I don't think I ever realized how far one person's death can reach until now. Before a few months ago, whenever I thought of death I would always think about wars and how so many people die every day in them. But when it's someone you know it's completely different. Sure, it's a fact that over 100 people die per minute globally, but when it's just a fact and it's just there it doesn't hit you about how many people that affects. Ironically, by taking someone away from the world, death brings people closer to each other. When you have emotions that you can share with other people in times of vulnerability, it makes you that much closer to them. Even if you aren't particularly close to someone when they are taken by death, it still affects you. And just like a cobweb, it's not easy to shake off.
Dealing with death is never easy and it doesn’t get easier with experience. There's no "right" way and no "easy" way. A coping mechanism isn't hardwired into humans and everyone deals with it differently. I listen to music and watch TV to distract me. I hate thinking about anything sad because I really don't deal with emotions well at all. I actually cry pretty easily. I've developed this thing where I just think about not thinking.
Death isn't introduced into our lives, it's always there. You can't just start dancing to "Can't Touch This" and expect death to leave. You can't try to Rick Roll death to try to make him leave either. Death, unlike Saw, does not want to play a game. Death doesn't just take humans; animals and plants are affected too. Wherever there is life, there is death. Please excuse this post's scatteredness (I don't care if that's not a word), I honestly don't even know how it ended up with "Can't Touch This" and Saw.
“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.”
10/31/10
10/25/10
(R)Evolutionary
Has humanity really evolved? It seems like even though we have all this great technology which advances so quickly, people in general have absolutely no common sense. Humans are why we need warning labels not to put our blow dryers in a tub full of water and try to use them. And why we need warnings to not try to pick up and use a lawnmower.
As technology moves to the forefront of society and we gradually rely on it more and more, people don't feel the need to do things that technology can do. Want to contact someone? Use e-mail/texting/facebook. Want to play a game? The computer has games. But don't these things isolate us as well? Will there be a point where there will be basically no actual contact with people outside of technology? People hardly talk to each other on the phone any more, instead they text empty words. I don't like the idea of living in a world where there is no talking and there are just words on a screen. Going back to my post about words, it's much easier to convey messages in person.
When someone that could talk to me in person decides that they want to talk to me online I don't like that. At all. I don't like that I feel like this because I feel like I have no grounds to, but I can't help it. Last year I wanted to talk to someone all the time, but whenever that person sent me a message online I didn't respond. I do feel bad about that, but if that person didn't even try to find me to talk to me when it wouldn't take much effort, then do they really even care? I know it's partially my fault, but I felt like I put forth the effort to try and talk to that person but it seemed like they didn't care. Maybe that person just felt like it was enough to talk online, but that just isn't enough to me. That's another one of my unfounded things I don't like.
Empty words in a text box can be very misleading. How do you know that right now I'm not extremely angry? You don't. And you would never know because you have to surmise everything you can from the text that's here to try and figure out how I feel. I can put a smiley face right here -> :] and you just assume that I'm happy.
This is my dilemma: I love talking to people online, but at the same time I despise it. Anybody can reply "I'm great" when asked "How are you?", but there is no way of knowing if they're lying. Maybe that seems trivial to you, but to me it's important. I hate the open interpretations a block of text can present. You can't see the person's reaction to what you've said, so you don't know if they understood what you meant. If they didn't understand, chances are they don't say anything about it, but if you were having that conversation in real life, you would be able to tell if they understood you or not. I like online chat for the reason that I can talk to people when I want to, but at the same time it feels impersonal.
What really bugs me is the textspeak that's being formed. It wouldn't surprise me much if it were made into its own language. "hi how r u" seems pathetic and lame. I admit that sometimes I do type like that, but that's when I either don't really feel like putting in the effort to hit a few extra keys or if I just don't really want to talk. Do we really need spelling classes if we're just going to end up spelling only half or less than half of each word and inserting random numbers as substitutes for letters?
This turned out more to be a rant on technology. But now back to 'evolution'. Common sense just seems to fail us. We take all the new technology for granted and it seems like we are getting so lazy that we don't want to think anymore. We rely on technology more than ever and continue to try and take the easy way out of everything. Want to know something? Google it. Books themselves could become obsolete in a not so far future. As technology develops are we moving away from traditions and the foundation of society?
As technology moves to the forefront of society and we gradually rely on it more and more, people don't feel the need to do things that technology can do. Want to contact someone? Use e-mail/texting/facebook. Want to play a game? The computer has games. But don't these things isolate us as well? Will there be a point where there will be basically no actual contact with people outside of technology? People hardly talk to each other on the phone any more, instead they text empty words. I don't like the idea of living in a world where there is no talking and there are just words on a screen. Going back to my post about words, it's much easier to convey messages in person.
When someone that could talk to me in person decides that they want to talk to me online I don't like that. At all. I don't like that I feel like this because I feel like I have no grounds to, but I can't help it. Last year I wanted to talk to someone all the time, but whenever that person sent me a message online I didn't respond. I do feel bad about that, but if that person didn't even try to find me to talk to me when it wouldn't take much effort, then do they really even care? I know it's partially my fault, but I felt like I put forth the effort to try and talk to that person but it seemed like they didn't care. Maybe that person just felt like it was enough to talk online, but that just isn't enough to me. That's another one of my unfounded things I don't like.
