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Saturday, 19 December 2009

Snow.

The only time it is ever good, is when you're in school. You anxiously await the days where the winter-wonderland causes no one to be able to drive, and therefore, you are stuck in your house. I am recently graduated, and now see what my parents and every other living adult had to go thru. I have to pick up Jon from the baltimore airport tomorrow There is well over 2.5 FEET of snow. I am banging my head against the wall, repeatedly.

Monday, 14 December 2009

Relationships.

They are what holds humanity to some sort of moral standard. Whether it be familial relationships, sexual relationships, friendships, or just mere acquaintances; They make you adhere to certain standards. However, not all relationships are healthy and/or meant to last. Let's see an example:

Guy meets girl. Girl likes guy. They date. Things start to get semi-serious. They meet each other's parents, and random relatives here, and there. Their parents meet, and everyone is getting along. One day, guy decides it's a smart thing to marry this girl. He asks, she says 'Sure.'

Now let's fast-forward ten or so years.

Both are internally sick of the other. Everything that their spouse does that is not to their standards is annoying, or worse, causing extreme discontent within the other. These people should be able to talk to each other normally, discussing their problems and coming to a solution. Everyone around them can see the tension, and the things that they actually 'talk' to each other about, or rather argue about, are microbial things. Little tiny things that infect their thoughts, and feelings towards the other. This couple should inevitably end their relationship, right? There is no saving it. It is too far gone. The world's 'unintentional religious morals', you know.. The ones that were taught as secular? They are the base of this problem. Religion sets an amazing base of morals. Except, the way which we interact with each other. This hypothetical relationship should be ended, by either party.

Why in today's society is everyone upheld to some heinously high standard, which by the end of things causes more chaos than need be? Because of every other relationship that they have ever had. If parents taught their kids to be able to come to them with issues, whether it be with them or not, in a manner in which words were used non-maliciously, then the children's future relationships would be able to flourish healthily. If more people understood that their plenteous variating reactions to things caused an indirect malfunction in all their other relationships. Emotions should be taken with a grain of salt when resolving issues, so that facts and feelings put into words may come thru.

Unfortunately, most people think that the drama must be present. For someone to really be in love, they must confess it upon the tallest mountain, to ALL the people of the world, so that everyone may share in their joy! This is complete bull-shit, and if any one of my significant others EVER did this.. I would shoot them. Twice. Just to make sure they are no longer sucking oxygen. Humans need to realize not everything is about the flash. Sometimes it's just having the ability to see what's dark that is truly important.

Alas, I am rambling.

Well, I hope this wasn't too bad.

And, please do take into consideration that I know there weren't any facts or real points in my argument. This is merely a means of venting my current frustrations.

Saturday, 12 December 2009

Borders.

Well. For starters, borders is not what you may think. I have recently discovered that books are the only thing that I am comfortable paying for. I would rather have the physical book in my hand than looking at a torrented .pdf on my laptop. What does this say about books? You see, books are, and always have been, the source of sharing knowledge with future generations and cultures. It's a way of recording whatever you'd like so that anyone can use it. As I sit here reading about the sun, I wonder why this book was in the clearance section of borders. I have purchased a DK definitive visual guide to the universe for a mere ten dollars. This is absurd. Twilight goes for about twenty-ish.. why would this book be ten? All of the educational books that normal people would read for some old fashioned education are all in the clearance. Of course, this is a conundrum because it also makes me happy. You know, having to pay less for books that I would rather read. As painful as it is for me to admit it, I have read the twilight series.Any smithsonian book on the planet earth is much better. I will redeem my self slightly by also stating that I have not, and will never, see the films.

Recently I have also noticed that I am constantly gaining knowledge while it seems those around me are just.. well, losing it? I can't stand to see people who have such potential for thought waste it on things like..Ugh.. English. Analyzing documents that everyone beforehand has analyzed. Especially when they have the same opinion. It's completely pointless. "I think this because all these other people who said this [insert quote here] agree with that choice, and I am easily swayed." I can honestly say there was only one english major who's company I actually enjoy. He knows who he is.
I am upset to confess that I am currently torrenting a one hundred and thirty dollar book called, "Gravitation." I am only doing this, however, because I cannot afford it, and will not blow my next paycheck on something that will be hefty to lug around and make me short on my rent.

Any-who.

Here's a random definition from a book that I am reading, enjoy! :
--- Gregorian Calendar: The calendar that is in use throughout most of the world and that was intituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as the revised version of the Julian Calendar.

It says a bit more.. but I wont bore you with the details. Besides, if you didn't already know that.. well phoo on you. Although, I would have to say I'm a slightly at an advantage because I took latin in high school, and a bit of middle school. But, I digress.

---Electronvolt: symbol-eV., A unit of energy equal to the energy acquired by an electron falling freely through a potential difference of one volt. It is equal to 1.6022 x 10^ -19 joules. The energies of elementary particles are usually quoted in eV.
--- (In case you don't know what they are) Elementary Particles: The basic building blocks of all matter. :/

Alright. I'm on the phone now, and must stop quizzing my friend on random astronomical definitions.

Bye.