Klosterman

"In order to have a 70-degree living room I give up almost everything. 

Yet nothing that's particularly important to me."

That quote, I think, says it all.  No choice that I have made in my entire life has truly been a, "free" choice.  That is because everything I decide is based on society.  I chose to have a Blue Fender Stratocaster Guitar.  So I bought it.  But why did I buy it?  Why did I choose that?  On the surface you could say that I enjoy playing guitar, and the Strat stood out to me.  Blue is my favorite color.  Well why did the Strat stand out to me?  Why do I play guitar? 

I guess what I'm saying is that each question begs another question, and the questions would go all the way back to the day I was born.  So I guess what I'm really saying is that Klosterman is telling me that I've been somewhat of a slave to my society since the day I was born.  I don't really have any choices.

But, I am fine with this, because I do enjoy playing guitar, and I like my Stratocaster.  Ultimately I feel the same way as Klosterman.  In order to have that guitar I gave up almost everything, but nothing that is particularly important to me.

I think this is because I have never witnessed a truly free thinking person, because I've grown up in the age of technology.  I've been programmed to believe that this technological age is a fantastic thing for the human race. 

For all I know we could be headed towards a society just like that of the Matrix.  Wouldn't that be something?

This is all really confusing to me, so I can't imagine how it must read to someone else. 

(Also I have a migrane headache right now.  Possibly from technology overload last night.  Maybe from a sinus infection.  I'm not a doctor, I don't know...maybe I'll look it up on webmd.com...)