Wonderful

"I just don't understand how you can smile with all those tears in your eyes, and tell me everything is wonderful now."

Make Me Proud

Sound is the strongest sense tied to memory.  The deodorant commercial that said that smell is the strongest sense tied to memory is full of shit.  That being said, songs will always remind me of someone.  Any song that means anything has someone tied to it or a time tied to it in my mind.  Even songs that don't seem to be that deep or emotional can do it.  This song has just recently made some sense to me.  It doesn't matter if someone does what you want all the time.  I always try to look at the fact that things can be worse.  Progress is in the eye of the beholder and I have seen people been through insane shit and still make it out with an occasional smile.  No matter what you do, someone is proud of you. 

 

I know things get hard.
But girl you got it, girl you got it there you go.
Can't you tell by how they looking at you everywhere you go?
Wondering what's on your mind, it must be hard to be that fine.

When all these motherfuckers wanna waste your time,
It's just amazing, girl, and all I can say is...

I'm so, I'm so, I'm so, I'm so,
I'm so proud of you
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so, I'm so,
I'm so proud of you
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so, I'm so,
I'm so proud of you

Everything's adding up, you've been through hell and back that's why you bad as fuck.

And you know you are.

 

Homophobia

The title of this entry has already struck fear and anger into the hearts and minds of some people who may eventually read it.  However, have no fear.  This is simply my commentary and explanation on my feelings about this increasingly important social issue and an ever growing issue with the people in my life.

I won't give the time and effort to type out the word "homosexual" every time I say it in this entry.  We all know what homosexuality is and I will make it very clear that when I use the word "gay" and "gays", I am not using it in a derogatory sense.  It is simply how society identifies homosexuals and if my Sociology book calls them gays, that is politically correct enough for me.

Just like my Helen of Troy entry, I have done my research.  Although it was Wikipedia research, it was research nonetheless.  This isn't a term paper so Wikipedia is allowed.

Homophobia Wiki

"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood" - Coretta Scott King 

Helen of Troy

If any of you reading this notice the times that I post new entries and when I will most likely post entries from now on, you will see that it is late. I have to be at Northwest Shoals to iron out complications in registration in about three hours, and I have a job interview in six.  In my mind, all things that seem important in life take a back seat when the contents of my mashed up mind need an escape.  I can't scream them, I can't put them in a song, and I sure as hell can't share these thoughts with the people they're about because, let's face it, they either don't give two shits or they are too caught up with their own stuff to understand.  So now I will share them with you, which for the moment means I will share them with Jordan Brasher, the only person I know who follows this page.

Something that you may notice that I say alot is "if you know me" because I don't know who looks at this.  If you know me, you will know the situations I write of and if you don't, you will be left in the dark.  I can't bring myself to put someone's name on the internet.  After all, anyone in the world who types "Bypass the Bullshit Blogspot" on Google will see this and smearing someone's "good reputation" (air quotes) on the internet is about as shitty as the people I have had the pleasure of knowing.  With that being said, if you know me, you know what's up.  If you don't know me, my friends, the pleasure of my social and relationship status, or my surroundings, you will in due time.  For now, just as I said in my first post, suspend reality and become me for a while.  Its pretty fun sometimes.

Lets Get Into It Mayne

I know what you're saying.  "Josh, what's a sexy guy like you doing wasting time on a blog posting about thoughts, and feelings, and life and shit when you could be out getting all the women that you undoubtedly have the ability to smite with your sly charm and cunning wit?"

That's a damn good question.  See I'm riding out a bit of a dry spell.  Its been two, three, maybe twenty years since I've had a woman but hey, who can keep count?  All sarcasm aside (yeah right asshole), my dry spell is no big deal.

If you know me from Adam, you know my life isn't that of a normal twenty-year-old fraternity member (Kappa Sigma in case you wondered) and college student.  At least it surely isn't in the whole "skirt-chasing holy shit guess who I woke up beside this morning" sense of things. 

Another thing you know about me if you really know me is how much I change on a regular basis and how much I have changed.  I still have DC shoes in my closet from my senior year in high school.  Now I don't even trust shoes that weren't made for sailing or roping cattle. I have come through My Chemical Romance, to Fall Out Boy, to a more mature and refined taste of Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews Band (cliche enough?)

Play the song from the link above and read this paragraph.

Something I do on a regular basis is put clips of my life into a song like I am creating a montage in a movie.  This first post has given you but a taste of who I am and what is to come.  So if your desire, step into my montage.  Suspend reality for a moment and pretend you are me.  Why have I said what I said so far?  Why do I expect you to spend time reading any of this?  Do you care what I have to say?  All answers come in time.  Keep checking back for more.