The human mind, regardless of race, gender, level of intelligence, needs entertainment, in whatever form each individual derives it from. Anything that stimulates our minds, and causes pleasure, no matter how little or how much. Which has led me to conclude why most relationships will fail. Romantic relationships, long-term friendly relationships, every relationship but, maybe, business relationships.
Now the reason is, because too much complacency bores the mind. As comedian Chris Rock once said "The only exciting relationships are BAD relationships". Not to mention humans primal urge to "spread the genetic seed". But that just pertains to romantic ones, obviously.
In just friendly relationships, I think that once you see someone as well below what you may thought of them, or lacking a certain "something". Whatever it is, it causes a wedge to develop. We've all felt it, at one time or another. Good friends, just drifting apart and no one knows why. Well, I know why. Boredom ensues. The relationship becomes stale. It happens to everyone. It can't be reversed, it can't be avoided, although in rare cases.
So, just what is the secret to a long and healthy relationship? I don't know yet. Maybe, I never will.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"L" As In Logical
Your world. It's flawed. In a huge way. Judgments and decisions are based on emotions and the "feeling". Do you not know history? Many people follow the same broken cycle, as if they've learned nothing from their previous experiences. What does it take for someone to learn, to break the cycle? Someone, apparently, who can see the experiences of all others. One who knows that everything is temporary and nothing is excluded. By that reasoning, one would conclude to just enjoy themselves, until the end of their time. I don't see that as the case.
Not many want to learn, nowadays. And those that do, are rudely (and sometimes, violently) interrupted by those who desire a more.... destructive sense of fun. I'm not only talking only about those in some kind of school. Its people who wake up one day, see that they are, in fact, 35 and need to act as such. It boils down to, once again, entertainment and our need for comfortability. I learn, everyday. I seek to be better than I was, the day before. By watching, listening, taking in, incorporating every little thing into my being. Why would you float through life, in such agony.... well, agony with no end or goal.
Work towards something. A little goal. Find the proper motivation. Don't be a "breathe on my own" vegetable. If that's your life and how you want to live it, you might as well die. Seems like an utterly pointless existence. And I'm not just talking about physical exploits. Sure, those are good, too. But work your mind. Ponder, contemplate, hell, go in deep pray. Just don't be blank. Exercising the mind is just as important as stressing the body.
Not many want to learn, nowadays. And those that do, are rudely (and sometimes, violently) interrupted by those who desire a more.... destructive sense of fun. I'm not only talking only about those in some kind of school. Its people who wake up one day, see that they are, in fact, 35 and need to act as such. It boils down to, once again, entertainment and our need for comfortability. I learn, everyday. I seek to be better than I was, the day before. By watching, listening, taking in, incorporating every little thing into my being. Why would you float through life, in such agony.... well, agony with no end or goal.
Work towards something. A little goal. Find the proper motivation. Don't be a "breathe on my own" vegetable. If that's your life and how you want to live it, you might as well die. Seems like an utterly pointless existence. And I'm not just talking about physical exploits. Sure, those are good, too. But work your mind. Ponder, contemplate, hell, go in deep pray. Just don't be blank. Exercising the mind is just as important as stressing the body.
Three's A Crowd........ Literally
This is just a short observation of human behavior. Now, I have concluded that, naturally, everyone is capable of a higher form of thinking. That said, this is what I noticed: the more other people are around, the lower intelligence of any particular person in the crowd will fall. I'm not sure why this happens.
Next time you go to a large social gathering with a bunch of friends, just notice this. Notice how stupid people become, when more congregate.
Next time you go to a large social gathering with a bunch of friends, just notice this. Notice how stupid people become, when more congregate.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Parkour
Some of you may already know what Parkour is, but for those that don't, I'll explain. It shares the physical aspect with another discipline: free running. Although, they are vastly different.
Parkour is an acrobatic discipline that states that speed rules all. Parkour defines the best way to travel through your environment, as efficiently and as quickly as possible, be it to elude capture, to chase, or to save another. It's kinda like acrobatics, with a mission. By the way, Parkour is French and practioners are referred to as "traceurs". The thing I like about it, is that it pushes the human body to it's full potential. As just a species, we have no special traits. We have only three things working in our favor: Arms, thumbs, and the brain to engineer. Beyond that, we are just ducks, floating in the water. But Parkour unlocks a fourth: amazing agility.
