The Blogs, the Vlogs, and the Rog Pogs.

I was right in the middle of typing a new blog (on constructive criticism, which I’ll post later) and I got one of the largest reality checks in my life.

My dad comes in with two of his work buddies. One of them, Louie, have been here before. The other guy I’ve never met. My dad does what he naturally does with new guests, he shows off his pictures with famous actors and things. Louie sits on the couch across from me. He sits and talks to me, and we get on the subject of studious people.

He says he wasn’t studious when he was a kid, and he even made fun of kids who did their school work. I think he implied that he dropped out of school, or didn’t go on to college. Then he goes on and tells me how he respects people…like me (this is about where I got kicked in the head). He defends people who do their school work. He says people like me don’t know how well we have it. We get to learn, go to college, and have the opportunity to go on to bigger and better things. I say, in passing, that sometimes this school thing just isn’t for me. Then he says the one phrase that gets to me, and gets to me deep. He says, “Look at it this way. Look how the cool guys, like me, and him, who have to work their asses off just for minimum wage.” It was like a punch to the gut.

What the Hell am I doing with my life? Soon after he says this, they all leave the house, and I start to reflect on what he said, and start tearing up. He was right. I don’t know how good I have it, and what opportunities I am blowing for myself. I hope this lasts long, because now, I am going to do something that I haven’t done, officially, for almost 7 years. I’m going to go do homework, and study. How long will this last.

Thanks, Lou. You’ll probably never know how that conversation hit me.