END OF AN ERA

WELL...AFTER 400 POSTS AND COUNTLESS TIMES TALKING ABOUT ENDING THIS BLOG OR CHANGING OVER TO SOMETHING ELSE... GUESS WHAT... ITS FINALLY HAPPENING. THIS WILL OFFICIALLY BE THE VERY LAST POST THAT I WILL EVER WRITE. I CANT BELIEVE I KEPT THIS THING GOING FOR MORE THAN 7.5 YEARS... ITS BEEN QUITE A RUN... THIS THING STARTED OFF STRONG AND WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND THEN IT JUST GOT KILLED BY TIME. OH THERES GEMS HERE AND THERE BUT SOMETIMES THE POSTS ARE JUST SAD... LITERALLY SAYING NOTHING, YOU KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT TOO. SO MANY POSTS WERE FORCED JUST SO I CAN KEEP THAT ONE A WEEK POST GOING. I HAVE SO MANY TOPICS THAT I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT BUT EITHER ITS HARD TO WRITE, TOO LONG TO WRITE, JUST DIDNT FEEL LIKE IT, TIRED, OR WHATEVER THE REASON WAS AT THAT MOMENT. I REALLY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY KEPT UP AND READ ALL THESE POSTS. I KNOW THERES A HANDFUL OF YOU, AND AFTER THE LAST POST I REALIZED THERES A FEW MORE. HOWEVER... THERE WOULD BE MORE READERS IF I DIDNT TYPE IN ALL CAPS FOR THE WHOLE DAM THING LOL. SOMETHING ABOUT ME SCREAMING AT EVERYONE OR IT BEING HARD TO READ... WHO KNOWS LOL. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW WHO BLOGGED AND EVEN JUST RANDOM PAGES THAT YOU GO TO MOST OF THEM HAVE STOPPED AS WELL. ITS HARD TO WRITE, ITS EASY BUT AT THE SAME TIME ITS HARD. IVE FLOATED THE IDEA OF A YOUTUBE CHANNEL BUT THAT TAKES EVEN MORE TIME AND EFFORT AND WOULD BE A BIGGER PRODUCTION, AND I ALREADY DONT EVEN WANT TO WRITE THE BLOG, SO HOW WOULD I MAKE VIDEOS... LOL... IVE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS BLOGGING AND ITS FINALLY TIME TO MOVE ON, TIME FOR A CHANGE. EVEN WITH ALL THAT SAID IL NOW BE STARTING UP A PODCAST!!! SO NO MORE READING POSTS AND IMAGINING MY VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD, NOW YOU CAN LITERALLY LISTEN TO ME TALK AT ANYTIME YOU WANT!!! NOT MANY PEOPLE READ ANYMORE BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE LISTEN TO PODCASTS, SO I FIGURED YOU KNOW WHAT... LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES. THE PODCAST OFFICIALLY START NEXT WEEK... LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS... COULD IT GO FOR ANOTHER 7.5 YEARS... WITH WEEKLY EPISODES... THAT WOULD BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE LOL. I GUESS THERES ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND YOU, AND THATS TO GO AND LISTEN!!! THE LINK IS BELOW, SO GO AND BOOKMARK IT NOW!!! LOL

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AND WITH THAT, I THANK ALL MY READERS FOR KEEPING UP AND PUTTING UP WITH THIS. IT SURE HAS BEEN A TRIP. IVE CERTAINLY ENJOYED IT... MOST OF IT... SORTA... LOL... BUT I GUESS ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. THIS MARKS THE END OF AN ERA. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS JOURNEY.



