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Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Is the censorship idea in China really that bad?
I recently read a document about Google. It talked about how much we really trust Google and about there motto "Do No Evil". In the message boards everyone was talking about how well Google sticks to the motto with one exception, The censorship they have imposed on China.
keep in mind that I live in Canada. I don't live there, and never have. The only information that I get on China is the stuff that seaps out of the seams. And one has to really question the accuracy of that information. It seems like everything I hear coming out of China is that it is a horrible place to live because of the laws and censorship that does go on there. I have a tough time believing all the information coming out of China.
Let's do a little history review. Before the 1950's China was in ruins. They just lost the war, and didn't have much money to fall on. Less then 10% of the population had 90% of the wealth (I've heard that it was closer to 3% wealthy population). There was no middle class, just an upper and lower class, and the lower class was treated like garbage. Low pay, beatings, the whole 9 yards. Sort of what was going on in Canada in the early teens before the unions started to move in.
Something had to be done. A civil was building in Japan and the end results was a new Government. This government had to do a lot of things to ensure it's safety. First they had to do away with a lot of the rich people (you may have heard that the dalai lama being leaving China, he was amongst the 10% richest). You may have also heard of the riots that went on. You can't ask 10% of the population to give up your money or get out so people caused riots.
The government also had to do various things like destroy historical items from China. I've heard that it wasn't all that historical at all. Nothing was broken that was more then 50 years. How can that be considered historic. I think a lot of it was related to the Dalia Lama.
The final thing the government had to do was censorship. They had to stop the bad information that the United States, and other countries were spreading about China. This had to be done because the world hated Communism which was the government that came to power. In a way I sort of wish that I didn't have to read all the negative garbage that the US says about Canada because we are more socialist and less capitalist then them. They don't live here yet they have their opinions that it is bad. I don't know the feelings of big business but I love living in Canada.
Back to the censorship. It became very important for China to censor the outside world. I don't blame China for doing it and I sure don't blame Google for offering there search engine uncensored. I don't believe that Google is doing evil by censoring the Google search engine. Let's go over all the reasons that it is good for Google to be doing this.
1. A world without Google would suck. The search engine is only one of the many services that they offer. Can you imagine a world without Google Calendar, Reader, Documents, ect. I love those features of Google. I'm not saying they are the best tools these days but they were the first. They were the ones that said it is possible and took a risk with coming out with it.
2. China law states that censorship has to occur. Google doesn't want to break the law. That would be infringing on their motto of "Do No Evil".
I don't blame China for being censored and to the people who live there aren't in a panic that Google has done it. It's just to the outside world it seems inhumane.
Reference: http://digg.com/tech_news/In_Google_we_trust_8.
Reference: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10127876-16.html?part=rss
keep in mind that I live in Canada. I don't live there, and never have. The only information that I get on China is the stuff that seaps out of the seams. And one has to really question the accuracy of that information. It seems like everything I hear coming out of China is that it is a horrible place to live because of the laws and censorship that does go on there. I have a tough time believing all the information coming out of China.
Let's do a little history review. Before the 1950's China was in ruins. They just lost the war, and didn't have much money to fall on. Less then 10% of the population had 90% of the wealth (I've heard that it was closer to 3% wealthy population). There was no middle class, just an upper and lower class, and the lower class was treated like garbage. Low pay, beatings, the whole 9 yards. Sort of what was going on in Canada in the early teens before the unions started to move in.
Something had to be done. A civil was building in Japan and the end results was a new Government. This government had to do a lot of things to ensure it's safety. First they had to do away with a lot of the rich people (you may have heard that the dalai lama being leaving China, he was amongst the 10% richest). You may have also heard of the riots that went on. You can't ask 10% of the population to give up your money or get out so people caused riots.
The government also had to do various things like destroy historical items from China. I've heard that it wasn't all that historical at all. Nothing was broken that was more then 50 years. How can that be considered historic. I think a lot of it was related to the Dalia Lama.
The final thing the government had to do was censorship. They had to stop the bad information that the United States, and other countries were spreading about China. This had to be done because the world hated Communism which was the government that came to power. In a way I sort of wish that I didn't have to read all the negative garbage that the US says about Canada because we are more socialist and less capitalist then them. They don't live here yet they have their opinions that it is bad. I don't know the feelings of big business but I love living in Canada.
Back to the censorship. It became very important for China to censor the outside world. I don't blame China for doing it and I sure don't blame Google for offering there search engine uncensored. I don't believe that Google is doing evil by censoring the Google search engine. Let's go over all the reasons that it is good for Google to be doing this.
1. A world without Google would suck. The search engine is only one of the many services that they offer. Can you imagine a world without Google Calendar, Reader, Documents, ect. I love those features of Google. I'm not saying they are the best tools these days but they were the first. They were the ones that said it is possible and took a risk with coming out with it.
2. China law states that censorship has to occur. Google doesn't want to break the law. That would be infringing on their motto of "Do No Evil".
I don't blame China for being censored and to the people who live there aren't in a panic that Google has done it. It's just to the outside world it seems inhumane.
Reference: http://digg.com/tech_news/In_Google_we_trust_8.
Reference: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10127876-16.html?part=rss
Monday, December 15, 2008
Why isn't theft illegal?
There is a lot of technology around these days. There are Cell Phones, MP3 Players, Game consoles, Car Radios, Computers, ect. All these electronic devices can be linked to one thing the Internet. Why aren't they building the internet up to be the easiest and best way to catch a thief?
Here are some scenarios:
Your Xbox gets stolen. Chances are somwhere in it's life the Xbox will reconnect to the internet, and will connect with Xbox Live. Why if a theft claim is made to the police will Microsoft not give out the IP address of the Xbox?
Your MP3 player gets stolen. Your MP3 player has to connect to a computer before you can update it's songs. Chances are this computer is connected to the internet. Why isn't the serial number transfered to the proper dept with the IP address if a theft complain it made.
Your Cell phone gets stolen. They have GPS built into most phones, and they all have serial numbers and some even accept simm cards which should make tracking cell phones even simpler. Why can't the cell phone companies report the location of a stolen cell phone to the authorities?
Your Car Radio gets stolen. Car Radios these days connect via USB/bluetooth to MP3 players. Why can't these MP3 players gets store the radios information which then gets synced to your computer and gets reported in a database.
That last one would be hard to do but it should be something that is posssible in the future. Let's stop theft dead in it's tracks. I usually at least 1 electronic device a year. The moment I tell the police they take my statement and say there is nothing they can do. Petty theft isn't a priority. Who will make it a priority? No one. Not even those who cell it. I'm going to do a test to see what happens.
When my cellphone contract is almost up I am going to report my cell phone stolen to the police and to my cell phone courier. I am then going to drop the phone into the cell phone recycling program that my cell provider hosts and wait. I am going to wait to see if it gets returned to me. My expectations are that it won't be returned. The cellphone will be lost. I will do my best to document everything.
What do you think about my plan?
Here are some scenarios:
Your Xbox gets stolen. Chances are somwhere in it's life the Xbox will reconnect to the internet, and will connect with Xbox Live. Why if a theft claim is made to the police will Microsoft not give out the IP address of the Xbox?
Your MP3 player gets stolen. Your MP3 player has to connect to a computer before you can update it's songs. Chances are this computer is connected to the internet. Why isn't the serial number transfered to the proper dept with the IP address if a theft complain it made.
Your Cell phone gets stolen. They have GPS built into most phones, and they all have serial numbers and some even accept simm cards which should make tracking cell phones even simpler. Why can't the cell phone companies report the location of a stolen cell phone to the authorities?
Your Car Radio gets stolen. Car Radios these days connect via USB/bluetooth to MP3 players. Why can't these MP3 players gets store the radios information which then gets synced to your computer and gets reported in a database.
That last one would be hard to do but it should be something that is posssible in the future. Let's stop theft dead in it's tracks. I usually at least 1 electronic device a year. The moment I tell the police they take my statement and say there is nothing they can do. Petty theft isn't a priority. Who will make it a priority? No one. Not even those who cell it. I'm going to do a test to see what happens.
When my cellphone contract is almost up I am going to report my cell phone stolen to the police and to my cell phone courier. I am then going to drop the phone into the cell phone recycling program that my cell provider hosts and wait. I am going to wait to see if it gets returned to me. My expectations are that it won't be returned. The cellphone will be lost. I will do my best to document everything.
What do you think about my plan?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
My worst quality strikes again
At 8:30 I was supposed to be at the Seven Oaks physiotherapy offices getting my back checked out. I was there like I was supposed to be, however the physician was not. The physician didn’t get there until 8:52. 22 minutes. Let’s talk about that 22 minutes.
22 minutes is a long time. A lot can go through someone’s mind in 22 minutes. Especially when there MP3 player died just a few minutes before the meeting. Let me try to explain my thoughts during those 22 minutes.
I arrived at the meeting at 8:23. I waiting and waiting. With no music and nothing to read I was starting to get really bored. I started to count the number of tiles on the roof, then the number of chairs in the room. Finally the secretary came to get me and put me in the doctor’s office. I took a look at my watch and it was 8:27. 4 minutes had passed although it felt like an eternity. I can’t complain because it’s still a bit early.
In those room I waited, and waited and waited. For what felt like 30 minutes I took a look at my watch and found out only 15 minutes passed. At this point I was telling myself that if the doctor isn’t there by 9:00 then I am taking off. This got me to thinking. Why am I waiting for this doctor in the first place? There are a lot of physiotherapists in the city who would love to have me. I seem to have to see a physiotherapist on a yearly basis. Each year I probably go about half a dozen times. I should be a physiotherapist’s wet dream. But instead I am waiting.
Now I am starting to tense up. It started to occur to me what a horrible first impression this doctor was making. If he makes me wait 30 minutes this time and he is trying to make a good first impression then does that mean his second time he can be 45 minutes, then an hour. This was the first seed of doubt that was planted in my head while I wait.
