Where do we begin? Let's start with a shotgun blast to cover all the key points.

People who have week long birthday celebrations are conceited husks with no sense of self-worth.

That should take care of offending nearly everyone. Now we'll start to pick this apart in a way that the average reader would in an attempt to either debunk my statement or try to make me look stupid.

First up, I know that I'm full of myself. I don't keep this quiet so it shouldn't shock you that I'm well aware of this. What I don't do is force people to participate in a week long 'Look at my I don't get enough attention and I need to feel better about myself because ultimately I am a waste of flesh' marathon where you proudly display that it's your birthday on every form of media you have available.

So, why do I care? Because it is this hollow sense of self-importance that is destroying society today. No one is actually deserving of a week long festival in their honor, yet they all feel that they deserve it. What have you done that entitles you to this? Unless you have successfully found a renewable and infinite energy source then I think it's safe to say you should can your antics and realize just who you really are.

Most of you are thinking, 'It's the one day of the year that I can make about me, why can't I just have that?' and go right ahead. Have your day and your cake. Just because I have never really celebrated my birthday does not mean that I have a pedestal to stand on and tell you that you can't have yours. But do you really need to make it so dramatic that everyone on the planet knows what week you have it in, but not what day it's on?

If this is what makes you feel happy and gives purpose to your otherwise meaningless life then go for it. I'll keep running my mouth about how it's incredibly self-absorbed and outwardly egocentric, though.

I feel that the path I follow has more 'meat' more 'guts' and more 'real stuff' than a lot of others.

I explained this to my girlfriend today.

'95% of the people in this world just go to a job they do in some automated fashion so that they can get home and rot their brains on shitty TV while talking on the phone with their friends about either the shitty TV shows or their shitty job. Then they call up their other friends and back stab the ones who they were just talking to by talking shit about them.'

What is the point in this? Where is the progress? It is simply being selfish and hollow to exist this way.

But then she tells me - who am I to judge? I have chosen a path and it does not give me the right to become self-righteous and tell others that they are not living a worthwhile life.

And this is true. And as much knowledge as I can gain, I can never pass it on to anyone who does not want to learn it. I cannot make someone follow my path.

I do not know what is right in a true sense. I only know what I feel in my heart as important and what gives my life meaning and I need to learn not to judge others on what may give their life meaning.

I haven't posted since January. Wow!

Now that I've got Twitter tied in with Facebook maybe I'll just shamelessly plug this blog for every new update.

I was watching the Discovery channel last night in my hotel room in Roanoke. The show was Inside Planet Earth and it was talking about the core of the planet.

To sum up the show, it basically said that the core of the planet is liquid metal and it creates the magnetic poles that we have now. It also creates a magnetic shield around the Earth that protects us from solar radiation that would ultimately kill all life on the planet. It also spoke about the core cooling slightly (about 6% every 100 years) and eventually the core will no longer produce heat - no more magnetic poles - no more magnetic shield.. well - you can see where this is going.

And now I'm going to get preachy and only slightly scientific so if that's too much for you then stop reading now. But this fucking planet is ALIVE. It is alive in the same way a tree is alive. You cannot see it grow because we, as humans, have developed this sense of urgency. If we don't see quick daily changes then we immediately rule out possibilities. This angers me - no one is opening their god damned eyes.

Global Warming, the Toyota Prius, all this propaganda and government agenda is just a moot point when you look at the big picture. The Earth is going to die because it is using the energy it had to protect us. How small does that make one feel?

The Northern Lights are indeed beautiful - but that magnificent light is the product of the Earths magnetic field trying to fight off solar radiation from entering the atmosphere. A cosmic battle that the Earth may be losing.

Now think about this every day when you get up and thank whoever you pray to that you still exist. It is AMAZING! Do not take life for granted! This makes me feel insignificant but it does not mean that my life is worthless. This makes me want to appreciate everything that I have.

This is exactly why life is not about getting drunk and trying to pick up skeezers at a bar. This is why life is not about buying the most expensive car that you can't really afford or trying to have the biggest house on the street. Those things come from a lack of self-worth .. Realizing how fortunate we are GIVES us self-worth!

There is evidence to suggest that the poles are shifting. We don't know what this means, but it could mean anything from tidal waves to the actual shifting of the Earths rotation. And this brings up new topics..

For one, the magnetic field around the Earth will be gone for several months while the poles change. Two, if the poles change the Earths rotation then our new North and South could be NYC and Tokyo. And IF that happens, think about colonizing the 'old' poles! We would have all new land to build on and to harvest for resources (this assumes that we survive the pole shift, but I have faith that the strong will continue- those with purpose) then we will have another chance to create civilization again and this time we will not fall into overconsumption and destruction - parhaps we will live WITH nature and not destroy it.

Maybe that is what 2012 is about.

Who knows.

If anyone wants to jabber about these topics or anything I said, IM me or fly to Atlanta. My mind is going to go wild down here if I can't spill these crazy ass thoughts out.