Like A Rolling Stone

Gamer Nation:

You miss me yet? No? How bout now? No? Fine, duly noted. I get it, you have not missed me. But you know what, I will not lose any sleep over it. I will continue to carry on sharing my thoughts to all of my loyal followers, that is of course if I actually have any. I like to think that there are a few of you out there. Alright, seatbelts fastened everybody? Let's roll.

Got to show love and respect to the first week of classes for the semester. It has been said that history tends to repeat itself. I sure hope that history does not repeat itself this last semester of my collegiate career. I cannot afford to revisit the ghosts of some of my previous semesters. Those ghosts visit me in my nightmares and straight-up creep on me harder than I do at Brick Street. I need to lace up my sneakers this semester and finish strong. I have dug myself a bit of a hole for this final lap, but it is my job to dig myself out. Come to think of it, it probably more closely resembles a crater than a small hole. However, I must face the music and keep dancin' until the bar closes. I cannot merely hope that history does not repeat itself. I have to grab the bull by the horns and break mental sweats just like my main man White Goodman does. How do you think he managed to build world-famous GloboGym, Inc. The planning and construction of GloboGym facilities required endless hours of hard work, sweat, persistence, and determination. And yes, a large inheritance from his father, Earl Goodman, but that is neither here nor there. This final semester, I must build my own GloboGym. I must grab the bull by the horns. Just like Beyonce and Destiny's Child do during a bad break-up, I must do the same. I am a survivor, I'm not gonna give up, I'm gonna work harder, I'm gonna make it. And so, just like Team GloboGym does every time they prepare for dodgeball battle, just like Camp Hope does as they prepare for the Apache Relay, and certainly just like Team X-Blades and Team Pup 'N Suds do every time they strap on their K2 blades and hit the halfpipes, quarterpipes, and vert ramps, "We will, we will...rock you." Boom. Roasted.

Something that has been on my mind recently is the idea that you should always give each and every person that you meet in your life at the very least a fighting chance to become part of your life. I remember as far back as gradeschool that there were certain people that I simply did not give the time of day to. I immediately wrote them off as a person that I did not want to know or become friends with. I made an immediate decision that some people offered me nothing positive. It is far too easy to get caught up in making immediate judgments about people that you meet. Many times, these immediate judgments are based solely on physical appearance. The truth is, everyone that you meet in your life can provide you with something positive. Even if you meet a certain person and the two of you clearly do not see eye-to-eye and will most likely not become friends even anytime in the distant future, there are still valuable things to be learned from someone like this. You have done your job if you have given this person a fair opportunity to become part of your life. No matter the outcome, you have given that person a fighting chance. It is so important not to write a person off right from the start merely because of negative first impressions or some other transparent reason. I feel as though it is always the people that you least suspect to become an important part of your life that do in fact actually become that irreplaceable person in your life. And many times, it is actually the people who you least suspect that will end up letting you down in a big way. Life really is full of unexpected events repeated time and time again. Just remember the importance of giving everyone a legitimate chance. Of course, this does not mean that every encounter with someone new will lead to a special lifetime bond. I just ask you to get to know someone before an opinion is formed. Give every person a fighting chance, you never know what type of bond could slowly start to develop. Surprise yourself. Life's a garden, dig it.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"But thoughts they change, and times they rearrange, I don't know who you are anymore.
Loves come and go, and this I know, I'm not who you recall anymore.
But I must confess, you're so much more then I remember.
Can't help but entertain these thoughts, thoughts of us together."

- Anberlin

RANDOM ALANIS MORISSETTE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Must stop quoting Alanis Morissette. Uncertain as to why I even started, but now it must rest in peace for the time being. Take care, Alanis.

 

CLOSING THOUGHTS:

You're not very funny for a clown fish.



Never Take Friendship Personal,

Meatson, out.