Then time passes on and I start to think about how much this is going to cost me. The initial charge for this great service is around $60.00. That could be a lot of money to the average individual. At minimum wage that is a full days wage and yet I find myself waiting. It occurred to me for a brief second that the longer the better because then I am really getting my money’s worth. But then that second past and I fell back into my negative thoughts.
The final draw happened at 8:50. I realized that I was waiting in line. Even though it was an invisible line there was still a line. I hate waiting in lines. It’s my worst quality. Every time I wait in a line I over think the situation. I question the need for the product at the end of the line. Usually I talk myself out of whatever prize or product awaits me at the end.
At 8:52 I got my jacket on and proceeded to work out. As I was walking out I bumped into the doctor just as he was walking in. I shook the man’s hand and simply said I had to go. I walked out the doctor’s front door and decided to visit the bakery across the street. There was no line at the bakery so I ended up buying what they were selling.
22 minutes is a long time. A lot can go through someone’s mind in 22 minutes. Especially when there MP3 player died just a few minutes before the meeting. Let me try to explain my thoughts during those 22 minutes.
I arrived at the meeting at 8:23. I waiting and waiting. With no music and nothing to read I was starting to get really bored. I started to count the number of tiles on the roof, then the number of chairs in the room. Finally the secretary came to get me and put me in the doctor’s office. I took a look at my watch and it was 8:27. 4 minutes had passed although it felt like an eternity. I can’t complain because it’s still a bit early.
In those room I waited, and waited and waited. For what felt like 30 minutes I took a look at my watch and found out only 15 minutes passed. At this point I was telling myself that if the doctor isn’t there by 9:00 then I am taking off. This got me to thinking. Why am I waiting for this doctor in the first place? There are a lot of physiotherapists in the city who would love to have me. I seem to have to see a physiotherapist on a yearly basis. Each year I probably go about half a dozen times. I should be a physiotherapist’s wet dream. But instead I am waiting.
Now I am starting to tense up. It started to occur to me what a horrible first impression this doctor was making. If he makes me wait 30 minutes this time and he is trying to make a good first impression then does that mean his second time he can be 45 minutes, then an hour. This was the first seed of doubt that was planted in my head while I wait.
Then time passes on and I start to think about how much this is going to cost me. The initial charge for this great service is around $60.00. That could be a lot of money to the average individual. At minimum wage that is a full days wage and yet I find myself waiting. It occurred to me for a brief second that the longer the better because then I am really getting my money’s worth. But then that second past and I fell back into my negative thoughts.
The final draw happened at 8:50. I realized that I was waiting in line. Even though it was an invisible line there was still a line. I hate waiting in lines. It’s my worst quality. Every time I wait in a line I over think the situation. I question the need for the product at the end of the line. Usually I talk myself out of whatever prize or product awaits me at the end.
At 8:52 I got my jacket on and proceeded to work out. As I was walking out I bumped into the doctor just as he was walking in. I shook the man’s hand and simply said I had to go. I walked out the doctor’s front door and decided to visit the bakery across the street. There was no line at the bakery so I ended up buying what they were selling.
Monday, December 1, 2008
What if we were an atom on a baby’s behind?
I’ve been reading a lot of science books and watching a lot of scientific documentaries. I have been reading about quantum physics and the string theory. I have read about some of Einstein’s adventures and dreams and how little we really know about particles, and space. I’ve read about the theoretically 8 hidden dimensions that we can’t see and the 4 that we do understand. After all this reading I have come up with my own theory.
I believe that we are just an atom on a baby’s behind. Let’s review what we know about space and time by asking a simple question: Have you ever wondered what it would be like living on an atom? I have put a lot of thought into it. Here is what I have uncovered.
First thing that we would notice is space. When we looked up from this atom we would see a lot of space not unlike what we see when we look up from earth. As a matter of fact it is very likely that we would see stars too. We could even see planets close to us that would resemble our solar system. The sun would be too big for us to see but other particles would seem like far away planets. We might even find ourselves asking if there was other life on these planets.
Let’s talk about time. Atoms spin near the speed of light. If we did live on the atom then millions/billions of years would pass to us but to the baby would experience only a few days/months/years would pass. It’s taking into affect the fact that the closer you get to the speed of light the slower time seems to everything else but to us it still runs on normal time.
Then there is the theory of the big bang. All of a sudden we come into existence. Sort of like a little sperm penetrating an egg. I’m not entirely sure what happens after the sperm fertilizes an egg but from an atoms perspective it may look like a big bang. I know every time I try to fertilize an egg the girl always says it’s like she experienced a big bang. :)
There you have it. What do you think about my theory?
I believe that we are just an atom on a baby’s behind. Let’s review what we know about space and time by asking a simple question: Have you ever wondered what it would be like living on an atom? I have put a lot of thought into it. Here is what I have uncovered.
First thing that we would notice is space. When we looked up from this atom we would see a lot of space not unlike what we see when we look up from earth. As a matter of fact it is very likely that we would see stars too. We could even see planets close to us that would resemble our solar system. The sun would be too big for us to see but other particles would seem like far away planets. We might even find ourselves asking if there was other life on these planets.
Let’s talk about time. Atoms spin near the speed of light. If we did live on the atom then millions/billions of years would pass to us but to the baby would experience only a few days/months/years would pass. It’s taking into affect the fact that the closer you get to the speed of light the slower time seems to everything else but to us it still runs on normal time.
Then there is the theory of the big bang. All of a sudden we come into existence. Sort of like a little sperm penetrating an egg. I’m not entirely sure what happens after the sperm fertilizes an egg but from an atoms perspective it may look like a big bang. I know every time I try to fertilize an egg the girl always says it’s like she experienced a big bang. :)
There you have it. What do you think about my theory?
Thursday, November 27, 2008
My Doctor The Wuss
So I went to see a doctor at the Pan-Am Clinic. I hurt myself a few days ago while playing floor hockey. I figured since I could barely walk and was in a little bit of pain I would get myself checked out. It was my back that was hurt and one thing you should be cautious about is injuries to the back.
Anyways my doctor and gave me a look-over and said that he believed he knew what the problem was. He explained it to me but he was using doctor language. I let him know that I was on some painkillers and didn't understand what he was saying (it was a lie but at least it got him to stop talking doctor like).
He told me that he wanted to give me some x-rays to confirm his diagnosis. I said sure and he pointed me in the proper direction. I got my x-rays and waiting for him to see me again. It took about 3 minutes for him to pick me up from the waiting room.
He took me to where the x-rays were and said you see this part, see how it's straight. I couldn't see anything, but I nodded anyways. That means I had .... Then he showed me the x-ray of my leg and said you see how this is curved. Once again couldn't see anything but still said sure. He said that should be straight. This confirms my diagnosis. I gave the doctor and pat on the back and said "Good call".
Anyways. He prescribed me some pretty crazy drugs for the pain. He also said that I should rest for at least the next 2 days. I should call in sick for work. This was a surprise to me because I had my injury on Tuesday. I had been to work each night. But he said without a doubt I should miss work and stay off my feet. I said I would, doctors orders and all.
He also prescribed me from physiotherapy. I asked him if it was absolutely necessary (testing how deep the waters were) and he said it is necessary in this instance. I said fine. But before I left I asked him if I was Dwayne Johnson would you have subscribed me the same thing. He asked who is that? I replied the rock?
I think I caught him off guard with that one because he said "sure would". I don't think he realized what good shape I am in. I guess he was being cautious but it seemed offly wussy to me. I think I could have gone to work tonight and tomorrow. I've done it for the past couple of days and the pain has subsided a bit. But I have to follow the doctors orders. When it comes to this stuff he probably knows more then me.
So I know I am in my bed all drugged up and happy. I figured since I was going to fall into this unaware, unconscious awareness because of the drugs I should watch something that fit the bill. I through on Pink Floyds "The Wall" and decided to write this note. I don't know if it makes any sense because I'm not in my right mind. But I sure am feeling good.
Anyways my doctor and gave me a look-over and said that he believed he knew what the problem was. He explained it to me but he was using doctor language. I let him know that I was on some painkillers and didn't understand what he was saying (it was a lie but at least it got him to stop talking doctor like).
He told me that he wanted to give me some x-rays to confirm his diagnosis. I said sure and he pointed me in the proper direction. I got my x-rays and waiting for him to see me again. It took about 3 minutes for him to pick me up from the waiting room.
He took me to where the x-rays were and said you see this part, see how it's straight. I couldn't see anything, but I nodded anyways. That means I had .... Then he showed me the x-ray of my leg and said you see how this is curved. Once again couldn't see anything but still said sure. He said that should be straight. This confirms my diagnosis. I gave the doctor and pat on the back and said "Good call".
Anyways. He prescribed me some pretty crazy drugs for the pain. He also said that I should rest for at least the next 2 days. I should call in sick for work. This was a surprise to me because I had my injury on Tuesday. I had been to work each night. But he said without a doubt I should miss work and stay off my feet. I said I would, doctors orders and all.
He also prescribed me from physiotherapy. I asked him if it was absolutely necessary (testing how deep the waters were) and he said it is necessary in this instance. I said fine. But before I left I asked him if I was Dwayne Johnson would you have subscribed me the same thing. He asked who is that? I replied the rock?
I think I caught him off guard with that one because he said "sure would". I don't think he realized what good shape I am in. I guess he was being cautious but it seemed offly wussy to me. I think I could have gone to work tonight and tomorrow. I've done it for the past couple of days and the pain has subsided a bit. But I have to follow the doctors orders. When it comes to this stuff he probably knows more then me.
So I know I am in my bed all drugged up and happy. I figured since I was going to fall into this unaware, unconscious awareness because of the drugs I should watch something that fit the bill. I through on Pink Floyds "The Wall" and decided to write this note. I don't know if it makes any sense because I'm not in my right mind. But I sure am feeling good.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
My open letter to Shapes
Here is the letter I wrote to Shapes about trying to get the start-up fee removed. It's not great because I was pretty tired when I wrote it. I hope it works:
I have been very unhappy with the services I have received from
Shapes. About 5 (approximately) years ago I joined your community. I
was on a contract for 1 year and then opted to just pay bi-weekly.