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AFTER 30

YOU KNOW... THERE REALLY IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING IN YOUR 20S AND YOUR 30S... I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT FROM TIME TO TIME AND LOOK BACK AT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. JUST THE WAY I USE TO BE COMPARED TO NOW IS SO DIFFERENT. THE WAY YOU THINK, THE WAY YOU ACT, THE WAY YOU JUST ARE. YOU KNOW YOURE GOING TO GROW UP SOONER OR LATER, BUT YOU DONT REALLY NOTICE IT, MAYBE YOU DO, BUT WHEN A SIMILAR SITUATION COMES UP FROM WHEN YOURE YOUNGER AND NOW YOU REACT DIFFERENTLY YOU REALLY NOTICE IT. YOURE MORE GROWN UP NOW, AND MORE MATURE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO REACT THE SAME WAY BUT YOU REALIZE WHY WOULD YOU. LIKE SITUATION THAT I WOULD USE TO REACT TO OR WOULD TEST MY PATIENCE, NOW I JUST DONT BOTHER ANYMORE. I TEND TO JUST LET IT GO NOW, WHY WASTE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY ON SOMETHING SO STUPID. HOW ABOUT GOING OUT... I USE TO GO OUT ALL THE TIME, PARTIES WERE NOTHING. I HAVENT GONE PARTYING IN A WHILE, BUT EVEN JUST THINKING ABOUT IT SOMETIMES MAKES ME TIRED. USE TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY, NOW I JUST WANT TO NAP LOL. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I USE TO BE LOUD. IVE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE, THAT BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS VOTED THE LOUDEST PERSON IN SCHOOL. THESE DAYS SURE I CAN BE LOUD IF I HAVE TO, BUT GENERALLY IM PRETTY QUIET. IT JUST TAKES TOO MUCH TO BE LOUD. BEFORE I WOULD JUST SAY WHATS ON MY MIND, NEVER CARED WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT. I STILL DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK, BUT NOW I FILTER WHAT I SAY MORE. ITS JUST TOO MUCH WORK TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION SOMETIMES AND THEN THERES JUST NOT CARING AND YOU JUST WANT THE CONVERSATION TO END. THERES JUST SO MUCH MORE BETWEEN 20S AND 30S. JUST LOOK HOW YOU USE TO DRESS AND NOW. IF I REALLY WANTED TO THIS WOULD BE A LONG LIST BUT YOU GET MY POINT. 20S YOU CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING, AND AFTER 30 YOU JUST DONT CARE OR GIVE A F ANYMORE.

HOLY CRAP!!! THIS IS POST #400!!! THATS A POST A WEEK FOR OVER 7.5 YEARS!!! CONGRATS TO ME AND TO MANY MORE... MAYBE... LOL

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MISTAKES

YOU KNOW... FOR ONCE I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM OF NOT HAVING A TOPIC TO WRITE ABOUT. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING TOO MANY THINGS THAT I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT. THE ISSUE IS THAT I REALLY DONT WANT TO WRITE ABOUT ANY OF THEM. NOT BECAUSE IM LAZY OR TIRED, BUT BECAUSE IM NOT IN THE RIGHT MOOD TO WRITE ABOUT THEM. ITS QUITE FUNNY REALLY... I ACTUALLY CHANGED THE TOPIC OF THIS POST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY AND STILL NOT REALLY SURE IF THIS IS GOING THE WAY I WANT IT TO GO. SO... LETS GIVE THIS A SHOT AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS...

NOPES... CHANGED TOPICS A FEW MORE TIMES...

SO HERES ONE THING THAT THOSE WHO KNOW ME KNOWS, THAT IM NEVER WRONG AND NEVER MAKE MISTAKES. IF I DO, FIRSTLY I DONT ADMIT IT. SECONDLY THE REASON IM NEVER WRONG OR MAKE MISTAKES IS THAT EVERYTHING IS A LESSON AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE. EVERYTHING IS A TRIAL AND EXPERIMENT. ITS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. YOU CANT BE WRONG IF YOU CHANGE WHAT IT IS TO BEING RIGHT. YOURE ONLY WRONG IF YOU LET YOURSELF BE WRONG. IF YOU ADMIT YOURE WRONG THEN YOURE WRONG. IF YOU LET YOUR MISTAKES DEFINE YOU, THEN THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE. YA, IM GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGHTING AND ARGUING THIS, BUT THINK ABOUT IT. IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. ITS THE SAME THING AS THE WHOLE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL IDEA. PERCEPTION IS A POWERFUL THING. HOWEVER YOU VIEW A SITUATION LEADS TO HOW YOU REACT AND WHAT YOU TAKE FROM ANY SITUATION. SO WHY NOT TAKE THE BEST FROM EACH AND EVERY INSTANCE INSTEAD OF BEING PULLED DOWN BY THE WRONG AND MISTAKES? LIFE REALLY IS TOO SHORT TO HOLD ON TO ALL THE NEGATIVE. THERES SO MUCH MORE THAT CAN BE SAID FOR THIS, BUT I THINK ITS A GOOD SPOT TO STOP. SO GO OUT THERE AND BE RIGHT!