Empty words in a text box can be very misleading. How do you know that right now I'm not extremely angry? You don't. And you would never know because you have to surmise everything you can from the text that's here to try and figure out how I feel. I can put a smiley face right here -> :] and you just assume that I'm happy.
This is my dilemma: I love talking to people online, but at the same time I despise it. Anybody can reply "I'm great" when asked "How are you?", but there is no way of knowing if they're lying. Maybe that seems trivial to you, but to me it's important. I hate the open interpretations a block of text can present. You can't see the person's reaction to what you've said, so you don't know if they understood what you meant. If they didn't understand, chances are they don't say anything about it, but if you were having that conversation in real life, you would be able to tell if they understood you or not. I like online chat for the reason that I can talk to people when I want to, but at the same time it feels impersonal.
What really bugs me is the textspeak that's being formed. It wouldn't surprise me much if it were made into its own language. "hi how r u" seems pathetic and lame. I admit that sometimes I do type like that, but that's when I either don't really feel like putting in the effort to hit a few extra keys or if I just don't really want to talk. Do we really need spelling classes if we're just going to end up spelling only half or less than half of each word and inserting random numbers as substitutes for letters?
This turned out more to be a rant on technology. But now back to 'evolution'. Common sense just seems to fail us. We take all the new technology for granted and it seems like we are getting so lazy that we don't want to think anymore. We rely on technology more than ever and continue to try and take the easy way out of everything. Want to know something? Google it. Books themselves could become obsolete in a not so far future. As technology develops are we moving away from traditions and the foundation of society?
10/21/10
Baa Baa Fad Sheep
I don't expect you to be able to read this all at one time; it's a lot of stuff XD
How funny/sad/ironic is it that people are constantly going on about how they want to be themselves and express themselves how they want to while they're essentially fad following sheep? How much can you really be yourself if you're doing what everyone else is doing to fit in? Being independent is about doing things differently than other people; doesn't seem like such a difficult concept to me. "I think most people are fad-following sheep waiting for their televisions to show them the next great logo to plaster on their chests."
It's pretty hard not to become drawn in to the fads because then it's almost like you aren't part of the 'evolving' culture/society (I put quotes around the word 'evolving' because I think it's debatable whether humans are getting smarter or stupider which could be another post topic soon). A great example of this is Twilight: You either love it or hate it. It's almost like there can be no "in between" for this. When the Twilight parade passes by you either jump on the "Lovers" bandwagon or the "Haters" one; if you don't, you get left behind to get trampled on by society. With the majority of the popular things that are out there, if you don't know what they are or you do but say you have no opinion on it, it's almost like people don't know how to think of you. You can't determine someone's entire character by knowing whether they love Twilight or hate it, but some people feel that you can.
Rabid haters are just as intolerable, if not more, as the people that love it. If you don't like something, why don't you just disregard it? If you want it to go away, stop fueling all these debates which gets what you don't like more publicity? Is there really a purpose in always having to interpose into conversations with "WOW that is so dumb how could you like that"? No. There really isn't. If you don't like something, just leave it alone.
What I think is really stupid are the arguments people get in over certain things; particularly on YouTube. I bet you almost every single music video has at least one comment about "this is so much better than Justin Beiber" or any other celebrity that people like to hate on recently. Why is it so hard to just listen to the music? Does it really matter if you love Justin Beiber or hate him? Someday he'll just be another has-been while people have moved on to hate some other kid who's just trying to make it big. That also reminds me of the "Where's the Chapstick" video on YouTube. This comment "I puked after I saw her 300 pound chin, I hate over weighted people they are so gross" is just completely uncalled for. If you hate something, don't watch it and if you watch it and hate it, you don't need to pronounce it to the world; personally I don't care if someone hates something, but when you hate a person for their looks and for genuinely trying to do something funny, that's just wrong. Even though I don't really like Justin Beiber, I think that hating on Beebs' baby face is not cool, is it really his fault for how he looks? You can jokingly make fun of someone or something, but if you do so too much it gets on people's nerves. People are allowed to have opinions on what they like; there will never be a day in the world where everyone likes the same thing. It's just not possible. There will never be one music genre that everyone in the world listens to, just as there will never be a movie that the entire world likes.
Sometimes it's just the fact that something is popular that makes people automatically hate it. That's just stupid because the popularity level of something shouldn't be a factor in how you feel about it. Just because Twilight is cool doesn't give enough grounds to hate it. Nothing really gives enough grounds to hate it. Personally, I don't like the movies, but I did like the books. Seriously though, what could Twilight possibly have done to someone? It can't ruin your life and if that somehow happens, it's probably healthy to stop letting movies run your life.
Another stupid thing is when people hear about something from their friends and if their friends didn't like it, they don't give it a chance. Sure, friends are influential, but that doesn't mean you should listen to everything they say. No matter how many similarities you have with someone, they can't possibly like every single thing you do. If you don't see a movie when it comes out because your friends tell you they didn't like it and then you see it later and love it, you missed out until then. You may not want to feel like the odd one out, but if someone really is your friend, they don't care if you like something they don't. Having to fake that you hate something that you really like and your friends don't isn't a good thing for your relationships with them. It's not that I'm saying telling them that you like something they hate is going to make them is going to completely change your friendship, but having to put up a pretense is not good.
