My Ramblings...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
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big bang. music. physics. strings. wtf.
3 finals tomorrow, and i need a break.
watching michio kaku, again. ha
quick elegant thing:
1) there is an equation that can explain the relationship of all things in the universe.2) everything is composed of a series of strings that vibrate at the same frequency.
3) we can perceive anything in the same frequency.
4) things in other frequencies can not be perceived nor interacted with (directly or we don't know how to yet).
5) the other frequencies comprise other dimensions.
6) if we can explain our frequency and the relationship of all things in our frequency, we can use that master equation to try to see or even access other dimensions.
comparing to music:
7) in music, we use the frequency of a pitch to determine the note that is being played.
8) in music, we have a repeating pattern of notes (pertaining to Western music) that are labeled:
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#, A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#, A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#, etc.-> this is why a piano always has a repeating black key pattern of 2 and 3
9) each note is repeated over and over, and each note that shares the same letter have related frequencies.
10) the frequency of a note and the note that follows it after the pattern is completed has a frequency that is half of it. For example, if a C is played on a piano it has the frequency of 440 Hz, and the next C following that on the right has a frequency of 880 Hz.
11) if a note is played next to a string that shares the same frequency, the string will vibrate.
12) if another note that is double/triple/quadruple/pentuple?/sextuple?/etc or half/a quarter/an eighth/a sixteeeenth/etc of the string's frequency is played, the string will also vibrate.
13) other notes that are played will not cause the string to vibrate.
14) in music, similar pitches react to each other.
tie in.
15) according to string theory, our dimension is comprised of a similar pitch, and others are sharing the same time and space but in another frequency.
16) what if we find a way to make an instrument that can see the universe in other frequencies?
17) what if we can change the frequency of things in our dimension so we can transport things/organisms/messages to other dimensions?
18) what if other dimensions are set to frequencies that share our pitch? Also, what if the pitches in between are just layers of static?
19) what if it is like music: all we have to do is double/triple/quadruple/etc or half/quarterize?/eighthize?/etc the frequency of something in our dimension to send it to other dimensions?
continuing, a bit more scary now.
20) what if one dimension stops vibrating?
21) will other frequencies of different octaves stop vibrating as well? Or will they gradually stop vibrating?
22) what if the big bang was responsible for sending shock waves to create the vibrations all together?
23) what if, like a guitar string, the vibrations get weaker over time until it eventually stops?
other thoughts.
24) string theory also talks about how our universe is like a bubble among other universes floating around "space".
25) string theory also talks about how our big bang was the start of our "bubble" of a universe.
26) what if each bubble, representing each universe, is made up of "layers" that represent different dimensions?
27) what if each universe has a specific pitch that has all the non-static area? For example, our universe may only have layers of a "C" tone, while other universes may only have layers of a "A" tone.
28) what if each bubble floating around is made up of is just dedicated to one particular tone?
29) If the vibrations after the big bang fade over time, what if our universe stops vibrating, just like a string stops vibrating after the note that started it from vibrating is not sustained?
30) what if each bubble does not pop, but rather just stops vibrating?
31) what if another bubble that shares the same pitch comes close enough to make it start vibrating again?
32) what if this is a never ending cycle? what if universes vibrating and fading over time, but they are restarted again when another universe of a similar pitch comes close enough to it?
ok no more numbers.
if another universe comes close enough to it and restarts another universe, it may be so loud and powerful that it may be a "big bang" every time it happens.
ok.
i stopped numbering things as soon as i ended.
lol.
oh, more thoughts!
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so, we think the universe is expanding rapidly away from the center where the big bang occurred.
we also think that before the big bang, the universe was a tiny golf ball packed with all the matter that will eventually create everything.
so, what if our universe is expanding rapidly because we had just been passed by another universe with a similar pitch? wouldnt it be interesting that our expanding universe is due to the vibrations of our universe after it just started to play, but as soon as the initial energy of creating it is gone, the universe would stop expanding and start going back to it's original golf ball size until another bubble passes by to start the process all over again.
using the analogy of a string again. when you pluck a string, the thing oscillates up and down, but the oscillations become less and less as time goes by.
just like our universe, there is a big bang (the initial start of the vibration), the string goes up and down, and then the string eventually settles as the relative "loudness" softens up but the tone/frequency/pitch is maintained all throughout the time it is vibrating.
weeeeeeird.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
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Oh, my God.
