So recently I've noticed that I'm starting to become more and more content with the way things are. My patterns of thinking, daily life, love, everything. There just seems to be me going to look at the same old things that I have been doing for the past year or so.
Well I guess thats not exactly true, I may check facebook and the young turks videos every day like I have been since high school but there most definitely been a change with myself. I feel more confident in things I like and have pursued new hobbies. I've never really let go of my old hobbies, just pushed them out of the way for now. I've still gone back to them every once in a while.
The idea of being content with the way life is, for some reason, bothers me a lot. Not changing, and experiencing new things is something I really need. I don't know about many of you out there, but if I don't have something new and I start just doing the things I normally do simply out of habit then I lost the reason I started to do such things in the first place.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Internet Treasure Hunter
So as I was searching through the web looking for reasons why the body cannot heal itself any faster then usual I noticed something on the internet. Well, first of all searching for a complex topic like that will not always yield the right results. But they can also show you other more interesting or similarly interesting things. I accidentally ended up reading some information on pregnancy that I didn't know about. Since it's probably not all that interesting I won't post it but I think you can get the idea.
I've always realized that a person who knows how to intuitively search the internet can always return interesting fun results. Even if you don't get what you were looking for. It's a way to get the most out of the internet. When searching on the internet just remember that you are working with a computer. As an example, when looking for say, "Why people are strange", you can type it in directly or search "why people strange" or "strange people everywhere". Sometimes using a unique search term can cause your results to come back completely different.
Not only that, but knowing when to click on thing helps a lot too. For example, analyzing the pieces of info that comes along with the search can be extremely useful. Sometimes it can show you something interesting. Other times it can show you that that particular link is an ad or has no interesting content of value to you.
Hope this helps some people out there when searching. Happy searching!
I've always realized that a person who knows how to intuitively search the internet can always return interesting fun results. Even if you don't get what you were looking for. It's a way to get the most out of the internet. When searching on the internet just remember that you are working with a computer. As an example, when looking for say, "Why people are strange", you can type it in directly or search "why people strange" or "strange people everywhere". Sometimes using a unique search term can cause your results to come back completely different.
Not only that, but knowing when to click on thing helps a lot too. For example, analyzing the pieces of info that comes along with the search can be extremely useful. Sometimes it can show you something interesting. Other times it can show you that that particular link is an ad or has no interesting content of value to you.
Hope this helps some people out there when searching. Happy searching!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Racism and Stereotypes
Sorry for lack of updates this past week. Been busy with a lot of things.
So recently I've had conversations about racism and stereotypes on facebook with some friends of mine. Now I know this topic has been done to death, but I promise this won't be as boring as previous articles that you may have read.
I want to talk about the subtly of racism and the use of stereotypes as such. Many people who speak of racism or stereotypes as applied to the real world can be in danger of supporting the wrong side if they do not understand the subtle word play used by people who are most definitely racist. There is a sort of "code", a set of words, context, and phrasing that can tinge something with a strong odor of racism quite easily. For people who know about this, things aren't new. Racism comes in many forms but it's the stuff that's just enough to make out but not direct enough that you could make a case to stop it.
What I mean is this: Referring an african american man or woman as a monkey is offensive. It's is near a racial slur in america. This is because, in the recent past, people who were openly racist would say that minorities with dark skin were "ugly", "monkeys out of a jungle", not "sophisticated", "animalistic", and so and so forth. African americans, have experience this sort of racism in the past and they won't forget it. However on the other side, not many caucasians know about this. A good deal do, but the ones that don't miss the underlying point.
When people said the Tea Party is racist, they show a guy waving a monkey with a sin on it that says "Obama". Some people just look at it and say "Oh, well they just don't like Obama's policy," when in fact there is a strong hint of racism there. Which is why a lot of people see such a site and claim that the offended party are "making things up and simply complaining about things that don't exist". This only makes that person seem as siding with racist even if they don't mean to. And thus we have politics today.
So recently I've had conversations about racism and stereotypes on facebook with some friends of mine. Now I know this topic has been done to death, but I promise this won't be as boring as previous articles that you may have read.
I want to talk about the subtly of racism and the use of stereotypes as such. Many people who speak of racism or stereotypes as applied to the real world can be in danger of supporting the wrong side if they do not understand the subtle word play used by people who are most definitely racist. There is a sort of "code", a set of words, context, and phrasing that can tinge something with a strong odor of racism quite easily. For people who know about this, things aren't new. Racism comes in many forms but it's the stuff that's just enough to make out but not direct enough that you could make a case to stop it.
What I mean is this: Referring an african american man or woman as a monkey is offensive. It's is near a racial slur in america. This is because, in the recent past, people who were openly racist would say that minorities with dark skin were "ugly", "monkeys out of a jungle", not "sophisticated", "animalistic", and so and so forth. African americans, have experience this sort of racism in the past and they won't forget it. However on the other side, not many caucasians know about this. A good deal do, but the ones that don't miss the underlying point.
When people said the Tea Party is racist, they show a guy waving a monkey with a sin on it that says "Obama". Some people just look at it and say "Oh, well they just don't like Obama's policy," when in fact there is a strong hint of racism there. Which is why a lot of people see such a site and claim that the offended party are "making things up and simply complaining about things that don't exist". This only makes that person seem as siding with racist even if they don't mean to. And thus we have politics today.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Mind meld with me
So some scientist have figured that humans can mind meld or in other words, make both of our minds one. This "magic" can happen by simply telling another person a story. Brain scans show that when some one tells a story, we copy each others brain patterns.
This makes the effectiveness of story and the process of story telling so powerful. I've always said that we need better stories to be told in america. As a culture we hear the same types of stories over and over. I simply can't tell you how many times I've seen the generic crime drama spill over into TV and theater simply because people are too lazy to devise anything unique. It makes me wonder if the amount and quality of stories you know can either make you more creative or less creative. I would have to say more creative because you have more experience to draw off of.
This makes the effectiveness of story and the process of story telling so powerful. I've always said that we need better stories to be told in america. As a culture we hear the same types of stories over and over. I simply can't tell you how many times I've seen the generic crime drama spill over into TV and theater simply because people are too lazy to devise anything unique. It makes me wonder if the amount and quality of stories you know can either make you more creative or less creative. I would have to say more creative because you have more experience to draw off of.
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