Kinda off-topic but here's something else that irritates me. When you go clothes shopping and just about every single store has the same styles of clothes. When scarves are in, they have them everywhere. The worst thing is when a certain style of clothes is just everywhere. When clothes with frilly stuff on them are cool, that's what they have at the store. And when you don't want frilly clothes, you can hardly find anything different. Even stores focus on trends and fads, they pretty much have to or they won't get business. If there was a store in 10 years or so that only sold those "Silly/Crazy Bandz" they probably wouldn't sell very many. Those things are cool now, but how long can something really be considered cool? Every fad has its few years of being cool, but after that it basically drops off the face of the earth only to be heard about when the old people talk about them and how they were cool when they were a kid. Some people do have a fascination with older trends, but if you aren't up with the times it's hard.
I love 90s music, but that's something that will always be there just like music from before then. Even the type of music people like is somewhat becoming a fad although it seems like you can't influence the type of music that people like. The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, etc were cool in the 90s, but play that music to kids of today and most of them will say the music is bad because it's not the "cool genre". It kinda upsets me to see that most of the top billboard songs are from the rap/hip hop genres because although I don't despise rap/hip hop, they aren't exactly on my list of favorite things.
I also wanted to reference back to a previous ramble post. "If people just do and act like everyone else does or as they are told to, then what does their existence mean? We don't need 2 million people that have the same hair and clothes and act the same in the world. We need people that think like their own individual self and have their own unique ways to do things." How much can society really advance with people who do what people tell them to? Imitating what other people do isn’t conducive to the advancement of anything. People don’t like when they’re forced to wear uniforms, but then they go out and buy the same style of clothes as ‘everyone else’ to fit in.
People get way too worked up about things that really don't affect their lives at all. If I see something that makes fun of, say Buffy, I don't care that someone doesn't like it; it's their opinion. If I see a parody of Buffy and it's funny even though it makes fun of the show, I'll laugh. I won't get worked up about how someone could possibly not like the show. Any parody type things I can find funny because truthfully it doesn't matter how people feel about it, I like it and that's really all that matters. If someone doesn't like me because I like it, then that's their problem because they can't see from anyone else's point of view.
This isn't random at all, but I also wanted to note that Justin Beiber is coming out with his own nail polish line (and yes Ken this was in my post before yours; mine was just in a draft so you copied me). This isn’t random either, but I really like the word vernacular. It starts with a ‘v’. Anyways, there are always going to be the Justin Beibers and Twilights of each generation, and hopefully someday humans as a whole will realize the stupidity of fighting over things that have no solution and are subjective. This is a really long post xD I hope I’ll still have stuff to talk about in my posts after this. Oh and a btw if you're still reading: The title's a play on the nursery rhyme of "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new" - Henry David Thoreau
How funny/sad/ironic is it that people are constantly going on about how they want to be themselves and express themselves how they want to while they're essentially fad following sheep? How much can you really be yourself if you're doing what everyone else is doing to fit in? Being independent is about doing things differently than other people; doesn't seem like such a difficult concept to me. "I think most people are fad-following sheep waiting for their televisions to show them the next great logo to plaster on their chests."
It's pretty hard not to become drawn in to the fads because then it's almost like you aren't part of the 'evolving' culture/society (I put quotes around the word 'evolving' because I think it's debatable whether humans are getting smarter or stupider which could be another post topic soon). A great example of this is Twilight: You either love it or hate it. It's almost like there can be no "in between" for this. When the Twilight parade passes by you either jump on the "Lovers" bandwagon or the "Haters" one; if you don't, you get left behind to get trampled on by society. With the majority of the popular things that are out there, if you don't know what they are or you do but say you have no opinion on it, it's almost like people don't know how to think of you. You can't determine someone's entire character by knowing whether they love Twilight or hate it, but some people feel that you can.
Rabid haters are just as intolerable, if not more, as the people that love it. If you don't like something, why don't you just disregard it? If you want it to go away, stop fueling all these debates which gets what you don't like more publicity? Is there really a purpose in always having to interpose into conversations with "WOW that is so dumb how could you like that"? No. There really isn't. If you don't like something, just leave it alone.
What I think is really stupid are the arguments people get in over certain things; particularly on YouTube. I bet you almost every single music video has at least one comment about "this is so much better than Justin Beiber" or any other celebrity that people like to hate on recently. Why is it so hard to just listen to the music? Does it really matter if you love Justin Beiber or hate him? Someday he'll just be another has-been while people have moved on to hate some other kid who's just trying to make it big. That also reminds me of the "Where's the Chapstick" video on YouTube. This comment "I puked after I saw her 300 pound chin, I hate over weighted people they are so gross" is just completely uncalled for. If you hate something, don't watch it and if you watch it and hate it, you don't need to pronounce it to the world; personally I don't care if someone hates something, but when you hate a person for their looks and for genuinely trying to do something funny, that's just wrong. Even though I don't really like Justin Beiber, I think that hating on Beebs' baby face is not cool, is it really his fault for how he looks? You can jokingly make fun of someone or something, but if you do so too much it gets on people's nerves. People are allowed to have opinions on what they like; there will never be a day in the world where everyone likes the same thing. It's just not possible. There will never be one music genre that everyone in the world listens to, just as there will never be a movie that the entire world likes.