Everything was going great until the beginning of 2007.
I was preparing to go on Vacation for about 1 month. Because of the
length of time I wanted to have my account put on hold. I spoke to
people at the Mcphilips branch in Winnipeg on how to do that. They
told me that because I was on bi-weekly and not a contract that I
couldn't put it on hold. After speaking to 2 people there they
wouldn't budge. I tried to explain that when I came back in a month
that I was not going to pay the start-up fee again. They said since
the account will be canceled the only way to join again is to pay the
start up fee. The start up fee of course would cost me more then then
month I was missing. I wouldn't do that.
I would budge because I won't pay the start up fee for missing a month,
I won't pay for time I wouldn't use and I won't go on a contract (It's
nothing personal I just don't like contracts). I told them before I
canceled that I would be back in a year and the only way I would
rejoin was if the start up fee was waved and I could continue to my
bi-weekly charges.
During this time I joined my work gym. It was only $7.00 a month.
It's not the same class as Shapes but they are opened 24 hours a day
and they do have a lot of machines. But they don't have as many
machines and it doesn't have the same environment. Now that winter is
here I thought I would give it another try and rejoin.
I went into the Shapes on Regent to try to sign up. They found my
account but didn't find any notes left on my account about why I left.
I explained that my condition was that I would only sign up if the
startup fee was waved. They said they could not do it. Initially I
was just going to give it a few months before I tried to sign up
again. But I decided to write you this letter to see if you will
waive the startup fee. Just to give you an idea of how much money you
have lost from me because you wouldn't let me go on vacation I have
included a little table.
Vacation Start: June 2007 - July 2007 (Approximately).
Weeks that have passed: 78 weeks
Total money lost: 78 / 2 * $21.50 = $838.50.
To this date Shapes has lost $838.50 because they wouldn't let me go
on vacation. I really want to go to shapes and continue to pay
shapes. I would be happy to pay you the regular fees but Shapes will
not get anymore money from me. If you have the means to wave the
start up fee please let know. If you can I would really appreciate it
and be happy to start up service with Shapes again. I have included
the information below so you can look up my account to confirm the
details I have sent you. I have kept all this information because I
hoped to rejoin Shapes again.
[Info Removed from public domain]
I hope we can get passed this problem. Please feel free to e-mail me
back or even contact me by phone. I really want to get passed this
and rejoin Shapes because you offer some great services. Please let
me know if you can void the startup fee.
I have been very unhappy with the services I have received from
Shapes. About 5 (approximately) years ago I joined your community. I
was on a contract for 1 year and then opted to just pay bi-weekly.
Everything was going great until the beginning of 2007.
I was preparing to go on Vacation for about 1 month. Because of the
length of time I wanted to have my account put on hold. I spoke to
people at the Mcphilips branch in Winnipeg on how to do that. They
told me that because I was on bi-weekly and not a contract that I
couldn't put it on hold. After speaking to 2 people there they
wouldn't budge. I tried to explain that when I came back in a month
that I was not going to pay the start-up fee again. They said since
the account will be canceled the only way to join again is to pay the
start up fee. The start up fee of course would cost me more then then
month I was missing. I wouldn't do that.
I would budge because I won't pay the start up fee for missing a month,
I won't pay for time I wouldn't use and I won't go on a contract (It's
nothing personal I just don't like contracts). I told them before I
canceled that I would be back in a year and the only way I would
rejoin was if the start up fee was waved and I could continue to my
bi-weekly charges.
During this time I joined my work gym. It was only $7.00 a month.
It's not the same class as Shapes but they are opened 24 hours a day
and they do have a lot of machines. But they don't have as many
machines and it doesn't have the same environment. Now that winter is
here I thought I would give it another try and rejoin.
I went into the Shapes on Regent to try to sign up. They found my
account but didn't find any notes left on my account about why I left.
I explained that my condition was that I would only sign up if the
startup fee was waved. They said they could not do it. Initially I
was just going to give it a few months before I tried to sign up
again. But I decided to write you this letter to see if you will
waive the startup fee. Just to give you an idea of how much money you
have lost from me because you wouldn't let me go on vacation I have
included a little table.
Vacation Start: June 2007 - July 2007 (Approximately).
Weeks that have passed: 78 weeks
Total money lost: 78 / 2 * $21.50 = $838.50.
To this date Shapes has lost $838.50 because they wouldn't let me go
on vacation. I really want to go to shapes and continue to pay
shapes. I would be happy to pay you the regular fees but Shapes will
not get anymore money from me. If you have the means to wave the
start up fee please let know. If you can I would really appreciate it
and be happy to start up service with Shapes again. I have included
the information below so you can look up my account to confirm the
details I have sent you. I have kept all this information because I
hoped to rejoin Shapes again.
[Info Removed from public domain]
I hope we can get passed this problem. Please feel free to e-mail me
back or even contact me by phone. I really want to get passed this
and rejoin Shapes because you offer some great services. Please let
me know if you can void the startup fee.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Evolutionary Step vs. Revolutionary Step
I've been reading up on Evolution recently and I have found some things that I can't comprehend. Let's go over some of them.
1. Many scientists believe that any animal that has a face similar to ours. That includes 2 eyes, mouth, nose and 2 ears was probably adopted from a single earlier species. That means that the face may have been one of the earliest defines attributes of life on this planet.
I don't disagree with science but what they are assume is that these attributes were more of a revolutionary step then a evolutionary step. By there definition it is unlikely that 2 species would not adopt similar features when life all began. I prefer to think that it is a very logical step that land animals would have these features. I think it's more of a evolutionary step and therefore most animals would gain these attributes naturally.
It makes me wonder about aliens. If it was a revolutionary step then their is a good chance that aliens would look nothing like human life. Forget about the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears on them. Although they may have something similar it may appear in a very different manner.
2. Many scientist think that their are animals out there that are smarter then humans. If though this animals are smarter then have been dealt bad evolutionary hands. They don't have the ability to construct any real objects yet if given the proper technology they would outsmart us. Of the most common of these is the dolphin. Such movies as Johnny Mnemonic and The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy have both suggested dolphins are smarter then humans.
I would have to disagree with this theory. We really can't say what these other animals can hold. We also can't say that if given the proper technology that they would become smarter then humans. It's good in theory but in practice it's nearly impossible to prove.
3. I have read a few articles that suggest we have reached the end of the evolutionary timeline. That our bodies can't get better over time. This has to be one of the dumbest things anyone could say. There are so many things that our body can do yet that hasn't been completely tapped.
Just to name a few,
a) ability to slow down blood flow to stop yourself from bleeding. Many people can do this by meditating or concentrating but in the future humans will be able to do this as easily as we breath air today.
b) Seeing further into the visual spectrum. Currently we can see along the color spectrum, but that still leaves out Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, and Gamma Ray spectrums. I can't see a need for some of those but it could be useful to see in the x-ray spectrum or the radio spectrum.
3) Even to keep it simple maybe in the future we will have bigger brains. Brains that would allow more store or information to be stored easier.
If this is the end of evolution then we should be ashamed of evolution. Evolution may not be all it's cracked up to be if it stops at us.
Just another nerdy though process.
1. Many scientists believe that any animal that has a face similar to ours. That includes 2 eyes, mouth, nose and 2 ears was probably adopted from a single earlier species. That means that the face may have been one of the earliest defines attributes of life on this planet.
I don't disagree with science but what they are assume is that these attributes were more of a revolutionary step then a evolutionary step. By there definition it is unlikely that 2 species would not adopt similar features when life all began. I prefer to think that it is a very logical step that land animals would have these features. I think it's more of a evolutionary step and therefore most animals would gain these attributes naturally.
It makes me wonder about aliens. If it was a revolutionary step then their is a good chance that aliens would look nothing like human life. Forget about the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears on them. Although they may have something similar it may appear in a very different manner.
2. Many scientist think that their are animals out there that are smarter then humans. If though this animals are smarter then have been dealt bad evolutionary hands. They don't have the ability to construct any real objects yet if given the proper technology they would outsmart us. Of the most common of these is the dolphin. Such movies as Johnny Mnemonic and The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy have both suggested dolphins are smarter then humans.
I would have to disagree with this theory. We really can't say what these other animals can hold. We also can't say that if given the proper technology that they would become smarter then humans. It's good in theory but in practice it's nearly impossible to prove.
3. I have read a few articles that suggest we have reached the end of the evolutionary timeline. That our bodies can't get better over time. This has to be one of the dumbest things anyone could say. There are so many things that our body can do yet that hasn't been completely tapped.
Just to name a few,
a) ability to slow down blood flow to stop yourself from bleeding. Many people can do this by meditating or concentrating but in the future humans will be able to do this as easily as we breath air today.
b) Seeing further into the visual spectrum. Currently we can see along the color spectrum, but that still leaves out Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, and Gamma Ray spectrums. I can't see a need for some of those but it could be useful to see in the x-ray spectrum or the radio spectrum.
3) Even to keep it simple maybe in the future we will have bigger brains. Brains that would allow more store or information to be stored easier.
If this is the end of evolution then we should be ashamed of evolution. Evolution may not be all it's cracked up to be if it stops at us.
Just another nerdy though process.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Your future is pre-written, so just relax a bit
Let's wonder into an imaginary place. A place that is identical to ours in ever way. A planet that had the same origins as earth, and same principles to a tee. dust for dust and particle for particle everything was the same. Every hill, every drop of water, every particle on this and in this planet accounted for exactly where it is now.
Now we have to expand this imaginary place to interplanetary. All the stars, all the moons, all the quasars accounted for in exactly the same place. All space radiation, scientific principles and believes accounted for. To make it simple every that has an affect on you, the world, the solar system gets saved.
Now let's store this saved system into a file called the imaginary place. Now let's turn the recorders on and start recording the next 1000 years of our existence. We will call this recording the nothing_changes_no_matter_what_you_do.mp5.
