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I'm Thinking Of How Unexpected And Yet Oddly Preordained Life Can Be. Events Are Upon You In An Instant, Unforseen And Without Warning, And Often Times Marked With Disappointment And Tragedy, But Equally Often Leading To A Better Understanding Of The Bittersweet Truth Of Life.

To Achieve Longevity You Will Have Cycles. No One Gets There In One Straight Shot.

I Think It Was Alfred Hitchcock Who Said 90 Percent Of Successful Moviemaking Is In The Casting. The Same Is True In Life. Who You Are Exposed To, Who You Choose To Surround Yourself With, Is A Unique Variable In All Of Our Experiences And It Is Hugely Important In Making Us Who We Are. Seek Out Interesting Characters, Tough Adversaries And Strong Mentors And Your Life Can Be Rich, Textured, Highly Entertaining And Successful, Like A Best Picture Winner. Surround Yourself With Dullards, People Of Vanilla Safety And Unextraordinary Ease, And You May Find Your Life Going Straight To Dvd.

There's This Unbelievable Bias And Prejudice Against Quote-unquote Good-looking People, That They Can't Be In Pain Or They Can't Have Rough Lives Or Be Deep Or Interesting.

To Go From "gnarly" To "literally," That Shows I'm Growing Up, Right?