Sometimes it's just the fact that something is popular that makes people automatically hate it. That's just stupid because the popularity level of something shouldn't be a factor in how you feel about it. Just because Twilight is cool doesn't give enough grounds to hate it. Nothing really gives enough grounds to hate it. Personally, I don't like the movies, but I did like the books. Seriously though, what could Twilight possibly have done to someone? It can't ruin your life and if that somehow happens, it's probably healthy to stop letting movies run your life.
Another stupid thing is when people hear about something from their friends and if their friends didn't like it, they don't give it a chance. Sure, friends are influential, but that doesn't mean you should listen to everything they say. No matter how many similarities you have with someone, they can't possibly like every single thing you do. If you don't see a movie when it comes out because your friends tell you they didn't like it and then you see it later and love it, you missed out until then. You may not want to feel like the odd one out, but if someone really is your friend, they don't care if you like something they don't. Having to fake that you hate something that you really like and your friends don't isn't a good thing for your relationships with them. It's not that I'm saying telling them that you like something they hate is going to make them is going to completely change your friendship, but having to put up a pretense is not good.
Kinda off-topic but here's something else that irritates me. When you go clothes shopping and just about every single store has the same styles of clothes. When scarves are in, they have them everywhere. The worst thing is when a certain style of clothes is just everywhere. When clothes with frilly stuff on them are cool, that's what they have at the store. And when you don't want frilly clothes, you can hardly find anything different. Even stores focus on trends and fads, they pretty much have to or they won't get business. If there was a store in 10 years or so that only sold those "Silly/Crazy Bandz" they probably wouldn't sell very many. Those things are cool now, but how long can something really be considered cool? Every fad has its few years of being cool, but after that it basically drops off the face of the earth only to be heard about when the old people talk about them and how they were cool when they were a kid. Some people do have a fascination with older trends, but if you aren't up with the times it's hard.
I love 90s music, but that's something that will always be there just like music from before then. Even the type of music people like is somewhat becoming a fad although it seems like you can't influence the type of music that people like. The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, etc were cool in the 90s, but play that music to kids of today and most of them will say the music is bad because it's not the "cool genre". It kinda upsets me to see that most of the top billboard songs are from the rap/hip hop genres because although I don't despise rap/hip hop, they aren't exactly on my list of favorite things.
I also wanted to reference back to a previous ramble post. "If people just do and act like everyone else does or as they are told to, then what does their existence mean? We don't need 2 million people that have the same hair and clothes and act the same in the world. We need people that think like their own individual self and have their own unique ways to do things." How much can society really advance with people who do what people tell them to? Imitating what other people do isn’t conducive to the advancement of anything. People don’t like when they’re forced to wear uniforms, but then they go out and buy the same style of clothes as ‘everyone else’ to fit in.
People get way too worked up about things that really don't affect their lives at all. If I see something that makes fun of, say Buffy, I don't care that someone doesn't like it; it's their opinion. If I see a parody of Buffy and it's funny even though it makes fun of the show, I'll laugh. I won't get worked up about how someone could possibly not like the show. Any parody type things I can find funny because truthfully it doesn't matter how people feel about it, I like it and that's really all that matters. If someone doesn't like me because I like it, then that's their problem because they can't see from anyone else's point of view.
This isn't random at all, but I also wanted to note that Justin Beiber is coming out with his own nail polish line (and yes Ken this was in my post before yours; mine was just in a draft so you copied me). This isn’t random either, but I really like the word vernacular. It starts with a ‘v’. Anyways, there are always going to be the Justin Beibers and Twilights of each generation, and hopefully someday humans as a whole will realize the stupidity of fighting over things that have no solution and are subjective. This is a really long post xD I hope I’ll still have stuff to talk about in my posts after this. Oh and a btw if you're still reading: The title's a play on the nursery rhyme of "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new" - Henry David Thoreau
Weird Ice Cream Flavors
I kinda feel like making cheesy commercial lines for these...
Olive Oil Gelato: Ever wanted to drink an entire bottle of olive oil? Well now you can eat olive oil in the convenient form of gelato!
Bacon Topped Ice Cream: Would you like some pig with your ice cream?
Mushroom Ice Cream: Plant it in the ground and you can grow your very own fungus ice cream!
Chicken Fried Steak Ice Cream: Since ice cream is a dairy product, you might as well throw in some meat.
Dracula Cool Garlic Mint Ice Cream: Now you can defend yourself against vampires with a cold and delicious treat! Now with extra mint to cover up the horrible smell!
Charcoal Ice Cream: It's not ironic at all that something that provides heat is an ice cream flavor.
Spinach Ice Cream: If you don't like spinach, go ruin ice cream with it!
Shrimp Ice Cream: This kind of ice cream rhymes with 'heaven'
Ox Tongue Ice Cream: Have fun licking a tongue
Sweet Corn Ice Cream: It's sweet, cold, and corny!
Lobster Ice Cream: Make some ice cream and throw in some lobster. Makes eating fun; eat around the thrashing claws!
Olive Oil Gelato: Ever wanted to drink an entire bottle of olive oil? Well now you can eat olive oil in the convenient form of gelato!
Bacon Topped Ice Cream: Would you like some pig with your ice cream?
Mushroom Ice Cream: Plant it in the ground and you can grow your very own fungus ice cream!
