9/13/2007
“I am the god of hell fire and I bring you:
Fire, I'll take you to burn.
Fire, I'll take you to learn.
I'll see you burn!
You fought hard and you saved and learned,
but all of it's going to burn.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now's your time burn your mind.
You're falling far too far behind.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you gonna burn!
Fire, to destroy all you've done.
Fire, to end all you've become.
I'll feel you burn!
You've been living like a little girl,
in the middle of your little world.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now 's your time burn your mind,
you're falling far too far behind”
~Aaron Brown
I’m sitting in traffic listening to this song on the 60s station and I’m thinking how stupid this song is. And I’m continuing to listen to it. About 3 minutes into the song and I realize I have about 200 other stations to listen to, yet I’m still listening to this lame song.
That was my Melwood Moment of the day. I realized I’m not really dumb, but there are quite a few people that are. And here’s the scary part: my vote counts just as much as the dumb peoples. I am but one man, and I only have one vote, so I ask next November, if you fall into the following categories, please stay home on election day.
1. If you currently or have ever owned the song “Cotton Eye Joe” on tape, CD, mp3, or iTunes – Please stay home.
2. If you have ever locked yourself in a bathroom – Please stay home.
3. If you have ever lost your wallet rolling down a hill – Please stay home.
4. If you have ever stabbed your self in the face with an eating utensil – Please stay home.
5. If you have ever confused a Mexican with an Indian person – Please stay home.
6. If you have ever gone to the movies with the intension of seeing anything staring VanDamn or Steven Seagal – Please stay home.
7. If you have ever eaten at Red Lobster and referred to it as “fine dining” – Please stay home.
8. If you think the Andy Griffith show characters had “real problems” – Please stay home.
9. If you have ever went to the doctor and stolen rubber gloves from the exam room for protection – Please stay home.
10. If you have ever spilled orange juice in a friend’s car so the door now sticks – Please stay home.
I feel I should also put something up about if you’ve ever put a bumper sticker on your car, but I’ve been guilty of this – once. I put a Kerry/Edward’s sticker on my car’s window during the last election – and we all know how effective it was. Do people actually make decisions about political candidates based on the fact that a name is plastered on the back of a Toyota?
While I’m inching closer and closer to this vehicle to read a bumper sticker asking how the safely the truck is driving, I’m thinking, this is really dangerous to tailgate a big truck on the highway just to read it. So I’m thinking more and more about it (because I spend about 3-4 hours on the road each day) and I’m wondering who actually reads bumper stickers and changes their mind?
Have you ever seen a “Jesus Saves” sticker and renounced Hinduism? Seen a “Save the Bay” sticker and picked up a piece of trash? Seen an “I’m Pro-Life” sticker and thought to go throw stones at an abortion doctor? Seen a “This Van Climbed Mt. Hood” sticker and dust off your hiking boots? Seen a “My Other car is a Vulcan Battleship” and suddenly stop shaving, grow a gross ponytail, and become a virgin again? I think not.
So the moral of this story – don’t be that guy. Don’t have the “HON” sticker or the “OBX” or “I Heart OC” or the “My Child is an Honor student at F***Y** Elementary”. Of course if you know the lyrics to Johnny Cash songs – you should totally advertise it on your car, your shirt, and business cards.
“Love is a burning thing
and it makes a firery ring
bound by wild desire
I fell in to a ring of fire...
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns, burns, burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.
The taste of love is sweet
when hearts like our's meet
I fell for you like a child
oh, but the fire went wild...
I fell in to a burning ring of fire.....”
~Johnny Cash
I don’t know why I St**ed out “You”.
