June 30, 2006

TBF Season One Finale

Rose Of Sharyn (Killswitch Engage)

Numb and broken, here I stand alone
Wondering what were the last words I said to you
Hoping, praying that I'll find a way to turn back time
Can I turn back time?

What would I give to behold
The smile, the face of love?
You never left me
The rising sun will always speak your name

Numb and broken, here I stand alone
Wondering what were the last words I said to you
It won't be long, we'll meet again

What would I give to behold
The smile, the face of love?
You never left me
The rising sun will always speak your name

It won't be long, we'll meet again
Your memory is never passing
It won't be long, we'll meet again
My love for you is everlasting

I mourn for those who never knew you

It won't be long, we'll meet again
Your memory is never passing
It won't be long, we'll meet again
My love for you is everlasting....


It's hard to figure out a cut off point to end this season, I wanted to go many routes but nothing really clicked, so instead of focusing on one topic, i'm ending this season by just doing what I've always done.... I'm straight up speaking my mind......

There are a million things going on in our everyday world, and it'd be easy to forget about them and focus on the big things: Censorship, Gay Marriage, Abortions, Religion, but what the other things.

So tonight on The Brian Factor, we tackle: Everything In Between.....

Sex:

Let's be honest about it, now kids are having it sooner than many of you did when you were younger, if kids are gonna be having sex then, they should know everything, the good, the bad and definitely the ugly. I mean hold nothing back, tell them, show them give it all to these kids otherwise they'll find out the old fashioned way: after three kids and a nasty collection of STD's. just grow up and explain it to them, they'll understand, and don't give them that "the stork" and "when a mommy and daddy really like each other..." bullshit, all you'll do is screw them up before they even try. when you understand the joys and the consiquences of sex, then they are at the very least informed and then whatever happens happens...

Commercialism:

A perfect example of this is the use of music in commercials, the other day I'm chilling out watching TV and I hear Lynard Skynard, but it was a commercial for KFC, now I know Skynard from growing up with Rock n Roll all my life and now it's glory is reduced to being associated with chicken, and how can a song about Alabama be associated with Kentucky!!!! and now every time I hear "Sweet Home Alabama" I feel like getting a two peice with a buscuit, and in all honesty, I'm surprised they didn't use "Freebird". and then of course you find Led Zepplin selling out to fuckin Mazda, Mazda!!!! you're selling out for a fuckin shitty car that really is nothing more than a fuckin clown car (and I know from experience). My main problem with selling out is this, you take some of the world's most historically significant music and from now on every kid wo hears the song on the radio will say "hey, that's the KFC song or the Mazda song, Zoom Zoom!!" I know that there's been other who've done it but I named those two as prime examples since it was the most I could think of at the moment.

Parenthood:

I grew up in a world where I feared the hand, and i'll tell you I see the new method of talking it out and in all honesty, talking can and does prove useful, but only in the right situations. Example: your kid is running, screaming around the store and refuses to be quiet and stop running around, do you A: talk it out and and come to a comprimise. or B: smack him and warn him he'll get another if he don't stop... what will you do? the answer....C: both, smack him once and then explain why you did it, eventually he'll learn that misbehavior= the hand.
Example 2: your teenage child says they want to get a tattoo/ piercing, what do you do? A: scream at the top of your lungs NO or B: actually talk it out, go into extreme detail of what the process and risks and etc. about it... answer...... is B!!!!

My point is this, you can talk to your kids, and you can hit them, but there's a balance to it, as they're younger, they won't always listen right off the bat, so you have to go to drastic measures and eventually they'll learn and soon you have to talk it out to explain why they got hit and soon you arrive at a point to where you'll never have to hit em again, though be sure to explain the hitting technique to they can apply it to their kids and everyone learns and we're all happy....

Now you're probably wondering if there's any form of a sucess story to his methodology, well, there's Me. When I was growing up my mom spoke to me like an adult (even though I was a baby) and baby talked me and gave me the hand when I wouldn't stop misbehaving and explained why I shouldn't do it in the first place, and as I grew up I wanted an earring and a tattoo and both times I did it behind her back and then we sat down and talked about why I should and shouldn't, each others personal beliefs on tats and piercings, and afterwards I realized that I'm glad I got them but at least I was informed before hand and so I didn't do it to be cool, and no peer pressure was involved, it was all my idea and I was glad to make it.

All in all, I became informed about everything growing up: sex, smoking, drinking, peer pressure, I learned so much, not from being given some half assed story, but by the truth, cold hard facts and being shown the reality of my choices if I do them for reasons other than my own.

There's never any shame in being honest, it's what being true to yourself is all about, you may hurt people's feelings but real friends will understand that you're giving you honest opinion, this season, I shared so much both of my mind and of my heart, I admit it wasn't always easy, and I even got intimidated at times but I still gave my honest thoughts to you. So now I'm tired, it's been a long six months and I need a vacation, hell, in fact next friday (7/7/06) is my 22nd Birthday, so what a way to go out for the summer, The world isn't perfect, in fact we're a good ways away from being near it, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to change, if we start being more open about what bugs us, we learn how much many of us are on the same page about the main issues and can unite to help fix the problem, call me crazy but sometimes you can get lucky enough to pull it off. There are many good people I this world and I've had the pleasure to meet many of them, so I know I'm not alone.

So now as you read this, I'm enjoying a little quiet time to reflect and I'm simply doing my everyday things, you won't hear from me for a while but it doesn't mean I'm not around....

My Name Is Brian and This was The Brian Factor....

Don't worry, I'm only getting started, so see you in the fall.

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