Jean Paul Thewissen

Lately, for some unknown reason, I’ve been hearing and seeing a lot of Hitler. Der Fuhrer.

In some ways, I admire that man. I don’t need to talk about his deeds, restoring Germany from a poor, poor country, to a potency. Great deed.

I don’t need to talk about his cruelty either. Bad, evil things, to be sure.

I do want to talk about his obsession to make a better race, however. Basically, he wanted to better the human race physically, mating men with certain characteristics with women of certain characteristics, preserving and, perhaps eventually, perfecting certain genes.

Basically, he focused on a physical aspect in order to create a better race.

I propose we make a better kind. A better humankind.

I will not go into it. It’s an extensive subject. Also, I don’t think it will be possible.

By the time we’re ready to be better, I’m pretty sure it will be too late.

As midnight approaches, I’m wearing a smile across my face as my best accessory. I can’t wait for the festivities to begin, and the wine drinking to start.

I wish every single one of you a wondrous new year, full of amazing surprises. I wish for everybody to find the energy and strength in themselves to chase their dreams, and never, ever desist.

Look upon the new year with marveled eyes. MAKE it a marvelous year.

Cheers!

Many a time I’ve found myself wondering why life is so unfair. How come I, to the point of view of other people, and my own, am a good person, but life treats me so badly. I do nothing but be a good person, and I expect life to treat me just as I deport. Is that so illogical? Is it so preposterous?

After 23 years of living, experience and hardships, I find that my troubles lie in the I do nothing part. In the part where I actually naively expect life to give me good things because of my actions and behavior.

If you want good things, you have to go out and get them. Just being a nice person isn’t enough, apparently. Of course, I’m not saying we should do anything in order to get those things. I’m saying that to get them, you need action.

I’ve noticed that many people will do questionable things to get what they want. I admire these people partly. They’ve understood that to get the ice cream from the fridge, you go to the fridge and look for it to claim it. On the other hand, Their moral is loose. They humiliate, cheat, trick, and betray. And that’s only part of what they’ll do. That’s only a fraction of what they’re consciously willing to do.

Things are bad because of that. We need people with moral codes.

I understand it’s a difficult path, and it’s much easier to close your eyes, drive on ahead, and ignore the bumping caused by the people that got caught under your tires.

You WILL have to look back some time, though. How many bumps are you willing to drive over before that time comes?

Raise your hand whoever thinks talking about religion is easy.

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Yeah, sorry. Just wanted to let you know, from the start, that this post is about religion, and that my outlook on it is a comic one.

Have you ever looked up, raised your arms in a pleading, demanding gesture, and asked out loud, “God, why won’t you listen to me?”

I used to do that a long time ago. I stopped because I realized I should stop looking up, expecting someone else to fix my problems, or give me what I don’t have. My post could end with this message, right now. But I’m a writer, and I have a story tell.

Imagine that God is Batman.

(Those of you laughing right now, I like you. Those condemning me to hell, I’m pretty sure I might be seeing you there.)

Now, God, in the beginning, spoke to us. He chose a few good men who weren’t tempted by every little thing they stumbled upon, and compelled them to guide us through a moral, righteous path. He payed attention to us, just like Batman tends to Gotham city. It would take Batman any time between 1 to 3 nights, find the petty little villain, and turn him in to justice. He could then move on to the next thing.

Now, imagine someone who, for whatever reason, grew up just as Bruce Wayne did. He has the same abilities, mind, and upbringing Batman has. This bad-ass son of a bitch (BASOB, from now on) comes to Gotham City, and Batman has to take care of him.

This is an epic battle between Batman and Basob. All of Batman’s attention is drawn to this equal, and he can’t take care of Gotham City anymore! All the petty villains are free to do anything Batman’s lackeys allow them to get away with!

In this metaphor, as many of you might have figured it out, Basob is Satan, and Batman’s lackeys (Robin, Nightwing and what-not) are God’s angels.

That’s why God won’t listen to us anymore. He fighting an epic-ass war. Let’s cut him some slack and stop looking up to ask things of him. We could actually give him a hand and be like those decent folk I talked about above.

In all honesty, I’ve always found it a little hard to update a blog.

Sure, I follow a couple of blogs that keep me up to date with interesting developments, new products, inernet applications and a lot of other things. Very few, however, really upload original content to the internet.

An example of a blog that generates original content is that of Ryan Sohmer. He’s always posting his very own thoughts, giving his insights on various things. He does this most of the time. He’s a very interesting person sharing his very interesting thoughts.

Most other blogs I follow simply look at something on the web, and make a brief commentary on it, adding video and pictures if possible. It keeps you updated, sure, but they’re not generating  new, original content.

That’s why I find updating my blog difficult. I try to always comment on interesting things I myself think of. I’m sure I’m not the first and only one to think these things, but atleast I have the satisfaction of creatig content myself.