It's something I've been thinking about. All my life, I've been about moving fast. If you see me on the street, I'll most likely be running, or walking fast (after a run). This just seems like the next evolution of it.
Some would think it's primarily a physical kind of logic. I mean, to do some of the things they do, it takes incredible strength, endurance, and stamina. But it's just as much a mental game, as a physical one. To accomplish the different manuevers and exercises, it takes the lack of fear and supreme confidence in one's own ability. Not to mention the reflexes it takes.
And for those of you who know of this and free running, I'll explain the difference.
Parkour is moving efficiently and fluidly. Get from Point A to Point B, as fast as humanly possible, with no obstacle to great to overcome.
Free running is more stylish. For fun. It involves tricks that would break a traceur's "flow" and thus not be efficient.
Quickly and efficiently. How I achieve everything.
Parkour is an acrobatic discipline that states that speed rules all. Parkour defines the best way to travel through your environment, as efficiently and as quickly as possible, be it to elude capture, to chase, or to save another. It's kinda like acrobatics, with a mission. By the way, Parkour is French and practioners are referred to as "traceurs". The thing I like about it, is that it pushes the human body to it's full potential. As just a species, we have no special traits. We have only three things working in our favor: Arms, thumbs, and the brain to engineer. Beyond that, we are just ducks, floating in the water. But Parkour unlocks a fourth: amazing agility.
It's something I've been thinking about. All my life, I've been about moving fast. If you see me on the street, I'll most likely be running, or walking fast (after a run). This just seems like the next evolution of it.
Some would think it's primarily a physical kind of logic. I mean, to do some of the things they do, it takes incredible strength, endurance, and stamina. But it's just as much a mental game, as a physical one. To accomplish the different manuevers and exercises, it takes the lack of fear and supreme confidence in one's own ability. Not to mention the reflexes it takes.
And for those of you who know of this and free running, I'll explain the difference.
Parkour is moving efficiently and fluidly. Get from Point A to Point B, as fast as humanly possible, with no obstacle to great to overcome.
Free running is more stylish. For fun. It involves tricks that would break a traceur's "flow" and thus not be efficient.
Quickly and efficiently. How I achieve everything.
Morality
Good and bad are concepts that have no value, besides what one person puts on them.
What I think is bad, you may not think is. What I think is good, you may disagree. Don't assume that everyone has the same values. In nature, there is nothing that is inherently good or bad. Nowhere in nature, in the natural order of things, will you find a completely destructive force, without a reason. Well, besides mankind, but I won't get into that, here.
Adolf Hitler thought he was right. That he was saving the world. We look back now and see what a buffoon he was. His ideas were radical. I mean, really radical. Of course you know that... I hope. But he had tons of followers. People who died for him. Goes to show you that values are not the same, person to person.
Personally, alot of things that people would label as "bad", I don't see as so horrible. I don't have to explain that here. Just read earlier posts.
Morality, some get it from religion, some from common decency and some get it from serial killers.
What I think is bad, you may not think is. What I think is good, you may disagree. Don't assume that everyone has the same values. In nature, there is nothing that is inherently good or bad. Nowhere in nature, in the natural order of things, will you find a completely destructive force, without a reason. Well, besides mankind, but I won't get into that, here.
Adolf Hitler thought he was right. That he was saving the world. We look back now and see what a buffoon he was. His ideas were radical. I mean, really radical. Of course you know that... I hope. But he had tons of followers. People who died for him. Goes to show you that values are not the same, person to person.
Personally, alot of things that people would label as "bad", I don't see as so horrible. I don't have to explain that here. Just read earlier posts.
Morality, some get it from religion, some from common decency and some get it from serial killers.
Friday, June 12, 2009
I Hate Hot Chicks
That's right, I said it.
Here's my problem with them: they have no personality. Regardless of what they are. Nice, bitchy, moody, angry, bitchy (did I repeat that?), they have no personality. Nothing going on, "up there". Now, this doesn't include ALL hot chicks. The exclusion are those who are modest. There are a few, out there. But, the exception is ugly chicks who think they are hot. I know you've seen this, more than a few times. The worst of the worst.
