Just a few thoughts
I've had lately...
- Sneezing is incredibly weird when you think about it.
Like, what a weird involuntary function for people to have. If I were
an alien, I would probably think sneezing were some kind of crazy human weapon.
- Have you ever woken up and felt like you only closed
your eyes for five seconds or so, and yet it's eight hours later and you
feel completely refreshed? I remember this happening to me just once in
my life... It was like midnight, I closed my eyes, I opened them, and then
it was eight in the morning. It was a very cool experience... more than
a dreamless sleep... a sleepless sleep.
- It's really amazing how computers aren't even weird to
our culture anymore. Like, if you took someone from the eighteenth century
forward in time to now, he would be amazed by computers. But that's obvious.
When you think about it, it's really interesting how we've basically created
a new form of "writing". Rather than drawing lines and curves to make
up all the letters, we now just push these little buttons and letters form
on the screen. When I think about it, I'm quite impressed by my coherence
in typing.
- Speaking of computers and typing and whatnot... the idea
of having a "pen pal" is wildly different now than it was just 10 years
ago. Nowadays, you can just find a random person on the internet and have
instant communication with them through writing. There is no suspense,
no waiting in anticipation for a reply letter. Thus, now each "letter"
has much less value. When you wrote letters, you had to think about what
you wanted to say, what was important enough to let someone know... Now
e-mails can just be mundane things about the events of everyday life.
Alright, I guess that's enough of that for now. More tomorrow.
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Image of the Day
Here's a capture from a shockwave movie
promoting Dennis Kucinich
for President in 2004. There are a few short films as well as some
songs and other stuff. I recommend you check it out! (If you scroll past
the movies you'll see the list of songs; the first song is called "Go
Go Dennis!"... that song is highly recommended by Liz, so in turn, I will
highly recommend it. If for no other reason, listen to it in honor of Jeff
(for those of you who know the fabulous boy named Jeff... or as he likes
to be called, "The Jeffinator".)
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Quote of the Day - Gandhi
"First they ignore you. Then
they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
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