Hello, fellow hipforumites. First of all, I'm not technically new here, I've been a member for a few months but never actually utilized this great site. But I guess seeing the potential of social networking sites, like facebook, being used in Egypt to bring about revolution inspired me to attempt to use the internet for similar noble purposes, instead of simply posting idiotic status updates and looking at internet porn. A bit about me - I just returned to my hometown from a journey of world and self-discovery. About half a year ago I was just sitting in my ordinary small town, slowly having my spirit strangled by crushing conformity, boredom, and a lack of any alternative. I went to college and whatnot, but for what end, I asked myself. Finally, it simply became too much for me to bear. In the middle of a college class one day, I stood up, berated my fellow peers for being robots, and walked out that door, never to return. I put all my possessions in my truck and started west, heading ostensibly for Alaska. Needless to say, my funds (and stash) quickly ran out, and I was forced to adapt and become wily like an alley cat to survive. I travelled the breadth of the country, stopping in most major cities to check it out, to listen, to be. I spent alot of time also in desolate locations, too, living as a hermit and purging my soul, preparing it for what I was soon to discover. The whole time was nutters, every day was a goddamn adventure, and I've never felt so alive. Eventually I got to SanFran (so beautiful), and got dosed and shroomed out pretty much every day, mostly for free. There my receptive mind, cleansed of its previous clutter by the laxative effect of the road, found inspiration, joy, peace, understanding, love. I had a vision of a new world, a new way of living based loosely on Krishnamurti. You know, one of those 'destiny' trips where you realize you're running away from your potential and totally transform your trajectory 180 degrees, turning yourself into an agent of positive change, a true, creative human being instead of an automaton. Don't wanna write a novel here, but in summary I met a lot of revolutionaries who aided me in discovering an alternative possibility of human society, one filled with hope. I was taken, hook line and sinker. I knew what I had to do now, head back home and spread this wonderful thing, feeling, future i had partaken in. I resolutely made my way back to my small town with my noggin full of this revolutionary jargon, intensely happy to be a part of this world and emanating so much good vibes it was like hawking radiation blasting out of a black hole of enlightenment. So I've been sharing this vision and opening the third eyes of my chums back here every since, I'm glad I have the chance to bring vitality and passion back to my once-zombified hometown. I came back in order to get a convoy of a bus running biodiesel, (think furthur, with a 21st century twist) and two vans, which I already have sponsors for. Me and the recruits I gained here plan to head out early June again with the intention of using methods of theatrical protest and unrest to capitalize on this milling feeling of discontentment we see signs of all over the world, from north africa to croatia to wisconsin, indiana and ohio. This thing is brewing, the end of the 'matrix,' and I'm grateful for the chance to be a part. I would like to conclude by exhorting all you fellow hipsters to ask yourself what you yourself can do this summer. Either you can aid the freeing of men's minds or you can sit on your laurels while the government, but mostly big corporations, brutally try to put this genie back into the bottle. I feel when shit does hit the fan and we can no longer rely on mainstream media (like we can right now, ha), that sites like hipforums will be indispensable to a network of people with their third eyes open and pissed the fuck off, ready to finally do something about it.