Not only do they lack what I would call, a soul, but also, just the instinctual urges that arise in every male they meet. It's one of our downfalls. The pretty breed, with their lack of intellect or interestingness. I'm not going to lie. I think about it, too. But, then I realize, I'm smarter than that. So, if you are a hot chick (or self-proclaimed), then I have a bias against you. I will automatically put you lower than, say, someone who is not immediately attractive.
Oh, and the accessories. But I won't go into that.
Here's my problem with them: they have no personality. Regardless of what they are. Nice, bitchy, moody, angry, bitchy (did I repeat that?), they have no personality. Nothing going on, "up there". Now, this doesn't include ALL hot chicks. The exclusion are those who are modest. There are a few, out there. But, the exception is ugly chicks who think they are hot. I know you've seen this, more than a few times. The worst of the worst.
Not only do they lack what I would call, a soul, but also, just the instinctual urges that arise in every male they meet. It's one of our downfalls. The pretty breed, with their lack of intellect or interestingness. I'm not going to lie. I think about it, too. But, then I realize, I'm smarter than that. So, if you are a hot chick (or self-proclaimed), then I have a bias against you. I will automatically put you lower than, say, someone who is not immediately attractive.
Oh, and the accessories. But I won't go into that.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A Suicider's Reflection
Today, I killed myself.
I purchased a .32 revolver from a friend. He said he didn't even use it, anymore. I got it for a cheap $25. Then, I bought a full round of ammunition, in case I missed. 6 bullets. The next day, after work, I went to an undisclosed location. There is a vast country land near my residence. It would be easy to go out there and find an abandoned silo, or better yet, an abandoned barn. So, I left, at 5:23, to begin my departure.
I arrived at the barn, 73 miles from where I lived, at the sun's setting. An intense brightness was cast over the barn. Inside, there were spots to where it was so bright, you couldn't even look at them. Others, a dark bleakness, with a soft glow around the edges of the object making the shadow. I made my way up to the upper part of the barn, via a ladder. Then I sat perched, on the edge of the window, looking out at the sun. As it set, I loaded the weapon. For a moment, questioned my next action. And then..... the end.
As I lay back on the upper part of this abandoned barn, with a huge hole in my head, dead, I thought of all the things I would miss. All the things I would never again do. Such a plethora of experiences that I would never have.
Better yet, would anyone miss me? Sure, my co-workers, but just because they don't want to look like the shallow, cold empty pricks that they really are. They feign sadness, in the wake of this "tragedy". My family? I haven't openly gave a shit about them, in a very long time. Friends? Most were just common interested people, but I never really swayed their minds. I merely gave them another person that they can call "friend". Someone they can bug with their inane drivel, or can lose a few hours discussing previously mentioned common interest. But, nothing more than that. And besides, they would hear nothing of my plight. They have their own problems, I understand.
So that would conclude the list. How long would it take anyone to know I'm missing? What would they think? Maybe I ran away? Away from any windows, on a backdirt road, fifty miles from anywhere remotely significant, I would rot and decompose. Someone would find my car, find the owner and then, they would know. My funeral? Probably wouldn't be one. Cremate my remains, that what they would do.
As I lie, these thoughts faded to nothing. Because I am nothing. Not anymore.
Not anymore.
I purchased a .32 revolver from a friend. He said he didn't even use it, anymore. I got it for a cheap $25. Then, I bought a full round of ammunition, in case I missed. 6 bullets. The next day, after work, I went to an undisclosed location. There is a vast country land near my residence. It would be easy to go out there and find an abandoned silo, or better yet, an abandoned barn. So, I left, at 5:23, to begin my departure.
I arrived at the barn, 73 miles from where I lived, at the sun's setting. An intense brightness was cast over the barn. Inside, there were spots to where it was so bright, you couldn't even look at them. Others, a dark bleakness, with a soft glow around the edges of the object making the shadow. I made my way up to the upper part of the barn, via a ladder. Then I sat perched, on the edge of the window, looking out at the sun. As it set, I loaded the weapon. For a moment, questioned my next action. And then..... the end.
As I lay back on the upper part of this abandoned barn, with a huge hole in my head, dead, I thought of all the things I would miss. All the things I would never again do. Such a plethora of experiences that I would never have.
Better yet, would anyone miss me? Sure, my co-workers, but just because they don't want to look like the shallow, cold empty pricks that they really are. They feign sadness, in the wake of this "tragedy". My family? I haven't openly gave a shit about them, in a very long time. Friends? Most were just common interested people, but I never really swayed their minds. I merely gave them another person that they can call "friend". Someone they can bug with their inane drivel, or can lose a few hours discussing previously mentioned common interest. But, nothing more than that. And besides, they would hear nothing of my plight. They have their own problems, I understand.
So that would conclude the list. How long would it take anyone to know I'm missing? What would they think? Maybe I ran away? Away from any windows, on a backdirt road, fifty miles from anywhere remotely significant, I would rot and decompose. Someone would find my car, find the owner and then, they would know. My funeral? Probably wouldn't be one. Cremate my remains, that what they would do.
As I lie, these thoughts faded to nothing. Because I am nothing. Not anymore.
Not anymore.
Gay Marriage
This is just what I think on it.
Recently, a Christian friend of mine asked me about this. Politely, he said that they should not be allowed. Under God's law, it's for a man and a woman. I really never thought about it, before this. I ask, why. Why does it matter? And how is corruptive of our current system? The marriage system now, has become a legal one, anyway. For taxes, property, even testimonies in legal cases fall into the hands of marriage. It has just become a unity of bank accounts, and identities. But, all that aside.
I don't see why it's wrong. Is their love any less real because of a slightly different circumstance? Based on a purely "it devalues the ceremony of marriage" bullshit, it's, well, bullshit. From drive-in weddings in Vegas, to "I Want To Marry A Rich Guy For Fame And Money", to 5 divorces in a lifetime. Is letting a few gay guys and some lesbians get married really going to completely breach our morality?
Bigots and assholes. Let them have their legal ceremony. Let them enjoy all the comforts of a legal, binding agreement. It's fucking discrimination, pure and simple. One of the oh so many reasons why this "Christian" nation epically fails.
If you are reading, please vote to allow them, in your state. Or you are just an insensitive, hetero supremacist bigot asshole (in my book).
Recently, a Christian friend of mine asked me about this. Politely, he said that they should not be allowed. Under God's law, it's for a man and a woman. I really never thought about it, before this. I ask, why. Why does it matter? And how is corruptive of our current system? The marriage system now, has become a legal one, anyway. For taxes, property, even testimonies in legal cases fall into the hands of marriage. It has just become a unity of bank accounts, and identities. But, all that aside.
I don't see why it's wrong. Is their love any less real because of a slightly different circumstance? Based on a purely "it devalues the ceremony of marriage" bullshit, it's, well, bullshit. From drive-in weddings in Vegas, to "I Want To Marry A Rich Guy For Fame And Money", to 5 divorces in a lifetime. Is letting a few gay guys and some lesbians get married really going to completely breach our morality?
Bigots and assholes. Let them have their legal ceremony. Let them enjoy all the comforts of a legal, binding agreement. It's fucking discrimination, pure and simple. One of the oh so many reasons why this "Christian" nation epically fails.
If you are reading, please vote to allow them, in your state. Or you are just an insensitive, hetero supremacist bigot asshole (in my book).
-isms
In this world, plentiful of stupid, ignorant people to hate, there still exists intolerance, bigotry, and intense hatred of what people are. Not WHO they are but WHAT they are. Be it racism, sexism, homophobia (not an -ism, but equally retarded, in its own right), or ageism (I'm sure there is such a thing). Now, I don't like a lot of people. But it's their the content of their character, or lack thereof if you want to be funny, that pisses me off. Now, I haven't met a lot of black folks, but the few I have, have perpetuated the negative stereotypes. That reason alone, I could assume that the majority of black people are like that. But I don't. Color of your skin, who you love, whether or not you have a Y chromosome, is that really worth hating about?
Better yet, what does that prove? Is that really all they are? Is that what defines them, as a person? If you answered yes to the last two, take a good look at yourself. If you can't even do that, do us a favor and eat a bullet. It's not something someone picks out, at their birth. You can hate someone for being a Republican or Democrat, hate them for liking Ford or Chevy, hell, even whether they like butter on their bread, versus jam. But hating someone for something that just biological are, it's pathetic.
Coming from a hater, at least hate people for who they are, not for things out of their control.
