One From the Good Book...
..the Sociology book...

Alright, so this just hit me, and I really don't know why it took me so long to actually see it, but that's the funny part of it...

alright, back in the day when I was in college (oh, god, that's going waaaaay back...) I took a sociology class...and I remember the very first thing we learned was how to look at things with a sociological eye (maybe not necessarily how to, but an understanding as to that was what we were supposed to be doing...). We read about the Nacirema tribe..learned about their 'weird' traits, habits, and lifestyle..only to realize that it was you and I (americaN) we were reading about, just through the eyes of someone who knew no better...

the example they gave was this, and I use it all the time because honestly, it's the greatest analogy every....you got this house, and all the members inside the house are living their lives in their fashion..the things they do and say are completely normal to everyone inside the house, whether it be playing around, what they talk about, goofing off, their habits, dance parties, whatever..it's their normal life, it's what they think is normal....BUT to people looking into the house from the outside, everything is out of place, things are not right, things are not 'normal'.

now there are several different reasons why people looking in have this differing opinion...one being that what happens in this house is not what happens in their own house, therefore making it different and not normal. another approach could be exactly that..what happens in this house isn't normal by any means, and you have a group of psychos living amongst each other...and another point is, it does not appear to be normal to outsiders because they are just that, outsiders..they are not living in the house and have not lived in the house, they have no prior knowledge of happenings in this house, so the events they encounter are only relevant in their minds to that time accordingly.

To sum it up justly, they have no prior knowledge to the backstories surrounding these people, only this group of people do...same thing happens to clicks of people....which brings me to an actual house, the house, this house...

You see, the thing is, we know people won't get it, and most don't..we know that people will be shocked by the things we do and say, and most are...but even those who are appalled by us, still love the house for everything that goes on inside of it. Few people do actually click with us, and that just adds one more element to the fire, which makes for highly explosive fun (god I sound like a writer for the hit new series on NBC....)

but the thing is this..yeah I know there is that element of the 'outsider' when new people are introduced o our world...but remember the second reason I gave for why others think things are abnormal....that's right....I believe that we are all a little bit psychotic here..which when combined with other members of the house, causes an eruption of abnormal activities...

every place you go into is going to be different, no matter what. why, because everybody is different, and you've never been there before, you have become the outsider...the things you normally do, are not the same as what house X is doing...granted, things may not be as crazy, they will still be different.....now, you can sum them up into categories (making you as a human feel better about your existence because that is what man strives to do throughout his life to feel as if he has some sort of significance and understanding...) you will have a group of people/houses/whatever that are bland, boring, and they will have s lot of the same characteristics...not much going on, nothing happens, nothing to do, nothing said....and at the other extreme you will have people/houses/whatever like this here...where there's always something going on, things are happening, or are going to happen, there's parties, drinking, gambling, dancing, non-stop comedy, and so forth...

basically what I am getting at is this, our house is different/abnormal/weird no matter how you slice it or try to justify it...outsiders are only more shocked and horrified by what they experience because not only are the things new to them, but the acts themselves are a bit out of the realm of normality....

just thought I would like the time to tie the two together..the whole 'house' sociological analogy with this actual house..yeah, I feel really good right now...

I wonder if I could write/make something about this house....