People often say that logic and reason can disprove God.
Part of me thinks that logic and reason help explain the existence of God, and we better understand the world, worlds, universe, parallel universes, etc. He made through logic and reason.
Also, the blank spots in our logic and reason do not explain the existence of God; the unexplained and unexplainable are just more complex puzzles that we can figure out later.
In short, I think logic and reason helps to prove our beliefs about the world we live in, but the existence of a God comes short of what our minds can explain in well written essays, complex physics, or any form of science.
Why? (Thesis) Because I think that to comprehend the nature of God is impossible for us.
Dr. Michio Kaku, a crazy physicist, was trying to explain the human equivalent to an alien race (Yes, I think God is an alien being, not ET, just a being out of this world that is far more advance and intelligent and powerful and etc etc).
Kaku emphasized humanity's lack of understanding of the universe through the explanation of how all of humanity is like an anthill next to a 5 lane highway. In our eyes, we see our anthill and how we communicate as the apex of everything; we are ignorant of how complex everything is and selfishly believe that our understanding of everything defines how everything really is.
Even though our anthill has a functioning system, we can not comprehend the asphalt and straight road right next to us because our knowledge is limited to what we have discovered ourselves.
The only reason science may disprove God's existence is because of ignorance; we put a cap on the possibilities of everything because we can not comprehend anything beyond our own interpretations and perceptions.
It is too easy to disprove the existence of God. As a Christian/Catholic, I can argue against my faith convincingly. But, the fact that I still hold out in my belief of an all-mighty, all-powerful, and all-knowing being means that I refuse to recognize the applications of human based knowledge (science) towards things beyond our comprehension.
Segway!
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, crazy french old school philosopher, believed that reason and logic lead to a decline in the belief of God.
True, because humans are selfish.
We think our achievements and scientific breakthroughs are all that is and all that ever will be.
Rousseau also said that the emotions we have and feelings attached to our faith in our own reasoning and logic is good.
In other words, we are all selfish, have the right to be, and the strength of our emotions and feelings toward a belief, whether true or not, is better than to be skepticabout it.
Well, emotions and feelings are an integral part of our humanity.
Emotions and feelings can be measured through heart rates, breathing rates, sweaty palms, brain waves, etc, but all are just operationalized aspects of an entire state of being that can not be measured.
It's easy to observe our emotions, but to grasp the entire thing as a whole means to experience it yourself, and everyone's experience is different because everyone has had previous experiences that may influence it as well as different thresholds within us which triggers in various degrees.
Epic Buildup moment:
Ok, let's make the last part a bit more simple.
We have emotions and feelings.
We can measure aspects of the emotions and feelings with scientific instruments and basic observation.
We can not measure everything because the only way to know a feeling is to have one yourself
We experience everything differently because the things we have experienced before are all different from person to person.
We also experience everything differently because of how our bodies are physiologically wired.
Epic buildup continuing!
In conclusion, we can not accurately and definitively measure emotions and feelings, both of which are aspects of our humanity.
In turn, we can not accurately and definitively see how other people are feeling because we perceive what they perceive differently.
In turn, each person understands everything differently, even if the differences are minute.
In turn, each person can not fully comprehend another person.
Here's what the buildup leads to:
If we can not fully comprehend other people, then why do we judge people and categorize people?
In short, I think that our selfishness allows us to "know a person" based on our perceptions of them. Our perceptions of them is based on how we see them dress, how they act, and how they talk to us. All of what we observe is just a representation of the actual person in our head that is inaccurate, yet we create a set of qualities and characteristics that help convince ourselves that we do know another person.