Better yet, what does that prove? Is that really all they are? Is that what defines them, as a person? If you answered yes to the last two, take a good look at yourself. If you can't even do that, do us a favor and eat a bullet. It's not something someone picks out, at their birth. You can hate someone for being a Republican or Democrat, hate them for liking Ford or Chevy, hell, even whether they like butter on their bread, versus jam. But hating someone for something that just biological are, it's pathetic.
Coming from a hater, at least hate people for who they are, not for things out of their control.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Nationalities DO Matter
I am sick of people saying "Well, is just the same as , we are all humans". No, it's not the same. In different countries, there are different cultures that value different things. What could be wrong, and morally reprehensible in America, is completely different than, say, China, or Afghanistan. I say the typical American is stupid. You say "They are just the same as anywhere else". Completely false. Although, that is a poor example, because most people are stupid, let alone nationalities.
Point is, it's not a bold claim to generalize one country because of evidence, than another, simply because we are all "part of the human race".
Point is, it's not a bold claim to generalize one country because of evidence, than another, simply because we are all "part of the human race".
All Are Created Equal but All Do Not Remain Equal
It would detest some of you to know that all people's lives are not equal. To say the life of a grocery store manager is equivalent to a leader of a whole nation, or even a governor of a state or city, is completely wrong. We all have to realize this. People's lives gain value, not from just being, but from influential actions.
Now, I don't pretend to think I'm better than most. I mean, to me, I am better than most. But, I have done nothing to back up my claim. I have not progressed our species enough to say "I'm better than the grocery store manager".
Which brings to my next point. Those that halt the progression of our society must be stopped. I would say religious zealots, but that's just the tip. To move forward in any meaningful way, it would take the masses to agree. Like, in America, the two-party system is so halting progression, a lot more than any religious ideology. The modern age has brought so many comforts, that people would like to just remain at this comfortable stage. We are moving forward, but too slowly because of these comforts. That's a reason I mentioned in an earlier post, why we need a catastrophe. To break up our comfortable lives and force us into action.
Ask yourself this: Do you value life or lives? It seems like a trick kind of question, but it's not. Example: say, in a bank, a hostage situation. You have 10 terrorists, who have stolen mass funds to wage their war against us. The police can give them what they got, the terrorists would leave peacefully. Or they could storm the place, with expected civilian casualties. What if giving the terrorists this money, could help them purchase mass destructive weapons, gases, poisons, or even a biological disease? What are a few complacent civilians' lives, by comparison? Or even a broader scale: A major city in which an oppressive, dangerous regime has used for their big operations. Bomb the city to the ground to save the world, at the cost of thousands of civilian lives? Even if it would save billions? Of course, there is always a chance that both, the regime and the bank terrorists are simply bluffing, but would you really take the chance?
Would you put the needs of individuals, over the needs of the whole race?
Now, I don't pretend to think I'm better than most. I mean, to me, I am better than most. But, I have done nothing to back up my claim. I have not progressed our species enough to say "I'm better than the grocery store manager".
Which brings to my next point. Those that halt the progression of our society must be stopped. I would say religious zealots, but that's just the tip. To move forward in any meaningful way, it would take the masses to agree. Like, in America, the two-party system is so halting progression, a lot more than any religious ideology. The modern age has brought so many comforts, that people would like to just remain at this comfortable stage. We are moving forward, but too slowly because of these comforts. That's a reason I mentioned in an earlier post, why we need a catastrophe. To break up our comfortable lives and force us into action.
Ask yourself this: Do you value life or lives? It seems like a trick kind of question, but it's not. Example: say, in a bank, a hostage situation. You have 10 terrorists, who have stolen mass funds to wage their war against us. The police can give them what they got, the terrorists would leave peacefully. Or they could storm the place, with expected civilian casualties. What if giving the terrorists this money, could help them purchase mass destructive weapons, gases, poisons, or even a biological disease? What are a few complacent civilians' lives, by comparison? Or even a broader scale: A major city in which an oppressive, dangerous regime has used for their big operations. Bomb the city to the ground to save the world, at the cost of thousands of civilian lives? Even if it would save billions? Of course, there is always a chance that both, the regime and the bank terrorists are simply bluffing, but would you really take the chance?
Would you put the needs of individuals, over the needs of the whole race?
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