Chicken Fried Steak Ice Cream: Since ice cream is a dairy product, you might as well throw in some meat.
Dracula Cool Garlic Mint Ice Cream: Now you can defend yourself against vampires with a cold and delicious treat! Now with extra mint to cover up the horrible smell!
Charcoal Ice Cream: It's not ironic at all that something that provides heat is an ice cream flavor.
Spinach Ice Cream: If you don't like spinach, go ruin ice cream with it!
Shrimp Ice Cream: This kind of ice cream rhymes with 'heaven'
Ox Tongue Ice Cream: Have fun licking a tongue
Sweet Corn Ice Cream: It's sweet, cold, and corny!
Lobster Ice Cream: Make some ice cream and throw in some lobster. Makes eating fun; eat around the thrashing claws!
10/18/10
The Skeleton in the Closet
I've been posting a lot on here lately so when I run out of the already limited supply of topics don't be upset. And this also links to 30 Rock because Jack is up for a promotion and hires a private investigator to investigate his own life. Then the p.i. finds out Jack has a cookie jar collection which is his 'skeleton in the closet'.
We all have things we don't like to talk about. Maybe it's because we don't want people to know about it, because it doesn't really come up, or maybe because it would be something awkward to share. I think it's bad if you hide something that's created a major part of your character from the people that think they know you best. I can't really say anything about this because I don't really have anything super important that's changed who I am or made me the way I am. If I were to find something out about someone I felt close to and they took a long time to tell me about it; I would understand, but it's still hurtful to know that they waited so long to tell you. It's not like I'm saying you should tell everyone something important right when you meet them; I mean you could but that's not usually how it goes. This is somewhat like the debate about when to tell a kid they were adopted or any situation like that. At what point do you feel someone can handle the truth?
I try my hardest not to hide things from people. If someone I trust asks me about something I'll either say that I don't feel comfortable talking about it or I will answer. My problem is just trust issues; it takes a lot to earn my trust and I'm not really sure why. It's not that I think everyone is a jerk and will get to know me, ask me about a secret I have and I answer, and then run off to tell everyone they know. Although I think that sort of thing is a kind of innate fear that most people have. If someone I don't really talk to asks me something personal it gets pretty awkward because I don't know how to tell them that I don't want to answer(not that I'm in that situation a lot). I don't tell people my problems because that's what they are: my problems, not theirs. I know people have their own things to worry about, they shouldn't have to worry about someone else's problems too.
On another note, I did manage to find dancing penguins which I hope you appreciate. If I were President I would make it a law for everyone to find time in their days to appreciate dancing penguins. It's important to a healthy lifestyle.
We all have things we don't like to talk about. Maybe it's because we don't want people to know about it, because it doesn't really come up, or maybe because it would be something awkward to share. I think it's bad if you hide something that's created a major part of your character from the people that think they know you best. I can't really say anything about this because I don't really have anything super important that's changed who I am or made me the way I am. If I were to find something out about someone I felt close to and they took a long time to tell me about it; I would understand, but it's still hurtful to know that they waited so long to tell you. It's not like I'm saying you should tell everyone something important right when you meet them; I mean you could but that's not usually how it goes. This is somewhat like the debate about when to tell a kid they were adopted or any situation like that. At what point do you feel someone can handle the truth?
I try my hardest not to hide things from people. If someone I trust asks me about something I'll either say that I don't feel comfortable talking about it or I will answer. My problem is just trust issues; it takes a lot to earn my trust and I'm not really sure why. It's not that I think everyone is a jerk and will get to know me, ask me about a secret I have and I answer, and then run off to tell everyone they know. Although I think that sort of thing is a kind of innate fear that most people have. If someone I don't really talk to asks me something personal it gets pretty awkward because I don't know how to tell them that I don't want to answer(not that I'm in that situation a lot). I don't tell people my problems because that's what they are: my problems, not theirs. I know people have their own things to worry about, they shouldn't have to worry about someone else's problems too.
On another note, I did manage to find dancing penguins which I hope you appreciate. If I were President I would make it a law for everyone to find time in their days to appreciate dancing penguins. It's important to a healthy lifestyle.
10/17/10
Sealing Our Thoughts in a Cookie Jar
Look a non-super-lame post title; I know you're surprised. I'm referring to 30 Rock with the title. Jack was trying to get rid of his cookie jar collection and Kenneth told a story about when he was little and he would imagine putting all of his thoughts into a cookie jar.
So this made me think; would you want to do that? Seal away thoughts I mean. For me the answer would be sometimes. A lot of times I don't want to think about anything especially when I have the mentality that thinking about it would end up with no conclusion. But other times it's important to think about something because the conclusion you arrive at could tell you something about yourself that you might not have known before. Pointless thinking always bothers me. When there isn't an answer to something, sure it's entertaining to think of all the possibilities; but if there's no answer then what was really the point of thinking about it?
Thoughts are actually kind of like the cookies in a cookie jar. You may think that you'll pull out something sweet, but there might be a stale cookie at the bottom that you don't want to eat. And when only crumbs are left, it's really upsetting just as when you believe that you can't have your own thoughts in fear of being judged for it. Sometimes you reach into a cookie jar and you don't know what kind of cookie you'll get from the jar. You just reach in and pull one out. If you take one out that you're allergic to you'll try to throw it away, but you don't really want to. Because you really want that cookie.
