some political post

here found This on reddit and I totally agree. I don't think we have to give up our liberties for securities as far as finding terrorists. Well read article and it made me sad again to think that many people have forgotten that the government is supposed to exist to serve the people. not the other way around.

You are entitled to your own wrong opinion.

Sometimes I have friends who post really interesting things. Like this. Personally, I think it is stupid. You can believe that your government is there to limit you from becoming your ultimate self because they restrict you, but you also have to remember that (at least in America) people vote for their government representation, and somewhat for their laws. Even though there is cheating and sometimes it can seem askew, you have to believe that majority rules. It is close! for a lot of issues there are almost equal amounts on both sides, but the law is the law. That has never stopped people entirely from breaking it. And that won't stop the government with enforcing the consequences.

Besides the government though, everything has its own natural consequences. You can believe that drugs have no side effects besides making you feel great, but until there is proof that those drugs have more positive effects than negative, you aren't going to convince the general public. Why not just stick around people with your own ideals instead of forcing them on others? Open discussion is great if it is truly open.

I know, I know. My thoughts aren't running entirely smoothly right now (trying to cram my thoughts before lunchtime) so here is what I think about this picture. You don't need drugs to open your mind. Kids have AWESOME imaginations without drugs. Though society tries to harness and suppress it as you get older, that is still a matter of choice. At least kids have an on and off switch. To me, the ability to control that is way better than getting some drug induced anti-reality brain craze. The natural explanation to that is INSANITY so you want to induce your own insanity is what this is telling you. This doesn't even make sense because if you know something, that is concrete. You can be your own judge of right and wrong. Not even all of society agrees on ethics. Is it really wrong to know what exists? Is it wrong to experience what everyone else experiences as REALITY when taking drugs will only make your brain believe things individually? How will that make anything better? How is that unlocking your potential? What would you say if it unlocked your potential as a serial killer? What would be your explanation then?

If someone was to go to some Shaman or is doing this out of some spiritualistic ritual to "open their mind" instead of just to escape reality because they are too afraid to deal with the world like the rest of us then fine. My opinion of you is that you are a weak individual, but make sure you have a sane person looking after you so you don't freak out on the rest of the world. Control your substance like doctors try to do. Be smart about your stupidity (if that makes any sense at all). Abuse of rights is what gets them taken away.

I guess I don't understand money.

I think that is a problem with people who weren't raised having a lot.
Being in a large family that is not homeless poor, but qualifying for welfare and free lunch at school etc can teach someone a lot about humility, frugality and sharing.

I don't like politics. I have never voted. I don't like that a nation that is supposed to be united can be so torn and have such split views. For example, I think politicians go against their own beliefs and morals to get the vote of their party. This year is the first year I have really cared, AND IM NOT IN AMERICA.

That all being said, you might be able to tell that I am strongly against Romney. That dude seems like a huge douche bag. HUGE. I really feel like the only people who are backing him are 1. white supremacists, 2. mormons, 3. people who make at least 6 figs.

Being a mormon (not the best one I know), I find it appalling that Romney justifies his lies. Luckily the liar will be thrust down to hell (hopefully a different hell than me). He feels that half the country are moochers?! Really, I mean its not like he is using every loophole he can find to pay the least amount of taxes or taking advantage of every tax break he can. Who wouldn't if it was legal, right?

I agree that many people who do not need it are receiving welfare. Those things need to be looked at, but it sounds like (I could be wrong) that Romney is against any support. What does he think people are supposed to do? I understand that people don't want to pay for people's fake nails -as said by some motard on my facebook (geez that has got annoying!)

I'm just sitting here baffled that there is enough money circulating in America for unnecessary things to pay off our country's debt and deficit. Congress signed a pledge not to raise taxes on the high class, but my question is, why doesn't the higher class just give it to their country or donate it? What is so hard about bailing out the country that permitted you the opportunity to be as rich as you are? People make millions every year and I can't think of any lifestyle that requires that much money.

I remember having a conversation in seminary about the difference between rich and wealthy. Rich people are not hurting for anything and can have pretty much whatever they want. Wealthy people have so much money they don't know what to do with it so it sits there and accumulates.

