"Drug Abuse?!"

I grew up in the 1980's and early 1990's, and I was indoctrinated into a program called "D.A.R.E.".

For those that don't know what the acronym means, I'll lay it out for you.

D.A.R.E. stands for, "Drug Abuse Resistance Education".

Essentially, it was a Propaganda program devised by the Reagan Administration to tell kids that Drugs are bad... yeah, I know. It's about as ridiculous as it sounds.

Us, a Generation of kids that grew up during the Crack Epidemic, with most of our parents high on Coke and Weed... did they honestly think that we didn't know what was up?

Look, the only thing that they showed us was a series of films that told us that PCP made you think you were a fucking superhero and had the ability to fly, that Coke made you think that Disco was cool and Weed was a demon plant that encourages you to think that shitty cartoons from the 1970's were actually worth a shit.

In other words, D.A.R.E. was a failure... on a scale not seen since "Clash of The Titans", and just as confusing.

Most of my friends in High School did drugs, from Coke and Crack to Speed and Pot, and I never found it interesting... call me crazy. I smoked Pot once in High School, and it made think I was a Fly, and I spent twenty minutes buzzing annoyingly in my friends faces before I felt like the Alien was trying to burst forth from my ribcage. Basically, it sucked more than a trip with your girlfriend to the Holocaust Museum on your Anniversary.

Since then, I've only smoked weed three times, and they all sucked on the same scale. I tried it out, but it just wasn't for me. The way to stop kids from doing drugs later on in life is really simple, and it worked for me. And here it is:

Have them actually watch people get high, and how they really act afterwards.

For example, nothing encourages you to sniff Speed like watching a friend mainline it, freebase it or sniff it up their nose and be completely unable to sleep for three days.

All I'm saying here is, "Be real with your kids about drugs, since they can either find out through you, or find out on the streets." I've seen all these retarded Antidrug.com and Truth.org commercials for the last three years, and I find it redundant. Kids aren't as ignorant of the truth when it comes to drugs like our parents were, who once used to thing that Coke wasn't any more addictive than Peanut Butter or Sugar... they have the Internet to research the facts instead of just relying on the opinions of their parents, which aren't worth much, to be honest.

Drugs hurt you, yes. But, not all drugs hurt you. We all ingest Caffeine, Nicotine or Alcohol from time to time, and although they're legal, and they're still addictive. Hypocrisy is systemic when it comes to Drug Education, and I think that it's a good idea to move forward by actually educating kids about the truth on the side-effects that happen from Drug Abuse, not Drug Use, which there's nothing really wrong with, in my mind.

In other words, let's move on from the Propaganda and start telling kids the truth, like they (and we) deserve.

"Prescience"

I've found that a great deal of the stuff that I write and think in my personal life ends up coming true despite what I'd like to have happen.

For Instance:

I've learned that when somebody says that they're going to call you at 10:20 PM, and you haven't heard anything by 10:30 PM? They're either going to fuck you over, or they're going to let you down. And do you know at what age I learned this Arcane Discipline?

At the tender age of 9.

Shocking? Hold on, my vigilant reader, I've got more.

You see, I've been able to tell what to expect from people based off of having known them for a mere ten minutes.

During that basic chat-up that we all have with people when we first meet them, you have an opportunity to get our only honest answers from them, despite what they may think.

So here's a series of questions to ask someone, and I'll explain why they're significant later on.

1.) "So, where're you from?"

This is a particularly pointed question that draws out honesty from a complete stranger, often without them even knowing it. As the profiling Modus Operandi goes, when someone looks around before answering the question? They're lying through their teeth. Also, if they lean in to answer their question, they're equally full of shit. How can you know for sure? Know a little about the neighborhood before hand, and ask them about this mall or that street, that's how. If this person passes these two tests, let it go at face value and move on... trust me, if they're lying you'll find out later.

2.) "What music are you into?"

Oh, boy... this one is easy to lie your way through. If you both share a common affinity for a certain type of music (I'll use Underground HipHop in this instance, since I know it well), make sure to ask about well-known artists, but throw in a few non-existant Emcees to throw them off their game. If they say they know about the dude's that don't really exist, name random song titles and say how much the message meant to you, and how it reflected a difficult time in your life. If the other person says that they relate to the same experience conveyed in the song, don't expect any honesty from this human being across the table from you. They're more full of feces then a Port-A-Potty at a NASCAR race in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

3.) "Random Subject"

Pick a subject at random, and see if they're interested in it. For me? The perfect question is a leading question about Religous Ideology. It's a good idea to find out where someone stands on your chosen invisible-man-in-the-sky before you embark on the salty seas of an emotional union. Me, I'm an Atheist (as if you guys don't know already), so I'm leery of women who go over the top and and talk about how Jesus (although he was a great guy) is their personal Lord and Savior. I haven't met too many women who were Muslim, Jewish (they were pretty cool though, since my Mom and Step-Dad are Jews), Buddhist or Pseudo-Spiritualists. Christians tend to dominate this arena, but I often find that they became full-blown-I-wanna-testify-born-again-nutbar-Non-Denominational-"Christians" unless they really fucked up their lives at one point, and dived into the church instead of just going to a fucking twelve-step meeting at AA or NA and really dealt with their problems. I'm not picking on Christianity exclusively, it just seems that a majority of hypocrites flock to the more Fundamentalist part of it, and hang on like a newborn Chimp clutches to it's mother's teats.

I know that I've been remiss in my posting duties as of late, but I'd like to say that I really appreciate all of you that check up on this Blog from time to time to see what I have to say, and post comments. especially Shmamber and GodWhacker, who've been real champs when it comes to sending people over here, and leaving concerned and heart-felt comments about what's up with me lately. I've been having some personal problems lately, and they've taken me a while to crawl out of. I'll probably post something about them soon, as I always do, as soon as I'm ready to.

However, I'd like to make a personal announcement to a certain Spam poster into my "Comments" section:

Look, I know that you really don't know how to write or speak English, but stop fucking posting ads for fuckin' Cialis, or whatever you think is going to make you're uneducated ass rich on my fuckin' Blog! Get your own, dip ship! Guess what? They're free!

If I get one more fucking Spam from you, I'm going to contact the Goddamn administator for our hosting service and have your ISP address locked out from further access! Do you get it now?! This is a Blog that addesses current Political topics and Personals observations, SO PISS THE FUCK OFF!!!

Otherwise, for those of you out there that I actually care about, if you don't hear from me sooner, have a great vacation period because of the Winter Holidays, and I hope you have a good time.


Love,

Todd