Are we meant to live like machines? Do we have a set program that only tweaks itself when we learn somthing essential to our way of life. Have we become so automated in our behavior that we take for granted the wonderous things that are present in everday life? Its become apperent to me that we do, atleast most of us, present company included.

Most people have a set routine that they follow. Everyday is pretty much the same as the next, even weekends tend to become redundant. Frankly I am sick of that way of living. In my opinion, life is meant to be experienced, not ignored, but in most cases, thats exactly what we do. I realized this one day when I was having a conversation with my brother Luis. He and I were discussing life in general, how we are, how we see ourselves, what we want see ourselves become etc. I was telling him of how tired I was of doing the same shit every day, wake up, work, school, sleep. He responds by telling me that I already have a routine, and thats precisley what he wants to avoid the most. He said he has noticed other friends routines and that they complain that thier life has become monotonous. I could not agree with him more. Routines suck, there is no thought process behind them, so lifeless in a sense. I could walk by a tree grove everday on my way to school and think nothing of it, and then one day look up to see a Blue Jay(females are an ashy brown color by the way) feeding her chicks, or a iguana chaseing after an insect up one of the trunks. Whats my point? The point is that during my routine phaze I would have been oblivous to the richness of life around me. They would be just some group of trees with sounds coming from it. In other words eventless, boring, redundant walking to and from school.

Ask yourself whats more enjoyable, walking and experienceing the world around you or walking and neglecting the world around you? If your answer is experiencing then take a deep breath and enjoy every part of your day. For those who answered neglecting, (I hope no-one did) its time to get your oil changed.

Also, please observe a moment of silence of the lives lost in the attacks on 9/11.
And Pray for my Grandmother who was injured on a bad fall.