numerous things
suddenly my mind is inundated with thoughts touching on a cornucopia of topics ranging from flying, to music, to love, to family to...just about everything.
just to get this one out of the way, i have always had a very romantic relationship with flying and the sky. up until now it has always been a romantic relationship in the same way that a freshmen kid has the hots for the hot senior girl and reluctantly is forced to admire her from a distance. but as things go, since you cant have them, you fantasize and dream about what it would be like, and what you would do. everyone has had this happen to them, i dont care who you are. i went out with dave and alissa the other night and some flight instructors that she works with came out and met up with us. they asked me what kind of flying i want to get into and i responded "aerobatics." i simply thought that they would all say something in agreement with it but they all kind of shrugged their shoulders and said that they had never any interest in it. 'scuse me? no interest in flying the airplane the way it should be flown? nope. you just want to go from point a to point b and then just hang out? yup. what?!?!?!?!?! how is this possible that there is someone that does NOT want to do that. and then it occurred to me that maybe i am approaching this whole flying thing from a perspective not often shared. it floored me, i still dont get it.
as far as music is concerned. here is a quick lesson: if it is on the radio, if it is in rolling stone, if it is on mtv or vh1, if it arrives to you through some form of mass media please do yourself a favor and disregard it as complete crap. i am really realizing that all of this, every single bit of popular music that is thrown out there is nothing more than a method to sell a product, and the product is not the music, trust me. all this crap music that is just getting shoved down our throats with the label of "hot" or "fresh" , is it anything more than just an image? is it anything more than just someone's idea that kids will latch on this false sense of rebellion which they are so desperatly craving at this rather important juncture in their lives? no, it isnt. please do yourself a favor and dig a little deeper to find the good stuff. listen to sigur ros' untitled album, or jeff buckley's live at sine, or even go pick up some ani difranco, just something you have to actually work for to find. trust me, the rewards will be so much greater than anything you have had before.
and just to round out the bases as i said, in abbreviated format perhaps to return later in full length: love is rare and treasured and is the only real point in life. family is the one thing that should be constant.
vermont, nyc, dc, or oh?
just to get this one out of the way, i have always had a very romantic relationship with flying and the sky. up until now it has always been a romantic relationship in the same way that a freshmen kid has the hots for the hot senior girl and reluctantly is forced to admire her from a distance. but as things go, since you cant have them, you fantasize and dream about what it would be like, and what you would do. everyone has had this happen to them, i dont care who you are. i went out with dave and alissa the other night and some flight instructors that she works with came out and met up with us. they asked me what kind of flying i want to get into and i responded "aerobatics." i simply thought that they would all say something in agreement with it but they all kind of shrugged their shoulders and said that they had never any interest in it. 'scuse me? no interest in flying the airplane the way it should be flown? nope. you just want to go from point a to point b and then just hang out? yup. what?!?!?!?!?! how is this possible that there is someone that does NOT want to do that. and then it occurred to me that maybe i am approaching this whole flying thing from a perspective not often shared. it floored me, i still dont get it.
as far as music is concerned. here is a quick lesson: if it is on the radio, if it is in rolling stone, if it is on mtv or vh1, if it arrives to you through some form of mass media please do yourself a favor and disregard it as complete crap. i am really realizing that all of this, every single bit of popular music that is thrown out there is nothing more than a method to sell a product, and the product is not the music, trust me. all this crap music that is just getting shoved down our throats with the label of "hot" or "fresh" , is it anything more than just an image? is it anything more than just someone's idea that kids will latch on this false sense of rebellion which they are so desperatly craving at this rather important juncture in their lives? no, it isnt. please do yourself a favor and dig a little deeper to find the good stuff. listen to sigur ros' untitled album, or jeff buckley's live at sine, or even go pick up some ani difranco, just something you have to actually work for to find. trust me, the rewards will be so much greater than anything you have had before.
and just to round out the bases as i said, in abbreviated format perhaps to return later in full length: love is rare and treasured and is the only real point in life. family is the one thing that should be constant.
vermont, nyc, dc, or oh?
posted by Chris Porter at 12:21 AM
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