If. And Then.

Nothing is everything

Everything is nothing

Everything starts and ends at nothing

But then isn't nothing something?

Nothing is something everything's not

But everything against nothing is something we fought

So everything is nothing is one

And nothing is something is two

So everything is something that means nothing to you



-Rich Beltran

Labels

If an adult is reinforced for behaving appropriately
we call it recognition.
If a child is reinforced for behaving appropriately
we call it bribery.

If an adult laughs we call it socializing.
If a child laughs we call it misbehaving.

If an adult writes in a book we call it doodling.
If a child writes in a book we call it destroying property.

If an adult sticks to something we call it perseverance.
If a child sticks to something we call it stubbornness.

If an adult seeks help we call it consulting.
If a child seeks help we call it whining.

If an adult is not paying attention we call it preoccupation.
If a child is not paying attention we call it distractibility.

If an adult forgets something we call it absentmindedness.
If a child forgets something we call it attention deficit.

If an adult tells his side of a story we call it clarification.
If a child tells his side of a story we call it talking back.

If an adult raises his voice in anger we call it maintaining control.
If a child raises his voice in anger we call it a temper tantrum.

If an adult hits a child we call it discipline.
If a child hits a child we call it fighting.

If an adult behaves in an unusual way we call him unique.
If a child behaves in an unusual way we refer him for a PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION. -Unknown


The theme is perspective in case you weren't aware.

Just Playing

When I'm building in the block room
Please don't say I'm "just playing"
For, you see. I'm learning as I play
About balance and shapes

When I'm getting all dressed up
Setting the table, caring for the babies
Don't get the idea I'm "just playing"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I may be a mother or a father someday

When you see me up to my elbows in paint
Or standing at an easel, or molding and shaping clay
Please don't let me hear you say "He is just playing"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I'm expressing myself and being creative
I may be an artist or an inventor someday

When you see me sitting in a chair
"Reading" to an imaginary audience
Please don't laugh and think I'm "just playing"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I may be a teacher someday

When you see me combing the bushes for bugs
Or packing my pockets with choice things I find
Don't pass it off as "just play"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I may be a scientist someday

When you see me engrossed in a puzzle
Or some "plaything" at my school
Please don't feel the time is wasted in "play"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I'm learning to solve problems and concentrate
I may be in business someday

When you see me cooking or tasting foods
Please don't think that because I enjoy it, it is "just play"
I'm learning to follow directions and see differences
I may be a chef someday

When you see me learning to skip, hop, run, and move my body
Please don't say I'm "just playing"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I'm learning how my body works
I may be a doctor, nurse, or athlete someday

When you ask me what I've done at school today
And I say "I just played"
Please don't misunderstand me
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
I'm learning to enjoy and be successful in my work
I'm preparing for tomorrow
Today, I am a child and my work is play

- Anite Wadley





Sometimes the most important that you can gain in your life is a change of perspective.

Everytime I lie down to sleep I start to miss her even more. Why?

Blogs Suck.

This shit reads like a less lyrical Slug.

"Priorities man, nah I'm kiddin."

And oh, oh those overnights.

"And when there can be no understanding, there can only be surfaces, pretty surfaces, to be dressed up, expensively and profitably, to be 'consumed' by other pretty surfaces; and this is 'love' for the desolated day-tripper--- 'Love at first sight', love without understanding, coherence, or communication, love as best-looking girl, love as maximum-points-conquest-consumption, love as a good enough package to marry.
Because he has been persuaded to feel ashamed of himself, to be dependent on external judgments and authorities, because he has been taught to abandon his capacity for creative, independent thought and coherent understanding, his ability to stand with strength, understanding and independence in love has been crippled and he will tend to fall-not to love-but into dependence on some other person, some 'magic helper' able to solve all the problems he has been made to feel incapable of solving himself. He seeks strength, solutions, coherence, and affirmation in the only place he has ever been told to look for them--outside himself." - David Edwards (Burning All Illusions)

Not that it's relevant, just to keep us thinking.

You gotta stay on your toes.

Cause' once you get comfortable, life will take the rug out from under you.

I still got camp though.

"I'm gonna get a lot of ugly girls so that I can practice." - Sean Cook II (age 7) to Kaz (age 23)

Breaking free.

Sometimes you have realizations that completely shatter the world you've created for yourself.

Charles Simic

Surely he walks among us unrecognized:
Some barber, store clerk, delivery man,
Pharmacist, hairdresser, bodybuilder,
Exotic dancer, gem cutter, dog walker,
The blind beggar singing, Oh Lord, remember me,

Some window decorator starting a fake fire
In a fake fireplace while mother and father watch
From the couch with their frozen smiles
As the street empties and the time comes
For the undertaker and the last waiter to head home.

O homeless old man, standing in a doorway
With your face half hidden,
I wouldn't even rule out the black cat crossing the street,
The bare light bulb swinging on a wire
In a subway tunnel as the train comes to a stop.

2009, shit is new

This is gonna be a good year.

Started with a snowball fight, name a better way you could start a year?
I've got some grand fucking friends.
I've had, and have coming, some grand fucking adventures.
My boss bought me a megaphone just cause.
Dream House is coming.
If Dream House isn't coming then I'm just never coming home from Italy. Also not bad.
Alo is running smooth again.
I'm going to hang with Mr. Cooper, Mallory and Connor.
I get to teach enrichment programs.
I'm gonna start running again soon.
I get to supervise with Joe Tursi this summer.
I'm going back to SFSU.
I get to play ultimate again.
Goddamn, I get to play ultimate again..