you had to fight to stay in control of the situation

I'm often misunderstood. I mean in general, but a specific example, that recently reminded of this occurred about a year ago: I told the friend of a girl I liked (we'll call her "_____") that _____ was "fucking insane". Word of my comment got back to _____ and I was basically yelled at and told that my comment was "not cool".

What _____ and her friend didn't understand is that in my world "fucking insane" is the highest compliment that one can receive. I had to attempt to explain this to _____ but to no avail. I tried explaining that I like people that say what they want to say, are uninhibited, and possess a sense of adventure. People that are uncommon, and do uncommon things - people that mire themselves in the mundane are a HUGE turn off for me and drain me of my energy nearly instantly.

After about an hour of defending my comment I was nowhere; _____ was still pretty pissed until I pulled out the "big guns". I quoted Kerouac:

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...

_____ finally understood, but it took me over an hour of being called some things I'd rather not be referred to as. I'm often misunderstood. Some people just "get it" though. I like those people too...

Do you ever just "crave" a song. That is, do you ever have a powerful urge to dig up a song from the past, that you haven't listened to in a long time, and just jam the hell out of it? For me, today, it was Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart, by Against Me! This song is particularly kick-ass because it features Tegan Quinn (1/2 of indie rock duo Tegan and Sara). Tegan has an angelic voice that is a great contrast to Tom Gabels' throaty salvos.

Against Me! - Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart video