Blog of Josh Hall

I’m not looking to be famous, but I want a story to tell.  Not even a story for me to tell, but for my great grandchildren or something.  I’d love to be an extra in a movie or have my name in the liner notes of a popular CD.  Just something very subtle, but when I’m gone people can say, “hey, did you know that Josh was the guy in the grocery store in that one movie?” and then they can pop in that movie and just see me standing there making fake conversation.

My 10th grade English teacher, Mrs. Stone, was a lady standing in a fur coat in the movie Flash Dance.  That’s awesome.

If you are not the customer, you are the product.

Facebook doesn’t care about its website.  It cares about the content it can get from you.  Social media has created a market for selling users.  Bloggers, tweets, and mobile apps are all valued by how many followers they have.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

 – Jimi Hendrix

Don’t keep your personal struggles secret.

That’s what’s making it a personal struggle.  Share it.  Expose it.  The only way to get rid of the dark is to bring in the light!  Don’t be ashamed!  Don’t assume you can handle it on your own!  The sooner you tell friends the sooner you can get rid of those friends who don’t want to help.  To me, this is specifically true with depression.  If you are feeling like not talking to anyone, call everyone.  If you don’t feel like going out, go out.  If you don’t want to go outside, go for a walk.

Here’s a little trick I learned from a friend.  There’s another way to tell how your meat is prepared other than color.  Take your hand and touch your index to your thumb.  Now feel that meaty part between your thumb and wrist.  That’s what rare feels like.  Middle to them will make it feel like medium rare.  Ring to thumb is medium.  Pinky to thumb is well done.

What is the most important world cause? Where do your priorities lie? Frame the question in the sense of if you had 1 chance to erradicate one of the items forever, which would it be?