Tuesday, February 2, 2010

All my life for sale.

I enjoyed reading All My Life For Sale. I agree with saying that the things we own define who we are to a certain extent. You can tell by the clothing a person owns if they are laid back, preppy, conservative, or outgoing. Also the music they own also. If a person owns mainly Hip Hop albums, most likey you will be safe to say that they are probably from a city not a rural area. If they were to mostly country albums I would think they are form a small rural town. I think he titled it the way he did because the objects were not just "things" to him, they symbolized parts of his life. Like the jacket, the jacket was part of a certain event in his life that he probably wont forget. The flying fish patch represented a family tradition. I also have objects that I keep that reminds me of certain stages in my life. They keep me sane lol. I still have many toys from my childhood years.
As for the Carlin mp3 file, I did not like it. I did not find it humorous. When he said that the only reason for houses is to keep stuff, I think that is false. A house is for shelter and safety. Many people have empty houses.

1 comment:

  1. Good post, Laumara.

    I think Carlin was being sort of tongue-in-cheek. A house is indeed for shelter and safety, but he's poking fun at our materialistic tendencies.

    ReplyDelete