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allrighty, no red bull tonight. however, i'm not normally one to go to St*rbucks (or any other coffee/retail outlet place come to think of it), but i am all about their chai eggnog latte. mmmm...it's a little piece of heaven in a cup, really.

been poking about on some other bloggy-blogs of some people i know and it's really interesting for me to see how politically savvy everyone is these days (which is good). farewell to the days of partying and irresponsibility and HELLOOO to the days of social consciousness. it's just like the dawning of the age of aquarius, except without all the flowers and bellbottoms. wars are being waged, and i don't mean Iraq. there's just so much happening that it's hard to sort out sides, who's against who? which party is right and which party is wrong? who's cause is just and who's is trite? is it really ok to wear white after labor day?! it just never seems to end.

there's been this big ol' fist in the air, fight the man, rise up fervor going around like a bad cold. like i said i think that this is a good thing, but...it's only here. and by "here", i mean on the internet. isn't it kooky? is it the safety of the internet that we find comfort in? or, is it the total anonymity? i mean, there's this safety of voicing your opinion in a forum where no one can retaliate. we all have comment sections on our blogs, BUT...we can choose to ignore them. in fact, we can straight up delete them. wouldn't that be nice? if someone were to be in a public forum voicing their opinion, and they can weed out who can respond and who can ask questions and filter out the questions so that only the one's that justify their views make it through, and....

....oh wait. i think that's been done already.

but that's sorta' my point, right? whatever happened to a good old fashioned in your face, balls to the walls, no holds barred debate?! on the internet, it's so easy to log in, and spew your "truth" from the safety of your own bedroom (and if only your readers REALLY knew what went on in your bedrooms), with no consequence or counter point.

there's this thing that i truly believe. years ago, we only had the print media to get our news from. it was a trusted source. then came radio, and news reels before saturday matinees. then television, and cable...cnn, yummy, right? these sources were trusted to be fair, non-biased...well, "trusted". we came to believe what we read, what we heard and what we saw as the TRUTH. it's how we formed our own opinions, our communities, our culture...our beliefs. it was our window to the world, and dan rather was our tour guide. and then...the internet rolled along. and lo' and behold, everyone with a hard drive and a phone line had a voice. so now everyone with a piece of real estate on the w.w.w. could put forth unto man kind what they felt was their version of the truth. and we, falling into old habits, are still compelled to believe everything that we read MUST BE TRUE. c'mon, it's true. you do it, so do i, we ALL do it. "well, i read it on the internet, so it MUST be true". right?

what i suppose i'm getting at is that we can't believe EVERYTHING that we read, hell...i don't even know if i totally believe what i'm writing right now. but we need to be careful. who knows if what we're reading is coming from some 10 year old kid or some fucker over at *********.com. the internet is shrouded, it's too impersonal. we need a face, and our actions speak much louder than our blogs. to my bloggy brethren...don't stop, keep doing what you're doing. speak your truth, but do it everywhere. do it at work, do it at school, do it at church, do it at home, do it on the street, do it without restraint. put a face to your voice, put a spirit to your truth. be present and LIVE your truth. only then, and ONLY THEN can our voices unite and we can be heard and seen and it's ONLY THEN that the walls can come down, and our revolution will truly have meaning.