I have a scatter-brained, haphazard way of thinking or that I think to much could be a better answer. One that I'm reminded of from my former mental delusions of bogey men and superstitions about Middle Eastern zombies and genital sacrifices. I don't quite remember the context but from what I recall I believe it was post "fictional book study"1 and I had a bajillion questions. To which I got the following reply, "You think to much".
It hit me but I was so oblivious to the truth (as in facts) of that statement I just took the comment in stride and continued on my frenzied path of zealotry for the next few years.
But as Mr Cleese is famous for saying... I got better.2
I guess if I want to make some sort of lasting impression this is going to be it... if anything my own personal story for posterity.
1 - AKA Bible Study
2 - Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...
Currently playing Jack- FM 93.1 - Prince - When Doves Cry (Fun Fact* My brother once dressed like Prince, as depicted on the Purple Rain album)
So what exactly is in this...
More or less a full history... some parts more... other parts less.
I was born a poor black child...
Actually aside from humans coming out of Africa 1 I'm mostly a typical non- traditional mixed race family. Brown dad, white mom. He's from El Paso and she's from Decatur. Both of them born in 1940.
Now during these upcoming detailed events I may stop and go on a bit of a tirade or explanation into detail about said subject. I call them "rabbit trails"... well.. because they are.
Let's do a bit of pre-post-history synopsis here first or better yet (as the idea just popped in my head) a mini timeline of events...
- 1940 - Both of my parents born
- 1960's - Parent's get married in Key West and on Dec 7th of all days.
- - Brother is born & adopted in Los Angeles.
- 1973 - I was born in Detroit
- 1977 - See Star Wars and life has meaning. We all move from Bolingbrook to Manhattan Beach then to HB in '78.
- 1983 - See ROTJ and all is well. Parents get divorced and things go south at this point.
- 1983 - 1998 2 Move around Southern California a lot. I mean I thought I moved a bit prior (Detroit to St Louis, Mo to Bolingbrook, Il to Manhattan Beach, Ca to Huntington Beach, Ca), but these next years I was almost gypsy status.
- 1991 - Met the Spaminator. Tab was born.
- 1994 - Married the Spaminator. Xander born.
- 1998 - Twins born
- 2001 - Separated from the Spaminator
- 2002 - With KD for the next few years
- 2004 - Things go south with KD
- 2005 - back with the Spaminator to today 7/2015
The years 1994 - 2010 I would describe as my "wandering zealot" years. I really had a hard on for what I was dumb enough to believe and fuck if it didn't take a lot of time to "see the light".
Seriously why was I so incapable of separating feelings from facts. Turns out there is some wiring about that (that I can't seem to find at the moment).
** Warning RT ahead!
So the premise is that when people of differing opinions engage in a debate of whatever topic/subject, there is this phenomenon where despite the other party being presented with cold hard facts. For example: Confronting Fox News supporters that their beloved news network is very biased and a bastion of the GOP. They will deny it despite the facts. In fact they will only become more entrenched in their what I can only call willful ignorance to continue to deny it.
/rt
But perhaps I'll discover more about this as I try to recollect events.
I'll go into detail about things 3 but it will not be in any particular order.
I'll put things in here as It comes to me. I'll try to give details about peoples and places as best I can. Some will be better than others (for instance I'm producing a rare smirk as I write this in hopes that it really can continue to help me now that I feel I have "broken out of my shell" so to speak and not in the usual sense of speaking or doing something out of the norm. This is more or less along the lines of understanding to which I'm apprehensive because I recall that same ephiphany.)
Seriously why was I so incapable of separating feelings from facts. Turns out there is some wiring about that (that I can't seem to find at the moment).
** Warning RT ahead!
So the premise is that when people of differing opinions engage in a debate of whatever topic/subject, there is this phenomenon where despite the other party being presented with cold hard facts. For example: Confronting Fox News supporters that their beloved news network is very biased and a bastion of the GOP. They will deny it despite the facts. In fact they will only become more entrenched in their what I can only call willful ignorance to continue to deny it.
/rt
But perhaps I'll discover more about this as I try to recollect events.
I'll go into detail about things 3 but it will not be in any particular order.
I'll put things in here as It comes to me. I'll try to give details about peoples and places as best I can. Some will be better than others (for instance I'm producing a rare smirk as I write this in hopes that it really can continue to help me now that I feel I have "broken out of my shell" so to speak and not in the usual sense of speaking or doing something out of the norm. This is more or less along the lines of understanding to which I'm apprehensive because I recall that same ephiphany.)
1 - Hello Lucy
2 - From 1998 to 2002 residence was in 98240, bounced from CM to LB to W.LA to LB from 2002 - 2006
3 - See "More Or Less" at the top
Fun Fact* First time back to Detroit was in 2002 on the Warped Tour
If at first you don't succeed.
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