Now that we are all of a sudden 1000 years in the future we want to take that old save that we made and start playing it. From that playing we want to start recording the next 1000 years from it. We will call this recording as it's_going_to_be_exactly_the_same_as_the_first_recording.mp5.
Now can you guess what happens when we compare those 2 recordings. In simple mathematical terms you get the equation nothing_changes_no_matter_what_you_do.mp5 = it's_going_to_be_exactly_the_same_as_the_first_recording.mp5. That's right. They are identical in every way. Every thought, dream, invention, experience is unavoidable.
Your future, past and present are all pre-written. You can't control it, you can't avoid it. But don't let me spoil the fun of life. Just keep living it.
Now we have to expand this imaginary place to interplanetary. All the stars, all the moons, all the quasars accounted for in exactly the same place. All space radiation, scientific principles and believes accounted for. To make it simple every that has an affect on you, the world, the solar system gets saved.
Now let's store this saved system into a file called the imaginary place. Now let's turn the recorders on and start recording the next 1000 years of our existence. We will call this recording the nothing_changes_no_matter_what_you_do.mp5.
Now that we are all of a sudden 1000 years in the future we want to take that old save that we made and start playing it. From that playing we want to start recording the next 1000 years from it. We will call this recording as it's_going_to_be_exactly_the_same_as_the_first_recording.mp5.
Now can you guess what happens when we compare those 2 recordings. In simple mathematical terms you get the equation nothing_changes_no_matter_what_you_do.mp5 = it's_going_to_be_exactly_the_same_as_the_first_recording.mp5. That's right. They are identical in every way. Every thought, dream, invention, experience is unavoidable.
Your future, past and present are all pre-written. You can't control it, you can't avoid it. But don't let me spoil the fun of life. Just keep living it.
Friday, September 12, 2008
They are making a new Conan
I've heard that they are making another Conan. I sure like the idea in theory but I am worried that they are going to make a few mistakes. I am writing this to let you know of a few things they could do to ruin it.
1. Their is no need to have any CGI. It's just going to make the movie less believable and cause unnecessary distractions from the plot and the characters.
2. The move must be rated R. This can not be a crappy remake like Die hard 4. Although Die hard 4 was good it would have been made better with a lot of blood and a lot of nudity.
3. Get actors that fit the bill. All the original actors were believable in the first two conans. I don't want to find out that they are going to get Tom Cruise, or that kid Shia LaBeouf just because they got a budget for it.
That's all I got for now. But if anyone wants to add there opinion feel free too.
1. Their is no need to have any CGI. It's just going to make the movie less believable and cause unnecessary distractions from the plot and the characters.
2. The move must be rated R. This can not be a crappy remake like Die hard 4. Although Die hard 4 was good it would have been made better with a lot of blood and a lot of nudity.
3. Get actors that fit the bill. All the original actors were believable in the first two conans. I don't want to find out that they are going to get Tom Cruise, or that kid Shia LaBeouf just because they got a budget for it.
That's all I got for now. But if anyone wants to add there opinion feel free too.
Monday, September 1, 2008
The Evolutionary Step
I look around my house and I am surrounded by innovation. I have so much innovation/technology around me that I would say 90% of the items that surround me were created within the last 100 years.
If you go back 200 years were people thinking this same thing? Did they look around and say that everything they owned were from innovations from the past 100 years? I don't think they could have.
Let's create a invisible measurement called a evolutionary step. In a chart this measurement would be compared to time. Let's go back 10,000 years. 1 evolutionary step may have taken 100's of years to achieve. If you go back 500 years a evolutionary step may have only taken decades to occur. Now a days it seems like we are making evolutionary steps in months or even days.
Just thinking about this gives me a warm feeling. A good feeling that the future is going to hold something cool and that I will probably get to see a glimpse of it before I pass on.
If you go back 200 years were people thinking this same thing? Did they look around and say that everything they owned were from innovations from the past 100 years? I don't think they could have.
Let's create a invisible measurement called a evolutionary step. In a chart this measurement would be compared to time. Let's go back 10,000 years. 1 evolutionary step may have taken 100's of years to achieve. If you go back 500 years a evolutionary step may have only taken decades to occur. Now a days it seems like we are making evolutionary steps in months or even days.
Just thinking about this gives me a warm feeling. A good feeling that the future is going to hold something cool and that I will probably get to see a glimpse of it before I pass on.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
My favorite knife was confiscated at the border
There were a few less savory events that occurred on my vacation for the past few weeks. None more disappointing then my adventures of crossing the border. I was told it was a privilege to go into the United States of America but since I am a citizen of Canada they were required to let you through. But my experiences coming over the border back into Canada were far worse then going into the USA.
It took us about 45 minutes to go into the USA. That's because we were searched. I always get searched. It's a mandatory thing for me. I have a feeling it has something to do with my ethnicity. Whatever the reasoning is I am okay with it. It's better to be safe then sorry and I fully support the laws that protect us. They did let me over the border and for the next 4-5 days I had a blast in the USA.
Then it came time to come over the border to Canada. Because it seems like I always get pulled over we decided to let someone else drive as we went over the border. He was asked a very standard battery of questions. One of the questions was "Do any of you have a knife". Of course my friend knows I have a knife so he did say I do. The border crossing then asked us to pull over into the garage area. My first thought is we were going to be searched. We weren't searched.
We were surrounded by 3 border cops all advising for us to stay in the car and not to get out. They asked us to give them the knife. It must have taken me 10 minutes to try and find it. It had fallen in between the cushions and took a while to find it. I handed it to the border crossing guy. He inspected it and couldn't open it. He couldn't open it because it has a very sophisticated lock on it. A lock that ensured the blade couldn't be opened easily.
I had to explain to them how to open it. They had to remove the lock. It's very hard to remove the lock. For someone who didn't know how to do it they would have had to use both hands. He took off the lock and then pushed the trigger to open the knife. When the knife opens it automatically locks again to ensure that it can't be closed unless the user wants to close it. Once again not know how to close it I had to explain it which wasn't easy through a door.
He then spoke to the other border crossing officials and they all agreed it was a switch blade (which it wasn't). They asked me to come inside to do some paperwork. I went inside and they told me that they were going to confiscate the knife and asked me to sign something. I made it very clear to them that I was going to fight this. I asked them to take a picture with my camera phone. They were reluctant but eventually they did do it. I then signed they paperwork under duress. I felt obligated to do it. Why you may ask.
I had a relative 50 years ago kick up a fuss with the border crossing people so the story is told. He was disrespecting the border crossing guards and making them very angry. They returned there anger by stripping his car down search it. They took it apart but of course they didn't put it back together. They had to call a tow truck have it taken to the nearest garage to have it reassembled again. Let's just say my family knows to do whatever the border crossing people ask of us.
Back to the knife. I had purchased the knife in the biggest hunting retail store in Winnipeg once called SIR but now called Cabela's. Although the company has just been bought I know they have sold this knife for more then 5 years. It's my favorite knife that they sell and have been buying a few over the years whenever I damaged the old one. You can view their selection at http://www.sirmailorder.ca/show_prodlist.php?category_id=17&subcat_id=186&&PHPSESSID=5e2bfc1b980fb8e67c0b1219a640f370.
I left the border crossing very unsatisfied and without my knife. We made it to Montreal where we stayed in a hotel. The following morning I called the border crossing right away to see what I can do about trying to get my knife back. I ended up getting in touch with the border crossings supervisor and he explained what I could do to try and get the knife back. Here is the story that I got.
He first said that I can have a specialist check out the knife to confirm it's authenticity as a switch blade. He claimed that he has seen 1000's of knifes just like this one and it is illegal to sell them in Canada. They also claimed that what I had signed was me giving them permission to destroy the knife. I told them I had made it very clear to the border crossing that I was going to fight this. They should not have asked me to sign that document already knowing that I didn't want it destroyed. I explained that I had only signed it under duress. So they told that they weren't going to destroy it. They gave me a 40 day buffer period for me to refute the charges.
He did go into this little conversation about how they can't check every knife that passes over the border. Knives do make it over the border without being inspected. I then explained to them that they have a store front and are one of the biggest retail stores in Winnipeg. I offered to give them everything about the company but they didn't care. I offered to give them the website of the company but the guy still didn't care. He gave me the information I needed to get my knife back but assured me that it was unlikely to get it back.
So now I have to fight it and fight it I will. I plan to go to Cabela's and get a written reason why this is not a switch blade. I am also going to take several pictures of the store and the ones they have on display. I also plan on finding documentation on the internet that will hopefully support my claims that it is not a switch blade. I am going to give them 2 choices. Either give me my knife back or tell Cabelo's to stop selling the knife in Canada.
I'm trying not to be too anal about this but they can't give me a run around like this. They won't even investigate Cabelo's for the possibility of illegally selling knives. Wish me luck everyone. The fight is on.
It took us about 45 minutes to go into the USA. That's because we were searched. I always get searched. It's a mandatory thing for me. I have a feeling it has something to do with my ethnicity. Whatever the reasoning is I am okay with it. It's better to be safe then sorry and I fully support the laws that protect us. They did let me over the border and for the next 4-5 days I had a blast in the USA.
Then it came time to come over the border to Canada. Because it seems like I always get pulled over we decided to let someone else drive as we went over the border. He was asked a very standard battery of questions. One of the questions was "Do any of you have a knife". Of course my friend knows I have a knife so he did say I do. The border crossing then asked us to pull over into the garage area. My first thought is we were going to be searched. We weren't searched.
We were surrounded by 3 border cops all advising for us to stay in the car and not to get out. They asked us to give them the knife. It must have taken me 10 minutes to try and find it. It had fallen in between the cushions and took a while to find it. I handed it to the border crossing guy. He inspected it and couldn't open it. He couldn't open it because it has a very sophisticated lock on it. A lock that ensured the blade couldn't be opened easily.
I had to explain to them how to open it. They had to remove the lock. It's very hard to remove the lock. For someone who didn't know how to do it they would have had to use both hands. He took off the lock and then pushed the trigger to open the knife. When the knife opens it automatically locks again to ensure that it can't be closed unless the user wants to close it. Once again not know how to close it I had to explain it which wasn't easy through a door.
