WHERE THE REAL POWER HIDES

The definition of power usually reads like "the ability to do something or act in a particular way, esp. as a faculty or quality." There's physical power, power in terms of persuasion but the question is really " Where does power come from?" I personally think that real power lies in our sub conscious. I'm not trying to be some sort of inspiration, but I do whole heartedly believe that we hold the key to our own success. 

I've heard it said before that in our lifetime we only use something like 5% of our full capacity. I think it's fair to say we hold the key to our real power. We can really achieve what we want, if we chose to do so. I don't think we should impose limitations on ourselves, it's too easy to fall prey to the idea that we can't move forward beyond a certain point. I think one good thing about today's world is the fact that so many people look beyond a normal day to day existence. 

I think we are living a new and exciting time in terms of recognizing our own potential as individuals. Hopefully what we are learning now won't be some passing trend that will recycle itself twenty years from now. 

HASHTAG, POUND SIGN, NUMBER SIGN, TIC TAC TOE, LINES SQUARED

I was watching the Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon hashtag skit and laughing and suddenly I realized that jackassery has run away with society. If you are wondering what I mean, please allow me to elaborate. The number sign has evolved into a way for people to state what their feelings are without actually taking the time to write an articulate sentence. I get it, I think it's cool that we want to be less complicated as a society but # FUCK.

If you want to say you are happy in writing I have a perfect solution and that is writing " I'm happy today" as opposed to # Happy, # Got laid Friday, # Sexomatic. People have actually take to using words that do not exist through the use of the tic tac toe board. I am impressed about one thing though and that is the versatility of this symbol.

Prince, an all time great, was once known as a symbol and yet his symbol did not really last. I think that maybe Prince should have called himself Hashtag, or the currently #Prince, maybe prince would still be selling Purple Rain numbers. I want to pin the use of the hash on every dried up bitch of a high school english teacher # Old Whore, # Killed Shakespeare, # Got the pension.

I remember that abbreviation in writing was a no no back in the day, the problem was that when it happened we were chastised and ridiculed. Now everyone uses the hashtag, I wonder if in the future the hashtag will become a part of # grammar. I think this epidemic, trend, or whatever the fuck it is, may well be a conspiracy between trekkies, and other # never got laid fanboys, to start some sort of space language. I wonder how exactly we would express love with the hashtag in terms of love.

I just don't subscribe # out of touch, # I don't really give a fuck, # hash is a hell of a drug, # hash is in a brownie too motherfucker.

THE POWER OF A TRENDING HEADLINE

Just about everyone that has read a blog of mine knows that I look at trending news the majority of the time. Trending news usually have a headline of some sort that leads the the one million matching articles which for some reason repeat themselves over and over. There was one trending headline that floored the hell out of me today "Bill O'Reilly Gay." I thought for a second that O'Reilly had come out and then I clicked on the headline.

The headline led to articles about O'Reilly's apparent turn on gay marriage. O'Reilly's statement was a strong jab at conservatives that use the bible as their main argument for a ban on gay marriage. I agree with O'Reilly when he says what he says about bible thumping not  being the basis for policy. I still think though that way the trending topic was exposed was absolutely brilliant.

I think that the type of attention a headline like that can get is absolutely incredible and can actually make shinning stars of just about everyone. Trends are something absolutely amazing and as far as Bill O'Reilly, I will get to him soon.

WHEN A PERSON BECOMES RIDICULOUS AND ANNOYING IN A SINGLE ACTION

I think Anne Hathaway is a great actress and she seems like a nice person. Normally I don't really comment on celebrities because I am more interested in the characters that they play than on their personal lives. I do have a slight problem when celebrities decide that they will put themselves so far out of normalcy that they become the center of attention for some ridiculous reason that no one cares for.

I have written about the flu being no different for celebrities than for normal people as well as addictions being issues of privacy that should never surface for purposes of entertainment. Now I want to turn my attention back to Anne Hathaway. After the Oscars Anne Hathaway released a statement apologizing for her choice of dress. At first I wondered if it was because of the nipple situation but then I realized it was the total opposite as I read on. I guess Anne Hathaway felt that her not wearing a Valentino Dress was socially relevant enough for her to take to the media with it.

The fact is that it would make her seem less out of touch and more of a substantial person if she said " I am sorry I had an all night nipple bonanza" or " I am sorry I have not done more for women's rights." It is beyond annoying when something as forgettable as a dress or rather a designer choice becomes fodder for every news outlet in the world. Once again we are all about trends so I guess Joseph Kony is out and Catwoman's dress choice is in. Frankly I don't care for any of that and I don't think it should be such a big deal that every medium picks it up to the extent that it trumps news of nuclear warfare.

I am glad that Anne Hathaway is a loyal friend of Valentino's but I think that maybe she could have just called him and sent him a basket of some sort in order to make things right. I think she could have also sent him an autographed copy of The Princess Diaries on blu ray. The fact is that everyone is looking at Anne Hathaway as a bit of an annoying person for this action and I am inclined to agree.

Anne Hathaway please shut your mouth and don't try to be relevant beyond film because you are not doing a great job of that right now.