I KNOW there are plenty of people out there with TONS of money just accumulating, and they will never in their mortal life see where all of it will go. They are upset that people with less opportunity want opportunity or a better life. I also feel like they know that in order to stay rich, other people need to stay poor.

I also just want to remind people who are going crazy about obama being a socialist and his robin hood mentality that ROBIN HOOD WAS A HERO. And Romney is forgetting about a higher law in mormon doctrine when he is against wealth distribution. THE LAW OF CONSECRATION. thats right, the near communist law that was almost put in place in the doctrine and covenants that talks about how families will labor and they will only keep the earnings they need to sustain their family and the rest will go to the church to be distributed to the less fortunate. Everyone works hard and everyone gets what they need. Romney has a skewed vision of need, and suffering. I'm wondering if it was back in bible times and Romney was that rich merchant guy who came to Jesus and said he was righteous all his life and what more he do, if he wouldn't be just like him and not be able to forsake his riches because he had also "worked all his life to earn them". You can't take your dollaz to heaven, son.

There are flaws in every form of government and there are valid and positive ideas in them all as well. I believe in a lot of the views that Obama has, but I don't have enough politi-smarts to know if all his promises can be kept. Jill Stein looks more like my kinda leader.

Peace to all, and no more facebook posts, please.

Mormon Madness

I don't know if it is just Romney or what, but there is just a ton of stuff about mormons circulating online lately. I mean popularly within my friend group though (because I know there was always stuff about Mormons)

Here are my recent finds that have just been making me think a lot.




So I don't know what this whole program is about yet, but I found their website here. I'm going to be checking it out. It is just really curious to me because I feel like LGBT are not treated the same at any BYU and there is a program at provo. There should be one at every school to teach people how to be more accepting and kind. I also want to know how they reconcile the teachings of the church with the problems that these people face. Do they encourage what some do, that they get a straight marriage even though they aren't attracted to that gender? It is really strange to me.

Next is this crazy girl.





So there are all these myths. Some are just exaggerations. And you know you can think of other people all they want, but regardless of their beliefs, just because they aren't your beliefs, doesn't mean you gotta bash. If religion wasn't based on faith, everyone would be the same religion. But I feel like I get why there are so many different takes. Even the Mormon religion isn't perfect. I mean not everything has been revealed yet right? Doesn't mean we don't have the tools to be saved. Anyhow, I just think this chick is dumb because it is mostly a choice to be any religion. Whoever believes what they believe had a choice to believe it, and obviously you are trying to say what other people believe. Why not just believe what you want and leave other people alone. Nothing is really "far-out" in any religion and if it is a belief, they are going to do a ritual. Monks in other religions believe in celibacy. If saving yourself for marriage is a belief, then to be a practicing/ worthy mormon, you have to do that so of course they are going to ask 12 year old boys about their sex lives you idiot. Okay. There is more but you can all just think about that for yourselves.

 Finally.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/ask-mormon-girl-author-joanna-brooks-on-lds-church-mitt-romney-faith.html

this lady reminds me of myself, but a little more extreme. The comments are what kills me. There are some RUDE RUDE LDS people calling her out. If you think that is what makes people strong is for you to call them to repentance, then you should just look in the mirror and start the yells, butthead.

Anyway. Those are the thoughts spinning at the moment.

