Moments of Light

This is like my big debut, and like anyone trying something for the first time, there are some very generic things I would like to say.
Blogging isn't something I ever really dreamed of doing, and as a direct result I am not quite sure how faithful I will be at this. Take a look at all those one time bloggers who started an account and wrote one blog about how much fun it is going to be to write every day and so on... and they didn't even bother to write a second one. Well, truth be told I might be one of the people, but who can say?
I'm also somewhat nervous. Like anyone who tries something for the first time I am uncertain, and I am sure that I am a sucky writer. I am hoping that this mild form of practice will help me at least figure out what kind of a writer I am. So if things are shaky in the beginning bear with me... (I think that by alluding to a "beginning" I am implying there will be more... don't be fooled this may be an empty promise.)
Well.. ok, so now I have been sitting at my computer trying really hard to think about what to write... I have been debating a few topics. I could give one of those awkward self introductions, (you know the kind that you started every diary or journal you ever wrote in) or I could just go off on some random topic, (which makes a blog feel like a college journal response assignment) or I could just keep rambling about things that are even less entertaining than either of those things...
When I was thinking about this entry earlier I thought about writing about all the ideas I have during the day, but I have decided against that because on the off chance that I might have a good idea I would hate for someone to read it on my blog page and steal it from me. I am not sure that there is anything more humiliating than watching someone else get filthy rich off your idea.
Then again, I once wrote a little something something about ideas and such, maybe that's what I'll do with my opening blog... I will publish my writing!!!

"Cheez-it's"

You're walking down the street and the perfect idea hits you coupled with a dose of random inspiration. In that moment the world is a bigger, better brighter place, where maybe, just maybe, you could be happy.
I get random thoughts all the time. Good ideas, dumb ideas, some clever and some not. Occasionally I'll get a thought so great I'll think, "WOW! I need to remember that!" and if I were a genius, I could remember it, but alas, I am not, and eventually I forget. The thought having eluded me, being replaced by some brainwashing advertisement of one sort or another.
It is often enough perpetuated that truly talent people always carry a pen or pencil and a notebook around, so that they can write down and record their good ideas and inspirations as they come. Sometimes I wonder "If they are truly 'talented' people, why do they need so much inspiration?" I'm getting off topics aren't I?
Well, I tried this trick of carrying a pen a notebook around with me, and I learned something. Pen and paper are they recipe for a good idea blocking poison! But the one day I forgot to bring my "idea book" with me, fate just happens to deliver a bounty of great ideas into my mind, know all along that by the time I got the chance to write them down I'd be screwed.
I like to refer to this method of receiving ideas and inspiration as "indirect" because no one really knows where it comes from. However, since everything comes from something else, (law of science where nothing is created or destroyed, rather reorganized) it has to have come from somewhere, we just can't trace it, so let's put it simply as "indirect".
FACT: All the good ideas never seem to get written down.
Direct inspiration on the other hand, is traceable. An excellent example is that I just finished reading an outstanding book, during which I had many great thoughts come to me. The only problem with direct inspiration is running the risk of copying someone elses idea; usually resulting in a cheaper, crappier version than the original. It is safe to say that Vanilla Ice was just as directly inspired by Queen as Edison was from Tesla.
Look it up.
Nowadays, we call that plagiarism, which defined means: to steal the work of another and pass it off as one's own. The definition fails to mention but should also include that plagiarism is often done by people struggling to get good grades in college or trying to get rich quick. However plagiarism merely aides people to get thrown out of college or sued.
Drugs and alcohol can also be sources of direct brainstorming, but I would never categorize a drug addiction as inspirational in any way, shape or form. If those drug abusing artists, authors, actors, etc think that they are fooling me for one second, they can forget it. I don't support that crap.
PERSONAL OPINION: Direct inspiration is equally if not more useless than all the amazing indirect inspiration that no one ever bothered to write down.
Wait! What happened?? A moment ago the world was a shiny new place where you were a short distance away from starting a new life, pursuing this new idea. I'll tel you what happened, you didn't write it down, or perhaps you've realized that someone else already had this idea, and that they did a better job than you or I ever could. Don't feel bad though, not producing your idea isn't always a bad thing. I mean, what if your "finished product" -whatever it may be,- totally sucked? You would have wasted a lot of time and effort, and to top it all off even if you had "succeeded" not everyone would like your idea, in fact, some people might really hate it. Here's a fantastic example. World of Warcraft is the single most successful game of all time. They have sold more than 15 million copies, and it is still growing. Those guys are rolling in the dough, and they think they are happy, but they really aren't. All it would take to ruin one of their days would be for one person to walk in there, get right in their face and yell, "15 million people might like World of Warcraft, but they other 6 Billion of us thinks it sucks!" All that would be left at this point would be to beat on of them up, while repeatedly screaming "Game over!"
I would like to take a moment to explain exactly what you accomplished by avoiding success. You saved yourself a lot of future pain and misery caused by having too much money, too much responsibility, too many fans and even the occasional hate group. Think of it this way. If you aren't anyone important, or doing anything important, or going any important places, you will never be a target for terrorists. Aren't you glad that terrorists aren't targeting you? They might be if you were successful.
Ok, ok, ok back to the topic at large, your brilliant ideas, more particularly why you don't need them, Let's be serious here, You don't need them! (and they aren't that great to begin with.) It's like this though... Have you ever just slept in??? Given in to the laziness and just stayed in bed? Of course you have. Remember how great that was? How nice it was to just sleep? It was really nice huh? Why can't everyday be like that? I'm not joking either. I heard a great quote the other day, and I believe it supports my argument fully. It reads "Hard work MIGHT pay off later, laziness ALWAYS pays off now." Pure brilliance.
In conclusion, and simply put, you could carry a notebook around, get an amazing idea, write it down, work hard on it for a long time, and maybe you could get rich, or famous, or in some other way have the delusion of being happy, who knows, you may even make the world a better place... or you could quit hoping for a long shot, admit the world isn't going to change, (at least not for the better), grab a box of cheez-it's and crawl into bed. That's where true happiness is... I love cheez-it's.

Until next time!
Spencer