Stuff From My Brain

1. Children. Having them. At least on purpose. I have thought recently that to be a good parent, or to want to be one, one must first believe that they are ready to raise a child. And that at the time of conception, they are a fully realized adult, who has accepted that their personal growth would be dependent on that of another, much smaller and younger person, for the rest of their existence. So do pre-parents believe that they are mostly done with getting better? 
2. woah, there was some bullshit philosophical language in that post. Let me explain the Jensenian Concept of Getting Better: To actively pursue life in manner that would make you a more self actualized person. To explore, discuss, investigate and read. To experiment and observe in order to learn about the world around you and your place in it. and to perhaps bring yourself out of the muck and mire of the ordinary and unexplored to a higher place, which hopefully, is always strived for, but never completely achieved. AKA Getting Better.
3. Wow, am I ever a dick. 
4. here’s a thought. When was the last time you saw a coming of age story, or a story about someone seeking self actualization with a female protagonist? Because let’s think here, On the Road: Male protagonists. Into the Wild: Male. Catcher in the Rye: Male. And do we count To Kill a Mocking Bird because scout was the main character prior to a time when society sexualized her?Come to think of it, I don’t know of any stories of this type with a female protagonist that are not focused on her sexuality and or her acquisition of a male sex partner. If you do, could you share, because I would like to examine them. 
5. I don’t know how to corroborate and combine my desire for the best education possible for every person on the earth, and my life long goal of starting a boarding school in oregon for talented youth. I am struggling with an internal paradox. 
6. I printed out the list of 1001 books to read before you die list today. Reading all of the books on the list of 1001 books to read before you die is on my list of things to accomplish in order to become a self actualized person. I think I should like to take all of the books with me to a remote cabin in the middle of a forest somewhere, where they don’t speak english and I will have to read all of the books before I can go back to the western world and talk to people again. 
7. Dvorak is pretty much my main man. 
8. Have I mentioned that it’s Mardi Gras break and I have been left alone with my thoughts for the last three days?