets loose, all that shit is going to go away. Things are going to get real simple. You have to work at simplifying things, trust me. In some ways it's not so hard, then in other ways it is.

And even if it is the economy..which is a totally people driven industry..driven by worry. People are worried about Japan, so the Japanese stock took a huge dip, which in turn affected ours, because people got worried about the companies that depended upon Japanese parts...and yada yada yada. For that reason right there, we need to start making some of this stuff at home now. We need to become totally independent as a country, and a continent. We really ought to make some peace down in South America and so on and so forth, because when it all happens, we'll be lucky to still be connected to them, I think. We have the natural resources to be independent. But what is going on? Do we want to hoard our supply until it's the only one left? Yes, it costs a couple of more bucks to start up all the equipment and infrastructure to achieve that, but stuff like that pays for itself.

So, with this and that, I think I'm just going to keep on simplifying my life, get more efficient, and try and make sure I'm around for the party at the end. You gotta practice if you're going to achieve that, though. Work hard, play hard, still the motto after all this time.