The tie in.
We use science that is used to disprove God is based on our own selfishness which is attempting to disprove God through equations and observations things we can comprehend.
Our ignorance of the cap of our perceptions and understanding also shows that we assume a belief about other people. Our selfishness also shows that our ignorance of all the other aspects of another person is overlooked.
In conclusion: our selfishness gives us a sense of comfort in knowing that what we know and can comprehend to be the truth, yet there are far more things outside the realm of human understanding.
The true nature of other people and the true nature of God are both things that are beyond human comprehension.
Yes, I believe in a series of books written thousands of years ago with a sequel from about 2 thousand years ago. I do believe there is a God, and that He may be an alien life form that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay advanced. We might just be one of a series of petri dishes that may hold several whole universes or multiverses that He is looking at.
Either way, it's beyond my understanding and I trying to prove His existence to be wrong is impossible for I can not comprehend the cap behind my intellect.
Monday, 06 February 2012
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psyc 465
dear xanga,
I have recently been told to keep a journal for my own mental health. No, I am not a psych patient, I am in a psych class. I am supposed to do this every once in a while so that I can avoid burnout and to motivate myself.
Seriously? Motivate myself? I read 4 freakin chapters in a pictureless, black and white, small sized font, and pamphlet of a textbook that just says: just do it.
Burnout? sure. i rant. i have a xanga because i am a rant and it exposes me to a public site where random people can look at my rants. its not self promotional, its just a way to feed my ego knowing that someone might come across this thing and read, but since most of my friends moved on to facebook, it still feels nice and safe to post whatever the hell i want here. so, sure. burnout, that can helped with this.
hmm.
so. this semester, i am taking 7 classes and i'm interning. psyc 495, psyc 461, psyc 408, psyc 305, music 302, hist 180, polisci 100, and the coastal dolphin survey project internship.
bad side:
1.upper division psych classes blow because of the essays and projects.
2.lower division history and political science blow because freshmen are fcking loud.
3.oh yea, twice a week i drive 40 miles back and forth for one damn class in a satellite campus.
4.oh yea, oh yea! i have AP scores that never registered and i have to take history and polisci.good side:
1.music 302... the history of jazz. it's the fcking history of jazz. 4 years of high school with the best music teacher ever means i am actually interested in it. granted, i attribute my love for music with the people that made it interesting earlier in my life (lots of positive feelings attached there).
2.COASTAL DOLPHIN SURVEY PROJECT. i sit on the beach with a camera and binoculars looking for dolphins in the surf.
3.COASTAL DOLPHIN SURVEY PROJECT. my lovely girlfriend is interning with me. yes, i spend an internship on the beach with my girl.
4.my history professor looks like and sounds like the keebler elf and her lectures are more like awesome bedtime stories that a grandma would tell.hmm.
burnout, avoided.
thanks xanga.
thanks.
Saturday, 24 December 2011
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the dark shoots back
Merry Christmas Eve!
Before the Christmas feelings of fuzziness and ecstasy seeping from every other pore happens: time to rant.Now, ever feel like everything you do is like a shot in the dark? From baking cookies to giving a speech in front of class, all my actions seem like a shot in the dark. Sometimes failure naturally follows, but sometimes you get that applause. Either way, I put out work, wait a bit, and out comes the consequences.
Of course how well the consequences are depends on how good the work is put in... or the situation... or the execution... or the aesthetics... or...
either way.
the point is, there is always an unknown sliver of uncertainty that's produced by every action. ergo: every action is like a shot in the dark, sometimes you hit the target, sometimes, you hit nothing... and sometimes you shoot the orphan with bronchitis, cancer, a broken foot.... etc.
Anyways, what happens when you do hit the kid Tiny Tim would've hassled?
Your unconscious kicks in and hands your stomach a butter knife so that it could scrape itself out.
Optimism helps, though. It helps mask the inevitable pain and goosebumps behind your neck. Optimism is... an asperin for it, not a cure.
