THE KIDS TODAY
we had the Miss America pagent here in vegas and the winner was miss oklahoma. when asked what she wished she could change about herself she did not say a. that she was smarter b. that she knew more languages so she could understand different cultures better c. that she had more compassion in her soul d. that she had more energy so she could do more good in the world. no, none of those, what miss AMERICA would change about herself was to be taller so she COULD SHOW MORE LEG IN THE SWIMSUIT COMPETITION. i can see where that would be important especially if you wanted to be a show girl or a whore. show me some leg, bitch. that's a good girl.
a recent survey of college seniors showed that 85% wanted, as their life goal, to be rich. well, kiddypoos, you are setting yourself up for much disappointment. 1% of the people become rich. but 85% think they are going to be in that 1%. apparently critical thinking was not their major. almost 50% wanted to be famous as well. life goals. rich and famous. yeah, well, welcome to the real world kids. you are going to put in long hard hours for your entire life, will always be in debt, no one outside of your immediate family and friends will know who you are and then you will die. 1% will do otherwise.
i set out to be rich when i got out of prison and made tons of money for the next decade (millions in fact) spent it all and by my late 30's decided that money was not a worthwhile goal for a lifetime. i had a God-given gift of gab and the ability to make people laugh. i could have stayed in the corporate world and maybe have gotten rich but walked away from that to do something that gave me soul-satisfaction. when i started there was not really a way to make a living in comedy but i knew it was what i deep down wanted to do and even more important deep down i knew it was what I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
see, i have come to believe that each of us was created to do something. that we all have individual talents. that we all can do something in the overall scheme of things that benefit not only ourselves but mankind as a whole. whether it be a carpenter or a comic, look for what you really like doing, what you really do well, what gives you that "soul-satisfaction" and more than likely that is what your Creator "wants" you to do. put the money aside, if you do what you were created to do you will, to quote the Stones, get what you need. (since that fateful day in late 1982 when i gave it all up and became a comic, i have always managed to get by. never missed a meal, always had a roof over my head, always had a car to get to the gigs. when things got tough something always happened to help me along the way.)
the people whom i know who are happy, in the truest sense of the word, are the people who are doing what they love. may i suggest that to the college seniors. find what you love and do it.
a recent survey of college seniors showed that 85% wanted, as their life goal, to be rich. well, kiddypoos, you are setting yourself up for much disappointment. 1% of the people become rich. but 85% think they are going to be in that 1%. apparently critical thinking was not their major. almost 50% wanted to be famous as well. life goals. rich and famous. yeah, well, welcome to the real world kids. you are going to put in long hard hours for your entire life, will always be in debt, no one outside of your immediate family and friends will know who you are and then you will die. 1% will do otherwise.
i set out to be rich when i got out of prison and made tons of money for the next decade (millions in fact) spent it all and by my late 30's decided that money was not a worthwhile goal for a lifetime. i had a God-given gift of gab and the ability to make people laugh. i could have stayed in the corporate world and maybe have gotten rich but walked away from that to do something that gave me soul-satisfaction. when i started there was not really a way to make a living in comedy but i knew it was what i deep down wanted to do and even more important deep down i knew it was what I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
see, i have come to believe that each of us was created to do something. that we all have individual talents. that we all can do something in the overall scheme of things that benefit not only ourselves but mankind as a whole. whether it be a carpenter or a comic, look for what you really like doing, what you really do well, what gives you that "soul-satisfaction" and more than likely that is what your Creator "wants" you to do. put the money aside, if you do what you were created to do you will, to quote the Stones, get what you need. (since that fateful day in late 1982 when i gave it all up and became a comic, i have always managed to get by. never missed a meal, always had a roof over my head, always had a car to get to the gigs. when things got tough something always happened to help me along the way.)
the people whom i know who are happy, in the truest sense of the word, are the people who are doing what they love. may i suggest that to the college seniors. find what you love and do it.
posted by Ron Shock | 11:16 AM
2 Comments:
Yes, but there is still a lot to be said for a long legged whore
I agree. Haven't you ever heard of "Saturday Night Femur"? And with regard to the Stones, you don't "get what you need"; you get down on your knees. So give my regards to Sabatha Strut and tell her to show me some of that leg.
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