He then spoke to the other border crossing officials and they all agreed it was a switch blade (which it wasn't). They asked me to come inside to do some paperwork. I went inside and they told me that they were going to confiscate the knife and asked me to sign something. I made it very clear to them that I was going to fight this. I asked them to take a picture with my camera phone. They were reluctant but eventually they did do it. I then signed they paperwork under duress. I felt obligated to do it. Why you may ask.
I had a relative 50 years ago kick up a fuss with the border crossing people so the story is told. He was disrespecting the border crossing guards and making them very angry. They returned there anger by stripping his car down search it. They took it apart but of course they didn't put it back together. They had to call a tow truck have it taken to the nearest garage to have it reassembled again. Let's just say my family knows to do whatever the border crossing people ask of us.
Back to the knife. I had purchased the knife in the biggest hunting retail store in Winnipeg once called SIR but now called Cabela's. Although the company has just been bought I know they have sold this knife for more then 5 years. It's my favorite knife that they sell and have been buying a few over the years whenever I damaged the old one. You can view their selection at http://www.sirmailorder.ca/show_prodlist.php?category_id=17&subcat_id=186&&PHPSESSID=5e2bfc1b980fb8e67c0b1219a640f370.
I left the border crossing very unsatisfied and without my knife. We made it to Montreal where we stayed in a hotel. The following morning I called the border crossing right away to see what I can do about trying to get my knife back. I ended up getting in touch with the border crossings supervisor and he explained what I could do to try and get the knife back. Here is the story that I got.
He first said that I can have a specialist check out the knife to confirm it's authenticity as a switch blade. He claimed that he has seen 1000's of knifes just like this one and it is illegal to sell them in Canada. They also claimed that what I had signed was me giving them permission to destroy the knife. I told them I had made it very clear to the border crossing that I was going to fight this. They should not have asked me to sign that document already knowing that I didn't want it destroyed. I explained that I had only signed it under duress. So they told that they weren't going to destroy it. They gave me a 40 day buffer period for me to refute the charges.
He did go into this little conversation about how they can't check every knife that passes over the border. Knives do make it over the border without being inspected. I then explained to them that they have a store front and are one of the biggest retail stores in Winnipeg. I offered to give them everything about the company but they didn't care. I offered to give them the website of the company but the guy still didn't care. He gave me the information I needed to get my knife back but assured me that it was unlikely to get it back.
So now I have to fight it and fight it I will. I plan to go to Cabela's and get a written reason why this is not a switch blade. I am also going to take several pictures of the store and the ones they have on display. I also plan on finding documentation on the internet that will hopefully support my claims that it is not a switch blade. I am going to give them 2 choices. Either give me my knife back or tell Cabelo's to stop selling the knife in Canada.
I'm trying not to be too anal about this but they can't give me a run around like this. They won't even investigate Cabelo's for the possibility of illegally selling knives. Wish me luck everyone. The fight is on.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Folkfest 2008 Day 4 (Friday)
I woke up after a great night sleep. I must have gotten 10 hours of great sleep. I didn’t know at the time but this would probably be the last night I would get a decent night sleep. But after a good night sleep I was all set and ready to go to volunteer.
11 hours of volunteering seemed tough, and it was. First 5 hours they had me on my feet running around. Second half of my shift they had me handling the exit. This is where my buddy Scott Wachal played a funny joke on me. It wasn’t funny at the time but in retrospect it was funny. I don’t want to go into too much because it may jeopardize his chances of getting volunteer work the following year.
I finished at about 10:00. Spirits were still very high. We walked back to the tents. Tonight was the night we were going to experience Folkfest. A group of us all got together and had a great conversation. When I got back to the campsite I noticed that my tent was done. Because it was so dark I had decided to leave it down and deal with it in the morning. I knew this was going to be an all nighter anyways. It wasn’t too much later that we all decided to do Shinanigans *. Must have been around 11:00 o’clock or so. After that we all sat around the fire talking, giggling and having a great time.
I was looking down at pope’s hill and they had a fire show going on. I tried to gather a group of people to go with me, but I couldn’t. So I went on my travels all alone. Somehow I found myself following some people to the fire show. They jumped a plastic fence to get close to it. I watched the show for about 10 minutes. It was so intense I had to get out of there. I was seeing more then what the show had to offer and I was freaking out a bit.
I turned around and realized that the fence that I had jumped earlier was not as easy to get over anymore. I tried to jump it a few times with no luck. This is about the time I started to panic a bit. Finally this huge line backer type guy was leaving the crowd. He just drove through the crowd creating the path for me to follow.
After the panic I had experienced I decided to just go back to the fire. On my way back I saw a beautiful sight, The Northern Lights. It’s sort of funny because Darby Jones was talking about the northern lights earlier on. He was hoping that we would get to see the Northern Lights. We did. I raced back to the fire and pulled everyone away to look at how beautiful it really was. I don’t know if the Northern Lights were real or if they were related to the Shinanigans we took. It didn’t matter because my mind thought they were real.
I find myself back at the fire just chilling. We had some great laughs around the fire. It felt like there were moments where we were laughing for more than 10 minutes straight because of nothing. Just random bouts of laughter.
It was at this point that Anthony was trying to pull me away from the fire. He was trying to pull me away because this pretty lady was coercing him to roll down the hill. He did the same to me. We raced to the hill. Just the 3 of us rolled down. This is where things became weird. By the time we reached the bottom I was pretty dizzy. I saw Anthony but the girl had disappeared and in her place to other women had appeared. These girls had a million questions for us. What are you doing, how are you feeling, what have you done tonight. I felt like I was being backed into a corner and because I was still a little dizzy from the roll so I didn’t giving out too much information.
It didn’t take long for those girls to leave once they realize that we were on crazy Shinanigans. We went up Popes hill this time and just sort of looked around. I remember having a great time being with Anthony but I don’t remember much of the details. I do remember us walking back to the fire a short while later.
The fire was great again. Lots of great laughs. I love being on Shinanigans because it feels like I am the center of attention sometimes. It’s a good feeling especially while on Shinanigans.
The sun started to come up and the effects were wearing off. I went back to my tent but because of the winds I found it very hard to put up my tent. I had to call Scott Wachal over to help. He did help me put it up and I tried to retire for the night. It was probably around 6:00. I got into my tent and it stayed up for no more then 15 minutes before it collapsed. Every time I put it up the huge windows would not knock it back down.
I finally gave up and decided to try to sleep in the collapsed tent. Another 15 minutes passed and it started to drizzle. I realized there was no way I would fall asleep as long as it was drizzling. So I got up out of the tent and decided to go for a walk.
For the purpose of limiting the length of this day it will end here because everything that happens after this point is like a whole new day. Stay tuned for day 5. It’s depressing boring and sad. I will do my best to dress it up though.
* We all decided that we could not speak of what we were doing that night. So we decided on the facebook approved name of shinanigans. I won’t tell you what Shinanigans means however I may reference it a few times throughout the rest of this article.
11 hours of volunteering seemed tough, and it was. First 5 hours they had me on my feet running around. Second half of my shift they had me handling the exit. This is where my buddy Scott Wachal played a funny joke on me. It wasn’t funny at the time but in retrospect it was funny. I don’t want to go into too much because it may jeopardize his chances of getting volunteer work the following year.
I finished at about 10:00. Spirits were still very high. We walked back to the tents. Tonight was the night we were going to experience Folkfest. A group of us all got together and had a great conversation. When I got back to the campsite I noticed that my tent was done. Because it was so dark I had decided to leave it down and deal with it in the morning. I knew this was going to be an all nighter anyways. It wasn’t too much later that we all decided to do Shinanigans *. Must have been around 11:00 o’clock or so. After that we all sat around the fire talking, giggling and having a great time.
I was looking down at pope’s hill and they had a fire show going on. I tried to gather a group of people to go with me, but I couldn’t. So I went on my travels all alone. Somehow I found myself following some people to the fire show. They jumped a plastic fence to get close to it. I watched the show for about 10 minutes. It was so intense I had to get out of there. I was seeing more then what the show had to offer and I was freaking out a bit.
I turned around and realized that the fence that I had jumped earlier was not as easy to get over anymore. I tried to jump it a few times with no luck. This is about the time I started to panic a bit. Finally this huge line backer type guy was leaving the crowd. He just drove through the crowd creating the path for me to follow.
After the panic I had experienced I decided to just go back to the fire. On my way back I saw a beautiful sight, The Northern Lights. It’s sort of funny because Darby Jones was talking about the northern lights earlier on. He was hoping that we would get to see the Northern Lights. We did. I raced back to the fire and pulled everyone away to look at how beautiful it really was. I don’t know if the Northern Lights were real or if they were related to the Shinanigans we took. It didn’t matter because my mind thought they were real.
I find myself back at the fire just chilling. We had some great laughs around the fire. It felt like there were moments where we were laughing for more than 10 minutes straight because of nothing. Just random bouts of laughter.
It was at this point that Anthony was trying to pull me away from the fire. He was trying to pull me away because this pretty lady was coercing him to roll down the hill. He did the same to me. We raced to the hill. Just the 3 of us rolled down. This is where things became weird. By the time we reached the bottom I was pretty dizzy. I saw Anthony but the girl had disappeared and in her place to other women had appeared. These girls had a million questions for us. What are you doing, how are you feeling, what have you done tonight. I felt like I was being backed into a corner and because I was still a little dizzy from the roll so I didn’t giving out too much information.
It didn’t take long for those girls to leave once they realize that we were on crazy Shinanigans. We went up Popes hill this time and just sort of looked around. I remember having a great time being with Anthony but I don’t remember much of the details. I do remember us walking back to the fire a short while later.
The fire was great again. Lots of great laughs. I love being on Shinanigans because it feels like I am the center of attention sometimes. It’s a good feeling especially while on Shinanigans.