The point of this rant is... there is no point? Or are there various points? For me to argue either way puts forth more actions that may yield more troublesome consequences. That's not a shot in the dark I'm willing to take... on Christmas Eve of all days.
Anyways.
Merry Christmas Eve. Hope to celebrate Jesus' birthday in a bit! WOOT!!!
Thursday, 09 June 2011
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ADD to an alternate universe. ahhhh ahaha
Summer 2011 - and I have a paper on chicano studies due soon.
Fcking lame.
By the way, I love it when I sign into xanga and it looks more and more dead. People are abandoning their essay-like, rather, volume- like rants and are turning to short updates on facebook and twitter to complain.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it looks like the shortening attention span of this decomposing source of intellectualism in the USofA is showing signs online. Hilarious.
Sad.
But, hilarious.
Don't get me wrong, of course there are geniuses out there (like in other countries), and as an advanced country, our geniuses have easier access to things that help us identify them as a genius.
Example?
China, in a random province with no running water, chickens running around everywhere, and "communism" is something you only hear about from people passing by from the city.
A genius is born.
Now, imagine this kid had the mental capacity of Einstein. Does his great mind ever get discovered?
Sure, it can be discovered if he's smart enough to have social skills or a family that accepts his awesome inventions that help farm their sht faster.
But what if he's not socially connective, or if his parents and culture look down on his progressive nature to favor their conservative "old is best" mentality?
In the end, a genius born outside of a world with less opportunities to shine will have a harder time, at best, TO shine.
Anyways.
America is fcked. The vast majority of us have attention spans that
OH LOOK A NEW VIRAL VIDEO!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRspWNSh0To
that. um.
yea.
point is.
So I was in class the other day.
I really hate my chicano studies class. I really do.
It's basically just a pseudo sociology/philosophy class that focuses on the struggles and history and present status of Chicanos. From the day they were raped by the Spanish, to losing el California to el Gringos, to la Migra of the 1930s and today.
Interesting on the surface, but repetitive bullshit after that.
So.
My prof was lecturing in front of a projector screen with the projector kinda half on. It kinda looked like a weird strobe robot thing.
You know when you stare at an open palm with your fingers spread out, focus on a finger, and wave your hands up and down.
It looked like that: a strobe light thing.
Maybe it was my culturally induced ADD, but my mind said: FCK IT, and i started to doodle and do weird sht. Like I always do.
So.
I started thinking...
What if we are just beings without a material consistency?
Like... we move our "bodies" through space by moving what we observe to be our body through space filled with dematerialized matter.
So... it is not our bodies that move, but the construction and deconstruction of matter that our bodies occupy at that instant.
Like... imagine that all space is filled with tiny particles of matter. Now, when an object is passing through that space, the matter that makes up that object in a particular time and space it occupies breaks down/changes as the matter in it's trajectory condense and become that matter as it passes through, and once it has passed through, the matter that once was the object breaks down into tiny particles until another object occupies that certain space.
Like empty space is merely matter that is waiting to take form, and shape such that any "solid" matter is merely the condensation of the particles that is already there.
It gets weirder.
In the end, I talk about other dimensions that the matter might be taking form with that are living within the same plane as us, but are on a different frequency that we can not hear, see, or touch (smell and taste to complete the 5 senses) unless there are places where the frequencies of our two dimensions overlap.
FCKKKKKKKKKKKKKkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
ok.
before i go crazy. i'll stop.
seriously.
Time to finish my damn paper.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
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hmmm
raawr!!!!
paper on fight club, zizek, freud, and marx coming up. for now, break time!
the directions for the following is as follows:
Put your iTunes/media player on Shuffle.
For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
1. IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
Say this sooner (by the almost)
2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Me, you, and my medication (by boys like girls)
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Ukelele De Chocobo (final fantasy chocobo theme song) <-- favorite answer.
