Flipping Coins

You ever get so wrapped up in your own life, you forget the rest of the world?

I lost my job
I lost a lot of money
I'm bored
I'm not where I want to be

What ever gripes we all have about our lives...

Or on the other side of the coin, you are so caught up in world affairs, that you forget to reflect on your own life?

Oh, the people in (insert the country of your choice here)
They are being exploited, opressed etc. etc
The injustice in ______________
That politican is so wrong...


I think it's important to see one with in the other. Make connections.

I suffer,
the world suffers,
we suffer.

We are part of a community, whether we are aware of it or not.


When you are emotionally troubled, it's easy to focus on your pain, but let's not forget that there are others WORSE of than you: emotionally and physically. So...

Wow, this is going in a direction I hoped it wouldn't...its starting to sound cliche'

ah well...



Flipping coins. Go back and forth between both, blurring the divisions we sometimes create, them and me....

Flipping coins in the air and...

on the drop of a dime...the 10 cent piece hits the ground and spins... society, me, the world, me...

better yet, the spinning causes you to focus on the two sides melting into one another, you as a part of the world, the world reflected in your life.

OK tangent coming up:

But "drop of a dime," what did/does that really mean? Remember when everyone didn't have cell phones? If you wanted to talk to someone you'd have to drop 2 dimes into a pay phone.

Or does that phrase mean something more general: the moment money is offered, you'll do what ever it takes to get it.

Let's just says it shows immediacy. ahorita in spanish. ngayon in tagalog.

anyway...I don't feel like ranting anymore...

I still think blogs are so interesting. I guess I use it as therapy, just to get out whatever is on my mind, whether it's positive, negative or pointless!

Sometimes I miss simply putting pen to paper and writing my thoughts with no one, but myself in mind...

There's this great line from Dave Egger's about giving up anonymity for access... I don't remember where I read it or what it was exactly referring to, but it relates to blogs and the internet...

ah whatevs...