Our thoughts do make us who we are which also means that people can never know who we truly are unless we broadcast all of our thoughts to the world which I don’t think anyone would volunteer to do. I try pretty hard not to think about pointless things, because I tend to see things pessimistically for some reason, but sometimes I feel like I need to think about those things to get my mind off of other stuff I don’t want to think about. Those are the times when I go sit outside and try to get in that peaceful state of mind. Which never really lasts but I try to pretend it does.
I need some sort of snazzy sign-off line. Too bad I don't have an image of breakdancing penguins cuz that would be pretty awesome.☮
So this made me think; would you want to do that? Seal away thoughts I mean. For me the answer would be sometimes. A lot of times I don't want to think about anything especially when I have the mentality that thinking about it would end up with no conclusion. But other times it's important to think about something because the conclusion you arrive at could tell you something about yourself that you might not have known before. Pointless thinking always bothers me. When there isn't an answer to something, sure it's entertaining to think of all the possibilities; but if there's no answer then what was really the point of thinking about it?
Thoughts are actually kind of like the cookies in a cookie jar. You may think that you'll pull out something sweet, but there might be a stale cookie at the bottom that you don't want to eat. And when only crumbs are left, it's really upsetting just as when you believe that you can't have your own thoughts in fear of being judged for it. Sometimes you reach into a cookie jar and you don't know what kind of cookie you'll get from the jar. You just reach in and pull one out. If you take one out that you're allergic to you'll try to throw it away, but you don't really want to. Because you really want that cookie.
Our thoughts do make us who we are which also means that people can never know who we truly are unless we broadcast all of our thoughts to the world which I don’t think anyone would volunteer to do. I try pretty hard not to think about pointless things, because I tend to see things pessimistically for some reason, but sometimes I feel like I need to think about those things to get my mind off of other stuff I don’t want to think about. Those are the times when I go sit outside and try to get in that peaceful state of mind. Which never really lasts but I try to pretend it does.
I need some sort of snazzy sign-off line. Too bad I don't have an image of breakdancing penguins cuz that would be pretty awesome.☮
10/15/10
Really Need Good Titles...
I'm not sure where this is coming from, but it's just more random stuff that's been on my mind.
Why do people who find out they're dying always say their life has changed so much? Everyone is dying and everyone will. So when people get diagnosed with a terminal disease, is it really that much different? They always say they appreciate life more now that they've been diagnosed and try to live every day to its fullest. But shouldn't we already do that? Someone that hasn't been diagnosed with anything could easily die some other way, just not by disease. Maybe even knowing that you might die sooner than you expected you'll get more out of your life instead of wasting it away like people do. I don't have any experience with people I know getting a disease that could just take someone away from me at any given moment, but I just can't understand this. At least if you know someone has a disease, you are more prepared for when they pass away; if they end up in some freak accident it must be worse.
I wonder if some day death itself will become some sort of disease. If medicine advances so much that you could be diagnosed with death. Kinda weird to think about. I doubt that will ever happen, but it's possible. Personally I wouldn't want to live to be extremely old. An existence that's just "wake up, eat food, sit around all day, go back to sleep" is a life without purpose. And at that point you can't accomplish much and I would spend most of my time reflecting on my past experiences. Wishing I could go back to when I was young and free to do whatever I wanted to. Sitting in a nursing home would not be the place for me. I know I'd think about all the time I spent sitting around at home wishing I was doing something interesting and be upset that I never really did much with my life. That's just pointless pondering and would make for cranky old lady syndrome.
This is a pretty scattered post so I hope it's somewhat understandable. My thoughts seem kinda everywhere as I re-read this.
Why do people who find out they're dying always say their life has changed so much? Everyone is dying and everyone will. So when people get diagnosed with a terminal disease, is it really that much different? They always say they appreciate life more now that they've been diagnosed and try to live every day to its fullest. But shouldn't we already do that? Someone that hasn't been diagnosed with anything could easily die some other way, just not by disease. Maybe even knowing that you might die sooner than you expected you'll get more out of your life instead of wasting it away like people do. I don't have any experience with people I know getting a disease that could just take someone away from me at any given moment, but I just can't understand this. At least if you know someone has a disease, you are more prepared for when they pass away; if they end up in some freak accident it must be worse.
I wonder if some day death itself will become some sort of disease. If medicine advances so much that you could be diagnosed with death. Kinda weird to think about. I doubt that will ever happen, but it's possible. Personally I wouldn't want to live to be extremely old. An existence that's just "wake up, eat food, sit around all day, go back to sleep" is a life without purpose. And at that point you can't accomplish much and I would spend most of my time reflecting on my past experiences. Wishing I could go back to when I was young and free to do whatever I wanted to. Sitting in a nursing home would not be the place for me. I know I'd think about all the time I spent sitting around at home wishing I was doing something interesting and be upset that I never really did much with my life. That's just pointless pondering and would make for cranky old lady syndrome.
This is a pretty scattered post so I hope it's somewhat understandable. My thoughts seem kinda everywhere as I re-read this.
10/10/10
Yetis
Words are the most powerful tool in the universe. With them we can make someone laugh or make them cry; we can speak the truth or we can lie. We can fabricate a universe of our own and share it with others or we can use them to cause hurt and pain. Words can be daggers or blankets, can cover true feelings or put them in the open. They say actions speak louder than words but most actions result from what's spoken. With one wrong use or how the words are said they could lose all the meaning you hoped they would have.
