A couple thoughts from my head
At times, thoughts go through my head that can be very random, but smart at the same time. Well, now is no different.
With the passing of Bernie Mac, may he rest in peace, it got me wondering, why is it that in death, people talk more about people than when they are alive. I heard a rapper say a line that fits this. “They hate you when you livin and love you when your dead.” Before his death, Bernie Mac was hardly if ever mentioned on Sportscenter and honored at a Chicago White Sox game. Before Heath Ledger’s death, he wasn’t ever mentioned as a great actor. He was mentioned when people talked about Brokeback Mountain, but mostly because of the controversy with his character. Now I’m not speaking ill of either of these men. I greatly respect all they did in their careers and lives. I just find that in our culture and society, we take people for granted. I am just as guilty because I never thought about my grandfather pasing away and expected for him to live longer, so I just always expected to see him again. I believe this is the reason that we talk about Heath and Bernie like we do.
Another thought has to do with movies as well. Titanic made $600 million in theaters. The new Batman is supposed to beat it, but my thought is, if we compare ticket prices there is a big difference. I wonder if it would even be close if you made the ticket prices the same. I know this is random, but I was going into the movie theater to go see the new Mummy (which is really good by the way) and the thought popped into my head.
Another thought I had was while I was talking to my mom. She told me how an employee went about asking for a raise, and I told her that there was a song that said “If it ain’t direct, I dont respect it.” She agreed with it and she said that when dealing with her in the business world, she wants people who are direct and she is as direct when dealing with employees or the people she buys from.
I hope you enjoyed getting a look inside my head, as scary and random as it can be.
Gene Â