THAT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD. IF YOU DONT AGREE THEN TOO BAD, YOURE WRONG AND YOU MADE A MISTAKE :)

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TALKING TO YOURSELF

EVERYONE TALKS TO THEMSELVES, AND IF YOU SAY YOU DONT THEN YOURE JUST LYING. EVERYONE TALKS TO THEMSELVES IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. YOU CAN JUST BE TALKING TO YOURSELF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ANSWER TO A PROBLEM, OR TALKING TO YOURSELF TO MENTALLY PREPARE YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING. THERES JUST TOO MANY INSTANCES THAT IM JUST NOT GOING TO BOTHER WRITING THEM ALL. TALKING TO YOURSELF CAN BE CALMING AS WELL, BUT IM MORE INTERESTED IN THE FULL ON CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE WITH YOURSELF. THE TYPE THAT YOU TALK FOR THE OTHER PERSON TOO AND REACT FOR THEM TOO. LIKE THE ONES WHERE YOU KNOW THERES GOING TO BE A CONFRONTATION AND TRYING TO FIGHT FOR YOUR POINT. OR THE ONES WHERE YOU JUST PLAY OUT A SITUATION AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THE RESPONSES IN YOUR HEAD ARE OF THE PERFECT RESPONSES THAT FIT YOUR VIEW OF THE SITUATION. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IT WILL IN YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU AND YOU ARE NOT THEM. HUMANS ARE THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE CREATURES IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. YOU CANNOT PREDICT WHAT THEY WILL SAY OR DO. YOU CAN PLAY EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO OUT IN YOUR HEAD BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT MOMENT, IT WILL NEVER GO THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL. YOU CANNOT SEE HOW THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS WORKS AND HOW THEY WILL CONNECT THE THINGS YOU SAY TO THEIR OWN VIEW OF THE SITUATION AND REACT. YOU CAN THINK YOURE RIGHT ALL THE WAY AND THEY COULD THROW A WRENCH IN THE WHOLE THING AND TURN IT ALL UPSIDE DOWN. IF THATS THE CASE THEN WHY DO WE EVEN BOTHER TALKING TO OURSELVES... MAYBE ITS A COPING MECHANISM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PERFECT RESPONSE WILL NEVER HAPPEN, MAYBE ITS TO GIVE US HOPE OF WHAT COULD BE, MAYBE ITS A VISION OF ANOTHER REALITY THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. PERSONALLY... I TALK TO MYSELF ALL THE TIME. I LOVE HEARING MYSELF TALK LOL. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF YOU ALL? ANY OF YOU TALK TO YOURSELVES? HOW ABOUT TALKING TO YOURSELF TO THE POINT WHERE YOU LOSE? THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING...

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THERE GOES ANOTHER

AND JUST LIKE THAT, GAME OF THRONES HAVE ENDED. ALMOST 10 YEARS OF WAITING AND IT JUST ENDED LIKE THAT. SO IM NOT GOING TO SPOIL THIS IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED IT, AND I DONT LIKE SPOILERS EITHER. ANYWAYS THIS FINAL SEASON WAS SHORTER AND YES, A LOT DID SEEM RUSHED. THERE WERE THINGS IN EACH EPISODE THAT I WOULD HAVE CHANGED AND FIXED, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS DONE A CERTAIN WAY. EVERYONE STARTED CRAPPING ON HOW BAD THE SEASON WAS AND HOW THE FINALE SUCKED. EVERYONE HAS TO REMEMBER THAT THIS ISNT A STORY WHERE EVERYONE WILL HAVE A HAPPY ENDING. THERE WERE SOME GREAT BATTLES AND OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF TALKING, BUT DID YOU REALLY EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE TO WRAP EVERYTHING UP! BEFORE THE FINALE EPISODE, THE BROTHER AND I GAVE OUR PREDICTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING TO END AND WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN. LETS JUST SAY I WAS RIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE WAY THE CHARACTERS WERE AND HOW THEY ACTED, IT WAS ONLY LOGICAL HOW THAT CHARACTER STORY LINE WOULD HAVE ENDED. THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO. SOME OF IT WAS PREDICTABLE AND SOME WAS A SURPRISE. EVERYONE IS GIVING EVERYONE CRAP FOR IT, AND PEOPLE SHOULD JUST TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS AND JUST ENJOY IT. PEOPLE GET WAY TOO BENT OUT OF SHAPE OVER HOW THE SHOW TURNED OUT. THIS GOES FOR ALL SHOWS AND MOVIES, PEOPLE GET SO ANGRY ABOUT THESE THINGS. THERES NO WAY OF MAKING EVERYONE HAPPY AND PEOPLE SHOULD JUST GET OVER IT. THERES EVEN A PETITION TO HAVE THE SEASON REDONE... FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS... PEOPLE ARE TOO ENTITLED INTO THINKING THAT THEY ALL DESERVE BETTER JUST BECAUSE THEY READ THE BOOK OR WATCHED THE SHOW... PERSONALLY, I WATCH A LOT OF TV SHOWS AND SURE SOMETIMES I GET ANNOYED AT HOW THINGS TURN OUT BUT I STILL ENJOY AND UNDERSTAND WHY... YOU GET MY POINT... AND IF YOU DONT THEN TOO BAD. EITHER WAY THE SHOW WAS ONE OF THE BEST, AND THERE WONT BE ANOTHER LIKE IT EVER AGAIN. NOT EVEN THE SPINOFFS IF THEY STILL GOING THROUGH WITH THEM. OVERALL I GIVE THE SHOW A 9.2/10, THE SEASON A 8.7/10, AND THE FINALE A 7.6/10. ALSO BECAUSE I SAW A LOT OF IT COMING SO I DONT FEEL AS PISSED OFF AS OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE SHOW, YOU SHOULD, AND IF YOU HAVE, WHAT DID YOU THINK?