Sometimes I wonder if we would be able to get our feelings across to people with a few simple words. It seems like we always have to explain ourselves to be sure people understand what we mean by what we say. Is there any way to just plainly say what we want to without getting a misinterpretation? Probably not because it's human nature to read into what someone says and not base what we hear on just the facts. The saying that "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me" is a lie. There are some lyrics from a song that describe how I feel about this: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, your words they surely kill.” How often do you see someone upset because they got hurt physically? Sure, there’s physical pain, but not so much mental. On the other hand, almost every time someone is sad or depressed it’s from what someone said to them. To me mental pain is worse than physical pain and studies have repeatedly shown that physical pain can result from mental pain. Most physical pain has a cure or treatment; the only treatment for mental pain is to just deal with it and try to move on.
Being told something to my face is much better to me than having to find out some other way. Things that are spoken aloud have just as much impact as those that aren’t. Sure at first it might be hard to accept what someone tells you, but in the end it leaves you as a better person. The fewer amount of things that people don't tell you, the better off your relationship with them is. Personally, if one of my friends had an issue with me of any kind, I'd want them to tell me what it is. If it was a behavior issue, people should get the chance to explain it. If someone is your true friend, they'll hear what you say and seriously reflect on it; otherwise they overreact and hate you. Sadly, this is what a lot of people get for giving their thoughts; blatant honesty is mostly rejected in our society.
I hope you weren't expecting a post about yetis. Cuz obviously this isn't one. I wanted to trick you. Make this post seem like it's mythical and original. When obviously it's not a giant polar bear-looking thing.
Sometimes I wonder if we would be able to get our feelings across to people with a few simple words. It seems like we always have to explain ourselves to be sure people understand what we mean by what we say. Is there any way to just plainly say what we want to without getting a misinterpretation? Probably not because it's human nature to read into what someone says and not base what we hear on just the facts. The saying that "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me" is a lie. There are some lyrics from a song that describe how I feel about this: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, your words they surely kill.” How often do you see someone upset because they got hurt physically? Sure, there’s physical pain, but not so much mental. On the other hand, almost every time someone is sad or depressed it’s from what someone said to them. To me mental pain is worse than physical pain and studies have repeatedly shown that physical pain can result from mental pain. Most physical pain has a cure or treatment; the only treatment for mental pain is to just deal with it and try to move on.
Being told something to my face is much better to me than having to find out some other way. Things that are spoken aloud have just as much impact as those that aren’t. Sure at first it might be hard to accept what someone tells you, but in the end it leaves you as a better person. The fewer amount of things that people don't tell you, the better off your relationship with them is. Personally, if one of my friends had an issue with me of any kind, I'd want them to tell me what it is. If it was a behavior issue, people should get the chance to explain it. If someone is your true friend, they'll hear what you say and seriously reflect on it; otherwise they overreact and hate you. Sadly, this is what a lot of people get for giving their thoughts; blatant honesty is mostly rejected in our society.
I hope you weren't expecting a post about yetis. Cuz obviously this isn't one. I wanted to trick you. Make this post seem like it's mythical and original. When obviously it's not a giant polar bear-looking thing.
10/7/10
Wacky Animal Stuff
Randomly surfing the internet as I do when I am bored out of my mind; which means I was somewhere besides my mind or something however that's possible; I found an article about having hedgehogs as pets. Which obviously fascinated me because even though I can't remember my dreams I'm sure I've had one involving a pet hedgehog. Europe and Africa has mainly been home to hedgehogs, although they are also found in Asia and New Zealand. I thought New Zealand only had enough room for sheep? So I saw this on the site "Shelter: Hedgehogs can be kept in cages as well as aquariums". I didn't know hedgehogs could live in aquariums; can they breathe under water? Also they say a few times that exercise is important. It's too bad my local Petsupermarket doesn't sell hedgehog leashes or I'd take mine for a walk every day to show it off to neighbors. "When in danger, hedgehogs roll into a ball"... so then you can use them for bowling. Okay I'll stop bashing hedgehogs now although I really love their name because I think of a bush shaped like a hog.
Now for Unusual Animal Facts with Jessica. "All polar bears are left-handed and their livers are extremely poisonous as they contain too much of Vitamin C." So if you ever need a liver transplant don't ask Aunt Tabitha the polar bear for
hers. "Sharks are immune to every known disease including cancer" which I take to mean that we should all evolve into being sharks. "Slugs have four noses, but none of them are visible" maybe because they're really small animals? You can hardly see their body in the first place! "Duck quacks do not echo" which is actually really weird. Because that means that the sound waves they make don't reflect off of walls. "A cow can be led upstairs, but it can't be brought downstairs" which I totally needed to know to further enhance my knowledge of cows. Those were the weirdest ones that I saw because I only skimmed the article.
And no post about animals would be complete without something dealing with llamas so here ya go: "In the United States and Canada there is an estimated 65,000 llamas"
I leave you with a Fun Fact: The bat and the blue whale are both taxonomically related to monkeys.
