Feelin' The Writing Roll

Don't be fooled... there's a couple posts from this Sunday night. Somehow tonight is a good night for Blogging.

Another quiet night at the Corley household in Langdon tonight. There's just nothing really going on at all. Dad's showing his age by the amount of time he's in front of the TV and Mom has been agonizing from her day in the garden... so neither were doing too much. There still isn't a whole lot for me to do here in the middle of nowhere... I would go to the bar, but I bet it's super-quiet there. Anyways... I'm here with you guys.

On the MP3 player tonight, the John Butler Trio. A great Aussie Blues band... thanks to Lars for bringing that CD back from down under. It's super-cool. I recommend picking up this album the way you normally would... buying, downloading... whatever. The album is called Sunrise Over Sea.

Well, like I said... it's quiet here in Langdon, but don't get me too terribly wrong. I dream for the loneliness (or mild gathering to accompany me) of the desert island. In civilization, there seems to be a longing just to have some sort of social contact because it is around me. I have this strange lonliness that would disappear if I knew I wasn't anywhere close to civilization. In the civilization I live in now, there is life's little conveniences that I take advantage of, because I can and I tend to enjoy them more often than not. Nevertheless, if I was working hard for me to keep myself alive, I think I would enjoy that so much more. I think the fulfillment from survival would be greater than the conveniences of today.

I suppose I would miss my collection of Sony items, but if my oblivion of the social world were to exist, I would dispose of them to others... more than likely to fund my trek all the way around the world to get to my destination. I should really download that Google Earth to find myself a destination of desire. I can research and find my happy little island. Oh, to feel the white sands between my toes when I finally reach the beach... and the realization of a different kind of freedom... it would probably make my heart explode in joy, causing some sort of ironic coronary. Ha!

free·dom noun Definitions: 1. ability to act freely: a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions 2. release from captivity or slavery: release or rescue from being physically bound, or from being confined, enslaved, captured, or imprisoned 3. country's right to self-rule: a country's right to rule itself, without interference from, or domination by, another country or power 4. right to act or speak freely: the right to speak or act without restriction, interference, or fear 5. absence of something unpleasant: the state of being unaffected by, or not subject to, something unpleasant or unwanted 6. ease of movement: the ability to move easily without being limited by something such as tight clothing or lack of space 7. right to occupy place: the right to use or occupy a place and treat it as your own 8. honorary citizenship: citizenship of a town or city, together with special privileges, formally awarded to somebody as an honor 9. frankness: openness and friendliness in speech or behavior 10. excessive confidence or familiarity: overconfidence, overfamiliarity, or a lack of proper restraint or decorum 11. philosophy free will: the ability to exercise free will and make choices independently of any external determining force

You know, I think freedom is an overly excercised word these days. I love the idea of freedom... or the definitions of freedom, some more than others. Thanks to Encarta again for the quoted meaning of freedom. I honestly believe that the first definition of freedom, "ability to act freely," would be best if it was available to everyone. This is another reason why I love the idea of the life on the desert island... it's a grand dream, but I like to keep a lot of hope in it. I am slowly losing my hope in this world, rather I am quite resigned to the bad news that occurs. For every group who believes that they can make bad things good again, take the evil out of the world, still with all their effort... there are new evils and recurring old evils everyday.

Side-tangent quickly... I can't believe the amount of effort put on the likes of anti-gay marriages and political arguments over 3 sq. km in the North (between Canada and Denmark) when this effort could be so better placed into research to cure the incurables. It's like using a flashlight at noon, when it could be so better used at midnight. Stop wasting your energy, people... use it for practical advantages!

Would it be so bad if anarchy was to strike the world? It would probably be pretty bad, I suppose. Humanity has probably come way too far to benefit from a global anarchy... too many angry people with access to large instruments of destruction. You'd probably have to be really lucky if you were to survive the initial breakdown of the world.

Is it possible to think that the tribal culture has become too big for it's own good then? I mean, Europe and Asia were known throughout history to be very tribal. The Mongols, the Ottomans and I guess I would even consider the Romans to be all the tribal cultures of the past. And I mean tribes by their willingness to govern and protect themselves. The tribes have now become so big and encapsulated so much that a harsh breakdown maybe a bit better.

Couldn't we dissolve the unity that was built amongst the Global world and amass ourselves in smaller sub-cultures or tribes, therefore we could move again to sustain or grow each tribe. The world could segregate itself into people's own sub-cultures only to be fending for their own beliefs and try to create happiness for themselves.

Wouldn't you think that if a group of people who were anti-abortion were segregated from themselves, taking in their own, would be happy amongst a tribe of people who would perform abortions on their women and unborn children?

A tribe of feminists could live in their own Utopia of very few men... only keeping them as slaves (which could be an accepted sub-culture of man-slaves, who'd probably enjoy it as much as the feminists) for procreation. How happy would they be when they'd dominate their own tribe?

Unfortunately, there is very little space in the world for this sort of theory. Would the heavy metal rockers invade Seattle, the turf of the grungers... or some other theoretical genre/tribe war? Where would every group reside? Would individual outcasts arise? The grey areas alone would cause so much chaos. Parents and their teenagers would find themselves on opposite sides of the fences... more families would be broken up... but everyone would find their way to their own personal freedom of beliefs amongst their brethern.

It's just opened so many avenues of thought for me right now... it's quite cool. The illusion of freedom would also be veiled in the eyes of certain tribes, as they would be subject to their own restraints and restrictions. I would wager that some tribes would find themselves trying to be more free... having the freedom for murder and revenge. To live like the animals in the wild... that would be an interesting tribe, eh? To be the hunter and the hunted at the same time... always something around the next corner. Would you survive?

Well, my 50 minutes of writing has served me well again tonight. I am pretty thought out at the moment... so, I will leave on these notes. And the CD is almost over too... but I'm sure I would have moved onto something else if it finished. Ha ha...