I’m trying to become a better person…
I’m willing to admit that in the past I have been guilty of judging other people’s lives, mostly in comparison to my own. I would presume to know what was good or bad for someone. I would take something of a “holier-than-thou” attitude, and in realizing that I have done that, I have also realized that it was wrong.
I don’t live my life in a manner similar to a lot of people. At least, I think this is true. I make decisions that work for me, and that would probably not work for a lot of other people. I have chosen to try running my own business full time, but the manner in which I do is is very dissimilar to the way many other people would probably choose to do it. I don’t believe in constantly “working” and pushing oneself beyond natural limits because it appears that you are reaching some progress that way. I measure my own progress by my own sense of success. That works for me. It’s true that when I’m watching TV or reading or doing a number of other things, I don’t like to be bothered. This is my choice. I have made a decision on how I’m going to spend that period of time, and I don’t like to be bothered while I’m doing it. Sometimes I like to eat desert before dinner. These things all work for me in my life. In the past, I would presume to think that these things should work for other people, too. In the past, I would believe that what someone else was doing didn’t make any sense, because they were unhappy with something, so, of course, they should be doing it my way instead.
I was wrong.
My way of doing things works for me. Other people have other ways of doing things. The interesting thing about life and the human condition is that are given choice, but also a great deal of individuality. One has to apply ones individual feelings and needs to ones choices, and what is right for one person will very often not be right for another person. So I’m going to stop judging and assuming that I know what is right for other people. I don’t. I would hope that others will stop assuming that they know what is right for me…
Sorry I haven’t written in a while. Here’s what happened while you weren’t looking….
- Ali and I went to New Paltz this past weekend. We went hiking at the Mohonk Preserve, which is really nice, and which I highly recommend if you’ve ever considered hiking. Ali and I had never been hiking before, although I had always wanted to go. We both enjoyed it a lot. There are easy trails if you just want to walk, and there is climbing if you are a climber, and then there are the in-between trails where you don’t need equipment to climb on them, but you’re still basically climbing over rocks and not really walking at all. Those were my favourite trails. It’s really beautiful. Go….go now…..
- On the way home, on Sunday, we stopped at the New York Rennaissance Faire. It wasn’t as much fun as I remembered it being. It’s all very commercial. Oh well….
- Bear in mind that when hiking, seven straight hours is TOO MUCH.
- If you are reading this at work and thinking, “This sucks….I hate being at work”, just remember that it could be worse. You could work at home, like me, and have a jackhammer going outside your window for a large portion of the day…..
A Valuable Lesson
Just because it says “scoopable”, doesn’t mean it’s flushable.
Okay….either the name of my company is confusing, or I talk funny. People can NEVER understand it when I say the name over the phone. Reid Sound. How hard is that? Today I left a message and apparently I was calling from “Read Bound”. She asked me to spell the first part….so I did. So, I guess the message is from Reid Bound. Mind you, I corrected her six time and said, “Sound” instead of Bound, but that didn’t work. And this happens to me ALL THE TIME. Do I really talk that funny?
Exhibition hall in Somerset will be tied up
“With events like “naked hot oil Twister,” “fetish fashion show” and “theater of pain,” the New York-based Eulenspiegel Society’s 30th anniversary party, planned for next month at a Somerset County convention hall, isn’t your average trade show.” …
” “Obviously, it’s something that’s horrible,” said the Rev. Dan Herlihy of Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in nearby South Bound Brook.”
Obviously…
Day 17
I went into New York today for a really, REALLY exciting meeting at Mars 2112. I’m not going to say anything else about that until something else happens, because I don’t want to jinx anything, but it was REALLY exciting and has a lot of potential.
On my way back to the subway, I came across one of those things that only New York can give to us. It was The Naked Cowboy. Yes, it was a man in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots with a guitar wearing only his underwear and singing in the middle of Times Square by the TKTS booth. I discovered his website because it was painted on his boots (where I tried to keep my attention when looking in his direction). Well….I don’t know what else to say about that. I feel that this is one of the blessings that being a full-time business owner has bestowed upon me. Otherwise, I may never have witnessed that. It makes you stop and think. You see….he’s naked. And he’s a cowboy. Hmmmm……
Harrison �knows he will die soon�
This is a shame. It’s bad enough that one Beatle is gone, it’ll be a shame to lose another one.
I just spent the day on the beach working at Dune’s Day 6 for Brian Kirk and the Jirks. Well, I wasn’t actually working FOR them, but I was hired by them to handle the sound on the second stage. I have to say that I’ve developed a new sort of respect for Brian Kirk. Granted, I don’t always agree with him, but he’s got a way with people that is very friendly and personable and I can see why he’s been so successful in his music career. In all fairness, his sound technician has also gotten a lot better at what he does. He still has a way to go, but he’s come a very long way.
I don’t want to talk about my part of it. It was a lousy day for me. Several pieces of equipment turned out to be broken, and nothing went the way I would have liked it to. If it weren’t such a beautiful day, and if I weren’t surround by beautiful women all day, it would have been a complete bust (no pun intended).
One of the things about being out during the day when everyone else is at work is that mostly you see a lot of mothers with children and senior citizens. And you begin to see weird things about the world that most people don’t get to see. As I walked out of Target this morning, I heard a strange noise. I realized it was coming from the vicinity of a station wagon that was backing out of a handicapped spot. I then realized it was a back-up alarm. On a station wagon. I don’t know….