Now for Unusual Animal Facts with Jessica. "All polar bears are left-handed and their livers are extremely poisonous as they contain too much of Vitamin C." So if you ever need a liver transplant don't ask Aunt Tabitha the polar bear for
hers. "Sharks are immune to every known disease including cancer" which I take to mean that we should all evolve into being sharks. "Slugs have four noses, but none of them are visible" maybe because they're really small animals? You can hardly see their body in the first place! "Duck quacks do not echo" which is actually really weird. Because that means that the sound waves they make don't reflect off of walls. "A cow can be led upstairs, but it can't be brought downstairs" which I totally needed to know to further enhance my knowledge of cows. Those were the weirdest ones that I saw because I only skimmed the article.And no post about animals would be complete without something dealing with llamas so here ya go: "In the United States and Canada there is an estimated 65,000 llamas"
I leave you with a Fun Fact: The bat and the blue whale are both taxonomically related to monkeys.
10/2/10
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I feel like this post should be dramatic, but it probably won't be. I guess it’s kinda Halloween related.
Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dracula, etc; there are so many shows about the paranormal and things that shouldn't exist and are considered to be anomalies in science (whoa TOK where did you come from and why didn’t you appear during the test). The general public seems to love these kinds of shows and movies because they deal with unknowns with infinite possibilities. I know if I ever went into the movie business (which I probably won't) I would want to make something regarding the paranormal or at least dealing with something that is otherworldly, because there are no limitations with that. Anyways, now to continue with the actual post.
The prefix "para-" means a lot of things and it's kind of weird to see that prefix attached to "normal". It can mean "resembling" which makes absolutely no sense because the paranormal has nothing to do with normality except that it’s the opposite. Which brings us to another denotation of “para-“which is “beyond” and actually makes sense. Another meaning is “abnormal” which would make “paranormal” into an oxymoron because an abnormal normal is just weird.
Most people say that paranormal things are just too far-fetched to be believable, however there was a belief poll held in 2005 which concluded that around 73% of Americans believe in paranormal phenomenon. So first I want to point out this means people are liars (don’t know why I wanted to point that out) and also, people may be gullible or just want something like that to exist. Personally, I don’t believe in supernatural things, but not in the sense that they can’t possibly exist; to me there’s a slight possibility and I would need a lot of convincing to change my mind. I once visited Saint Augustine and we went to a house that was supposedly “haunted” but even though those things scare some people it didn’t scare me. Who knows where ghost stories came from, but I think they’re just to scare people into buying lucky charms (not the cereal; I know you were thinking that). I think it would be really cool if solid proof was found to show that paranormal things exist but it would also be weird.
When it comes to what you believe and what you don’t, that’s just a matter of your own disposition towards these possibilities. I know people claim they have proof, but who’s to say that this so called “proof” isn’t fake? There are shows like Ghost Hunters that claim to have proof, but to what extent can you believe what they get? When the camera isn’t facing the direction of where the “ghost” is at all and the people on the show freak out like “what the #%^ was that?” it’s pretty suspicious. With all the technology we have nowadays it’s easy to just use Photoshop and put a “ghost” into a picture. I could do it pretty easily. Paranormal activities are probably at the pinnacle of the “I have to see it to believe it” mentality. I’m horrible at ending these posts.
Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dracula, etc; there are so many shows about the paranormal and things that shouldn't exist and are considered to be anomalies in science (whoa TOK where did you come from and why didn’t you appear during the test). The general public seems to love these kinds of shows and movies because they deal with unknowns with infinite possibilities. I know if I ever went into the movie business (which I probably won't) I would want to make something regarding the paranormal or at least dealing with something that is otherworldly, because there are no limitations with that. Anyways, now to continue with the actual post.
The prefix "para-" means a lot of things and it's kind of weird to see that prefix attached to "normal". It can mean "resembling" which makes absolutely no sense because the paranormal has nothing to do with normality except that it’s the opposite. Which brings us to another denotation of “para-“which is “beyond” and actually makes sense. Another meaning is “abnormal” which would make “paranormal” into an oxymoron because an abnormal normal is just weird.
Most people say that paranormal things are just too far-fetched to be believable, however there was a belief poll held in 2005 which concluded that around 73% of Americans believe in paranormal phenomenon. So first I want to point out this means people are liars (don’t know why I wanted to point that out) and also, people may be gullible or just want something like that to exist. Personally, I don’t believe in supernatural things, but not in the sense that they can’t possibly exist; to me there’s a slight possibility and I would need a lot of convincing to change my mind. I once visited Saint Augustine and we went to a house that was supposedly “haunted” but even though those things scare some people it didn’t scare me. Who knows where ghost stories came from, but I think they’re just to scare people into buying lucky charms (not the cereal; I know you were thinking that). I think it would be really cool if solid proof was found to show that paranormal things exist but it would also be weird.
When it comes to what you believe and what you don’t, that’s just a matter of your own disposition towards these possibilities. I know people claim they have proof, but who’s to say that this so called “proof” isn’t fake? There are shows like Ghost Hunters that claim to have proof, but to what extent can you believe what they get? When the camera isn’t facing the direction of where the “ghost” is at all and the people on the show freak out like “what the #%^ was that?” it’s pretty suspicious. With all the technology we have nowadays it’s easy to just use Photoshop and put a “ghost” into a picture. I could do it pretty easily. Paranormal activities are probably at the pinnacle of the “I have to see it to believe it” mentality. I’m horrible at ending these posts.
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