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Zip A Dee Doo Da (Disney) <-- ok, favorite answer too. ahaaaaa
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
The Remedy (jason mraz) o.o
6. WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Hit the floor (linkin park) <-- sad.
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Im on a boat (lonely island) hmm
8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Chokin' Kind (Joss Stone) AHAHAHAHAHA
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
So Fly (NB riders) gangsta.
10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Aww Dip (cobra starship) <-- lame. lame lame lame.
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Amsterdam (anberlin) i wonder what that means >.>
12. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
ARGH... IM A PIRATE (Zolof the rock and roll destroyer) YES!!!!
13. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Don't call it a comeback (motion city soundtrack) sad.
14. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Christmas is here (number one fan) good answer. good job wm player.
15. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Teeth the size of piano keys (chiodos) dancing screamo? awesome.
16. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
gasolina (daddy yankee) AHAHAHAHAHA YES!
17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Stuttering (The friday night boys) muhmuhmuh maybe thisisisis weirdededed
18. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
1234 (feist) i fear numbers. utterly terrifying.
19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Chico Me Tipo (sublime) hmm?
20. WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Soaring (from kiki's delivery service) haaaaa. embarrassing, but good answer.
21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Golden Train (justin nozuka) hmm chooochoo
22. WHAT WILL YOUR CHILD'S FIRST WORDS BE?
I wana be sedated (social distortion) HAHAHAHA. crap.
23. WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR?
hotel california (the eagles) livin it up.
24. WHAT DID YOU SAY IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT?
Bounce! (the cab) o.o
25. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Classifieds (the academy is...) appropriate.
okk, now back to my essay.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
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hate.
ever come to a point where there are so many damn things to hate at one particular time?
thank you xanga for being my output.
anyways.
1) i hate ultra conservative republican dumbasses.
- they are motivated by fear.
- it seems like their general IQ isn't up to par with the rest of the country's.
- they spread messages through simple phrases.
- why? any more complicated, and their whole argument for things starts to fall a part.
- why? any more complicated, their supporters won't freakin understand it (ie their general IQ is not up to par with the rest of the world)
- there is no reasoning behind their arguments besides the first animalistic response anything would have to it (ie it is easy to use fear as a tool because people (and woodland creatures) respond very easy to that sort of thing
2) i hate pop culture.
- they are led by dumbasses.
- why the fck are we interested in paris, jersey shore, lindsey, etc.
- they make the daily lives of "celebrities" headline news.
- they don't do it naturally, but in order to get better ratings, the daily news has to degrade itself by inserting shit that should only be on TMZ or E- Hollywood.
- it doesn't celebrate talent as much as it should.
- sure, there are exceptions that make it onto the pop scenes, a good 90% of crap propagated by pop culture requires little to no talent.
- people like katy perry, lady gaga, and even britney spears do have talent. seriously, check out their earlier work and acoustic covers. but still, they downgrade themselves to make generic auto tune -friendly songs.
- DJ's are talented if theyre doing things live on the spot, but now, it seems that every damn beat of each popular song is interchangeable.
3) i hate international pop culture.
- step into the korean/filipino scene and it's damned impossible to find a plastic- free icon.
- korean girl groups are cute, but other then their good dancing, i don't see the talent.
- filipino singers should seriously do more original stuff.
- i may be wrong, but all i hear from flip "OPM" are covers and some sort of r&b rhythm
4) i hate taking a semester off
- this hate is directed at myself.
- i shouldve finished my fcking english class last semester and have my dumbass transfered by now.
- now, i'm taking it along with bullshiet classes to raise my gpa like .2 points (if i get A's).
- everyone is ahead of me.
- i hate that.
- why? my entire life i was in a damn GATE class, or in at least 2 AP classes, or ahead in some sort of way. now, when i look around i'm in the same place as people i was separated from for the most part of my academic class.
- my mom isn't helping. she's asian. and as an asian parent, if B's are a slap in the face, then what does wasting a year or two in a community college equate to?
- shame.
- and rubbing it in comes second nature.
