SO A FEW POSTS DOWN I PUT UP A VIDEO OF MYSELF IN JOSHUA TREE ON HALLOWEEN 2009 KNOCKING OVER A STACK OF ROCKS. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, BUT THEN SOMEBODY LEFT A REALLY DUMB COMMENT AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT IS.
NOW THINKING ABOUT IT MORE OF COURSE PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ME KNOCKING OVER THIS STACK OF ROCKS BECAUSE THEY ARENT ME, SO HOW COULD THEY?
TO FULLY DESCRIBE THE POINT OF THIS WOULD TAKE MANY PAGES AND HOURS, BUT WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT? HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY:
ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES: I WAS AT THE BEACH WITH MY MOM AND I WAS LIKE 3 OR 4 AND WE MADE ALL THESE COOL BUCKET SAND HEADS WITH SEAWEED HAIR. WE WERE LOOKING AT THEM AND LAUGHING ABOUT HOW FUNNY THEY WERE WHEN SOME KID MY AGE CAME ALONG AND STOMPED ON ALL OF THEM. IT LIKE TOTALLY CRUSHED ME AND I WAS VERE UPSET. NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND I FELT LIKE A LARGE INJUSTICE HAD OCCURRED ON MY BEHALF AND I WAS PIST.
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I DEALT WITH THOSE PEOPLE AT THE BEACH. MY FAMILY PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE SAND CASTLE BUILDERS, INVOLVING ALL THE KIDS IN THE AREA AND ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME THE KNOCKER OVER KIDS WOULD COME AND DESTROY WHAT WE MADE. I FUCKIN HATED THESE PEOPLE. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE ALLOWED TO KNOCK OVER THE CASTLES WERE THE WAVES. EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THE ENEMY.
FAST FORWARD TO LIKE 2008 WHERE I AM PAINTING A WALL AT THE SMELL. I AM PAINTING A GIRL WITH HER MOUTH OPEN AND SHE IS IN A BATHING SUIT. I AM WELL AWARE THAT MANY TAGGERS LIKE TO SEE THIS AS AN OPEN INVITATION TO DRAW A DICK IN HER MOUTH OR NIPPLES ON HER BOOBS OR WHATEVER, SHIT LIKE THAT. SO I THOUGHT: "WHY LET THEM DO THE FUNNEST PART? IM GOING TO DO IT BEFORE THEY CAN", THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ME TAGGING ON MY OWN PAINTINGS. IF SOMETHING IS INEVITABLE AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT YOURSELF, WHY NOT? IM ALL ABOUT EVOLUTION AND GROWTH AND IF I CAN SPEED UP THAT PROCESS THEN WHY NOT? ANOTHER THING IS THAT I WOULD NOT FEEL THE SAME JOY TAGGING ON SOMEBODY ELSES PAINTING, SO MY ONLY OPTION IS TO TAG ON MY OWN.
NOW IM NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THIS ALL TIES IN WITH THE VIDEO, BUT IM GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT SOME MORE:
THE PERSON WHO MADE THE STACK FORGOT THE FUNNEST PART. KNOCKING THEM DOWN. I AM OVER PLAYING THE ROLL OF THE PERSON WHO GETS HURT. FUCK THAT. IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOCK SHIT DOWN. AND ACTUALLY FUCK ALL THIS, JOSHUA TREE IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE THE WAY IT IS!!!! CAN I FUCKING SAY THIS LOUD ENOUGH, IF YOUR HIPPIE ASS THINKS MAKING A STACK OF ROCKS IS GOING TO IN ANY WAY ADD TO THE BEAUTY AND AMAZEMENT OF JOSHUA TREE THAN YOU ARE REALLY FULL OF YOUR SELF AND POSSIBLY BLIND. LEAVE THE GODDAMN ROCKS ALONE MAN, STOP WRITING YOUR NAME WITH THEM SO YOU CAN SEND A POST CARD TO YOUR BOYFRIEND, OR ARRANGING THEM IN THE SHAPE OF A FUCKING TURTLE. ITS A FUCKING ROCK! LET IT BE A ROCK, OR BRING A PILE OF TURTLES AND ARRANGE THEM IN THE SHAPE OF A ROCK FORMATION.
MY INTENTIONS WERE TO APPRECIATE THE ROCKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TREASURES THEY ARE. AND ALSO MY POINT: IF YOU DO THIS, FINE BUT DONT FORGET TO PUT THEM BACK WERE YOU FOUND THEM. GODDAMMIT, WAIT THIS IS OBVIOUS, IF YOU DONT GET THIS THEN FUCK OFF AND I HOPE YOU NEVER READ MY GODDAMN BLOG AGAIN. I THINK ITS TIME FOR AN OPEN LETTER
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE DUMB NASTY COMMENTS ON PEOPLES WEBSITES AND BLOGS, HERES AN IDEA:
STOP LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITES DUMB MOTHER FUCKER, NOBODY IS MAKING YOU LOOK AT THIS SHIT AND NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU FREAK OUT ABOUT WHAT YOU MISUNDERSTOOD. SERIOUSLY ITS EMBARRASSING. AND ALSO THIS IS MY ROOM IN THE HOTEL CALLED THE INTERNET SO IF YOU DONT LIKE IT GET THE FUCK OUT.