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I'll preface this by saying I used to jam out this quote when it was
the precursor to a Lagwagon song in high school, and it happened to
come on random on the iPod today.
"Look, I can appreciate this. I was young too, I felt just like you.
Hated authority, hated all my bosses, thought they were full of sh*t.
Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you
got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got
no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale
endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself,
"What do you really want?"
When I first listened to that album (1998's Let's Talk About Feelings. Good album), I was certainly on the rebel end of the spectrum. Or so I'd like to think I was. But as I moved all my work belongings from my cube into my office, immortalized by putting my nameplate on the door, it dawned on me. I have made the switch. I have gone establishment. 100% corporate. No amount of sleeve tattoos (left arm scheduled to begin May 2008) or Smoking Popes albums are gonna change it. And you know what? I'm perfectly content with it all.
Tomorrow, I'll wake up at 6 and get ready to go to work. Drink my 20oz coffee / RedBull combination that I start every day with, bundle up a bit (it's getting cold here..down to 50!), and head out for another day. Not because I enjoy it. Not because I like the mornings (hate them, to be honest). Because that's what adults do. Corporate lackey, business owner, or student, it doesn't matter. We do what we do, because it's what we do.
In the coming year, my generation is going to get a lot more press about our habits, work ethic (or lack of), our politics, and our interactions and place within the world. And most of it will be bullshit. Because the older generations don't know how we think, and we don't know what we want. So here's to you, kid. Keep dreaming as long as you can.
Kevin Spacey - Swimming With Sharks
When I first listened to that album (1998's Let's Talk About Feelings. Good album), I was certainly on the rebel end of the spectrum. Or so I'd like to think I was. But as I moved all my work belongings from my cube into my office, immortalized by putting my nameplate on the door, it dawned on me. I have made the switch. I have gone establishment. 100% corporate. No amount of sleeve tattoos (left arm scheduled to begin May 2008) or Smoking Popes albums are gonna change it. And you know what? I'm perfectly content with it all.
Tomorrow, I'll wake up at 6 and get ready to go to work. Drink my 20oz coffee / RedBull combination that I start every day with, bundle up a bit (it's getting cold here..down to 50!), and head out for another day. Not because I enjoy it. Not because I like the mornings (hate them, to be honest). Because that's what adults do. Corporate lackey, business owner, or student, it doesn't matter. We do what we do, because it's what we do.
In the coming year, my generation is going to get a lot more press about our habits, work ethic (or lack of), our politics, and our interactions and place within the world. And most of it will be bullshit. Because the older generations don't know how we think, and we don't know what we want. So here's to you, kid. Keep dreaming as long as you can.
