Change

Just some thoughts to jot down and refer back to now and again as needed.


change 
verb, changed, chang⋅ing,

to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone; to become transformed or converted


Synonyms: addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude


W.E.B. Du Bois:
The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.



Niccolo Machiavelli:
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.



Irene Peter:
Just because everything is different doesn't mean that everything has changed.

Everything You Need To Know Can Be Taught By Eddie Izzard..

** Erm...Profanity Warning FYI**



Honesty:

When we were kids, we lied our heads off! "I didn't do it! I was… I wasn't…I was dead at the time! I was on the Moon! With Steve!" And your Dad's going, "I haven't even accused you of anything yet." "Oh, all right. Well… what is… what's the que… well, I… I… well… what?"
"Did you brush your teeth?" "No… yes… what's correct? Anywa … yeah. I was dead at the time!"

Then when you're more mature, you do start telling the truth in odd situations. "I'm sorry, I've broken the glass, I've broken this… is that expensive? I've broke it. I'll pay for that, I'm sorry." And you do that so people in the room might go, "What a strong personality that person has."

Roman Mythology:

And then the Romans came along with their gods that they had borrowed from the Greeks. They invaded Greece, conquered them and stole all their gods... and renamed them with Roman names, because the Roman gods before that were kind of crap, you know - Geoff, the god of biscuits, and Simon, the god of hairdos… You know, they had the God of War, the God of Thunder, the God of Running Around and Jumping, and stuff. "Oh, let's get some of those! Thank God they've got some gods, ‘cause we have these crap gods, you know?"

Fundamentalist Christianity vs. Non-Demonimational Churches:

There's something weird, something phenomenally dreary about Christian singing. The Gospel singers are the only singers that just go crazy, joyous and it's f-ing amazing! And it's born out of kidnapping, imprisonment, slavery, murder, all of that - and this joyous singing! And the Church of England, well, all those sort of Christian religions, which is mainly Caucasian white people, with all the power and money - enough power and money to make Solomon blush, and they're all singing, ( drearily moaning ) "Oh, God, our hope in ages past, our hope for years..." They're the only groups of people that could sing, "Hallelujah" without feeling like it's a "Hallelujah!" thing. ( drearily ) "Hallelujah, hallelujah, joyfully we lark about." It's just not kicking, is it? God must be up there going, "What on Earth is that?" God, who is James Mason for this film.

Foreign Policy:

So if you travel around the world, and, you know, ‘cause your American foreign policy does give you a difficult time to exist around the world, two tricks: one, say you're Canadian, that helps. It works in Europe, it's very good! And the second is just say, "Shaggy and Scooby." And they go "Shaggy and Scooby!" International credit card, I think! So yeah.

Gun Control:

There's all this National Rifle Association and everyone in America is - I mean, 13 year olds keep going out and they get hold of weapons from their grandfather's arsenal! "I'll borrow the Howitzer, the M16 machine gun, the Uzi…" What the hell is the grandfather doing?! This kid down in Arkansas just helped himself to a ton of military weapons, and went and blew away his school!

And the National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do,” but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that… "Bang! Boom, rat-a-tat-a-tat! Boom!" I think they should just try that, you know.

Culture:

Yes, and I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. Oh, yeah. You tear your history down, man! “30 years old, let's smash it to the floor and put a car park here!" I have seen it in stories. I saw something in a program on something in Miami, and they were saying, "We've redecorated this building to how it looked over 50 years ago!" And people were going, "No, surely not, no. No one was alive then!"

Well, we got tons of history lying about the place, big old castles, and they just get in the way. We're driving-- "Oh, a fucking castle! Have to drive around it..." Disney came over and built Euro Disney, and they built the Disney castle there, and people said, "You better make it a bit bigger, they've actually got them here... And they're not made of plastic!" We got tons of them, ‘cause you think we all live in castles, and we do all live in castles! We all got a castle each. We're up to here with fucking castles! We just long for a bungalow or something.


The Royal Family:

Queen Victoria, she was one of our more frumpy queens… they're all frumpy, aren't they? Because it's a bad idea when cousins marry! Bottom of the gene pool, you know. You're just scraping the barrel there, “We've haven't got enough for any more of you royals there, sorry.” First rule of genetics: spread the genes apart! But the royals are just obsessed with, "Are you a royal family? Are you a royal member? Well, then you can marry me ‘cause you're same gene pool, and our IQs will go down the toilet.” Fantastic! That's why there's no crazy royals, they're all kind of, "Hello! Hello, what do you do? You're a plumber! What on Earth is that?"


Protestant Reformation (According to Eddie):

So yeah, and the Romans went Christian and then we had Christianity for about 1500 years. You know, Catholicism, we believed in the teachings of Cathol, and everything it stood for...


Then Henry VIII came along. Henry VIII, a big, hairy king, and he said to the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church: "Mr. Pope! I'm going to marry my first wife, and then I'm going to divorce her. Now, I know what you're going to say but stick with me, my story gets better. I'm going to marry my second wife and then I'm gong to kill her, cut her head off! Ah, not expecting that, are ya? Third wife, gonna shoot her. Fourth wife, put her into a bag. Fifth wife, into outer space. Sixth wife, on a Rotisserie. Seventh wife, made out of jam. Eighth wife…”

And the Pope's going,
( Italian accent )"You crazy bugger! You can't do all this! What are you, a Mormon? You can't marry all these people! It's illegal! You can't do all this! I am the Pope, I am the head of the Church, I have to keep up… ciao! I have to keep up standards. What have you been reading, the gospel according to St. Bastard?"

So Henry VIII, who was Sean Connery for this bit, said:
( imitating Sean Connery ) "Well then, I will set up a new religion in this country. I will set up the Psychotic Bastard religion."

And an advisor said,
"Why not call it Church of England, Sire?"
"Church of England, actually. Much better... Even though I’m Scottish myself."

Things I Love

My boys and I were talking about stuff we love. Mason my youngest son who is 7 loves red, cooking, and his dog Bree. Michael who is 8 loves fishing, inventing and football. They asked me about my list and Mason said I couldn't say any mushy stuff like the boys or anything like that. So here goes.

I love:

Cool Ranch Doritos
I Love Lucy
Heat Lightening
Summer Thunderstorms
Watching my boys sleep
New Socks
Haircuts
Getting pictures of Jackson on my phone
Warm and melty Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
A freshly made bed
Planting flowers
Anchoring the boat and relaxing to the waves rocking back and forth
Soft purple

So that's stuff I love.

Cerebral Tinkering

I think its inspired by nature, this evaluation or self-critique that usually happens this time of year. That new blossoming feeling, possibilities, freedom; they all contribute to my personal checklist of life. I've been in, and still am in this funky quicksand of slowed motion. And its easy to slip into self-pity when you feel this way. And usually when I hit that place, something comes along and smacks me into realizing I'm still alive, breathing, moving, and should really quit whining. Today it was the simple beauty of humanity.

I'm easily fascinated by the way our body rhythms change with the environment around us and influence so much about how we interact with our world, and how we even interact with ourselves. Its divine, this self we all have. Capable of changing the course of a world, discovering amazing things, or just simply being a good friend that comes along at the perfect time for someone.

Human nature, and the divinity of being human simply fascinates me. It allows us to settle into a daily monotony of routine, but can queue us to do inspirational feats. Humanity, in all its ugly clumsiness, dogmatic disagreements and flawed ideas of self-importance is still beautiful. I am fascinated. ~