Educational Theory

As I left the testing center today... I thought about how my studying habits were affecting my ability to perform on tests.
The first test in this class I got a 98.
The next was a 93 or something like that.
What do I expect on this one?
maybe a 90.
The first test I was able to study a lot because I had the study guide the first day of class.
The next one the study guide came a little late.
For this one, things kept changing and when I was taking the test was not really known.
Things keep changing so I have not been able to keep a stable strategy for this class.
I do the assignments so in theory I have SOMETHING to study even though its probably 80% more than what will actually be on the test.
To me, with shortened semesters, changing schedules, and the amount of memorization required by other classes as well, I am cramming my brain with a ton of information which feels like it is hurting more than helping.
Im getting stressed out a LOT lately. Perhaps much of it is lack of a balanced life.
I have decided that I am no longer learning at this point in the semester, I am only cramming what is necessary to get by.
Some of this attitude may be stemming from the idea given to me by my 11th grade English teacher who advised his students that a B grade is okay in school. You pass, you get your degree, and there is considerably less stress than trying to get the A. I agree in a way. Not stressing is imperative to good health and also proper concentration. Even more, some teachers have crazy expectations. Don't get me wrong, I love a challenge, especially an attainable challenge... as in one that I can attain in the given time. I don't like when at the end of the semester, I'm still struggling to get a B+. (well that hasn't really happened to me unless I neglected the class entirely) but as far as papers go, teachers expect different things. I have to not only learn material, I have to learn the teacher's style and how to appeal to that certain teacher. Sometimes I just can't figure out what they want! Much of that has happened in my music classes. I guess I just can't write about music. I haven't read a lot about music... and perhaps that is another reason why these higher level music classes are a bit harder. The vernacular and way things are stated are just not conventional to everything else I am used to reading. I guess I should have taken AP music theory...
But I digress. Some teachers... like mine in third grade not only believe in a bell for a class, but also for the student. It was impossible to get straight As on a report card because nobody is perfect. Wherever there was more room for improvement, expect a C, and secondary subjects, a B and only your most outstanding subjects earned you As. That could also be a part of my drive to always be better. In my mind, I thought, REALLY?! so if i didnt do any work at all in that subject i would get the same grade? (well maybe an f) but why did I do this A work in my mind (doing all the requirements to the best of my ability) and get a C... Im really not good enough for school?
Anyways. Professors in my classes today always emphasize how no one wants a B doctor operating on their brain. So since my English teacher wasn't a doctor, that was okay? Are grades subject specific? Or maybe degree specific? If you have to get As as a doctor, are there no more grades and just pass fail? (no really i dont know how that works)
So my whole thing about today is. Stay on top of things, but don't be a perfectionist on things you can get by with doing less (unless you have the time and energy). I totally don't prioritize well. I need spaced practice (a little review every day to solidify my memory). Cramming doesn't work for me well... especially in HISTORY with all these chapters of names, places, dates, concepts etc.~~~ ouch brain cramp.

religious controversy of our time

 REVERSING MORAL DECAY

NEW ATHEISM


two contrasting articles. We have talked about new atheism in class before and it is interesting. It is based on the terrorist attacks that religion is dangerous and should be expelled from society. It has been said that religion is primitive and full of superstitions (Einstein- yet he still believed in God). However, the reversing moral decay article suggests that to be civilized, religion is a pre-requisite. Personally, religion is a guiding factor to my life. It is a huge part of history for one- it lead countries to conquer others, had people rebelling for religious freedom, inspired people to move towards a manifest destiny. And depending on which side you were on, religion was good or bad. The Aztecs went around sacrificing people of neighboring tribes to their gods, and then Cortes came in and massacred a ton of indigenous in the name of Christ. But if there was no moral code, what would people have built their constitutions and laws around? And where else would they have learned the moral code? It is very interesting to consider both sides of this argument.

Inescapable race and Security's misfortune

Back to school for my last year! Already I am learning and experiencing again only one week into it. Terms are great in that they get right to the point. It feels more rigorous, as a school should be. I would quit my job if semesters were as rigorous as the terms. I totally would do it too. Great challenge.

Anyhow, as much as I have tried to not be racist and ignore the blatant racism and elitist mindsets around me, I was reminded once again of the ignorance and naivety of others. One student in my Spanish class from the east coast, a background of knowing communities of whites and blacks, often separated still, a sprinkle of Mexicans, and maybe an occasional Asian, came to Hawaii and had his eyes opened to the world of the Polynesians. While I know the islands are easy to overlook and many people are unaware of their existence still (at least besides Hawaii), his harsh bias in thinking with only life experience in the east and with his mission in Mexico proved his mouth a premature speaker. Our break time conversation outside of the classroom lead to stereotypes of cultures and how many cultures become offended when mistaken for another. It started with Indonesians and Malaysians. I thought to myself about how Spanish don't like being mistaken for Mexicans, and how Samoans and Tongans aren't just one mesh of brown. However, this albeit young man made it known his insensitivity in how much the past can matter, or patriotism mattered to anyone but him as a white American. No, he didn't say this, but its what I got. He didn't become offended, he said, when others thought his dialect of English wasn't as proper or intelligent and so other people should be offended when they are mistaken for another. While it would be ideal to forget about the past and build a peaceful future, your accusations of that way of thinking as being stupid and insignificant is what makes peace impossible. History accounts for beliefs of a society, and society accounts for beliefs of individuals. You MUST be sensitive to these subjects to understand people and to build meaningful relationships with them. He continued to criticize the Haka, and how Maori's are too sensitive. And told a "joke" of how when the English arrived in NZ, they must have thought the Haka was weird and stupid and just shot them... as he laughed at the picture in his mind. Ignorance is bliss, clearly. Still, he had not finished. He went on to criticize all Polynesians for adopting the Haka as "their thing" when it was only the Maori's. I was close to boiling over. Cultures are different, but adopting a dance or some other form of expression as a cross cultural symbol for all of polynesia is quite the same as music representing "Latinos" or even latinos unidos. Its the same idea. Anyways I don't want to dwell anymore after this rant on the stupidity of mankind.

