Random Thought: American Dream

So, I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep when I started thinking about our life and how everything has changed in the short 11 yrs Kurt and I have been together. We started of with the need to have the American Dream, but why was that the collective dream? Why were we all instilled with the need to have the American Dream. The white picket fence, the 2 story house in the 'burbs, 2.5 kids and a dog? So I did a little research in the wee hours of the night, or early morning how ever you look at it. I found that the Dream is rooted in the Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It was also a driving force for the immigrants that flooded the country in the late 1800's, for them they had probably the most basic form of the dream, the need to own ones own home and have the ability to rise above the class you were born into. So, I found a beginning to the Dream. It all started with a simple desire to have a house, there was no mention of becoming rich or having everything you could possible want, just a simple house, so to me the original Dream was simply to be able to survive without struggling.


What happened? People got greedy as they always do and when they got the house, they need to maintain or improve it. Which lead to the need for more money and more possessions, to "Keep up with the Jones". Where am I going with this? Just that the Dream for me at least has changed, I no longer what the house, dog, or the bills, if I ever REALLY wanted that, all I want now, my Dream, is a change a scenery. Being able to move at will, go where the work is, live comfortably, and be happy, as a family, is all I want now. This should be everyones dream, but I'm glad it's not, cause then workamping jobs would be scarce:) Good night, hopefully I can fall asleep now that I looked up what was on my mind. Heres a link I found: http://www.americansc.org.uk/online/American_Dream.htm

Random Thoughts: Movie shoot

As I sat there watching my 9 yr old daughter, I wondered.

I wonder if shes thinking, hoping, that she will be discovered? I know, if it was me in her position, at her age, I would be coming up with all sort of scenarios. Envisioning magically being discovered in a streak of pure luck, because thats how everything happens in a 9 year olds mind, by luck or chance, never hard work. Being asked to have a speaking role, which would ultimately lead to being discovered and untold fortune. What 9 yr old wouldn't have these thoughts. Heck, one time when I was younger, 911 had to be called because I had put my finger in the small hole of a dryer drum, thinking that would be a smart way to carry it around, and I was looking for the cameras when the fire truck arrived, I thought, for sure, I would be on Rescue 911, after multiple attempts, it had to be cut off, the dryer, not my thumb, and during the whole process, I was still looking, thinking that they were hidden somewhere. It never seams to happen as you envision it. If she is seeing fame in her future, she'll probably be having these visions until the shoot is over. It may have even planted a seed in her, where she starts to take an interest in acting, and either begins bugging me, or, if I don't act fast enough, she may begin researching for herself the roles and auditions that are out there. She is at the right age to really begin to wonder about what she wants to be when she grows up. Evan if it's just a phase, something she'll grow out of and eventually give up, at least shes having a fun experience. I am sure out of all the pases she will go through in the years to come, this will be one of the better, more positive, character building ones, and hey, it's something that I'm able to enjoy with her.