- thanks for the "support"; thanks for repeating the same thing i already know whenever you're reminded of it in a higher pitched voice.
5) i hate how far away judy is right now.
- she's in UCI now.
- i had a freakin transfer admittance guarantee to there.
- but nooo, theres some complications.
- it's $20 for gas there, and $8 for parking when i get there. It's also a 1 hour car drive in light traffic, and my car needs a damn oil change. FML.
- i used to see her every day, at least 4 hours a day at one point.
- once or twice a week now - it's like i have to binge my time with her.
- i feel like a damn loser now.
- everyone's at some UC and is a freakin road trip away.
- she was the one reward i had at the end of a long day of school.
- hanging out with her was basically the only thing i looked forward to.
- how would anyone seriously feel if the person you'd ditch all your other friends for at any given point was suddenly thrown 70 miles from you?
- i mean, seeing her online and texting her is one thing, but knowing that she's physically not available is a big deal.
6) i hate people that indulge themselves in video games, internet games, and metaphysical activities.
- why? that's the next step from where i am right now.
- it's one step of hating real life and getting their anti social behavior take over.
- i hate to think that there are people out there that waste more time in doing pointless things than what i do.
7) i hate that i can't get a job
- i've had my EMT cert for a couple months now, and i havn't had any luck getting a job.
- they're looking for EMT cert ambulance drivers, and the only way to get a damn license (that i know of) is by working for an EMT company and having them train you.
- how the hell can they train you if you can't get hired by them!?
8) i hate dumbasses.
- yes, that includes the general ultraconservative right winged republicans
- dumbasses to me are people that can't make a valid argument without understanding your point of view.
- people that don't bother digesting what your point of view is and being close minded about opinions outside of their own views are dumbasses.
- these are people that choose to be ignorant, and want to stay ignorant.
- these people include a raised tone in their voice without going anywhere in their logic.
- dumbasses include: theological dumbasses, political dumbasses, musically declined dumbasses (people who don't recognize talent), and dumbass drivers (i live in glendale, worse fcking place to drive)
- this is why i hate falling behind in my academic life: i noticed that there are a lot of dumbasses in each of my bullshiet classes. and to be in the same group as these dumbasses?! FML.
9) i hate that i have a hard time motivating myself to do things.
- maybe im dyslexic, or ADD, or some psychological thing going on...
- because of this, i'm overweight (60 pounds from my high school weight, seriously wtf)
- i want to work out, but when the opportunity arises, i get too lazy to get my ass up and get myself away from the regular things i do.
- i can't start a damn english paper until it's last fcking minute.
- i can't even get myself to open the damn microsoft word icon.
10) i hate that my memory isn't working like it did.
- remember a point in time where it was really easy for me to remember things i just read, or drum patterns i have just seen.
- now, it takes a bit more time to wrap my mind around the same exact things.
- combine this with my inability to motivate myself, and i start to ignore certain things i should understand.
- this sucks, if it get's any worse, i am creating a dumbass out of myself.
- i'm 20, not 70; i don't think it's Alzheimer's or something like that.
- it's frustrating. a lot of times, things are on the tip of my tongue and i can't get myself to recall things on the spot.
11) i hate people that know me when i was younger and expect me to remember them and befriend them.
- first of all, you know my parents, and me before my long term memory kicked in (addressing them).
- second of all, just because we are related doesn't mean you're my long lost best friend.
- i know this is mean of me, but i have trust issues with random people that approach me (through facebook and xanga) and think my memories from when i was a damn baby would kick in and recognize them.
- i know i'm not a celebrity, or have any justification in ignoring you people, but i chose to ignore people i do not know, generally, online.
- "hey, i know your dad, how's everything? how's life? do you remember me?"
- i don't care, i don't know you, and if i remembered you, i wouldve responded to your friend request by now.
- please contact my parents, not me.
- no, i will not respond to you, you might have meant something to my parents, but for the 18 years of my life of which you weren't there for, i will not rekindle any friendship you might have had with me when i was still in diapers.
