The Reality Of Fiction

This is quite a departure from my original blog I will admit. I love doing the myspace blog, but it's what I call Blog Light. And for fear of cunfusing the two I started this. I've noticed that most things that capture my attention, or ire as it might be, are things I've yet to fully invest myself in. The other night I was doing something, I'm sure was very important seeing as I don't remember what it was, when I overheard something about some celeb reinventing himself or herself. Once again due to the lack of investment on my part I have no details for you. Other than I hate that saying! It's right up there with the "I just have to find myself" people. Chances are if you want to find yourself there is a good chance you know where to look, but you also know what you'll find there so it has to be some where else. Lets face it most of our lives don't turn out the way we expected them to. Most of us are not rock stars or athletes or rich. Infact most of our realities don't even slightly resemble our dreams as children. I knew I was going to grow up to be a singer and guitar player in a incredibly famous band. Other than Guitar Hero and some horrific (people praying I roll up my windows) in car performances I never got close. The problem? Well to me it boils down to perception. If you believe in the white picket fence, 2.5 children, Hybrid SUV, with a proud regal canine - brace yourself. Even if you achieve this goal the wind will blow down the fence from time to time. One of your 2.5 kids will accidentally throw a baseball through the window of your SUV and good luck guessing which one. And that proud regal dog is going to wait for you to leave and proceed to sleep on the couch that he knows he is not allowed on. My point? Nothing we experience on this life is perfect. And what we perceive as reality is nothing more than fiction. In fact sometimes I wonder if fiction doesn't have more reality than what we perceive reality as. Atleast most fiction is metaphorically based on reality. If you take people, for example, most who radiate a persona are not what they seem. People who seem "hard" are some of the most broken fragile people. They just can't show vulnerability. People who are in your face selfless can't let you stop looking at them. Arrogance is usually a patch for insecurity. Ok so back to my point. I think I had one! Oh yes you can't just overcome genetics and years of behavior overnight. You see I'm laid back and to a fault. Now I can work on, for lack of a better word, being more affected by events or actions, but I will never be intense. We are what we are! We can always improve ourselves or our situations, but we'll always be who we are. I'm happy! I love my wife and my dog, and by the way he waits til I leave and sleeps on the couch that he is not allowed to get up on. I'm not a rock star, but thanks to Guitar Hero for a couple hours a night I get to rock. I'm not a star athlete but I play basketball with the guys once a week. In the famous words of Mic Jagger " You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need.". Here is a challenge - be responsible for your own happiness. And remember a little fiction helps to alter ones reality. Oh and when I was 9 I was hitting rocks with a wiffle ball bat and knocked out a window in my dads brand new Mazda RX7. Oh and did I mention that was a week after I accidentally through a tennis ball through a window at our house. Well it happens I guess. Let me know what you think on my myspace page. Til next time. Tha D