Everyones A Critic

Posted: April 7, 2011 in Put That In Your Pipe and Smoke It
Tags: , , , ,
0

Okay, so I am a very opinionated person just like a lot of you are. But does being opinionated make you a critic? I am not talking about a food critic or movie critic or an American Idol judge. I am talking about that guy or that girl that you know that you are friends with but almost can’t stand to be around them because they always have something to say about the way you do “Everything.” I hope you are not confused because you know exactly what I am talking about. Think about the other day when that person was in your car and you turned left and they thought you should have turned right. Instead of just keeping their mouth shut and moving on they rubbed it in for the next 3 weeks. I have met more and more of these type of people and I almost enjoy them… Yes, I just said I enjoy them because if you pay attention to these people, which is exactly what they want and at the same time stay on the outside of their Critic Bubble you will experience some of the most entertaining conversations you have ever heard or been a part of.

I am the type of person that when you are full of crap and I hear you attempting to spread your crap I will call you out on it, but I have also come to notice that most of the “Critics” im right your wrong people are usually the people I am calling out, if you just sit back and let them continue to dig the hypothetical hole that the thing they call a mouth is digging eventually they begin to backfill that hole and call themselves out. As sad as that seems it is so true.

Some of the questions I ask myself when I am around some of these people is, do they know that they are saying that? Do they really think I believe that crap? Right after I asked myself those question I then begin to turn the questions my way…. Wait for it….. Wait for it…… Uh oh, Am I being a critic by standing back and criticizing this persons tendency to criticize? Did I know I was doing that?  What was I thinking?  Oddly enough the saying “Everyones A Critic” holds more water then you thought doesn’t it. If I remember correctly we are all supposed to help each other to move forward in life and sometimes we decide to stand back and look at what someone else is doing and just say well I’m glad I am not like that or, Look at that person criticizing everyone and everything, they should not do that they should instead be doing ( Insert your criticism here ). In my opinion every single one of us should look in our own mirror and take a look at ourselves before we decided to look into someone elses. If you look closely you may agree “Everyones A Critic”

This thought was not brought on by anyone or anything in particular, it’s just one of my inner thoughts I decided to turn inside out.

Raymond

Are Tunes Really That Important?

Posted: April 6, 2011 in Put That In Your Pipe and Smoke It
Tags: , , , ,
0

Yesterday afternoon I was at The Hard Rock hotel for a little while picking up some tickets that I had won Via a Facebook contest and while I was waiting there I noticed just how many people rely on music to get them through the day and perhaps what they call life. Just standing there for 20 minutes I heard how the band that was playing had changed someones life for the better and if it was not for the band this individual would not be where they are today…. I began to question, umm and where is that?, in line spending $60 on a ticket to this concert that does not start for another 2 hours at which you will probably not come any closer to the band then 5 feet and most likely they will not even realize you were there or that part of the cash they are blowing at the bar after the show even came from you. Or is there more to it than that?

I know for me I have music playing while doing most everything and it is not like back in high school when we would ask each other, ” Hey Bro, are you a rocker or a rapper?” I look back at that now and say what the hell was that about, you are neither lil weezy or Travis Barker, you are a high school kid that happens to like music and wants to associate with the cool group. But to me as we get older we start to evolve into a much more self driven and less influenced person that eventually starts to stand on our own likes and dislikes regardless of others opinions.

Music is now a huge motivator or mood catalyst for me, when drawing depending on what I am going to be drawing this will influence my music choice. Right now as I am writing this I am actually listening to Antoine Dufour.. Would you ever catch me listening to this in my car with the windows down blasting it like a concert in the park ” NOPE” but it fits for what I am doing now. With that in mind I can think back to yesterday’s events and say, Hmmm maybe that band is the cause for this person standing here today. You never know what someones influence is whether it be a person, a band, a drink, or an object. Music is ridiculously important; just pay attention today while you are out and about and think about the music that you hear and what it would be like if it was absent. It is everywhere, your car, the grocery store, the gas station, the doctor’s office even restaurants.

I guess what I am saying to myself is you can’t hastily say to someone, why do you listen to that crap or, ” Come on, that song can’t mean that much to you.” You never know how much the Zac Brown band’s ” a little bit of chicken fried” may mean to someone. What are your thoughts on music and its effects on your daily life? I am now convinced I don’t know what I would do without music.

Raymond

Well It’s About Time You Said Something!!!

Posted: April 4, 2011 in Put That In Your Pipe and Smoke It
0

After all this time I have decided to make a space to call my own, where I can write what is on my mind and all the other Randomness that is me. My wife is normally the only one that gets to experience the insane inner thoughts and ideas that I sometimes have and as I share them whether it makes you laugh, cry, or make you want to call me and just breathe heavy on the phone I know it will serve its purpose, which is to take my inner thoughts and turn them inside out.

Enjoy,

Raymond

Newer Entries