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Posted by laurlel hyvonen on May 13, 1998 at 13:41:38:

In Reply to: the "big chill" posted by shannon theisen on May 12, 1998 at 18:32:23:

I agree with what Shannon said on lsoing freedom because you feel the need to conform your life around societies standards and views on what top priorities are. Many of times I've gotten into arguments with my parents who are pretty conservative in their views of what is top priority, Even as a college student I feel completely subjected to the opinions of my parents and even the system that school should be top priority adn finished in four years. THEN you can go have your fun. I can't explain to them that it doesn't have to be the "four year plan" or you lose track and are a failure for not being in school. Society places top priority on getting a good jod so you can make good money and be happy. Money, Money, Money.....Ahhhhh! I'm so sick of it. You need money to support a family and buy what you want and once you can do that your a free person. That's the general view our society has about the way the world turns. An d those people who don't go to school or dont have a decent paying job are considered lazy, off the straight road. When we dive into the "Real World" we tend to lose sight of what really makes us happy, whether it's getting up at sunrise for coffee and a cigarete, purposely getting lost so you can discover the new found beauties of an area, travleing from show to show to hear a group you truely dig - whatever it is there suddenly seems to be no time for anything. I've argued with my dad over and over about simply enjoying life, doing what makes you happy, and if it doesn't involve making a ton of money who cares! Take Dead Heads for instance. He argues that they are the result of drug use and they would be in the work force had they not gotten sucked into the lazy life of drug use. Yes, many of them got into something and never got out, but where they happy. There are people who love music and travleing to the point where that is what the desire to do. They need money for the tickets, food, and travel/shelter but if they truely wanted to get out there making the big bucks they'd ditch the road trips and find a way to work. I detest the fact that so many people in society judge a person's happiness according to what they are doing, where they live, how they spend free time. If a person is happy being a nomad, so be it. They may be just as happy as the D.A. of New York City. I believe people lose there freedom when hitting the "real world" because of the judgemental views we are all subjected to. I love finding people who can be happy not living the typical standard and who don't give two shits less what the next person thinks. Euphoria is found within yourself, not within the system.

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: I agree with what Shannon said on lsoing freedom because you feel the need to conform your life around societies standards and views on what top priorities are. Many of times I've gotten into arguments with my parents who are pretty conservative in their views of what is top priority, Even as a college student I feel completely subjected to the opinions of my parents and even the system that school should be top priority adn finished in four years. THEN you can go have your fun. I can't explain to them that it doesn't have to be the "four year plan" or you lose track and are a failure for not being in school. Society places top priority on getting a good jod so you can make good money and be happy. Money, Money, Money.....Ahhhhh! I'm so sick of it. You need money to support a family and buy what you want and once you can do that your a free person. That's the general view our society has about the way the world turns. An d those people who don't go to school or dont have a decent paying job are considered lazy, off the straight road. When we dive into the "Real World" we tend to lose sight of what really makes us happy, whether it's getting up at sunrise for coffee and a cigarete, purposely getting lost so you can discover the new found beauties of an area, travleing from show to show to hear a group you truely dig - whatever it is there suddenly seems to be no time for anything. I've argued with my dad over and over about simply enjoying life, doing what makes you happy, and if it doesn't involve making a ton of money who cares! Take Dead Heads for instance. He argues that they are the result of drug use and they would be in the work force had they not gotten sucked into the lazy life of drug use. Yes, many of them got into something and never got out, but where they happy. There are people who love music and travleing to the point where that is what the desire to do. They need money for the tickets, food, and travel/shelter but if they truely wanted to get out there making the big bucks they'd ditch the road trips and find a way to work. I detest the fact that so many people in society judge a person's happiness according to what they are doing, where they live, how they spend free time. If a person is happy being a nomad, so be it. They may be just as happy as the D.A. of New York City. I believe people lose there freedom when hitting the "real world" because of the judgemental views we are all subjected to. I love finding people who can be happy not living the typical standard and who don't give two shits less what the next person thinks. Euphoria is found within yourself, not within the system.

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