The sun started to come up and the effects were wearing off. I went back to my tent but because of the winds I found it very hard to put up my tent. I had to call Scott Wachal over to help. He did help me put it up and I tried to retire for the night. It was probably around 6:00. I got into my tent and it stayed up for no more then 15 minutes before it collapsed. Every time I put it up the huge windows would not knock it back down.
I finally gave up and decided to try to sleep in the collapsed tent. Another 15 minutes passed and it started to drizzle. I realized there was no way I would fall asleep as long as it was drizzling. So I got up out of the tent and decided to go for a walk.
For the purpose of limiting the length of this day it will end here because everything that happens after this point is like a whole new day. Stay tuned for day 5. It’s depressing boring and sad. I will do my best to dress it up though.
* We all decided that we could not speak of what we were doing that night. So we decided on the facebook approved name of shinanigans. I won’t tell you what Shinanigans means however I may reference it a few times throughout the rest of this article.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Folkfest 2008 Thursday (Day 3)
I woke up at about 11:00 am in the afternoon. Everyone was still asleep. I didn’t really know anyone around me. So I did what most people would do, Grabbed a drink propped my feet up on the edge of popes hills and watched all the pretty ladies as they walked through.
One of my neighbors woke up. Eric, Anthony and Max were all from America. Little did I know that they were be party animals and a strong focus of most of the weekend. We talked and smoke and drank for a good hour. Apparently we even partied the previous year because they were camped in the same spot. But this time they would be more memorable. After a while they decided to go for a swim.
This is when I decided to branch out and talk with a few of the neighbors. There are some wacky people that go to Folkfest. I asked one of my neighbors if they could put on some sun tan lotion. They said "no". Then they gave me this speech about how sun tan lotion can give me cancer. I just listed and went to the next campsite.
This is where I met up with a old friend's sister (Dan Chatwell's sister). Apparently we had been camping together for a few years but I didn't know what his sister looked like until very recently. We chatted it up a bit. From what I saw she was a very nice girl.
I decided to continue to hang out at my rock. I got to drinking and time passed somehow. I don’t know how I got to the next point but the next scene takes place at around 4:00pm. Where did the time go? I was talking with a bunch of people under the structure that we made. I don't remember who was there but there were a few people.
This is where this Folkfest volunteer comes out of the blue and tells us this story. The story involved something he claimed to do the previous night. I knew the story very well. I knew the story because he was talking about me. He was taking credit for my work. I’m not proud of what I do but apparently it had gotten around. It had gotten around so much that people were claiming they did what I did. But they didn’t do it. It was all me. Little did I know that what I did would cause me too have first choice volunteering for 2009 in any position I want. That is just awesome.
The volunteer had left shortly after the story. We were all smoking and having a great time when out of nowhere Christian makes an appearance. Christian joined the party and kept the conversation going for what felt like an hour.
More time past and Christian and Jenn (Christian’s lady friend) went to put up the tent. I started off helping out but it turned out I was hindering the process, yup I was pretty wasted. I bowed down gracefully after trying to put up the tent for what felt like 15 minutes. It still took them 45 minutes to get the tent up, but it would have taken them longer if I had stayed around.
This is around the time I decided to check out what was going on at the festival. Main stage had just opened up. I got to see the weakerthans. It was a great show but they tried to talk politics. I hate politics when I am being entertaining. There is nothing worse than an entertainer on a mission. After the show I went home and fell asleep pretty early. I knew I had a shift early on the next day for 11 hours. I didn’t want to be late, hunger over or tired. This is where the night ended for me.
The best day of the weekend comes on day 4.
One of my neighbors woke up. Eric, Anthony and Max were all from America. Little did I know that they were be party animals and a strong focus of most of the weekend. We talked and smoke and drank for a good hour. Apparently we even partied the previous year because they were camped in the same spot. But this time they would be more memorable. After a while they decided to go for a swim.
This is when I decided to branch out and talk with a few of the neighbors. There are some wacky people that go to Folkfest. I asked one of my neighbors if they could put on some sun tan lotion. They said "no". Then they gave me this speech about how sun tan lotion can give me cancer. I just listed and went to the next campsite.
This is where I met up with a old friend's sister (Dan Chatwell's sister). Apparently we had been camping together for a few years but I didn't know what his sister looked like until very recently. We chatted it up a bit. From what I saw she was a very nice girl.
I decided to continue to hang out at my rock. I got to drinking and time passed somehow. I don’t know how I got to the next point but the next scene takes place at around 4:00pm. Where did the time go? I was talking with a bunch of people under the structure that we made. I don't remember who was there but there were a few people.
This is where this Folkfest volunteer comes out of the blue and tells us this story. The story involved something he claimed to do the previous night. I knew the story very well. I knew the story because he was talking about me. He was taking credit for my work. I’m not proud of what I do but apparently it had gotten around. It had gotten around so much that people were claiming they did what I did. But they didn’t do it. It was all me. Little did I know that what I did would cause me too have first choice volunteering for 2009 in any position I want. That is just awesome.
The volunteer had left shortly after the story. We were all smoking and having a great time when out of nowhere Christian makes an appearance. Christian joined the party and kept the conversation going for what felt like an hour.
More time past and Christian and Jenn (Christian’s lady friend) went to put up the tent. I started off helping out but it turned out I was hindering the process, yup I was pretty wasted. I bowed down gracefully after trying to put up the tent for what felt like 15 minutes. It still took them 45 minutes to get the tent up, but it would have taken them longer if I had stayed around.
This is around the time I decided to check out what was going on at the festival. Main stage had just opened up. I got to see the weakerthans. It was a great show but they tried to talk politics. I hate politics when I am being entertaining. There is nothing worse than an entertainer on a mission. After the show I went home and fell asleep pretty early. I knew I had a shift early on the next day for 11 hours. I didn’t want to be late, hunger over or tired. This is where the night ended for me.
The best day of the weekend comes on day 4.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Folkfest 2008 Wednesday (Day 2)
Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. I wake up from my sleep and look at the driver side window. The car in spot 2 is knocking on the window to get my attention. He yells out get ready they are opening the gate. I look around for Darby and can’t find him.
Panic sets in. He isn’t in the van. I race out of the van and start yelling at the top of my lungs “Darby”. I look down the line and see him 15 cars down as he hears my voice and turns around. It took him a moment to say goodbye to the people he was talking too and then starts racing down the line. He made it to the van and it wasn’t long before they opened the gates to let us through.
We parked in the overflow area and waiting to be let into the park. My and Darby were both in and out of consciousness for not getting much sleep the night before. It was about 10:30 when we got let into the campground area. My and Darby got right to unpacking. I was too scout out last year’s area and grab it for us.
Even though we were first in line in the morning the Ninja’s had already moved in and taken all the shaded tree areas. The area we wanted to camp in was still open though. I threw down a tarp to mark our spot and raced back to Darby to give him the good news.
The next several hours included putting up our tents and structures. Most of it was a blur. I think after I had put everything up I might have gotten some sleep. I did get to meet our Lesbian neighbors from last year. We didn’t spend a lot of time talking last year but as it turns out we have a lot more in common they I would have ever guessed. We had a mutual friend linking us together from the past. It was good having good friends as neighbors.
A little later on my sister arrived with her friend. We put up the tent and I went for my first volunteer shift of the festival. By the time it ended I went to my tent and crashed hard.
Not a very exciting day 2 but I didn’t plan on it being that exciting. Since I had to volunteer that night I didn’t want to burn myself out.
Stay tuned for Day 3. It holds a lot more excitement.
Panic sets in. He isn’t in the van. I race out of the van and start yelling at the top of my lungs “Darby”. I look down the line and see him 15 cars down as he hears my voice and turns around. It took him a moment to say goodbye to the people he was talking too and then starts racing down the line. He made it to the van and it wasn’t long before they opened the gates to let us through.
We parked in the overflow area and waiting to be let into the park. My and Darby were both in and out of consciousness for not getting much sleep the night before. It was about 10:30 when we got let into the campground area. My and Darby got right to unpacking. I was too scout out last year’s area and grab it for us.
Even though we were first in line in the morning the Ninja’s had already moved in and taken all the shaded tree areas. The area we wanted to camp in was still open though. I threw down a tarp to mark our spot and raced back to Darby to give him the good news.
The next several hours included putting up our tents and structures. Most of it was a blur. I think after I had put everything up I might have gotten some sleep. I did get to meet our Lesbian neighbors from last year. We didn’t spend a lot of time talking last year but as it turns out we have a lot more in common they I would have ever guessed. We had a mutual friend linking us together from the past. It was good having good friends as neighbors.
A little later on my sister arrived with her friend. We put up the tent and I went for my first volunteer shift of the festival. By the time it ended I went to my tent and crashed hard.
Not a very exciting day 2 but I didn’t plan on it being that exciting. Since I had to volunteer that night I didn’t want to burn myself out.
Stay tuned for Day 3. It holds a lot more excitement.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Folkfest 2008 Tuesday (Day 1)
Darby calls me up at 4:00 PM to let me know we should be preparing to leave in 1 hour. I was biking through the downtown area at the time. I didn’t expect to get the call so early in the day but I didn’t want to hold us back. So I raced home, took a quick bath, packed up and awaited Darby’s arrival.
We left my place at an undisclosed time. We went to McDonald’s where I dropped a bag of ice on my big toe causing it to split in half and caused it to bleed in the nail. I know it sounds discussing but it didn’t get me down. We were on our way to Folkfest.
There are a lot of reasons we could have been considered number 1 at folkfest. We could have been considered the best looking guys at Folkfest. We could have been considered the best dressed for folkfest. But no, we were No. 1 in line at Folkfest. We arrived 90 minutes before No. 2. We were the champs. It was totally awesome.
Things were kind of slow for a while until about 15 cars arrived. Car 8 had setup a massive table where we all played cards. We played Asshole if I remember correctly. We did this for a few hours where we ended up all separating from each other.
This is about the time we through down a massive towel and just sat on the side of the road. The first 2 people to come see us had to be the coolest 2 people of the night, a brother sister combo that played the guitar. It was neat because they played so well together. One played Guitar while the other played a brassier guitar. But then were in perfect sync. They were the first people we really partied with. Broke open our drinks and had a great time with.