- go ahead and hate me, i've lived this long wiithout you in my life, i can live the rest of my life just fine without you.
- i may seem like an asshole, but sorry, you're not even an acquaintance.
12) lastly, for today at least, i hate fakes.
- hate people that pretend to be something they are not.
- for those who have ever gotten a boobjob, any form of plastic surgery (even though they're hot at first glance), or those who put on an act: i hate you.
- for those who alter themselves: God gave you your body, how dare you alter what He gave. Your whole reasoning for obtaining the surgery is because you think you need it. Wrong. For the most part, you are 90% hotter before than after. And by giving in and doing the surgical crap; you're a dumbass for having your delusions getting the best of you; by the way, i hate dumbasses.
- for those who put on an act: you look like an idiot.
- some are not as obvious as wiggers.
- i am talking about people that think they are "cooler" than what the reality of things are.
- message me for an example. ha.
- posers in general, are target of this hate.
- holding drumsticks does not make you a travis barker or having sunglasses on indoors does not make you captain awesome.
i think there are things inside me that have yet to emerge. but for the most part, these 12 things embody the hate i have.
for the most part: FML; i am one screwed up kid.
Monday, 19 October 2009
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truth be told.
damn. last update more than 4 months ago?!
anyways! it's 1:46 AM, i have 2 essays due, 4 journal entries due, 1 midterm, and 1 practicum all coming up this week. and look what happened, im on xanga, woot! hooray for the things procrastination makes convenient!
what's been on my mind lately... hmmm.
let's see, let's talk about the truth.
as in, what makes a statement true? is it because of the person who said it, or the book it comes from, or from the supporting evidence that creates a plausible idea?
well, in philosophy, we spent hours discussing this, and just like with all things in that damned class, all the ideas were neither proved or disproved. meaning... no real answers came from it, all we did was explore the thoughts of dead men that walked on this world.
honestly, we live in a world of speculations. we see something, and we speculate that what we see is the truth. but the thing is, when we see that event that we think is the truth, we have to be sober, alert, and wearing our prescription lenses (if needed). if not, whatever we see is the truth can end up being a myth, illusion, or some stupid story no one will believe.
so, what happens when two people who are in the same general area see the same thing and perceive it differently? in the end, who is credited with telling the truth? is it the more fanatical looking one, the more professional looking one, or is it the person who is retelling the story in a way that matches what everyone else wants to hear?
here's an example:
an old sea captain, his skipper, and a doctor are on a boat traveling across the pacific ocean. along the way to their destination, they see a large creature swim by them and come to the surface and dive back down. This event happens long enough for each person to have a good look at the creature. the thing was, the captain was wide awake and was seeing the creature through a small telescope. the skipper was seeing it through his telescope, but he was drunk, and the doctor was looking through a port hole with his prescription glasses off.
once at port, they decide to go to a bar and talk about what happened on their voyage. in the bar, theyre greeted by old friends who have been talking about sea monsters and various myths about the creatures of the sea. when the trio was asked if they saw anything interesting, each person said the following:
the old captain then says, in a calm voice, that all they saw was a whale surfacing to catch a breath of fresh air.
the skipper follows the captain and exclaims that they encountered a mermaid swimming up to the surface, and swimming back down after it got frightened by the crew.
the doctor then adds his version of the story; he talks about how they saw a large 3 headed monster surface and dive back into the deep.
so in that bar, who is telling the truth?
the calm captain telling a rather conservative story?
the frantic skipper telling his account?
or was it the doctor who told his side of the story that just happened to agree with what the crowd was expecting?
well, when you have the majority on your side, it's quite impossible not to create a myth, or even an observation that can be the grounds for a scientific hypothesis.
anyways!
what is the truth in our lives? hopefully its not the things we just want to hear...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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biblical ethical updates?
so there was a scene in the Simpsons movie when grandpa simpson was having a spiritual moment speaking in tongues and such.
panicked, Lisa asks Homer to do something...
