The Way We Get By

Desperate times call for...desperate measures? Or so they say. Still, they (whoever "they" are) are right. When you're desperate there's not much you can do. Desperation can lead to acts of glory, or acts of worthy of nothing less then a fling of dung. Quite often pressure follows right behind desperation's tail, leading the unwary to do stupid things. That, or it would allow some people to truly stand away from others, and show themselves.

"In life you need either inspiration or desperation."
-Anthony Robbins

Regardless of who Anthony Robbins is (apparently some public speaker/self-help guy), that is a good quote. In life, you need some sort of motivation to move on. You need something that will drive you forward. Without a destination, what's the point of a journey? Why should you compete, when you don't expect to gain anything from it? Why should you learn if you're not going to use that knowledge? Why should you? To an extent, that good quote is also wrong (maybe). Perhaps, the point of the journey, is to realize what the destination is.



On a completely separate and random note, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held on the last weekend of April. Being the first one I actually bothered to care about, I can't wait to see another one of the annual event. Though I wasn't actually there, there was a live stream...of...some of the performances... With performers like Prince, Jack Johnson, The Raconteurs, The National, Portishead, Rilo Kiley, Tegan and Sara, Death Cab for Cutie, Metric, Swervedriver, and plenty more...this one was great. Now, Bonnaroo is next!

-digital delay

Peers: The Pressure is ON!

Ah, my first real article.

Peers peers peers...for the sake of us all, consider that overly-unused-word as 'friends'.

Every single person in this world has gone through peer pressure at one point in their lives. One time it's about the 'looks'...another time it's about the things you do...friend pressure is a really tough thing to follow. It's because of this that we all strive to become better than what we already are. We adjust things about ourselves that, most of the time, didn't need to be adjusted in the first place.

Now, everything that has a bad thing comes with a good thing (same goes with vice versa). Sure, our friends make us do things we'd never think we would do--but sometimes, they do it for good reason. They're the ones that give you feedback...the people that tell you if something you're doing is wrong.

As for the people who are stuck in complete humiliation--why don't they just sit themselves down and re-analyze themself? I find it funny how they aren't SEEING what other people are doing to them, but instead, continuing doing what's driving them down the normal-people-scale.

Jeez, it's already 8:50 P.M. here...I gotta get goin'. Hopefully Karma police can arrive and spiff this space up...G'night. OH--by the way, if you're feeling any sympathy for us, would you please add us to your Technorati Favorites? (I did not just beg)

-the clam.