Perry Farrell was right

So it turns out that Perry Farrell (born PerFetz Bernstein on March 29, 1959), frontman to the rock band Jane’s Addiction was right about something. The all to familiar lyric “I was standing in the shower thinkin’ about what makes a man…” has found it’s way back into my syanpses as of late. The truth is, I can relate. I do some of my best thinking in the shower.

Rock and roll is often one huge metaphor after metaphor. Sometimes, it grabs you with an undeniable guitar lick, other times it holds you with suspense. Jane’s used to do both for me back in the 90s. It was rock, intrigue, drama, and wisdom all rolled into one. Putting a latter lyric from the same song aside (“…and pissin’ on myself”), the song still reverberates as much today as it did for me nearly 20 years ago.

So, what did I exactly think about in the shower just now. Here’s the top 7 for today.

• Take advantage of Flat Rate packaging for heavy, yet small items in the mail.
• If you only think negative thoughts, you’ll only get negative results.
• Along the same lines, If you reframe an automatic negative thought, you work it from within.
• Appreciation of one’s life is often overlooked. We do it all the time until something bad happens.
• If you imagine life w/a severe disability (blind/deaf/mute/mentally ill/etc.), you can appreciate life the way it is.
• Facebook is probably the closest thing we have to a global consciousness realized. Scary, huh?
• Randomness is good. It’s what keeps spontaneity in the mundane.

So, that’s about it for now. Nothing completely profound, but not bad for 10 minutes. Maybe I should see if I can get a shower installed in my office. To me, there’s nowhere (outside of the woods) I have found that has quite the same resonance.