PB + J go together but P and BJ don't

NP: This One Goes Out To The Friends I Never Had - Catch-22

Holy shitcow it's been a while. A really long time. Every night I'd go "oh shit...blog...must write..." and then I'd fall asleep. And so, even though I'm dead tired right now too, I'm writing. Sorry...what is it, 3 or so faithful readers I'm up to now?

I'm just having the darndest time figuring out what song to choose for the battle of the bands. I'm kinda down to this right now:

Mercy Me - Alkaline Trio
Help Me - Alkaline Trio
Every Thug Needs A Lady - Alkaline Trio
Complete Control - The Clash
Gainesville - Dillinger Four
Brick Wall Views - The Lawrence Arms
100 Resolutions - The Lawrence Arms
Chapter 13: The Hero Appears - The Lawrence Arms
Are We There Yet Margaret? - The Lawrence Arms
Knowledge - Operation Ivy
Sound System - Operation Ivy
Unity - Operation Ivy
This War Is Noise - Sundowner

And for all I know more will jump on before all is said and done. But it's tough. It has to be a song that's fun to play and that the others can sing. Bah!

Alright, todays rant is about philosophy. How do you decide you're a philosopher? Just when you say/write stuff and enough people agree with you? I think nowadays you have to go through university to call yourself a philosopher too. Isn't that kind of stupid when the philosophers you study in university didn't go to university? Who decided what is required to become a philosopher and have "philosophical" ideas? Sounds like the invention of some elitist philosopher it does.

I mean, the other night I learned about a philosopher who wondered how we can ever be sure that people have the same tastes when eating the same foods. I've wondered the same thing about colour before. How do you know that we both see the same thing when we look at the colour red? I mean, obviously whatever colour we DO see we have been taught is red and we associate it the same way. However, it doesn't mean we see the same thing.

That's the same idea as the thought about tasting foods. And I had that idea when I was about 8. And yes, I realize a lot of people have that thought. So, just because that guy was born before me and got to put his ideas down on paper he's a genius philosopher and I'm just Mikey?
Not fair. I have lots of thoughts. How do I know which ones could make me famous? Should I just write a book of my thoughts and hope someone important reads it and decides a bunch of things I say are intriguing?

What if my book never gets published? Does that make it less valid?

Is this philosophical? I don't think so...Gee...I dunno...it seems like anything can pass for philosophy.

G'night Y'all!