A Hysterectomy Directed Me

I want to know what my generation is going to be portrayed as in the text books to come. And more so, I want to know: did the preceding generations before me feel just as title-less as I feel about my generation? I know that great feats are happening before me: a war in Iraq, black president, shit like that. And I know that great eras have already passed before my eyes: the exquisite bliss of the infallible 90's, a new millennium, the great technological advancement, shit like that. But when you read about all of those things in textbooks, usually the breed having a gorepit orgy in classrooms, most of that information is fluffed with information about civilization and the like. The things generalized "societies," and all of the different levels and strands of people involved in those "societies," "do" on a daily basis. Some sort of summation of lifestyles and the like.

For instance, in the Gothic era, despite that we as Americans have tarnished the connotation of what it means to be Gothic with images of eyeliner, sissy whip poodads, and any other derogatory idea (unless, of course, you belong to that group), oh the god damn well. At least they have some sort of dignified image/idea that a great mass of people share. Or you could go the more serious route and actually understand what being Gothic implies. Regardless, that era has garnered a future-accepted set of qualities. But when all of that stuff was actually happening, when a Goth was really hanging around being a Goth in Europe, doing Goth deeds like eating Goth granola, I can't suspect that any Goth going even slightly against the Gothy grain would feel that historical surge that, "HEY! You guys! We're Goths! You know what that means?! We're going to be remembered!" I mean, I personally feel that's why they had religion, and had it they did as they bashed it into peoples' souls. They had NO idea what the fuck was going on in the future. Could they really be so assured that their legacy would live on? I know damn well some of the Goths probably thought so, but human thought can only take you so far. Their god was in charge of their permanence. Not them.

Are people really going to look back on our generation, and I'll narrow "our generation" down so much as to regard specifically my fellow American (harchy har har!) college-mates, and see some great legacy worth talking about? Perhaps our shared ideas or experiences may move on, such as what we've all accomplished in college, but will our individuality and what each and every one of us refer to as important in our lives really carry on throughout the night? If history repeats itself, you sure as hell don't hear about what Filgor Flem of 1800 enjoyed doing after his Goth convention. And you sure as hell probably won't hear about what Murray Albatross of 2010 enjoyed doing after controlling time.

That's my best friend. His name's Murray Albatross. His adorning of the Sacred Watch clearly indicates he controls time. I like this picture quite a bit. It kind of makes his skin look very very nice. He likes the beach, and I do too.

*INSERT HACKSAW MCGRAW*

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE LIKE. Nor did it matter what most of the Goths liked. Unless they wrote stuff. Or somehow created pictures. Thus, I say with a deep-seated intensity, with all of the fire and brimstone within me (go Typhlosion!), artists will be the ones to carry on any legacies. Artists; not presidents, kings, diplomats...none of them. In the true sake of memories as we know them now, you have pictures, books, orators, and sound. Creation is what carries on any legacies, not rulership.

So, unfortunately, despite the displeasure of those hallow text books still gorphing in the classrooms, any man or woman who wrote them created something. I guess you can just refer to the textbook writers as the "modern trash artists" (I kid, I kid! Don't lynch me). But they wrote it. And somebody took the pictures in the book. And if they didn't do it, "they" who is the expanse of humanity, and if I didn't do it, it's like none of us would've ever been born.

Like we wouldn't have ever been born at all.

Write. Take pictures. Speak. Draw. Think. Expand. Create. Please.