There is a book I want to read eventually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov
The Brothers Karamozov. We had an excerpt of this read to us in class today because we have been talking about the concept of security. When conquerors came to other lands and offered protection, they also took away some of their freedom. This book talks about an "inquirer" who talks to Christ and lectures him about how when he brought more freedom to man, of choice, he made it infinitely more difficult for him because there was no security net of being told exactly what to do. Here I am in my dorms, new rules every year, said to be for my "security" however taking away some of my freedom at the same time. Yet the scriptures say that man should do much good by their own free will. I can't choose good anymore, I just must always do what is good. I can't even decide what is good, these people are telling me what is good for me. Self imposed parents? How am I to live in a world of choices after not being able to do anything. And people wonder why soldiers go crazy after they come back from deployment? It isn't just post traumatic stress from war. Think about having a tight schedule every day. You are told when you can pee and drink and relax your stance. Come home and suddenly you can do whatever. How do you know what to do? I came to an environment thinking I would be with people who choose to do good. Instead, I have placed myself in a well disguised moral prison. While I appreciate the security, I think I prefer freedom. At least I can appreciate that more when I leave.

Academically Adrift

Academically Adrift; Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roska

This was the book of the semester for Honors Colloquium Winter Semester 2011. This took my feelings of school and backed it up with data. There is something wrong with the data though because they won't openly share any more than they have included in the book. One of the professors at my school emailed them and they refused due to "privacy issues". My professor believed that this meant some info may have been taken out of context.

However, the idea remains. They tested over several colleges not for intelligence or knowledge in any subject but for growth in skills such as written communication, complex reasoning, and critical thinking. Across all campuses, there was little to no improvement. A lot of the reasons are because of the present day attitudes of the purposes of universities.

Many professors are more concerned about their own research than about the quality of learning their students obtain. They make their classes easy so that the students will rate high therefore ensuring that they keep their jobs. All the professors then have to lower the bar to remain employed. Another problem is that students do not value learning so much as they want to steadily keep up good grades and obtain a diploma. If there is any intellectual value behind that diploma, they don't care. Also, because of how many universities there are, parents and students go "shopping" with the idea in mind of the quality of the facilities, percent of graduates, and how much financial aid would be able to cover the costs of university life. No one is really thinking about learning and the employers of the new graduates are less than impressed.

Some problems people will have in improving the situation is that professors can use their high status and knowledge of writing to speak out against any changes that would give them more responsibilities or a larger work load. It is not only the students that are trying to laze about. Students need to have a love of lifelong learning so that they actually put in effort to their classes whereas right now they don't have a sense of purpose. They aren't looking for what would be meaningful in life, but instead on what will help them to be well off financially. Guess which major had the lowest gains in learning? Business. Highest? Science and Math, closely followed by HUMANITIES/ ARTS (take that king arthur). Anyways here is an example of that generation that I so dispise

"I don't really have any goals for my future. What's the big deal about that? It would be fun to travel. I'd like that, especially if I could get someone to pay for it"

Talk about boomerang generation. In some of their surveys, most students had never taken a course that cumulatively required them to write 20 pages or to read 40 pages a week. Not even 400 level clases. Instead a lot of the classes with titles relating to race, gender, sex, cinema, film or movie is what students were drawn towards.

