i have been called a pessimist too many times in my lifetime not to analyze the meaning of it all.

am i really so unbelievable negative that it forces everyone around me into an uncontrollable need to tell me how pessimistic i am?

i don't feel negative.

i have hope in things. i cry in movies all the time. i cry in commercials sometimes.

i've seen "hoosiers" 127 times.
i generally have an easy laugh. i smile most of the time.

how can i be a pessimist?

i believe i am a realist, maybe. but not a pessimist. no way.

if i am, then i argue that all the great minds in world history are pessimists.

gandhi, einstein, edison, mark twain, benjamin franklin, john f. kennedy, martin luther king, socrates, and yes, even jesus christ were pessimists.

Pessimists that saw the pathetic nature of humanity and how awful it could become and probably would become, and yet had the courage to create, invent, learn, educate, build, and strive to advance the human race in the face of overwhelming odds.

pessimists that knew that if not properly prepared, good would not overcome evil.
pessimists that knew commerce would always devour art and artists, but also knew that therein lie the beauty of art. and it is only a pessimist that can truly and fully appreciate art.

i realize that i have compared myself to jesus, gandhi, and thomas edison all in one sentence, and that has incredible hubris and magnificent egomaniacal undertones, but it is only to say that i am proud to call myself a pessimist and follower of the great pessimists of all time pessimism.

for those about to rock.

fire.

we salute you,

scott