Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Man, the Myth, the Legend

I have mentioned him specifically to some of you, and you all heard at least a couple seconds of one of his videos when Mr. Tallman accidentally played it out loud during proposal day, but I'd like to introduce all of you formally to Steve Roggenbuck. He is probably one of my favorite people in the planet, and the subject of my Senior Project. He is, according to himself, a poet, blogger and inspirational speaker. He is completely straight edge (I promise) and a vegan. He recently dropped out of college, citing a lack of fulfillment from what he is doing as the reason. His goal in life is to make people feel happy and to make people feel good, a goal I think is simplistically noble.
So here he is, in my favorite video of his. Be warned, this video IS explicit (and very immature), so be careful who you listen to it around. Keep an open mind.

UPDATE
I've received a request from several people who have watched the video to explain exactly what I value in his message. So I will.
For starters, I find his brand of humor to be incredibly funny. I'm a fan of absurdist humor, and he is certainly absurd. Check out this video is you'd like a great example of his humor. More than that though, I find his message of simplistic positivity (yes, I made that word up) to be incredibly appealing. As much it might sound cliche, his take on the idea of being happy simply because you are alive has really resonated with me. I also find his willingness to break from social norms incredibly inspiring. Like I mentioned above, he dropped out of college for the seemingly unsubstantial reason of not being fulfilled by the experience. He sold all of his electronics except a basic cellphone and his laptop and took off around the country. He has found his purpose in life in a way that I think many people don't, and as someone who's struggling to find his purpose in life, I find that really impressive.  






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