Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger. You may see a strangerrrrrr across a crowded room. And a-somehow you may know, you know even then that somewhere you'll see him/her again (and again).
Just thought i ought to let you know. You know, in case, you know... you hadn't... heard.
Okay, well among the many things I have to write are those thoughts that have been in my head for a while now.
1) Overpopulation
Besides being the cause of most of our problems here on Earth, it is also a point of personal anxiety. Is the choice of having children still a choice for all of us? I don't think it is. At the rate of our population growth, global warming will only increase and even if it didn't, we have enough water tied up in crops, animals, and people to make the idea of feeding twice our population with the same amount of water unimaginable. It's not going to happen. Something needs to be done. Free birth control everywhere? Voluntary sterilization for those who desire it? The Pill for men? Does that exist yet? Just one of the thoughts in there...
2) Impeachment buzz
Kucinich brought the impeachment procedure again to the front of our minds. Personally, I don't think G.W. is the one at the helm, so I don't really think his removal would be that much of an improvement. With Cheney at the wheel, all Muslims will be shot on sight! In the face!
3) Futility of politics
Even though I am excited about the possibility of Obama "restoring" America to it's once fabled glory (something I'd really like to see), it's not going to matter in the future. Look at it this way; We're constantly screaming to lower unemployment, reform Social Security, and better education, but these things don't happen. We're obsessed with the economy over most other things, even though WE created the economy, and now we are slaves to it. We should be focusing on making the planet inhabitable again, and, sorry to say, but that's not only going to be with solar panels.
4) The end of the world
Yeah, I guess it's got to end sometime. Why not sooner than later?
5) Stupidity of humanity in general
Sometimes I look at humans as though I am not one of them. I feel like an outsider. I feel like I do nothing normal by the standards of my age. Most of my social interactions lately involve me pretending to be involved and interested. And I am, to an extent. I mainly can't understand what we do to ourselves. Also, I can't imagine most other people having to think on this ridiculously universal level for the amount of time that I do. I hate it, but mainly because I feel alone in doing it. Not SOLITARY, but like the people I bump into on the street won't understand the depth of a sound of a footstep or understand that maybe they can't understand it. Golly!
So it's not been an incredibly cheerful few weeks, but I mean, what's the problem with that? If I were to imitate cheer in my daily life, a lot of people I don't care about might be a little more comfortable, and those I do care about would be watching movies anyway, so what's the problem? Besides, I don't want to try to cheer myself up. When I have moods I imagine they're there for a reason, and I don't really consider them moods anyway. Something like what I'm in I doubt will ever leave me. Yes, recede into the background, yes, sway a bit to one direction or another, yes, develop and update itself in episodes and editions, but not much. So far this sounds like a total fool, so that's all folks.
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i think having friends is like having families. so that not only would better friendships perhaps lower the fertility rate (which in the US isn't much more than replacement rate last i checked) but i think too that seeing other people, who are friends with other people, and knowing none of those people, we're not in a good position to like them. at least i don't.
It may be that I just returned from a strenuous weekend that I cannot understand what you just wrote, but it may also be that I'm just thick.
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