So living in northern Virginia has re-confirmed some things which I already knew. People will do pretty much anything for money. I seem to have already known this, but hadn’t seen any greed (apart from the normal government crap) in a while.

It’s a little disturbing, but not surprising.

I remember reading a story about some box in your car which tracks how fast and where you’ve traveled in your car: http://ericpetersautos.com/2012/04/19/your-car-wont-be-beginning-in-2015/. This box would be used by the government, etc, etc. While I can’t confirm the authenticity of this, it was something which was quite interesting. Of course I won’t dive too deep into that article in this posting because, well, it’s a completely different subject. However, there was a comment by a friend of mine after reading this which rattled my soul a little. It was quite short too, but for some reason it just struck something within me with a spiked metal bat.

The few words which we spoken are “Nothing surprises me anymore“. I didn’t immediately get all worked up over it, but shortly after it started to bother me. Now, I’m the kind of guy who dwels on things. I over think EVERYTHING. It’s just me. Shortly after, I started getting that sick feeling in my stomach while repeating several things in my mind. “Have I become numb like my friend?”, “Why was I agreeing with my friend? What’s wrong me with?”. Parts of me were wanting to blow shit up and cause chaos. However, I of course refrained since it was simply a reaction to the lack of control I have over things in the world.

Anyways, this all leads to the actual reason for this blog post. It seems as if one of my coworkers has started smoking, walks around the building making sure people see his pack of cigarettes, and asks to be included when they all go for a smoke break. All for one simple purpose – to get a bonus at the end of the year for quitting smoking.

So wait, you’re ready to put yourself at risk for a TERMINAL cancer simply for $500 at the end of the year?

*sigh*. Some things don’t surprise me anymore. hehe.

To further extend my “Good Bye” series, I want to just end it with America. I’ve thought long and hard about my life and involvement in the “system” (whatever that is) and it just makes me sick. This is like stomach turning sick with parasitical anger and hate.

The war, the killing, the poor and punishment for helping them, the hate, the television, and the media. Take it back. I didn’t ask my parents and their parents for this crap yet they let it happen. Maybe it’s not their fault… I don’t blame my family, but I keep thinking I should.

I’ve always been a free thinker. Never followed the example of others. Still to this day I avoid such things. Instead of letting fear control me, I control it to be my moral compass. Since I cannot get rid of fear, I decided to use it for good.

At this point, the following video sums up how I feel:

In short, I don’t want your two party systems. I don’t want your system at all. I want the sky and all of it’s freedom to be my home. Away from all of this shit.