The Quarter-Life Crisis
by unknown

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn’t know and may or may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren’t exactly the greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and are scared.

You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren’t so great after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not want. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lay in bed and wonder why you can’t meet anyone decent enough to get to know better. You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.

You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while wining the race would be great, right now you’d just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

-By Unknown  (Source)

Grizzly Man is a documentary character study of a guy named Tim Treadwell who decided that he would attempt to feel an affinity with nature and bond with the wild grizzly bears of Alaska.  For over thirteen consecutive summers he spent time as a self-professed protector of nature, fighting against the human world, which he saw as evil, and doing his best to save the precious beasties from human intevention.  This was despite the fact that the bears lived on protected land.

Herzog’s narrative comprises footage filmed by Treadwell himself as well as interviews with those that knew him before his death. Finding Treadwell’s specious ideas of unity and peace in direct contrast to his own views regarding a universe controlled by chaos, Herzog gives interesting insights into the mind of a tragically disturbed man who is making a last desparate attempt at living in the eden of carefree childhood innocence.  Grizzly Man is a film of potent power, poignant themes and intriguing truths.

For any of us who have ever been concerned with the trappings of our own self-made delusions, Treadwell’s story is a message about how we can learn to keep our demons at a safe distance, but if we attempt to live with them forever they will eventually destroy us completely.

An absolute must-see.

Trailer below:

Buy this or download it from somewhere. “MELISSA IS EATING HER BABIES!”

This kid just got out of the dentist…

This reusable shopping bag seems to sum up the culture of false virtue and sanctimony that predominates these days regarding environmental friendliness..

http://www.mcphee.com

FreeRice.com is a website that allows you to improve your vocabulary as you feed hungry people in some of the world’s most impoverished nations.  For every answer on their multiple choice tests that you get right a donation of ten grains will be made.  Currently, the site donates enough rice to feed about 7,000 people per day.

http://www.freerice.com

UGLY NY talent agency deals pretty much exclusively with ugly people. If you’re in the vicinity perhaps you can sign up…

http://www.uglyny.com/