Today’s young people these days are in the habit of being honest about everything from your clothes to how they would do your hair better than you can. They want to be taken seriously. And who can blame them? We in GenX weren’t exactly stepping outside of our passive-aggressive creations until we reached the age for true politics. Who’d want to be compared to that, right? We’re nihlist and sarcastic. And we didn’t learn the necessity for self-actualization until late in the game. But it -works- to our advantage. That is the world we grew up in. We pushed the new bang, we just chose not to shoot it like a bullet. We made sure people got used to it slowly. Hell, we’re leading the pack in environmental awareness right now. Hopefully we don’t end up having to send one last Mimzy to make sure it doesn’t truly screw up.

This generation of young people are “coming out early”, to borrow a phrase from a particularly true idea. So it’s no difficult thing taking them seriousy when they repeat facts back to you. You can tell when it’s sourced and studied…and when it’s embellished and tried.

This morning I listened as one of them recounted that 5 Metro Buses caught on fire yesterday. Considering the heat, I guess I could say I am not surprised. But how much of that could have been prevented from not overusing your ever-dwindling resources, WMATA? (The Fox5 producer catching on his camcorder was…aptly timed. Priceless.) As I write this, I am once again dealing with a slow trip into the Financial District because of a switch problem at my station. Hopefully my job never pulls my entry-records. Thank goodness for the office professional’s unclocked and salaried 15 minute grace period. Without it, I’d have a car by now so I wouldn’t have to suffer the system any longer.

“That’s what I like about Aaron. He’s a nice person.”

The woman on the subway steps was obviously not talking about me. Rather, she was talking about another representative of The Name who is doing a good job. The Name, you see…is distinct. It’s the same as the first high priest of Egypt. It is spelled a million different ways but this is the most prevalent in the male variety. It has representation in the Biblical Name Framed Poster market…which we all know and love. There are bookmarks and keychains for The Name at every truck stop and amusement park. No, really. Some of them even have books….

It’s also the first name your private parts “accidentally” dial all the time. Accidentally…. Riiiiiiight…. We’re EVERYWHERE.

“That’s all.”

To the right, you’ll see some of the linkage has changed.  I’ve started posting photos I’ve taken and later re-tooled.  I also consolidated the profile page links into one area.  Just don’t go thinking I’m completely self-centered because the only photo area with more than one post is the self-portraits . 

—1— I am not over DJ-ing. And I am certainly not over writing music. There is no shortage of half-written, undeveloped ideas and templates on my machine right now just waiting for the right moment. (I unearthed all of the production work I did in 1999/2000/2001 and started re-packaging it in iTunes. I’m -mostly- pleased with it. But some of it gets the chopping block.) The right moment for the upswing will show itself to me when it shows itself. But I assure you I am not just waiting for it. I do have plans in place that are in their slow works. I am also not over the “state” of music. My heart is still in it. My surroundings and situation at the time are not ideal for making my music “career” what it used to be, and ultimately what I still want it to be. Time and patience, and sticking to the plan……….  Keep reading for 9 more!!

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Just do it.  You will thank me.

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“Attention, customers. We will be holding temporarily due to a train directly in front of us.” Do you ever get on the subway and have this happen to you when you were on schedule for your day?

Well today I heard it at least 5 or 6 times with some undetermined time between. So I jumped on AIM to see if Jase had heard anything, brushed off the comment about me being forever late, and was only like…1-percent surprised there were no delay announcements.

But then it made sense. If you wanted to say a train was right in front of us, that doesn’t mean it needs to be true. When I got into Union Station (finally) the clock indicators were set for the perfect rush-hour timing, whereas before there was a significantly larger amount of time between trains.

So I ask you…real delay or fake delay to suit a traffic adjustment? Trust me when I tell you that I save the days where I royally and truely screw up to make excuses, but even then most of the time I don’t. I’ve leaarned that lying is only useful some of the time anyway and besides that, there aren’t a lot of justified stone-throwers.

Good morning!