While I spent the first portion of my day installing apps on my boss's Android because our network was down, I also began learning an editing program from a 500-something page book. There are two books in total. Would anybody like to keep tabs on me and force a submission deadline of notes I've gathered while reading through software text? It'll really help me push through both textbooks. Pretty please?
"Pretty please?"
If I just said "Please?", would it risk getting overlooked or dismissed because it wasn't pretty? What am I supposed to say if it wasn't a pretty request? "That please...has a nice personality." When did asking for a favor turn into a visual description of Please's aesthetic appeal? Not only is it pretty, but it can also be topped off with "a cherry on top." Now I've turned this request for a favor into a dessert. How much sugarcoating does one really need to get shit done?
I've done all the work I had to wrap this short work week up. Here's to airplane travels with a group of friends tomorrow. Oh, boy. I can't wait to walk barefoot through airport security looking like crap. If I were a celebrity, I'd hate being photographed in the airport. You're jet lagged and hungry for painfully overpriced airport restaurant food while a handful of strangers entice you with questions and words.
A few weeks ago, I received some bad news that pretty much left me devastated. After crying about it for a couple of hours and seeking solace from a few close friends, I got over it and began rummaging my brain for a good plan to rebuild what I thought was lost. I've learned many times around by now that nothing can really break a person. Unless a body builder comes over and snaps me in half. I guess that could really break someone.
I think what really scares me about the future is the uncertainty. If the allotted time spent on thinking about the past, present, and future was presented in the form of a pie chart, the future pretty much makes up the entire body of Pacman. The area where his mouth opens makes up the times I've thought about both the past and present. I really ought to sort out my priorities. I'm dedicating too much of my happiness on things that cease to exist and more than likely will never happen.
Listening to: Regina Spektor - "Laughing With" (Live Version)
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
RELIGIOUS MUMBO JAMBALAYA
I know I'm officially a Mac user when I try for the Alt + A to Select All.
I don't know why I started off with that.
Yesterday, a friend of mine texted me about her annoyance with some Facebook friends on a feed complaining about the possibility of schools introducing sex education at an earlier age. Friends who happen to be the same as she (about 23). "Can anyone see the irony in that?" she texted. Why yes, friend. I can.
Earlier today, I read about a Texas state rep who recently filed a resolution to implement the inclusion of God and the Ten Commandments into the state's public schools. Phil Stephenson, I believe.
Religion is such a touchy subject. Touch, touch. Poke. You never know who you're going to offend or what friends you're going to lose with the statements you make. But I mean, as insignificant of an individual as I am, I guess I can just sit in my own little corner and quietly sort through my thoughts on the matter.
I don't really know why the push for religion is a priority, given the current circumstances that the nation is in. There are more pressing matters at hand, in my opinion. The economy could be - could be - a pretty big one. You know, could. Globalization has been opening up access to a new pool of workers who are able to work for significantly less pay than Americans. Middle-wage paying jobs are now offered overseas, and corporations are growing more profitable because they do not employ as many people as they used to. The financial wellbeing of the senior management and owners are being ensured at the expense of average employees. Tax policies seem to favor investors and high-wage earners. This isn't anything new; the employment rate is at an all-time low within the past thirty years. I don't even know if Stephenson's proposal will actually provide measurable results in bettering the nation, let alone the state of Texas.
But to what purpose does it serve to include the public acknowledgement of God in the state's public schools? I thought the public acknowledgement of God was made clear from the many, many many times in demonstrations, boycotts, pamphlets, television syndications, holidays, the bottom of my In-N-Out cup, small booklets passed out on the corners, organized groups, publicized fits of outrage...fuck--Church? Forgot about that one. I have friends who are religious. But those closest to me believe and feel as they wish, and allow me to do the same. I don't really feel threatened by those who propose similar resolutions as Stephenson's, because this world is progressively growing. The vast majority, compared to past centuries, have grasped the ability to reason. Surely they won't take a big, fat step back and call takesies backsies on what the Supreme Court already ruled against years ago.
The primary purpose of school is to educate those attending. You'll open up a big can of worms by advocating to support prayer and display of any religious citations on public schools. To specify, WHAT religion? There are too many versions that will probably demand the same acknowledgment. Which version is right? Surely not the one you believe in? How convenient. And don't call me Shirley. #snuckinanairplanereferencerightthurr
It's actually the conduct of the believers that leave such a bad impression on the idea of religion itself at times. I always thought that religion existed as a form of spiritual support, to better oneself in ways they wouldn't have been able to without. Maybe I'm wrong, but strong believers who remind me as to why I should convert make me feel as though religion is an inevitable disease. I would like to think that those who truly believe their religion to be right can give it enough faith to spread to willing believers, not resisting skeptics. Before asking non-believers if they can change their entire basis of reasoning and insight on existentialism, ask yourself if you are capable of doing the same.
