There is an old chinese curse....

Back in the day, just before mainstream music lost really any sense of purpose or meaning beyond "I wanna fuck ya" or "I wish you wanted to fuck me", songs actually meant something.

In twilight of these times, a pretty clever and talented guy named Billy Joel wrote a lot of very corny 1980s anthems, and one incredibly catchy tune, which I'm sure you recognize:



Now, I don't know about you, but whenever I hear a song like this, which is obviously supposed to have some meaning to it, I HAVE to know what it's all about.

So, I googled it up, and found an interview in which he says that one of his friends was talking about how nothing exciting had happened in their lifetimes, and that they'd missed all the really interesting stuff. This got him thinking about all the shit that had happened in his lifetime, and how people kind of forget about it. So, he wrote a song detailing everything that was a big thing throughout the decades in his life. The second verse, for example, roughly details the 1950s, the third the 1960s, and so on.

Being me, I spent most of last night looking up these events, and I have to agree with Mr. Joel - a lot fucking happens all the time, even if you don't realize it.

So, I was going to write up a blog about shit that's happened in my life time. Unfortunately, I'm beginning to think I really hurt my hand the other night, and don't much feel like typing this all out right now. But it's still an interesting thought, and I'd like to maybe do something later. so this is more of a reminder than anything.


The old Chinese curse is "May you live in exciting times", the theory being that nothing negative happens if nothing is happening at all.