Lessons for the New Year
As anyone who has been reading my blogs for a while knows, I do not make New Years resolutions. This is because I have very low self-esteem (due to having been homeschooled), and I can't bring myself to set goals that I know I'll never achieve. That seems to be a rather stupid way to start out a new year. So, in place of these silly things that people call "Resolutions," I prefer to reflect on all that I've learned in the past year, and type it up into a post on my blog for the convenience of my readers, who might benefit (though only slightly) from the things that I have learned. So pay close attention children; we don't want your reading of my post to be a waste of time. Learn from what I have to say, even if you have to try very hard to find something worth learning.
So... What did I learn this year?
17.) The Truth isn't necessarily to be found in the place you always thought you could find it.
16.) I don't know quite so much as I thought I did.
15.) I'm still a sucker. I figured that out two years ago, and I have yet to do anything about it.
14.) Contrary to logic, the smarter a person is, the more confused he gets by the whole disaster known as being a teenager. That is, the more brains you have, the more there is for your hormones to mess with.
13.) Jeremy Camp has one song. That's it. One song. At his concerts, his
band keeps playing the same four chords the whole time, and Jeremy just
changes up his lyrics every once in a while (in between altar calls).
12.) Being a nice guy won't really get you anywhere, but at least nice guys can feel good about themselves.
11.) If you want kids to call you "Sir," grow facial hair.
10.) There are some ideas and feelings that the English language (and language in general) is insufficient to express.
9.) When it is necessary to convey such ideas and feelings, don't feel bad when you end up sounding like an idiot. You can't win, you can only try to sound like as nice of an idiot as possible.
8.) Dating, at least for me, is a rather bad idea.
7.) Indie music is the best. Do yourself a favor and check out Strike Four and Manodestra, for starters.
6.) Despite what you might think, moshing is great fun.
5.) If you're gonna make a movie about Mayans, and you realize halfway through production that your movie sucks, don't try to salvage it with more soiled loincloths, natives rolling around in the mud and an underwater birth scene. It just doesn't work.
4.) If you really wanna see such a movie about Mayans, make sure it won't cost you anything. It's really not worth it.
3.) Life is like a box of chocolates... You want to give yours to someone you love, but if they're allergic to it, you're screwed. (Did I really just say that? God help me, I must be retarded.)
2.) The more a person means to you, the harder it is to tell them so, and the more you want to tell them. This is rather infuriating and is part of the reason I will most likely die young.
1.) It actually is possible to leave ten pegs in that peg game at the Cracker Barrel. Thanks to Sarah Liz for proving this. :-)