The sad thing is that Universities used to be so much different. Dorms were built so that students would be able to live in a community where they are constantly enriching each others intellectual endeavors. All of student life was built around education. Now days, it is all about social life. How sad is that? It is fine for there to be activities and to give yourself a break, but if you are socializing more than you are studying, that is NOT what a university is all about. Thats what this retarded generation is about though. How sad.

what you have become

I am really annoyed right now with a friend of mine who turns down jobs because they dont pay enough. I can see that if you were looking for a better paying job, but as he doesn't have one in the first place and is living with his parents... not doing a whole lot with his life, I think less money and some work is better than no money and being a freeloader. And he has for some time. It is more dignifying to work at Mcdonalds and bring in a bit of income instead of sitting there and letting your mom spoon feed you applesauce.

This got me to thinking. People who are "educated" think that merits them a well-paying job, but have you seen some of the kids on college lately? You know the "copy and paste" generation? but I guess this IS what the world wants. Have you seen the office? Its funny because its true. There is so much work delegation that people can slack and talk SO MUCH. In the more manual labor type jobs, there is no time for that. These people work their butt off and get maybe half the pay their bosses do. And this because the boss does the paperwork. Well sip on your lemonade mista overseer! I'll come an rub your legs right after I'm through harvesting your crops and doing your laundry, and cooking your dinner.

I have a lot more respect for people who work hard every day to SURVIVE instead of those who sit back and "make decisions" (they dont even have to be good ones *cough* king arthur) to live luxurious lifestyles. Dear Lord, Law of consecration PLEASE. Its a little communist sounding but I'm really sick of rich pricks and lazy bums.

The Boomerang Generation

Sovereignty

Well history seems to be all about imperialism at times. Very negative. People claim to "discover" places already inhabited by a people. And then they make it their own.
Prime example that I've been learning about...
HAWAII
I could get over it but...
there are still some elitest haoles that think that their race is better
or their race was better, and thats why they "won" possession of the land.
HAHA good one king arthur...
anyways, here are a few things you all should look into











and please read the comments after this article
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110123_Smaller_projects_progress_in_Laie.html

and then tell me that saying "haole" is being racist.

fine designs

i cant help but feel like everyone is just a little bit corrupt and selfish.
everything just points to ideals but nothing that is truly attainable
but should i feel sorry or just shrug it off as part of humanity?
history repeats itself and certain vibes linger on.
i do not affiliate myself with either caucasian or polynesian backgrounds.
i rather see myself as grey. without color.
i do not want to be associated with either for their lack of scholarly motivation.
in high school the polys got a bad rep for that and now
the haoles only come here for beach.
im not either. i dont like being associated as a girl from utah
for their "pious" behavior to the extent of living in a bubble, blind to the outside world.
but its not just them. its not just that caucasians were always conquerors and seeking to increase their own, forcing beliefs and way of life, taking away other cultures...
"business" people at the very least. power struggles have existed forever. and it wasnt always a race, sometimes it was religion. and i dont want to be associated with that. the self- righteous communities. no thank you. i can admit that im not perfect... and i dont close my mind to the rest of the world who is not perfect either. though i dont adopt their doctrines, ill listen and try to understand. its the least i can do, we are all human.
but more than all these religious claims to kindness and charity that are hardly met...
the proud and rich in material things. what do they do?
even those at a lower economic status dont realize how good they have it. or they do and arent willing to share.
why do i have this in mind you may ask
well. spanish class we were talking about legislation in arizona
border laws.
and a girl says "well, i feel bad for them, but we have to keep in mind our own children. we cant let our schools be poor because of them"
Selfish. selfish selfish. i understand that. you must think about yourself to an extent, but havent you heard of sacrifice? its not like your money for your children will go to any good anyhow. they come to college and go to the beach, flunking out and only supplying the king with his share from tuition. what was the point of that? you, girl, who i know just got her hair done recently at a salon, and spoke about your shopping spree at nordstroms... that aint cheap. i grew up on less then you very obviously, and i have learned still to give up what little i have, share a bit. what do you do? go stand on those pillars like those ppl in the scriptures like "thank you lord that i am rich and can live a lavish life instead of being like that homeless person i see below me" ignorant.
i understand. the fear of criminals. the fear of being taken advantage of. i also like worldly things, but its the attitude you have and the efforts to make a difference. you guard your riches like its your life. back in the day, philosophers spoke in public FOR FREE. people home school you know. if you are getting a degree, you can make up for what your children dont have at school. you can donate YOUR extra for that purpose. maybe you can even teach. man thats what teachers do. they know their minds are worth more than they get paid yet they understand the worth of passing on intelligence so it is not utterly wasted.
if you fear criminals, you should fear your government. it is corrupt. there is corruption everywhere. fear yourself. if you dont think you are corrupt now... you very well may be. one day.
stop judging. its pissing me off.
selfish.

