5.01.2008:
Unanimity
8:01 AMRead, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
- Christopher Morley
I like that. Some part of me really enjoys the thought of personal rebellion in the form of exposing oneself to thoughts and materials and ideas that are simply not being picked through by the masses. But the problem here is that, like most everyone, this feels like the mindset of a revolutionary - so it instantly calls to mind writings by political prisoners, social observers, "truth tellers" - Che Gueverra type stuff.
I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of people thinking about that right now, given the reports of gasoline rising to $7.00 a gallon by the end of the year and the absolutely insane "controversy" over Obama's pastor (what a red herring this is... Basically, no one can find any fault with Obama, so this seems like such a huge ordeal. It's nonsense - the pastor saw the red light illuminate on a camera and realized that every ounce of bullshit he can spew right now will add zeros to the book deal he's going to sign come August, when Obama's named as the Democratic candidate).
SO - with all of this in mind, I challenge you to read things that no one else is reading and think thoughts no one else is thinking, by going out today and buying a book on horseshoeing.
Yes, horseshoeing. No one is thinking about shoeing a horse these days... At least, the masses aren't. When was the last time YOU thought about horseshoeing? Today? If you answer 'yes', you're a big fat liar, because you most certainly did NOT.
So, there we have it. If you read a book on horseshoeing, it's pretty much a lock that you'll be doing something unique today. And if you ponder on the concept of horseshoeing, you'll be thinking thoughts no one else is thinking.
Except, of course, everyone who reads this stupid blog... But that's only, like, four people, so you're still safely out of the path of the mainstream.
Labels: being yourself, Joe is retarded, rebellion, silliness
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9 Comments:
Ok so I did something different today, well not really different, ok I admit I pretty much do it every day.
I was thinking about horse shoes last Friday when I called a friend to go to lunch. She said she couldn't take lunch because she had gotten to work late. Because one of her horses had thrown a shoe the night before.
So there.
But that wouldn't truly be something different, Joe. When I was a horse crazy little girl (*sniffle* I never got a pony, though) who also tore through her public library's inventory like crazy, I remember reading a book about horseshoeing in the hopes that knowing all there would be to know about taking care of my very own horse would magically make one appear for me. I bet today there are still a bunch of horse crazy girls out there thinking about shoeing their own horse.
How about I think about giving a ferret a mohawk? I'm pretty sure that's not too common of a thought.
Wow, how cool is that? I really am one of only four people to have at least commented on this article, in fact, I am the 4th one. Now is this a coincidence, or is it more like a quadincidence? Ha ha, that's stupid too, if this blog is stupid, but I get the sense actually that this blog is quite on the non-stupid side, but that could just be little old stupid me getting everything all turned around and confused again when thinking something different. Thanx for the respite. I'm still having trouble thinking about horseshoes though.
How about reading the myth adventures by Robert Aspirin. I'm on "Myth Directions" right now.
And if anyone can find any of the books that were printed after "Myth-Nomers and ImPervections" in decent quality at a used book store, I'd be grateful.
As for different, for the past few days, I've left the laptop in the bag and been cleaning, working, and a whole lotta cooking. Does that count?
"And if anyone can find any of the books that were printed after "Myth-Nomers and ImPervections" in decent quality at a used book store, I'd be grateful.
How about www.thriftbooks.com? At a quick glance I can see they have a couple of them at least. You can also try www.abebooks.com.
Ooh! Thanks! I've never even heard of that site!
I saw the dirty jobs episode on horseshoeing today... SO YES, I did happen to think of horseshoeing before I read the blog
and I thought this was going to be about the fine sport of horseshoe PITCHING.
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