professorplum

I really don't understand slummers. Well, some things I just don't get, but slumming is just plain retarded. How the hell did this shit become considered cool? As if being "poor" and "homeless" somehow instantly unlocks all the secrets of the universe. Yes, rock bottom is a college education, but you still have to have enough intelligence to actually learn from it and if you're ignorant enough to believe slumming is the same as rock bottom then you're probably too stupid to learn anything of any value from your struggles. Making a conscious choice to live a shitty, depressing life is pathetic, meaningless and morally disgusting. When you've truly lived through hell and have had an opportunity to escape it, you do everything in your power to never have to go back. Poverty is definitely a reality and at times it's inescapable and I believe depression is actually necessary to live a healthy life and to truly understand your own existence, but those are the parts that only have meaning when you have no other possible choice. I have no respect for anybody who considers poverty and depression "cool". It's fucking sickening. Why not put all that energy towards trying to find happiness and trying to help other people find it too. Yeah, the world is shitty, so why not put a little fucking effort into making it a better place? Everyone is so goddamn self absorbed; trying to convince everybody of just how much better they are than everyone else. It's that kind of ignorance and selfishness that make this world so crappy. Maybe I just don't get it. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being ignorant. But I believe this world could be a much better place if everybody could just think beyond themselves at least once in a while.


That's enough of that. Sorry for the rant. I think it came out how I intended it to, but it's still just a rant. Anyway, it's such a beautiful day today. It's sunny, breezy and 60 degrees; all in the middle of November. I'm probably gonna walk to the park and read for while. It might be my last chance to do it this year. Pretty soon it'll start snowing. Not that that's bad. I actually love the winter, but it always gets so confining after a while. Oh well, it's definitely better than summer. I can't really think of anything else to say. I'm gonna go enjoy the day.


PS - Sorry for any spelling and punctuation errors. I didn't sleep last night. I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep for months. Maybe today will calm my soul enough to let me sleep tonight.