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THINKING BACK

... TO AN EASIER TIME... LIFE SURE WAS SIMPLER. FUNNY HOW THINGS CHANGE, HOW YOU CHANGE, HOW LIFE CHANGES. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO LITTLE I ACTUALLY WANT TO WRITE... MAYBE SOMEDAY... UNTIL THAT DAY... 

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HOW DO YOU THINK?

HOW DO YOU THINK WHAT YOU THINK... HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU ACTUALLY THINK? FOR EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE ASKED YOU A QUESTION, SAY HOW ARE YOU? DO YOU JUST HAVE A REGULAR ANSWER THAT YOU SAY NO MATTER WHAT? DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL? DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOURE DOING AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME OR PREVIOUSLY TO MAKE YOU FEEL WHAT YOU ARE? OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? WHEN YOU APPROACH A PROBLEM DO YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE BEGINNING TO END? DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU KNOW FIRST? DO YOU TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM? DO BREAK THINGS DOWN? OR DO YOU JUST DECIDE TO LEAVE IT AND COME BACK TO IT LATER... LIKE SOME PEOPLE... NOT SAYING WHO... BUT... SOMEONE... LOL. THERES SO MANY WAYS OF THINKING AND EVERYONE THINKS DIFFERENTLY. THERES NO CORRECT OR INCORRECT WAY OF THINKING. ITS ALL A MATTER OF OPINION, AND THERES NO RIGHT OR WRONG OPINION EITHER. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN THINKING AND THOUGHT PROCESSES AND OPINIONS. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU WAY OF THINKING AND OPINION, DOESNT MEAN THAT OTHER PEOPLES IS WRONG OR RIGHT. SURE, THERES THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT AND WRONG BUT THATS NOT WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT, YOU GET MY POINT, AND IF YOU DONT, THEN YOURE WRONG :) JKJK. THINKING HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW YOU WERE BROUGHT UP, SO A LOT TO DO WITH NURTURE INSTEAD OF NATURE. HOWEVER YOU WERE TAUGHT TO THINK WOULD MOST LIKELY BE HOW YOU ACTUALLY THINK NOW. YOU MIGHT HAVE CHANGED YOUR WAY OF THINKING OR HOW YOU THINK BUT THE METHOD AND PROCESS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE SAME. IF YOU WERE TAUGHT TO THINK PROCEDUREALLY THEN THE ODDS ARE THATS HOW YOURE GOING TO THINK. IF YOU WERE TAUGHT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX THEN THATS HOW YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY BE. YOU CAN TRY AND MAYBE BE TAUGHT HOW TO DO THE OTHER BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST CANT SINCE IT HAS BECOME SECOND NATURE TO YOU. THATS WHY THERES PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES THATS NEEDED TO MAKE THINGS WORK. THOSE THAT ANALYZE AND THOSE THAT THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. THINK ABOUT HOW YOU THINK... THINK ABOUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE THINK... YOU KNOW YOURSELF BEST BUT ITS ALWAYS INTERESTING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE THINK. I DONT CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT, I WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IT. THERES JUST SO MUCH MORE TO IT AND EVERYONE THINKS DIFFERENTLY. PERSONALLY... I THINK IM A MIX OF ALL OF THEM... I LOOK AROUND FOR WHAT I KNOW AND ANALYZE THE WHOLE THING AND DECIDE TO LEAVE IT FOR A WHILE AND THEN COME BACK TO IT LOL. HEY, IT WOULDNT BE CALLED RICKYS RANDOMNESS IF RICKY WASNT RANDOM LOL. SO HOW DO YOU THINK?

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