Then this guy came around who was doing some sort of university paper on festival. Basically He had the chance to ride around the country to see festivals and write about them. What an amazing job. Before the night was up they would have interviewed Darby but I don’t want to get ahead of myself.
While we were sitting on the blanket we got to speak to a lot of people. Everyone had the same question in mind “When did you guys arrive?”. Initially we told the first few people but then me and Darby devised a great plan. We would tell people to get the time from us we would have to get an interesting fact from them. We heard some pretty crazy facts. The craziest face was as follows: The average person will spend $3000.00 in hair products over a ten year period. Isn’t that a bizarro fact.
As time went on we had to change our ploy. As the night went on people no longer could give us interesting facts so we had to ask people to do anything that they could to entertain us. My favorite was the guy who sang the song that he created based on the previous year at Folkfest. It was a strange song. I just wish I could remember what it was about.
It wasn’t too much later that I started to get tired. I got about 90 minutes of sleep in van. During that time I did peek outside a little bit to see there was some activity still going on. I saw Darby get interviewed by that university dude. I also saw the brother/sister duo still playing there instruments.
This is where I would say the night ended for me and I fell asleep. Stay in touch to read about day 2.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
What is your work ethic?
Here are the similarities:
* We have been working in our industries for several years.
* We have each worked for several companies doing the same type of work.
* We are both at pretty much the height of pay for our professions.
What are the differences? My friend watches everyone around to see how much they can get away with. He then imitates there nature. Basically he works just enough so they don’t fire him.
My work ethic is very different. I work based on the amount I get paid. In my case I get paid very well so I work very hard. I also work very hard because I know there is up in my career. I would have to change careers before I can start moving up again.
These are only 2 different work ethics. I’m sure there is a lot more. What sort of work ethic do you follow?
Friday, May 23, 2008
I am the most selfish person in the world
Let me pick a game like pool. I am a really good pool player. It’s not often I find a really good challenge when it comes to pool. But I have learnt that no one likes to play someone who always wins, especially my friends. When I would win with my friends consistently all of a sudden they would stop calling me, sometimes for several weeks at a time.
I don’t care whether I win or lose. I don’t have a competitive bone in my body. When I play a sport I play to have fun and not to win. Same goes for every sport that I play. If you thought that was crazy wait until you hear what I am about to say.
When I win, I feel bad for the loser because the loser becomes sad. But when I lose then the winner is happy, for some reason that makes me happy. I don’t know how else to put it. I may very well be the least competitive person on the planet. The moment something stops being fun I stop playing.
Is that not the most selfish thing you have ever heard?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Off the Black or Juno
I just finished watching the movie "Off The Black" starring Nick Nolte. I started to watch it about 3:00am in hopes that it would help me fall asleep. Well it didn't help at all. As a matter of fact it not only kept me awake it woke me up. At about 5:00 in the morning I not only felt awake but ready to start a new day.
I know it won't last as we all need some sleep. But it really got me wondering on what makes a movie "great" and what makes a movie "good". After visiting my favorite review site http://www.rottentomatoes.com I noticed it had only gotten a rating of 68%. Then after reading the negative reviews I thought that I had seen a different movie then them.
The talk about movies more about the art. When I watch a movie I look to be entertained. I look for a good story line, with good actors. I look for an EDGE that this movie has that I haven't seen in another movie. This movie accomplished all those for me, but for 32% of the people on my favorite review site it didn't do the same. Why?
I tried to compare it to another movie and the first movie that popped into my head was "Juno". It was an emotional slow paced movie. The only difference I could find Juno was it didn't have a quirky, comedic main actor. But it didn't need it. This movie reminded me a lot about real life.
Maybe someday someone will be able to explain to me why this movie although made in 2006 didn't become big. I also noticed it cares the rating of R (Restricted). That may be why it slipped through the cracks. But with no swearing, gore, horror, or blood I don't know how it got it's rating. It's almost as if the world was against this movie.
I know it won't last as we all need some sleep. But it really got me wondering on what makes a movie "great" and what makes a movie "good". After visiting my favorite review site http://www.rottentomatoes.com I noticed it had only gotten a rating of 68%. Then after reading the negative reviews I thought that I had seen a different movie then them.
The talk about movies more about the art. When I watch a movie I look to be entertained. I look for a good story line, with good actors. I look for an EDGE that this movie has that I haven't seen in another movie. This movie accomplished all those for me, but for 32% of the people on my favorite review site it didn't do the same. Why?
I tried to compare it to another movie and the first movie that popped into my head was "Juno". It was an emotional slow paced movie. The only difference I could find Juno was it didn't have a quirky, comedic main actor. But it didn't need it. This movie reminded me a lot about real life.
Maybe someday someone will be able to explain to me why this movie although made in 2006 didn't become big. I also noticed it cares the rating of R (Restricted). That may be why it slipped through the cracks. But with no swearing, gore, horror, or blood I don't know how it got it's rating. It's almost as if the world was against this movie.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Are Caffeine Pills Safe?
Usually I am not the sort of guy to try any pills unless they are necessary. In many cases I wouldn't take pills that are necessary. I don't like taking anything that may have some sort of addictive nature to it. That's even the reason why I don't drink Coffee.
My friend has been pushing me to try them. They give him the energy he needs to workout throughout the day. I have never really found the need to get extra stimulation. However my friend claims that it does help him.
So I decided to do a little research. All the things that I was worried about seem to be true. They do have an addictive nature. Apparently I could expect headaches and irritability. I'm already pretty irritable. Far more irritable then I should be.
There is also the cost. It does only cost $8.95 for 100 pills. It's pretty cheap. But I also don't like spending/wasting money on things I don't have too. But for some reason I am still interested in them. At least to try them. I hope I can overcome this want because it goes against a lot of thing I believe in.
My friend has been pushing me to try them. They give him the energy he needs to workout throughout the day. I have never really found the need to get extra stimulation. However my friend claims that it does help him.
So I decided to do a little research. All the things that I was worried about seem to be true. They do have an addictive nature. Apparently I could expect headaches and irritability. I'm already pretty irritable. Far more irritable then I should be.
There is also the cost. It does only cost $8.95 for 100 pills. It's pretty cheap. But I also don't like spending/wasting money on things I don't have too. But for some reason I am still interested in them. At least to try them. I hope I can overcome this want because it goes against a lot of thing I believe in.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Your opinion on fast food
I'm a huge fan of a website called Skeptoid.com. They just came out with a new episode called "Super Sized Fast Food Phobia". It talks about the inaccurate tests done in the video "Super Size Me". It also discusses how safe fast food really can be with nutrition.
I would like to get your opinions after you hear the article at http://skeptoid.com/audio/skeptoid-4088.mp3 or read it at http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4088. It is usually easier to hear the episodes instead of reading them.
I don't want to believe the skit until I get other peoples opinion on it. It has occurred to me that when "Super Size Me" was released that all those people who wanted to believe fast food was unhealthy for you believed it further. I'm stuck in that same situation with this episode. I have always believed that fast food is safe to eat on a daily basis but I don't want to jump to any conclusions based on one article without getting other peoples opinions.
I would like to get your opinions after you hear the article at http://skeptoid.com/audio/skeptoid-4088.mp3 or read it at http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4088. It is usually easier to hear the episodes instead of reading them.
I don't want to believe the skit until I get other peoples opinion on it. It has occurred to me that when "Super Size Me" was released that all those people who wanted to believe fast food was unhealthy for you believed it further. I'm stuck in that same situation with this episode. I have always believed that fast food is safe to eat on a daily basis but I don't want to jump to any conclusions based on one article without getting other peoples opinions.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Let's scramble our minds with math
These are some preliminary numbers. I'm sure I messed up so maybe someone can correct the mistakes.
This mathematics is not exact and not nearly what the great number crunchers that they have at Nasa. These are preliminary numbers assuming that everything stays stationary and doesn't move.
I wonder how long it would take for us to try and reach the first star nearest to earth? For those who aren't aware it would be considered the Sun.
Average Speed of a spaceship = 63k000km/h
Distance from earth to Sun = 150,000,000km
It would take us 99 days and 5 hours to reach the sun.
I wonder how long it would reach the next closes star to earth? For those who aren't aware it is Proxima.
Average Speed of a Spaceship = 63,000km/h
Distance from earth to Proxima = 4.2 Light Years
Distance when converted to kilometers is 9,460,528,400,000km
It would take us 71,997 years 22 days and 9 hours to reach Proxima.
Now the real question. Do you really think that if that was life out there that they would really bother trying to find us?
This mathematics is not exact and not nearly what the great number crunchers that they have at Nasa. These are preliminary numbers assuming that everything stays stationary and doesn't move.
I wonder how long it would take for us to try and reach the first star nearest to earth? For those who aren't aware it would be considered the Sun.
Average Speed of a spaceship = 63k000km/h
Distance from earth to Sun = 150,000,000km
It would take us 99 days and 5 hours to reach the sun.
I wonder how long it would reach the next closes star to earth? For those who aren't aware it is Proxima.
Average Speed of a Spaceship = 63,000km/h
Distance from earth to Proxima = 4.2 Light Years
Distance when converted to kilometers is 9,460,528,400,000km
It would take us 71,997 years 22 days and 9 hours to reach Proxima.
Now the real question. Do you really think that if that was life out there that they would really bother trying to find us?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
My Experiences at Xavier Rudd
I went to see Xavier Rudd because of friend gave me a ticket. We were up in the rafters 2nd level balcony all the way to the side in seats 1 and 2. Not the best seats in the house. But I still had a great time.
I wasn't all that into the music. Although Xavier Rudd was great I had a tough time really getting into the music. But the music did something else to me. Instead of causing me to dance wild and cheer like it did most other people it took me into the past.
It first hit me when he was doing some Caribbean type music. My first though was how it sounded like Graceland by Paul Simon. Then I got thrown back into several instances where I was listening to Graceland and having a great time.
