I drank alot at the opening day celebrations for the O's on Monday, so its taken 48 hours of sleep to get my head back to normal and write something down here.  My last and first post talked a little about influences and how we should be wearier of them, but in a conversation with my friend Thor, I realized I left out a really important point. 

First of all, I have to say how damn funny it can be sometimes when you've been drinking and you think you’re Ari-freakin-stotle.  Like you're in the perfect state of mind to realize the answers to every question that mankind has.  So back to the point I didn't make last time, which was how your parents affect your socio-political ideals and beliefs.  Huge point I missed, but a difficult one to quantify or estimate, because of the factors associated with the role of parents in each individual's life.

Looking at myself, my parents are great, but the influence that my father's political beliefs have had in the development of my own has swayed in a number of directions. I'm 22 years old now, on the verge of having a real job, making real money and having real responsibilities, and I feel like I am far more likely to listen to my father and have educated discussions with him on politics and the economy than I was when I was a wiseass 16-year-old.  That said though, I'm more educated now, and my days of impressionability have come and gone, the prime of which has taken place during the past 3-4 years I have spent in college.  So while how my father thinks has and always will be important to me, this is one possible scenario of many.  

I could have had parents that just didn't care, I could have not had parents at all, I could have spent all of my life rebelling against them or I could spend my own life not giving a rats a$$.  Either way, I think it's important to consider what influence our parents had or didn't have in the development of our personality and our beliefs. Just a thought, maybe next time I'll talk about some real stuff.

Enough serious stuff, go O's, Best Monday ever, Markakis Awsome, thanks to Thor, keep it real, and Thanks for readin.