I don't mean to sound as though I am attacking the idea. It's only those who try to shove it down my throat that really make me see the corruption behind it. I don't mind coexisting, because there are many different paths that an individual can take to find guidance and ways to improve as a person. I happen to have taken a different route. It is extremely hard for me to listen in on arguments from someone who disagrees with something that goes against the Bible, but doesn't adhere by its teachings entirely. Pick and choose, if you wish, but please allow others to do the same.
I think the Bible is a rulebook enforced for those who accept the legitimacy of its teachings. It doesn't apply if you don't see the value in it.
And I'm not even mad or anything. I'm just, you know...sitting here. Having eaten my Lean Cuisine too quickly and all.
I don't know why I started off with that.
Yesterday, a friend of mine texted me about her annoyance with some Facebook friends on a feed complaining about the possibility of schools introducing sex education at an earlier age. Friends who happen to be the same as she (about 23). "Can anyone see the irony in that?" she texted. Why yes, friend. I can.
Earlier today, I read about a Texas state rep who recently filed a resolution to implement the inclusion of God and the Ten Commandments into the state's public schools. Phil Stephenson, I believe.
Religion is such a touchy subject. Touch, touch. Poke. You never know who you're going to offend or what friends you're going to lose with the statements you make. But I mean, as insignificant of an individual as I am, I guess I can just sit in my own little corner and quietly sort through my thoughts on the matter.
I don't really know why the push for religion is a priority, given the current circumstances that the nation is in. There are more pressing matters at hand, in my opinion. The economy could be - could be - a pretty big one. You know, could. Globalization has been opening up access to a new pool of workers who are able to work for significantly less pay than Americans. Middle-wage paying jobs are now offered overseas, and corporations are growing more profitable because they do not employ as many people as they used to. The financial wellbeing of the senior management and owners are being ensured at the expense of average employees. Tax policies seem to favor investors and high-wage earners. This isn't anything new; the employment rate is at an all-time low within the past thirty years. I don't even know if Stephenson's proposal will actually provide measurable results in bettering the nation, let alone the state of Texas.
But to what purpose does it serve to include the public acknowledgement of God in the state's public schools? I thought the public acknowledgement of God was made clear from the many, many many times in demonstrations, boycotts, pamphlets, television syndications, holidays, the bottom of my In-N-Out cup, small booklets passed out on the corners, organized groups, publicized fits of outrage...fuck--Church? Forgot about that one. I have friends who are religious. But those closest to me believe and feel as they wish, and allow me to do the same. I don't really feel threatened by those who propose similar resolutions as Stephenson's, because this world is progressively growing. The vast majority, compared to past centuries, have grasped the ability to reason. Surely they won't take a big, fat step back and call takesies backsies on what the Supreme Court already ruled against years ago.
The primary purpose of school is to educate those attending. You'll open up a big can of worms by advocating to support prayer and display of any religious citations on public schools. To specify, WHAT religion? There are too many versions that will probably demand the same acknowledgment. Which version is right? Surely not the one you believe in? How convenient. And don't call me Shirley. #snuckinanairplanereferencerightthurr
It's actually the conduct of the believers that leave such a bad impression on the idea of religion itself at times. I always thought that religion existed as a form of spiritual support, to better oneself in ways they wouldn't have been able to without. Maybe I'm wrong, but strong believers who remind me as to why I should convert make me feel as though religion is an inevitable disease. I would like to think that those who truly believe their religion to be right can give it enough faith to spread to willing believers, not resisting skeptics. Before asking non-believers if they can change their entire basis of reasoning and insight on existentialism, ask yourself if you are capable of doing the same.
I don't mean to sound as though I am attacking the idea. It's only those who try to shove it down my throat that really make me see the corruption behind it. I don't mind coexisting, because there are many different paths that an individual can take to find guidance and ways to improve as a person. I happen to have taken a different route. It is extremely hard for me to listen in on arguments from someone who disagrees with something that goes against the Bible, but doesn't adhere by its teachings entirely. Pick and choose, if you wish, but please allow others to do the same.
I think the Bible is a rulebook enforced for those who accept the legitimacy of its teachings. It doesn't apply if you don't see the value in it.
And I'm not even mad or anything. I'm just, you know...sitting here. Having eaten my Lean Cuisine too quickly and all.
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