Leaving Your Mark

A dear friend of mine told me a while back that his greatest fear is not being remembered. I find this is interesting because neither of us are famous or super amazing to the point that we could be famous so his logic makes sense. Let us look at the facts: I'm a writer that may or may not be doomed to obscurity if I'm not interesting enough and my friend works in a store. I agree that we probably won't be C.S. Lewis, John Belushi, or Nikola Tesla. This is normally where people go along saying crap like you will be remembered through your family and friends or something like that. That statement is good and all, but think of the flip side of it. If either of us were to become famous then people would try to find something wrong with us if we were living or dead.

John Belushi was a great actor and comedian, but there was an equal focus on his addictions. Nikola Tesla was an absolute genius, but people also focused on his craziness. Even in his life time, Edison tried to discredit Tesla for having major issues with minor things A lot of the things we use today were created by Tesla and we still talk about his faults. C.S. Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) gave the world the wonderful tale of Alice in Wonderland, but anytime I talk about him with colleagues I find that they only focus on Lewis's pedophilia. 


It seems there are a few ways to be famous while not having people focus on your faults:

A Pharaoh to Remember

-The Weird Al Method - Be an amazing person that never does anything wrong and is famous. (Of course, the freaking impossible way.)
-The Bjork/Gaga/Minaj Method - Be amazingly crazy in the name of art.
-The Robert Downy Jr. Method - Own up to your faults. Admitting the problem and pushing past it is a great way too.
-The Question Method - Do something great and sever any connection to it.
-The Bender Method - Enslave a bunch of people and force them to build an outrageously large monument to yourself.



Just Remember: Being remembered isn't all it's cracked up to be. People either remember everything or interpret what they don't understand.





-Future_Man_3000


P.S. - If you have any questions you want answered, feel free to contact me by email: futureman3000@yahoo.com