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Individuals go through life, living the same routine everyday, day in and day out. They've been so ingrained into their lifestyle that after a while any other options gradually fade away. Taking the same route on the way to work, the same stop at the gas station, the same hello's, and of course the same tps reports ("your work"). If there's any hitch in any of these routines it might tick someone off.

Now your an outside individual looking in, maybe your that new guy/girl at work. And for some reason the routine is more cumbersome then actually getting the work done. This is where you open your mouth and open the eyes of the individuals around you. People might get that temporary look of being hit by a two by four but its about time someone said something.

The basement

Trapped,
With parts afar,
The ceiling tile,
is still ajar,

Oh why oh why,
Florescent lights,
Shin so bright,

Drowned,
The color gone,
CD player,
music file,

The same old tune,
Echos in,
A Blanket,

Footsteps above,
They worry me,

Abruptly stop,
Change direction,

What’s their hurry,
Their destination?

Bite,
Tastes of metal,
Screws together,
Broken pieces,

They lie and wait,
Another day,
Just in vain,

Why doors open,
They worry me,

Almost done,
Change direction,

What’s my hurry,
My destination?

An Election Result

Some people were elected,
Forcing a change that needs a new perspective,
Flushing out the old,
And changing the drapes,
A process to correct the laws of primitive apes.

Dozens still die from forefather’s decision,
Sectarian violence,
Our enemy’s conviction,
To stay the course as Macarthur would,
Or to call it quits like Truman should.

Bush is confronted with that same choice,
Gone his control,
The house, the senate,
His party in tatters,
Forced to compromise on the political ladder.

To fail,
A lame duck takes hold,
And the word veto just gets plain old,
Deadlock stricken the spine of a nation,

As of today,
Six years past our sinking ship,
Violent U-turns,
A sudden temptation.

STOP!!!



Slow Down!!!



Think Together!!!



Monkeys Can't Press Buttons Forever...

Crossroads

There are many times in an individual’s life when they are put at a crossroads.... Almost every individual has faced the high school crossroads whereas they decided whether or not to go to college, or just enter the work force and make some money. Obviously if you’re reading this your probably doing alright.

But the crossroads in life, it’s just like a street light. Some decisions have been made in advance and green lights a shinning down the path, some yellow lights caution you to take your time and slow down and some red lights appear to stop whatever your doing.

Is merely going down Main Street the life that was meant for yourself? Living as everyone else has. Or have you hit a red light and traveled off the beaten path? Coming back days, weeks, or months later with stories of your travels? Or are you just pissed off that the street light scenario even exists? Where as life shouldn't be about stopping and going but rather a straight shot to the finish line.

Its funny how you can view the networks of our culture and turn them around into meaningful examples. One thing I have figured out is that everyone’s life is art. No matter how you approach the crossroads and make your decisions in life there's no wrong way to live out your life.

Voting

Today is the day that individuals go to the polls and vote for the lesser of two evils. The democrats on one side believe that they can deliver change to the world while the republicans believe that the democrats will fail horribly and provide us with an even worse situation then we have right now. Regardless of how you vote and the total outcome of the election, democrats need to pick up a few seats in the house and senate in order to start to bring some order to this country.

Having a singular political party in control of all aspects of our government is just a bad policy when the other half of America believes entirely in a different manner. It doesn't have to be a huge change, but just a few seats swinging across the board would be nice to see.. 

The same story goes, for forever, I suppose..  It just matters what party is in charge at the time of the republics sweeping need for change.

Defense Mechanisms

I'll start where I left off in my last post, impact interactions can make a greater impact on individuals with lower defense mechanisms. These are people namely less educated individuals who go along with the group decisions rather then speaking out for themselves. So one way to get around defense mechanisms is firstly to get into "the group". Being familiar with other individuals can grab an influence, and spew poison inside the mind of a group and open the flood gates for information inside a targeted individual.

Another way to get past defense mechanisms is by knowledge or knowing a vast majority of information about a topic the individual that the individual enjoys. This is sadly done rather easily; in today’s world the largest intelligence gathering is taking place voluntarily in places such as "Myspace" and "Facebook" whereas individuals diverge information about themselves and a search engine can be used to locate other individuals with the same interests. Pictures are put up, thoughts are collected, matches made.

Altering your perspective, through drugs, or alcohol can also let your guard down. There are obviously other ways this happens but I'm going to move on.

With these tactics and a little charisma, you can easily get around defense mechanisms. The problem however comes after a prolonged relationship with another individual. Individuals who sneak their way past all defenses could in turn one day set off a switch in the targeted individual and therefore be put through a violent backlash (I would use divorce rates in America to as my example).

There's no way around it, a part of the ego will forever protect an individual from outside sources and prevent the world from collapsing from within. Finding friends, loved ones, and decent people in your life must all pass through your ego. You'll never know what you get until you battle the ego.