When Life Hands you Lemons

Have you ever taken a step back from your group of friends and wished that you could have a group of friends that are all exactly like you? I mean, identical copies: looks, personality, demeanor, everything.

If you haven’t, you shouldn’t. If you have, you’re probably a narcist.

That’s right. I just called you a narcist.

The discussions among yourselves would be interesting at first, but there would be nothing to discuss because you know everything everybody else knows, and nobody would know anything you don’t.

Plus, the worst sides of your personality would come out and start beating each other up. Y’know. Stuff like that.

But wait a minute. If you have exact copies of yourself that aren’t connected cranially, would it be possible for your copies to have individual thought? If so, would they actually be yourself? What if one of your copies came up with an idea? Who would get the credit?

Maybe if you had the goodwill to not just accept the idea as your own, maybe you’d be able to share the credit with all of you. But would you actually deserve it? Well, it comes from your mind, right?

Right?

I’m too busy to think.

This is exactly what I was afraid of. Spending so much time at school that I don’t have time to think recreationally.

“recreationally.”

What I HAVE done recently, though, is read children’s classic novels. E.G. Charlotte’s Web and Mr. Popper’s Penguins. I’ve started The Westing Game but that’s going kind of slowly since it’s the weekend. Those two books were interesting but there wasn’t much content. When I read Animal Farm a few months ago, there was a least a little bit to think about……… but these, nah.

I guess I’ll have stuff to think about when I start The Heart of Darkness. Or maybe I’ll just be depressed. Whatever.

I recently overheard some people talking about Machiavellianism. I wonder what that is. Something to think about, no doubt.

I also recently learned about the difference between Southern Baptist and Presbyterian churches. Some interesting stuff in that lesson.

What else can I dump here? School is tiring. That’s about it.

It doesn’t exist. Just like cold and darkness don’t. Cold is simply lack of heat; darkness is lack of light. Quiet is lack of sound. It’s possible to attain true cold (Absolute zero) and true darkness (light happens to get sucked into black holes), but is it possible to reach absolute silence?

Research shows that it isn’t.

At least, on the earth.

Go to a quiet room somewhere in your house. Is it quiet? Naw. You can hear the heater. Clocks. And if you try really hard, you can probably hear the cars on the road outside.

Now try going to a remote location in the woods. Is it quiet there? Nope. Trees rustling in the wind. Animals scurrying across the dirt floor, shifting the plants they brush up against.

Where else is it quiet?

Some scientists created something called an Anechoic Chamber. Its walls, ceiling and floor are lined with sound-absorbent material. They say you’ll go crazy within an hour by just sitting there–it’s completely devoid of sound. But is it really?

Upon entering one of these rooms, composer John Cage observed that it wasn’t truly quiet. He claims he heard a low hum and a high-pitched whine. These actually turned out to be his cardiovascular and nervous systems, respectively. So even in a room that’s supposedly devoid of sound, you’ll still be hearing things.

Apparently space has sounds, too. But I don’t know as much about that. How can a vacuum carry soundwaves?

Why don’t you stick your head outside a space shuttle and find out? 😛

How do you classify a person as a gamer? Is it simply someone who plays games? We live in the age of information, and almost everybody in first- and second-world countries has a device that can play a game. So by this definition, everybody and their grandmothers (literally) would be considered a “gamer.” And that would be an absurd notion.

Then what constitutes a gamer? Is it someone who plays over a certain amount of time in a week? But no, that would mean that children are gamers, too. Is it somebody who is willing to spend money on gaming peripherals / gear? Well, no, now it just seems like a title that can be bought.

So what makes a person a gamer?

Hm. I seem to always been in the mood to blog when I’m incredibly tired. Anyway.

The below poll was meant for people to take a look at their lives and to see what path they might be taking–in extremes, of course. The former choice beat the latter by just a little, but who expected the latter choice to gain the majority of votes? Certainly not I.

This poll’s results is pretty characteristic of the rest of America’s mentality on life. This seems to be more true among the population of people who make more money than the rest of us. Honestly, I can’t say I know why they prefer to act in this way, but I’m sure there’s a way to explain this narcissistic, ignorant behavior.

It bothers me, really–we wouldn’t

…I was just interrupted by a phone call telling me that my aunt just drove her car into a ditch. Please allow me to attempt to recollect my thoughts.

It bothers me, really–we wouldn’t even be where we are without these friendless people. A good example of this kind of person is Nikola Tesla. Now, I’m not saying that everybody who voted for the second choice is Nikola Tesla. Still, he was so crazy that it was hard for him to hold any sort of relationship, yet he was brilliant enough to give us the alternating current, among other things. But he wasn’t overweight.

Honestly, there’s nothing wrong with being overweight–as long as you aren’t obese. Much of this country is obese. A lot of people said the choices suck; others said the choice was obvious. What about this, then: would you rather be overweight, choosing to be ignorant and having no friends, or fit, with many friends, educated and ready to give back? I feel like this is honestly the real choice we have to make here. All four choices (the two I just mentioned and the two from the poll) are very realistic and very present in America. It’s just a choice of which you want to be.

Now, I did notice a little dishonesty in the poll results… they seem to have been skewed by some comments I left on my Facebook post that linked here. Noted. From now on, I’ll refrain from commenting.

There was a bunch more but I forgot. Except for this:

The easiest way to be fit, have a lot of friends and know everything about them and nothing else?

Live in the African bush.