As the music continued I was reminded of all the great memories I've had with my friends. All the great Times I've had with Scott W., Darby J. and Alan C. All the parties we have been to together and the crazy things that ensued along with them. It was a marvelous blast from the past.
Then I was taken into all the great memories I've had at folkfest. I have only been to folkfest twice but I have enough memories to last 6 folkfests. Specific times I was reminded of was with Christian F. Dancing around the fires. There was also the time when a party of all went into the pit at night and saw the fire throwers something I would have happily paid money to see. I even remembered sleeping on my towel in front of the main stage but put to sleep by some great music.
I had what I would call an out of body experience. An experience of all my great memories I've had with my friends. It's an experience I could not have had if it wasn't for Xavier Rudd. Thank you very much Xavier Rudd and Friends.
I wasn't all that into the music. Although Xavier Rudd was great I had a tough time really getting into the music. But the music did something else to me. Instead of causing me to dance wild and cheer like it did most other people it took me into the past.
It first hit me when he was doing some Caribbean type music. My first though was how it sounded like Graceland by Paul Simon. Then I got thrown back into several instances where I was listening to Graceland and having a great time.
As the music continued I was reminded of all the great memories I've had with my friends. All the great Times I've had with Scott W., Darby J. and Alan C. All the parties we have been to together and the crazy things that ensued along with them. It was a marvelous blast from the past.
Then I was taken into all the great memories I've had at folkfest. I have only been to folkfest twice but I have enough memories to last 6 folkfests. Specific times I was reminded of was with Christian F. Dancing around the fires. There was also the time when a party of all went into the pit at night and saw the fire throwers something I would have happily paid money to see. I even remembered sleeping on my towel in front of the main stage but put to sleep by some great music.
I had what I would call an out of body experience. An experience of all my great memories I've had with my friends. It's an experience I could not have had if it wasn't for Xavier Rudd. Thank you very much Xavier Rudd and Friends.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Romero's Genius comes onto the internet
One of my favorite zombie movie makers, George Romero, is trying something new to promote his new movie. His new movie is called "Diary of the Dead". It's going to be filmed in a similar manor to the way Cloverfield was filmed. It will appear like a live timeline of events as the world becomes zombified.
Romero wants people to submit there own movies and have the people on the internet rate them. The top 10 of these movies will be viewed by Romero himself and a few of them might even make it to the DVD release of "The Diary of the Dead". This has caused some unknown, awesome film makers come out of the woodworks. Even I have an idea for a script for a zombie movie.
You can check out the details at http://www.myspace.com/diaryofthedead. If you go to the website you can see some of the submissions that people have made. Some of them are pretty good quality.
Romero wants people to submit there own movies and have the people on the internet rate them. The top 10 of these movies will be viewed by Romero himself and a few of them might even make it to the DVD release of "The Diary of the Dead". This has caused some unknown, awesome film makers come out of the woodworks. Even I have an idea for a script for a zombie movie.
You can check out the details at http://www.myspace.com/diaryofthedead. If you go to the website you can see some of the submissions that people have made. Some of them are pretty good quality.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I'm just not smart enough
Have you ever had an idea before that you couldn't grasp? An idea that you couldn't explain but is rambling around in your head. A beautiful idea that just seems past your own IQ.
I've had this idea rattling around in my brain for the past month. I can't put it on paper, or explain it in words. I can't do it because I can't understand it myself. It's like an idea out of a dimension where reality doesn't make any sense.
I wonder if this is how discoveries are made. An idea that doesn't make any sense but given enough time you slowly start to put the puzzle together and can make sense of it.
I just thought of an interesting story that may help you understand the story. When Christopher Columbus stumbled upon America it was already inhabited by natives. When these natives looked out into the ocean they couldn't make sense of these massive ships. To the natives they had never seen ships of this size or magnitude so they didn't even think they were ships, floating in water. They just assumed they were pretty colors resting on the waters.
As time went on the boats came closer, and closer until it became clear to the natives that these were floating vessels. These floating vessels contained people. It was at this point that the natives realized what those color floating things were in the water.
This is the idea I am referring too. Maybe at some point I will be able to make sense of my idea but for now I just don't understand it.
I've had this idea rattling around in my brain for the past month. I can't put it on paper, or explain it in words. I can't do it because I can't understand it myself. It's like an idea out of a dimension where reality doesn't make any sense.
I wonder if this is how discoveries are made. An idea that doesn't make any sense but given enough time you slowly start to put the puzzle together and can make sense of it.
I just thought of an interesting story that may help you understand the story. When Christopher Columbus stumbled upon America it was already inhabited by natives. When these natives looked out into the ocean they couldn't make sense of these massive ships. To the natives they had never seen ships of this size or magnitude so they didn't even think they were ships, floating in water. They just assumed they were pretty colors resting on the waters.
As time went on the boats came closer, and closer until it became clear to the natives that these were floating vessels. These floating vessels contained people. It was at this point that the natives realized what those color floating things were in the water.
This is the idea I am referring too. Maybe at some point I will be able to make sense of my idea but for now I just don't understand it.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Can someone analize a dream for me.
I had this really bizarre dream last night that woke me up at 3:00 and kept me awake all night. I'm not sure of it's meaning but maybe someone more into dream psychology can explain it to me.
I just had a glorious day. Feeling great and watching as the day was coming to an end. When all of a sudden a person who looked just like me appeared right next to me. Then this person started to devour me. I remember feeling extreme pain and then all of a sudden the pain stopped.
I had this taste in my mouth of flesh and bone and the final taste of me going down my through. This freaked me out as I could remember how much it hurt. However it was behind me.
The next I was again thinking was a great day had past but still remember the pain that I had experienced from the previous night I didn't even realize a person that looked like me showing up next to me again. Once again devouring me and causing me extreme pain.
Same as before somehow my consciousness was transfered into this identical looking person. Now I stored the pain of 2 nights being devoured in my memory. This pain was really horrifying to me.
The next day I would be prepared for it. Low and behold at around the same time a person that looked just like me showed up next to me. This time I decided to run as fast I could to try to get away. This empty shell of me gave chase like a robot. I couldn't escape it. It seemed the faster I ran the closer it would get to me.
It finally caught up to me and tackled me. Once again beginning to devour. This was the most excruciating time for some reason. It's as if before when I was more willing it was less painful. Once again I was absorbed into the shell.
The following day remember the pain from the previous days I said to myself that I will not go through that pain again.
At the same time the following day once again I found the hollow shell appear before me. I looked in it's eyes and thought there was no escaping it. I had decided that instead of allowing it to eat me I would eat myself. Taking pleasure in it I began to devour myself.
I had gotten through my whole hand when I woke up from the dream.
Any idea what this might mean or does it have any meaning at all?
I just had a glorious day. Feeling great and watching as the day was coming to an end. When all of a sudden a person who looked just like me appeared right next to me. Then this person started to devour me. I remember feeling extreme pain and then all of a sudden the pain stopped.
I had this taste in my mouth of flesh and bone and the final taste of me going down my through. This freaked me out as I could remember how much it hurt. However it was behind me.
The next I was again thinking was a great day had past but still remember the pain that I had experienced from the previous night I didn't even realize a person that looked like me showing up next to me again. Once again devouring me and causing me extreme pain.
Same as before somehow my consciousness was transfered into this identical looking person. Now I stored the pain of 2 nights being devoured in my memory. This pain was really horrifying to me.
The next day I would be prepared for it. Low and behold at around the same time a person that looked just like me showed up next to me. This time I decided to run as fast I could to try to get away. This empty shell of me gave chase like a robot. I couldn't escape it. It seemed the faster I ran the closer it would get to me.
It finally caught up to me and tackled me. Once again beginning to devour. This was the most excruciating time for some reason. It's as if before when I was more willing it was less painful. Once again I was absorbed into the shell.
The following day remember the pain from the previous days I said to myself that I will not go through that pain again.
At the same time the following day once again I found the hollow shell appear before me. I looked in it's eyes and thought there was no escaping it. I had decided that instead of allowing it to eat me I would eat myself. Taking pleasure in it I began to devour myself.
I had gotten through my whole hand when I woke up from the dream.
Any idea what this might mean or does it have any meaning at all?
I've been reading up a lot of Creationism and Evolution. I'm not going to say which side I'm or to say that I have taken a side. I believe what I believe and no internet literature or conversation is going to sway me away from my beliefs. I believe this is the same for most of the people on the internet.
Yet the fight continues. It's pretty crazy to see both sides break down. They break down because no one knows it all. Yet everyone believes they know everything. Every person may claim that they know it all but in the end it just isn't possible. Their is too much knowledge on both sides for any one person to know it all.
What makes me so interested about this subject is to see one side always trying to convince the other side that they are correct. To convince someone to go against their believes doesn't happen over night. Short of a major epiphany the side that you have chosen by the age of 25 is most likely going to be the side you take to your grave. I don't have any actual stats but reading what I have read it seems like no one really switch sides. I've read instances where people claim to have switched sides but that is not because they believe in the other side but rather they have lost faith in their own side.
I can go on and on about this debate but it's getting late and I'm getting tired. Another time I will continue throwing out my thoughts and maybe I can find someone who can make sense of them.
Yet the fight continues. It's pretty crazy to see both sides break down. They break down because no one knows it all. Yet everyone believes they know everything. Every person may claim that they know it all but in the end it just isn't possible. Their is too much knowledge on both sides for any one person to know it all.
What makes me so interested about this subject is to see one side always trying to convince the other side that they are correct. To convince someone to go against their believes doesn't happen over night. Short of a major epiphany the side that you have chosen by the age of 25 is most likely going to be the side you take to your grave. I don't have any actual stats but reading what I have read it seems like no one really switch sides. I've read instances where people claim to have switched sides but that is not because they believe in the other side but rather they have lost faith in their own side.
I can go on and on about this debate but it's getting late and I'm getting tired. Another time I will continue throwing out my thoughts and maybe I can find someone who can make sense of them.
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