It Was Much Lamer Back Then

Last night I asked a friend a fairly random question. I asked "if you were alive 500 years ago, what do you think you'd want to be?" He said he would want to be an artist for sure. But then we talked about it and artists really didn't have it very good back then. They were mostly working for the church, and they couldn't do anything radical. They also relied on the patronage of the wealthy, there was no public art-sphere in existence. So what would be the best thing to do 500 years ago? I think being royalty would really be the only thing you could aspire to, even though if you weren't already you'd have no chance at it. Sure, you could follow your interests, but at a certain point it might interfere with someone important and they'd have you shut down. I think that society has at least become much more hospitable for a greater range of people, if only slightly. I'm not sure what I'm getting at but in conclusion it would suck to have lived 500 years ago.

I was thinking the other day that I'm posting a lot of ideas here and anyone could just come along and steal them, even the bad ones. Then I realized that every time I post it gets stamped with a date and probably goes into some database. Maybe a blog is an ideal place to post ideas because it can be accessed by everyone but still keeps it under your name. I'm totally fine though if people want to use my ideas. It would just not be so awesome if someone took something, called it their own and made tons of money from it, not to say that I'm a genious pool of invention or anything.

On the dream front I kind of didn't bother to remember them because they were all just about socializing and dealing with the same problems I deal with in real life, which I wouldn't bother talking about anyways and probably aren't very interesting for the most part.

Ericsson, if you're reading this my back hurts a lot. I did something to it again in dodgeball. This kind of injury makes me realize how frail our bodies really are. It doesn't take too much to wreck yourself.

Buffets always seem like a great idea before and even during, but after, when the regret builds up with the over-eating it definitely is not so appealing anymore. Please do not suggest going to do buffets with me. I love them, but I always regret them. Eating too much is a weakness of mine. I can't stop. The worst part about buffets is when you pay afterwards and you really don't think it was worth it. I'd rather pay the same amount for less food and not feel sick afterwards.

That's the best I can do for this saturday.