What's a S.I.P.???

There is nothing in the world like an earth science class that makes me feel superbly insignificant. Boy, just talking excitingly about how many million years ago the first flirtation of life began is tantalizingly depressing to me. Just think that 2-3 billion years ago when life began, it was only inhabited by microscopic non-nucleus little bacteria. And 2-3 billion years later I begin walking outside after class. I look to my left and right on campus. Construction is happening everywhere. Haven’t we humans been (excuse the phrase) busy little beavers?
On the one hand, I could take pride in the fact that we are the highest organism (so far? *eerie music build up*) on the planet, and have evolved to adapt at most climates and niches too. We are everywhere consuming, repopulating, and ultimately creating methane. It is the planet of the HUMANS!!! Ha hahahahaha… *cough*
Though on the flip side, I could argue that my drive to school today, the sweaty construction worker laboring away at refurnishing a building, a Monday morning soccer mom boasting to her co-workers that her son had scored a goal that weekend, a father missing a welfare check payment, or perhaps the fact that I wont graduate till December, are all insignificant in comparison to the non-contemptuous vast timescale of the Earth (or Universe for that matter). We and our civilizations will all be long gone before the Earth meets its demise as the Sun collapses and the Universe recycles itself [once?] again. *sigh*
It is a very damn depressing thought. Everything I do and not do have not real consequences. In the end I and you do not matter in the grand scheme of things. So what is to look forward to in this material world of disconnected menial monotony? Well, for some there is religion. Some rely on beliefs that can fill the void of that feeling deep in the pits of our psyche, the feeling of complete worthlessness and idleness. gOD can give significance to those who believe that this earthly plain is not the end, but a bitter start to a more rewarding and beautiful immortality.
But for those of us who do not put our trust in the juvenile academia of theology, what are we supposed to do? Well there are two options: either a) go fucking shoot yourself quick and lessen the amount of traffic and bone heads on the road, or b) make the best of what you have here. Pay no attention to the mundane, but soak in as much of the trivial… I think that is an oxymoron. What I mean to say is go live your damn life. Try to make simple connections with people (isn’t what this, blogging, ultimately is?), but do not rely heavily upon them. Be your own person, but standing too far outside of the crowd and they will ostracize you. This is ultimately worse because we need human contact, as we are social creatures. Stop complaining because it will not do a damn thing. If you do complain, make sure you get your way, because it is all about me first, and the gimmy gimmies… No, scratch that. Be as utilitarian as you can be whilst looking out for number one. Be your own Super Insignificant Person.
Remember that societies will always die, and ours is destined for the same. Nothing you leave upon this plain will go with you to another (if you believe in heaven *snicker*). And no legacy will really last after you are dead. Societies all have had a beginning, middle, decline, and death. Then a new one replaces it. It is a cycle of life and everything living. Three simple phases: Birth, stuff in the middle, Death. Societies can do nothing but follow that rule too, being made up of beings that do. This ultimately brings me back to my first point, because it was such a pretty day outside today, and I am spending it in the classroom when I should be outside enjoying life, not typing about it. [slaps self in forehead]