Homer picks up a bible, flips through it really fast and exclaims:
"This book doesnt have any answers!"
anyways!
so for a few thousand years, Jews have had the Torah and as time past by, a guy named Jesus came around.
Jesus gave it a major update and fulfilled some prophesies, but old school Jews stayed devout to their practice, and the reformed Jews became known as Christians.
A little while later, Muhammad came around for another update and he fulfilled some prophesies as well, but, he disregarded some stuff Jesus did and some old Jewish traditions.
Again, devout believers in Christ remained, old school Jews were still around, and Islam became the new controversial update.
now... as time passed by, Christians/Muslims/Jews all split a part into smaller subdivisions...
Christians had the whole Orthodox/Catholic split,
and Catholics had other splits within it and stuff
I'm pretty sure Jews and Muslims had similar splits... but I'm not that familiar with them O.o
anyways!
the only thing that remained constant in the realm of religion is a constant splitting from the orthodox and oldschool to the newschool and rather more liberal groups.
so... what's happening now?
let's go back to the Simpsons scene... maybe one reason the Bible has no answers is because that there are too many freakin interpretations of it.
Each interpretation is as valid as the last as long as it has some contextual proof from the bible to support it, right? and each generation is left disagreeing with the new interpretations... and more importantly, each new generation is left with the task of deciding which new interpretations of the bible should be accepted and rejected.
a few hundred years ago, mankind had to decide on new updating views on Catholicism... Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, etc. came to life because of it.
now... i think it's another point in mankind's time where new lines are drawn...
Christian views on Gay marriage?
Catholic Priests allowed to get married?
Catholics allowing ordinations of women?
maybe it's time for another split within the realm of Christianity?
maybe it's just a small arguement?
never the less, Christians on both sides of all the present issues rush to find lines from the Bible that support their claim. and what's happening? there's equally legitimate parts of the bible that support all sides... why?
IT'S MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS OLD
It's been written during times that could not have expected all of humanity's ethical dilemmas.
anyways...
i think it's interesting to see conservatives and liberal interpretations of the same thing occuring over and over throughout history. I think it's interesting to see that the future will be influenced by an evergrowing view on the same thing.
maybe it's this disagreement that makes faith so strong...
well, i think faith makes it possible for anyone to find support from any source to support their perspective...
never the less! i'm just wondering when the new update on the Bible is going to come... to make it more specific perhaps?
but yea... there's always a point of view that says the only point of life is to test our souls and to see if we make enough right decisions to make it to heaven. right?
anyone agree to disagree?
Saturday, 04 April 2009
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conspiracy?
i'm not one to be a hippie protester... or one to ditch school to attend some political gathering of some sort...
but yea... some things are getting really fishy these days...- I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
one weird thing is... the federal reserve isn't run by the federal government; it's a privately-ran and operated institution outside any control of our government...
well in more technical terms... the federal reserve is a bank ran by 3 things:
1) someone appointed by the president... in our case a buddy of obama's
2) a 12 man committee comprised of lobbyists and presidents/ceo's of various smaller banks
3) 12 privately owned banks spread out across the country.
so... in this case... the federal reserve is mostly comprised of special interests of sorts... and just one guy that's appointed by the president to keep things in check.
so... in this case... the federal reserve is completely comprised of people that have not been voted in by the general population... heck, i didn't even know this "federal bank" wasn't even a federal institution.
but yea... it's kinda weird that our country's currency and economy is solely dependent on wall street... which is technically a giant bank with bank accounts people can rent out stocks, and where a handful of people with a lot of money can get more stocks than the rest of the population...
so... in this case... wall street rules our economy, and the economy is what makes our country tick... and a small number of rich people control wall street through their heavy investments... so technically... a small number of people have power over the entire country...
the freaky thing is... just about all of the "heavy" investors are the CEO's/presidents of banks.
banks!
so!
banks = richer than everyone = can control wall street = makes our country tick...
uh oh!
jefferson, help!
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