"the line"

Liars are thrust to hell...
however,
is it possible for a person not to lie?
does everyone know everything about you?
is omitting truths also lying?
for example, yes, those jeans make you look fat
lawyers often lie to prove cases
corruption... the government lies to the public all the time
false advertising
its everywhere. lying is part of life.
im just a little bit... baffled as to if lies are EVER okay?
like on the show "lie to me"
thats where this kinda started
would you lie to someone or keep something from them if you knew it was going to save your life?
or if made them do their job better which is necessary.
would you lie to protect your family from going to prison?
would you lie and tell the detective their boyfriend was okay (when reality they were in the hospitol) so they could concentrate and finish the case?
if you started developing feelings for your boss and you knew he was into you too, would you "lie" to yourselves and each other to keep it professional AND more importantly, to stay loyal to your spouce EVEN if your spouse was a recovering cocaine addict with whom you have problems with daily?
Ethics ethics ethics. maybe i need to take that class. or read some articles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/lying/
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v6n1/lying.html
http://olinethicist.blogspot.com/2006/03/is-lying-wrong.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/02/us/the-ethics-of-lying.html

ill maybe do a follow up after i do some reading myself
but i will finish with that idea.
they said there was a line where investigators have to decide when to cross it...
where they know what the other person doesnt want them to know
and they have to decide whether or not to exploit it or even bring it up.
when you know the other person is lying, or you know there is something there.
the elephant in the room if you will...
do you acknowledge it?
im kinda in this situation right now. *shrug*
figure it out with time i guess.

A little about me

A lot of things on this blog will probably be religious. My bias will obviously be from a Mormon background, but I'm not going to represent my faith (necessarily) because maybe some of the things I put would offend them or are "false doctrine" (i dont know what im going to say that would fall under that category). Just remember that this is about thoughts and ideas. I'm not preaching for or against anything, just stating my views.

I think I am just a natural thinker and have now come to the conclusion that this is why I like school. I don't like doing school work, and I don't like being in class with annoying college kids. I do however, like to think and learn. A lot of my blogs are philosophical and maybe slightly poetic in nature. They aren't a whole lot like the normal journal entries. I've noticed that my ones that are, I am ashamed of and think "wow I was a really dumb kid back then" and the ones that are more thought provoking, I still agree with and can stand reading over.

I think it is hard to know the nature of human beings, and the reason why it interests me so, is because I still am trying to understand myself. The religious aspect is important on my philosophical views because religion states an ethical code of values that people of that faith adhere to and when they do not, have a sense of guilt. Also, philosophy is almost a search for truth and understanding, where faith claims to know truth. Though I have my faith and beliefs that effect the way I think about things, I feel it is important to know of other people's beliefs- not only to seek understanding and harmony with others, but to seek universal truth. (The truths that faiths believe... kinda weird concept... sorry if I am not making any sense) The reason for this is to show where we are more alike than different... unifying the world instead of agitating it? Yes yes.

That was all in case you were wondering... or annoyed with the copious amount of religious content in my so called "philosophy" blog

remember "the Secret" ?

Thank you Felipe for this video, and also for now my knowledge of the RSA youtube.... definitely love the RSAnimate.
This one is really awesome cause I liked the idea of the Secret, (the law of attraction, basically if you havent heard of it before)
but this shows that it was kinda made to make people think positively anyways watch this










Okay anyways. Reality came to me because I get emails from the Secret.com (the secret scrolls oooooh). I usually like them because they are kinda like empowering quotes, but one day I got this one that basically said that if you think of ways to try and get something, you are complaining to the universe that you dont have it, so you will never get it... so you have to do nothing as if you already have it and the universe will bring it to you.
Really?
I just have to sit here and money will appear on my lap?
fantastic.

hmm interesting

i really like this song

Shall we start over?

