Thursday, January 20, 2011

Always Awesome, Bill and Ted?

I gotta rename this blog again - I can't seem to get it right.

Why? Because awesome (its name) is overused - and certainly doesn't account for everything that happens. It's an overly-positive perspective, and it would be naive of me to assume that everything is, in fact, positive.

Or would it?

It's easy to look at things as almost finished, almost done, SO close, nearly there, not quite complete.. but what about the us from the past? If we were to step back into two weeks, two months -better yet, two years in the past and look at where we will become then what would we say about positivity?

This thought comes from Bill and Ted (terrible, unmatchably good movie) In the earlier part of the film, they are greeted by the appearance of their future selves, giving themselves advice and telling them to "listen to Rufus," like futuristic fortune tellers. And they listen to themselves, thinking "why would we we lie to us?"

Honestly, put yourself in a time machine and warp back to last night, even last week. Any pointers?
But it doesn't matter, because like in the movie you're gonna make the same 'mistakes' anyway, otherwise you wouldn't end up being there to talk to your past self.

All this crap can seem to pile up on our plates (as we place it there) and just as things couldn't get any worse they always do (my buddy Murphy). This can't be positive.

For Bill and Ted, much of these are "bogus" moments, when they are met with some sort of unexpected trouble. I have Bogus moments, as you. Remember that fender-bender last week? How about the time you forgot your passport? (yikes!) bogus? Yes. Life or Death? Maybe. Fixable? Always.

Bogus isn't a bad thing, because it's a learning thing from which the biggest "Righteous!" moments come. You gotta have Bogus for the Righteous.

I could keep going, but this essayesque Bill and Ted discussion has run a tad dry at 7am. I'm on my way to the airport. Early Ridin, soon to be flyin. Let's hope for only the right kind of bogus moments today, and many righteous moments to follow in the next week. Maybe I'll keep this blog Awesome for just a little bit longer.

:)

Migsy

On a side note, this traffic is horrendous. The lady too the 10 which is a mystery to me as to why.

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