Ravings of a Mad Man: vol. 5.28
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid then open it and remove all doubt
-Mark Twain
As I look and think about what I should write in the newsletter I try and find something that is new or out of the ordinary so that you people can learn about something that wouldn't be in your normal everyday life. It also helps me to expand my brain into realms of thinking that could rival Socrates. Oh what did I just say? I mean the thoughts I put out there would rival a third grader from some school district that has all grades meet in the same building. Nevertheless hopefully the ideas make you think about how the world could be different if people stopped caring about what other thought about them. For instance, recently I have noticed that some organization of the LDS church has been putting advertisements on Facebook that show that normal people are LDS. I love the ads' captions; I have not yet watched any of the ads. The captions say stuff like, I am a skateboarder, an artist, a photographer and I am Mormon. Whoa I never thought a Mormon could ride a skateboard or operate picture taker (I just learned that a photographer uses a camera. I didn't know it was called a camera because real Mormons aren't allowed to use them). I hope one day they really start to delve into the seedy under belly of Mormonism. For instance one could read, I drink soda, watch R rated movies and listen to music that has electric guitars, and I am Mormon. I guess my beef with these ads is, what is the purpose? If they are trying to entice people to Mormonism by showing them that they can be normal and still be Mormon maybe those people don't really want to be Mormon, they just want friends. Or if they are trying to tell existing Mormons that is okay to ride skateboards and surf and still be an active member then maybe those Mormons should learn more about their religion. I guess the ads really bother me because why do I have to prove to the world that I am religious and normal. Since when did being part of a religion require me to prove to the rest of the world that am ok with me? I think that is one of the problems facing people in America today, self-image. Love yourselves for who you are and this world will love you for you. As a father of a girl I often think about how I can teach this principle to my daughter. How can a lame dad that loves his daughter more anything or anybody else in the world, besides her mom, outweigh the popular vote? If only my vote in what my daughter did had the power of the Electoral College I could stop caring and know that she would almost always chose wisely. But alas unlike current politics the popular vote wins in the lives of youth. So I could have a daughter that likes to wear leather bracelets, paint her face white with black eyes and wear black and white stripped socks. Or even worse she could turn out to be one of those giddy teenage girls that thinks everything is, like total awesome. I think I would rather deal with Goth Gigi than Giddy Gigi.
Trivia Time: Flying saucers don't even compare to friendship bracelets. What is the most valuable kind of ship in the world?
Have a good week I know I will
Eric Jones
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