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| Guest Blog: Glenn Hudson: "It's The Little Things" | | Date Created: Aug 22, 2005, 07:55 PM |
| It's been a struggle for me lately to capture the nation's gestalt - the universal struggle in our country's conscience while losing an unnecessary war that becomes more of a quagmire daily, rocketing gas prices, the lack of an opposition party to the Repubs, and a prez divorced of all reality and on permanent vacation. And don't forget the most serious of all to NASCAR Nation: what if Junior doesn't make the Chase?! (Pray all ya want. It's not happening this year.) So, I passed along that sense of struggle to Glenn Hudson, guest blogger extraordinaire, and within minutes, I received this missive. Thanks Glenn, from all of us. -- Ed. |
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It’s the Little Things
by Glenn Hudson, Guest Blogger
There are a bunch of reasons to be depressed about the state of our world right now. I was thinking about when I was a kid and how I didn’t have a care in the world about anything but my own day to day activities and how I could achieve happiness minute by minute, day by day. I was living for the moment. It was completely selfish and all the world’s problems were too far away to affect me. Then I grew up.
But, I’ve discovered that you can take yourself back to that state of mind any time you try hard enough. Of course, you have to be willing to be selfish and tell the world to “go fuck off” every once in a while.
It all comes down to the absolute pure enjoyment of the little things. Sure, you can focus on world terrorism until you make yourself sick, if you want. The media would certainly be happy if you lived and died by the latest updates.
But, you can also take that same energy and focus and put it into the things you really enjoy and completely take your mind off your problems and the problems that face our society today. I’m not suggesting we all forget entirely. I’m just saying to give yourself a little mental break.
Here’s a perfect example. This week my kids asked to celebrate the first day of school by having me make macaroni and cheese. At my house, that doesn’t mean macaroni with a bag of processed powdered cheese (just add water!). It means the real stuff -- the vein-clogging, artery-killing real macaroni and cheese.
I take a whole freakin' box of noodles and boil them 'til they’re all dented (sorry, I’m not Italian. I’m redneck). Then I drain them and put them in a bowl with some milk and about a pound and a half of sharp New York cheddar cheese. Once I get that stuff melted down into the noodles, I layer the goo in a buttered casserole dish with alternate layers of more sharp New York cheddar. I then top it off with the same and bake it uncovered for about 20 minutes on 375 degrees. It’s not rocket science. But it rocks.
Now, let me tell you. All your troubles will melt away once that stuff comes out of the oven and you add some salt and start putting it in your mouth. Trust me. I was in heaven. It soothes every ache and pain and makes all your troubles drain right out of your soul. I guess that’s why they call it soul food.
I like to have it with barbecue pork chops. It never hurts when you accidentally get some barbecue sauce on the mac and cheese and spice it up a little. Everyone at the dinner table that night was in complete bliss. And I noticed I felt exactly like my 6-year-old daughter and my 4-year-old son. We didn’t have a care in the world. And they don’t care what’s on the nightly news.
But food isn’t the only way to accomplish this most peaceful and satisfied state of mind. Sex is the obvious first choice for many…unless you’re married. Uh, just kidding, honey. Live music is right there for me as well – especially when you utterly and completely lose yourself in it. I’ve never tried having sex to live music between bites of macaroni and cheese. But in my mind, it is pretty awesome.
So get out there and try it. Pick something that is purely pleasurable and totally lose yourself in the moment. It might be a college football game. Or maybe just a good lap dance and the local museum.
The point is this. Our world has always had problems. Big ones. And we always will. Turn off the freakin' television and turn on the oven. Or the lava lamp. Or the iPod. Just be selfish for a while. You deserve it.
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 Guest Bio:
Glenn Hudson is a self-described public relations flak of the very lowest sort. He currently works on projects ranging from porn music radio to professional sports. He's still married and he's one helluva cook. Just ask him.
His slightly-more opinionated previous guest blog can be read here. |
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