Okay, well
I've been thinking about this for a while.
I have lots of blog space online EVERYWHERE
and the only person that has probably read everything is my boyfriend.
And while blog space is becoming infinite because of technology expansion,
the amount of what I would consider to be useful or worthwhile blogs has declined.
I can see use for family blogs if the user has a lot of family and friends online, and is looking for
an easy way to keep record of important events and pictures. Fine. But maybe it should be private?
Privacy is something less important these days or people don't realize how PUBLIC the internet is.
It used to be a bad idea to put your last name down on things online
but now
people post up addresses and phone numbers- HOLY CRAP

anyways, I'm sort of digressing from where I wanted to go with this...
okay so a lot of my blogs are private. (What are they? don't worry about it.
If you don't follow it, you don't need to know! In fact you are probably better off not knowing)
Blah
But the reason why This blog has been so random
is I cant figure out what my blog should be about- my public blog at least
It should be something that is at least appealing and worth reading to random strangers right.
Like me, if I click the "next blog" button and come to a random family blog, I dont give a crap! NEXT.
but actually seeing interesting things take place in peoples lives
like survivor stories or just something completely different, I might stop and read a little bit.

So what would people care to read about? Well, Ive kinda thought about these random interesting topics that just pop into my head or are inspired by professors, and so I kinda jotted that down, posted a link (the first ones were part of assignments for an IT class, I think I'll go delete them now...)
and then lately I have been watching students in my piano technique class jot down meticulous notes. I dont take notes in that class at all, but it reminded me of philosopher's notebooks or scientists notebooks, or even musicians notebooks. The human mind is quite an interesting thing and when one discovers something, seems to be an important part of history at least. These are the things we study in classes, and people read them for FUN. And as my contribution to the blogging universe, I thought that perhaps I shall make this into my discovery journal (it already has been I suppose) and those past ideas and blogs altogether one day may make for an interesting book of evolution and discoveries of my mind.

Okay, pause. I know that may sound boring and really egotistical of me to think that my ideas and opinions would claim any validity in this world, but a lot of my thoughts are based on observations, and maybe readers would find interest in certain connections that I draw.

So I guess my blog will be strictly philosophical and opinion. Don't source me as authority on any crap I post neither challenge me based on intellectual level or troll my page (this is assuming I get any more views than my cousin who is following me and my loyal and darling Skipper) because this is merely to get the cogs in my (and perhaps, your) head turning.

Amen.

Sacred Music?

interesting insight. check it out.

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8564.htm

God Found!

In the lion king. I love these songs.

Music and Laughter don't have to mean anything to give us pleasure.

John Cage!

BEING ZEN???

The Inconvenient Messiah- Jeffery R. Holland

Digital Detachment and Personal Revelation

I must say that ever since I was young I have taken a liking to new technologies. I do feel the little pangs of needing to check my facebook and email as if it was a drug and I need my hourly fix. I used to think I didn't need a cell phone, but then I got so out of the loop, it is now necessary. I wonder how the economy would change if people weren't paying for so many electric services- phones, cable, games... how they might entertain themselves. I wonder if people would be more active and healthy. Self awareness isn't so common... just like common sense. Even with all the information at everyone's fingertips, I don't think that anyone really gets the idea. I don't think we are smarter. We don't really learn as much anymore because we have machines that can do things for us... and in turn, in order to still have jobs as humans, we work to service the machines. Do we depend on machines now? Even as I sit here, I feel like a hypocrite. I'm sure this is why my handwriting stinks. I never take the time out to sit and write on paper. My excuse? time convenience, saving paper, and maybe learning how to spell better. But am I wasting more energy than necessary? I don't know.

I do like being outside, but I'm not an extreme outdoorsy person. Maybe its because I wasn't taught so much to appreciate nature. I do though. And I think John Cage has a really good point that might change my attitude towards 20th century music. He is taking a zen/ quantum physics approach to things. Why things are the way they are... they were meant to be that way so why try to impose your will on it? Why try to make rules out of nature? Nature has no rules... as far as we understand. There are trends, but how often are forecasts 100% correct? Really, that is impossible. Just like perfection. Perfection though is an ideal... when really, we could be perfect right now. Check out some of these vids: