becuase i promised

ok so the one thing i continue to learn over and over like an Alzheimer's patient is that

life continues to get in the way


I owe you (beth) my insights on a few things, for the sake of getting caught up and participating ~ but i promise to be concise and to the point


~ in class movies ~

grave of the fireflies:

this movie is verbose in terms of imagery, and surprisingly it works well. bc i have seen princess mononoke and spirited away i couldnt shake the same overall feeling invoked by these types of films. however, it took me longer to get drawn into this storyline, and perhaps thats bc it takes time to deconstruct the walls of our viewpoints being inherant to our cultural heritage. overall, i enjoyed the movie, and it was emotionally poignant, albeit it could have been tweaked in some areas imo, but i digress for this class, this movie is relevant becuase it shows apart of history that many of us would never think to bring to the forefronts of our conciousness

two thumbs up for point, and overall delivery

my only criticisms could be the dialogue and the failure to see more of whats going on outside of the primary characters, as the setting is a valuable character itself




the farmer flick:

to be honest, i couldn't connect to this film... something about it just sailed around me

i get why its relevant, again its a viewpoint that many of us would not normally see or think about

but it seemed to me at points, that this guy wanted to be strange just to be strange (again this works and has its place in the world) but i guess i just dont share his passions, his idiosyncracies

overall, he makes a good point about food and the world, and the connection we share yadda yadda

i love food, truly i do, i was born in montana, i share a love for the wild and the earth and all that neo hippie stuff, i dated a dietician for three years... i mean i feel like i should have more of an attachment to this film, but i think i draw the line at eating dirt

overall

meh thumbs up

yes their is worth, but i dont feel that this films message needed this much time and filler, it was a mixed film about a "queer" aka strange farmer, and then an interesting approach to farming



Museum expedition:

i never made it out to a museum, although i've been jonesing to see MING BLING at the IMA, and i really did want to see the comic thing at the Children's Museum

suffice it to say, i ended up looking at the cover art of my cd collection, i found it interesting bc album art has a lot to say, if the artist wants to make a statement

not to be a blowoff approach, but this topic could take its own class, needless to say i took some time to flip thru what i had and found that it was interesting to examine them more cloesly than i normally would



final project slashie pill bottle idea (my original thought):

so this continues to be a work in progress that nevertheless has taken on a life of its own, i fear that its getting bigger than i orignally had concieved, and as a byproduct of evolution i have no idea where it will end (doesnt this seem like a note a mad scientist would write in his journal)

however, interesting side note

i wonder if i am constantly revising or adding to this notion bc i am learning more, or because there is just no clear answer

i find that my original concept has changed to represent something that might be similiar to what we have viewed in class already, the secrets thing with post cards

instead of solidifying into a concrete TADA project, im getting more or less disassociated ideas that i know eventually will conect but its madening bc when i review my thoughts and what ive attempted to do, i fear that to the outsider it will think im totally on drugs

which, then again, is part of the project .... sorta not me being wasted, but the idea of drugs


however, ive been tryin to implement different approaches to doing this project, ive tried letting my mind wonder, ive taken days off so i can get a fresh look, ive done research - only to find roadblocks (what really is relevant and correct these days - furthermore, it seems that statistics are the way things get done, bc they are never truly wrong if you argue in the right context, but are they actually reliable.... who's to say WHO IS TO SAY)

i feel like im trapped in beta testing, but its only me

i suppose, my project is an idea, a message, instead of an established project

so in essence, its talk, its debate, its philosophy, its the pursuite of truth, its elegant bs, its insanely important, and its something that some people may never think about in their life

its lifesaving, and disposable
its timeless, and its already dead and buried
im not the originator, and im definitely not that last to be the curator

its the human condition, thus flawed, but infinitely intersting as perfection is boring


i give you my word, that i will try

i hope not to disappoint

but for right now, its a work in progress, this is a hard hat area, im under construction
and i have no idea what the half life of this thing could really be





ok well i think im caught up now, so if you have any questions you know what to do


~j

how i would feel if jj abrams and m night shyamalan got together

much like the audience would feel: completely lost and waiting for the twist

yea, my personal life has been crazy lately and well yeaaaaa....

i know i havent blogged in awhile, and really i doubt that its affecting anyone but i promise to get back up to speed tonight after class

so if you are willing to wait a few hours, ill have something hopefully worthwhile

~j

the end all? mac vs pc

I found this while doing homework for another class, and well I just thought it was well done.  Perhaps you NewMedia kids will enjoy

Mac vs Windows?

My day to day job is multimedia design. If you see something that moves around or is interactive in any way, shape or form online, that's the sort of thing I do. In the late 90's I got a grant from The Princes' Trust and started printing skatewear t-shirts and moved on from there. When I started out I needed a computer so I bought a Mac. I chose a Mac primarily because I had a friend that knew about them and could help me fix it if it went wrong. I've been using them ever since and am now the bloke my friends with Macs call when theirs goes wrong. Contrary to what Apple would like you to believe, just like Windows machines, Macs throw a wobbler on occasion too.

Currently on my desk at work I have a Windows XP box and an iMac. I don't really use the Windows machine. It's not because I have any objection to the fact it's Windows, I just know how to get around the Mac better. Other folk I work with that also have the same set-up work the other way round, with the Mac hardly getting touched. Again, it's just about what they are familiar with and prefer. I find the whole frothing at the mouth evangelism some Mac users have a bit sad. I like using my Mac but I don't see why somebody who is perfectly happy with their Windows machine should be ranted at for their preference. I think the PC fanatic who rants with equal candour against the Mac is also misguided, and often misinformed. Both operating systems do similar things equally well, but there are some things a Mac does better, and some things Windows machines do better. Bizzarely, I find Microsoft Office is better on the Mac and one of my creative mainstays, Adobe Flash, is better on a PC. On a Mac it runs slower and is more processor hungry. Annoying but true.

But here is the thing. I'm glad Microsoft has the market dominance. I can't help but feel that if Apple had the same domination that Microsoft has they would be a lot more ruthless - to the detriment of the consumer. When Apple had market dominance way back in the late 80s and early 90s, the computers were astoundingly expensive. Bill Gates wanted to licence the Mac OS but was told where to go, so he made Windows. Apple responded to the new threat with arrogance and didn't work on giving people a better deal with Windows machines running at thousands of pounds cheaper than the Macs of the time. By the time Apple realised what they had done Microsoft had stormed ahead to where it's the system the majority of you are using now. Similarly, Quark was once the dominant force in publishing software, but has now been supplanted by Adobe InDesign because Quark didn't listen to it's consumers or understand the threat from the competition. Apple lost out for the same reason.

As far as figureheads go, I think Steve Jobs is an influential and charismatic leader as well as a great company figurehead, but I think Bill Gates comes across as a nicer - if geekier - bloke. I know he's been replaced by Steve Balmer as the head of the company, but I think most people still see him as the lead guy. I think the charitable trust he and his wife set up is great and his general ethos on the staggering wealth he has is a good one. I tend to imagine Steve Jobs may well sleep in a coffin, albeit a very nicely designed one.

Comment by all means but please don't prove the point of the article. Save the Mac and PC flaming for Engadget. Don't forget, even if you hate the other operating system to the one you use, the fact it exists means there is competition that will push forward the development on your favoured system. Consumers benefit and lower blood pressure all round.

Yes, I know Unix and Linux are players in the market too, but it's going to be an online OS we are all going to end up using in the future anyway. The Google ramraiding will continue.

Don't get me wrong, I love using my Mac and don't want to change operating systems. I just think some of the Apple users out there need to have a little more perspective about their beloved Apple, and to just chill out a bit. We should be more relaxed, we are running the better system after all. But then, I would say that, wouldn't I?

POSTED BY DAVID HUTCHINSON ON APRIL 17, 2008 AT 12:19 PM | PERMALINK

Bliss

I'm without my bliss .... (at the moment?)

to be honest

its a personal thing

but to be honest again, i was really hoping this assignment would happen around finals because that was the time i was hoping for


*this is what you probably expected to hear*
i guess i was hoping that i could just step out of class and go snowboarding or water skiing ... either way its been too long since Ive done anything that gives you a rush and calming affect all at the same time, and i guess that might be interesting to read about

but to say that those things are my bliss... i just dont know, when i was younger i would have said yes in a heartbeat, but as i've grown, i know in the end its the people i care for




but to be really really honest, my bliss truly lies in someone else

and well, the fall/winter season holds a lot of importance to me bc of this person, so when i truly thought about bliss i have to say that what i want most is out of my reach until later, my bliss has to wait...

rather, i have to wait for her

interesting?

thought maybe some of you might like this

maybe not?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101000728.html?wpisrc=newsletter

what the bleep?

lifetime presents quantum theory with a side of WTF moments

ok seriously, this movie has great ambitions but there seemed to me that there was about 10 mins worth of theory and the rest seemed like an oprah presents deaf woman with some personal issues

not that its a bad way to express the ideas, but it seemed to really take some twisted turns with the approach... the wedding scene especially

i guess i was expecting something else...

however, the ideas around quantum theory are interesting


i forget who said this, and i have to paraphrase

"but science points to god and god points to science"

i liked the take on religion and spirituality, and even if i dont agree or agree, i thought it was refreshing to have such an open concept that preaches tolerance and love (which is what god IS? right? across most of the religions of the world is he not? funny that more lives have been taken in the word of peace and love, but anyways i degress)

so maybe its not refreshing, but saying the same old thing in a new way

retro is hip again?

anyways, scraping the void that is the future, looking out into the frontier is always exciting and usuallypresents hope

but i wonder, knowledge and well i guess everything always has its relation to a harmony that exists within pros and cons, good and evil , etc etc

so yea

i suppose when we get into this, we could talk forever, but what really interests me is where do we want to take it, where will we go?

i guess its not the road, but the journey that matters

sort of

anyways

before we get to a point where we can do things, should we not brace ourselves for the decisions we will have to face


we are at point when our decisions, our actions can impact the world instantaneously

i guess, if anything, we must be ready


wow i sound totally *the end is nigh* right now, but ill quote spider man to regain my youth

with great power, comes great responsibility

but damn, how amazing this power could be


~j

WATCH THIS!!!

since im no techno wiz.... yet

im posting this link

my sister found this, and that in itself raises questions

BUT

its funny, its newmedia to a T, and we all might learn something


check it:

http://shaveeverywhere.com/

"for cereal" ~ al gore

does anyone else ever get a right bit pissed when they come across someone thats toooo much like themselves

i've had this happen lately and it reminds me of the seinfeld episode where jerry is trying to get this other comedian from riding on his coat tails, errr his success

anyways, im not sure what causes this phenomnenon... it seems so counter intuitive at times

shouldn't we want to find people that are similiar? or do we not like them bc they are stealing our thunder, raining on our parade, or making us look more dull and common?


also, id like to raise a "glass" *wink* to the guy that really wants to be like me in new jersey who is racking up some major credit debt on my card

i think it would be a fun assignment to go to atlantic city and pretend we are some enforcers for ...

ok i cant be creative but lets go gamble, and maybe break some thumbs :p




apologies for yelling


~j

is there more,? MUCH MORE! slc punk for ya

so yea i forgot about the 6th sense thing

i suppose we could go on and on, but does deja vu count? every so often i get a major helping of it and it does freak me out

for me it happens in a certain type of way most often

step one

have a really vivid dream, but it doesnt seem to make sense

step two

time goes by

step three

holy F*** batman, its deja vu


id love to get into this more, but i have a feeling we are going to talk about it at some point in the future

haha

or

????

im not mad, just dissapointed

dont you F**.. (ill be good) hate that phrase, anyways it has nothing to do with this blog, but its on my mind so thought id share


anyways, i first want to apologize to beth bc i know you are the only one who really sits down and reads this blogs on a normal basis, and im behind. lo siento senorita

i actually started to right down a blog the other night, and i was trying to do it in a free association method... not so much by writting and not looking down, but more like writing and not stopping to edit, mainly focusing on my ideas as they flowed and trying to get my fingers to keep up

nevertheless, it was a mess, and when i went back to re-read the thing, i felt like it would only make sense to me, so maybe when i get some time ill work on posting the original and the "edited" version

but this made me think of senses, and i guess i have a very different view of what a sense can be

overall, i think that we do have our primary senses, but whats more is that they are intrinsically intangible ( i hope i worded that right) but yea, they are linked in variations to form something more, i guess what we could call the human experience


the funny thing, when we discussed senses, and our favorites, and we explored them,

i was a little surprised that no one mentioned things like adrenaline rushes, or blushing or that kinda SENSE

my favorite sense, is my heartbeat

strange isn't it?

there's something to it thought that i cant quite place, i love it when it races and when i get exited, its something that flows throughout my body and its so immersive

i guess its a thrill, but i love the way it feels even if its a slow build up, or fast and insanely intense

i guess i like adrenaline rushes, but really its more just the way my heart feels, and its strange but i love it when its physical or emotional

i also happen to be one of those people who think to much, and its really strange sometimes to think how worked up i can get on my own, like pumped up for something or well almost clinically depressed, but thru all of that, i feel it with my heart, or at least what i can SENSE as my heart

i dont want to sound emo, so im going to refrain from love, but there definitely is something otherworldly about it


moving on, i tried doing the assignment in regards to seeking out our senses, and it was really hard for me, i think im just wired differently than other people

i had a really hard time limiting myself to experiences in only one fashion

however, ill try to list somethings now that i am thinking back


vision: i went to go see "how to lose friends and alienate people" on saturday night, and aside from the movie being everything that is awesome bc simon pegg is a badass mofo, i had a unique experience, i was the only one in the theatre

i took a pic on my cell phone, but im not hip and my phone is li-z-ame

it was surreal to have a private showing, but then late into the beginning some people walked in, but still, going to the movies by yourself and having the place to yourself is well ... try it


taste/smell: i normally dont smoke, and i dont condone it, however, i do feel that there is something to it, something calming and re-assuring, and i guess there is a positive to it in some regards, especially if you are orally fixated like i am

moving on, (sorry for rants, and run ons, its just the way i think and write)

i decided to have a few this weekend with one of my friends as we caught up and talked about our love lives, and i must admit, sometimes having something on fire in your hand can make you feel better about the world

but cancer is a bad boy, so stay away children

nevertheless, its an odd experience if you aren't familiar, the way it goes from your mouth to your lungs and all that jazz, even the flavor

and i know its ash and chemicals and nasty junk, but i recommend it to the curious (maybe try hookah) to just experience it


taste ~ food: my heart is very close to my stomach, if i didn't know better id say it lived there at times

i love how food brings people together, and how much you can get out of a pint


touch: so i have to get a lil pansy rific ( its my blog, and i dont feel that i have to explain everything) but to make it understandable, i recently went from a 3yr relationship to being solo

and well, i realized that im a very physical person (you keep it clean and i will) but i miss the way our hands fit into each others, we always thought it was really unique, and if we ever laid next to each other we kinda molded into one another, and well we fit in ways that just seemed unique


hearing: i really appreciate the fact that im not quite deaf yet, going to concerts when i was younger and making sure i got close to the stage probably wasnt the best decision in hindsight when it comes to me and not wearing hearing aides when i get older, but ya know you only live once right ... right

i noticed how music seems to be very important to everyone under the sun, but i guess it hasnt been until recently for me that i actualy started listening to things again

i guess its hard for me bc i cant just put something on in the background usually, i tend to focus on it and well i cant get anything else done... save for driving

but there is something magical about the whole thing, how it actually works and how it makes us feel, and i dont know if its because we respond to the beat on some primordial level or if its that it helps us connect to each other, or if its something else, or a crazy combination (im banking its probably everthing)

instead of going further into how awesome it is, i wanted to ask if anyone ever had one of those momenets where you felt like your life was being played out in song

its happened to me a few times, and i almost hate it, bc i feel that either A) someone said it better than i could or B) i feel cheated in a way bc i dont feel that my experience was as unique as i thought it was C) the song is either by a band or a singer that i just dont want to acknowledge as having talent, and there they are singing whats going on in my head

i also was wondering, but does anyone like just instrumental ? sometimes i prefer it bc the song can then truly become yours, you can take it with you and make it mean whatever you want it to... and its crazy, but sometimes its meaning changes with time


ok, i know that i have a few other things to list out for my assignments so im going to get thru them fast so this doesnt become a novel


thoughts on class, i love this class, and i wish we had more time to just sit around and do what we do... break the mold, fight the power, sing cuumbuy ya (sp?) and looking at art... we are so damn trendy it hurts

but i think we should consider ourselves fortunate, as i said to beth (in a matter of speaking) bc everyone in this class in my eyes doesnt need it, we already seem to understand what beth is getting at, at opening our minds to new experiences and that life doesnt end when you dont get an A ... etc etc

i really wish we had some people in the class that we could help, i suppose we should go out for a pyschology grant since we are basically a self help group... we could even get a grant


but yea i love our class, it gives me something to look forward to, and i like that beth encourages to get everyone involved since some are shy, we dont need to spotlight on anyone particular and thats badass i must say



ok uhm lets see i think theres one last thing i have to mention, BETH BOUGHT ME FOOD which in my world = BETH IS MY FAVORITE PROF

so we had lunch the day she assigned us to just do something, and we ate at Bazbeaux Pizza, truly one of the best pizza places in indy fo shiz (as i mentioned before, my heart is linked to food, so when she mentioned do whatever we want this idea hit me hard, well that and going to circle center to re live some arcade action)

id been hoping to get to talk to beth about somethings, so it just kinda worked out, i know most of you already have some connection with her, but since im a rookie it was ne-ice to get caught up on somethings



ok well i think im all caught up, if anyone is curious or wants to know more then step up, be a big kid, and ask

i bite, but thats if you get lucky so ...




forever and always
~j

what if cont.

74. We had no inhibitions
75. We had no insecurities
76. Oprah was prez, would phil be vice and would we have to all join her book club or ELSE
77. Love really was free
78. Our souls had physical representations like in the golden compass
79. The Smashing Pumpkins never broke up in the first place
80. We are all lame
81. We all had six packs
82. We all are overweight
83. We were forced to relive our life when its all said and done
84. We could choose what moments in our life to relive
85. We all are already seeing sideways
86. Smoking cured cancer

missed class and apparently mising the picture

uhm i read the blogs about last weeks class, and so far i really have no idea what went down

except that someone broke their foot after class

and someone wanted to apologize if they offended anyone, but they are just curious

and uhm

im sure there was talk about birds

and someone said it was boring during the first half but the other half was awesome



so yea...

i tried

say what?

What IF ...
1. Gredo shot first
2. JFK was never shot
3. Martin Luther King Jr. was never shot
4. Hitler never was born
5. Einstein didn’t work at the patents office
6. Bush was never elected
7. 9-11 never happened
8. Michael Moore never made movies
9. America never landed on the moon
10. We had tails
11. We could read each others minds
12. Men were like sea horses and had the kids
13. Christianity never took off
14. We never needed to sleep
15. We could choose our own dreams
16. There were no countries
17. God really did talk back
18. God had an answering machine, what would the message be like
19. There was no facebook, google, myspace, yahoo, ipods, or stupid catch phrases like acronyms that people now prefer to say instead of the intended meaning, as in saying OMG instead of oh my god
20. Celebrities and sports stars only made minimum wage
21. The presidents pay check was a based bi weekly on approval ratings
22. You could look at yourself from outside your body
23. If we aged backwards
24. If no one had invented film
25. There was no tv
26. We had to give up one sense in exchange for another, but the others were offset and super
27. We could pop a pill for everything, and still be ourselves
28. If we were all Spartans hoo – rah
29. If we still had the morals and ethics of the fifties and sixties mixed with the freedom loving and open mindedness of the 20’s, 60’s and 70’s
30. All animals were just as intelligent as humans
31. If Adderall and Prozac were never invented
32. There was no such thing as caffeine or energy drinks
33. Ghosts hung around and talked to us
34. We really had devils and angels on our shoulders
35. All drugs were legal, would we have such large numbers of people doing them
36. We evolved faster
37. We could never lie, or people always knew when others lied
38. If there was world peace, what would we do
39. People cared about your positive attributes instead of being a whore who’s daddy has lots of money
40. Michael Jackson never went insane
41. We had to walk everywhere
42. WOW never existed
43. We each took turns ruling the nation, or better yet the popular vote won… and we dismissed the electoral college as an outdated practice
44. You knew for certain that there was only one person for you out there, truly soulmates and you couldn’t date anyone else
45. You married the first person you ever dated, kissed…
46. Guiness or Jameson were more awesome… strike that from the record, it couldn’t happen
47. Men loved sex and the city and will & grace, and women watched football and the Simpsons/Seinfeld
48. Hippies shaved and took showers and dressed in business attire
49. If there was no pain, could we appreciate anything at all
50. We never wore clothes
51. We had no form of writing
52. We all wrote like Shakespeare
53. Harry potter, star wars, and other modern “epics” never existed
54. If jar jar was a badass and the prequels rocked
55. You could live inside your favorite tv shows and go in btwn them at will
56. Everything was free
57. We were all still friends with our ex’s
58. We never were distracted by thinking about sex or relationships
59. If pirates and ninjas got along
60. Playing video games made your parents proud
61. If we settled national problems thru games, video or Olympic style, say paintball instead of real guns – who would ref?
62. The world relied upon you for its salvation
63. Time wasted wasn’t wasted time
64. We could keep our innocence longer
65. You could look at other potential realities of yourself
66. You could choose your family but not your friends
67. If could get paid for just being me (im actually really banking on this happening one day, those bill collectors are getting right pissed)
68. I really did have wonder twin powers
69. I was addicted to the food network, house, heroes, and other things that keep me from doing my hw on time
70. If I had bet on black instead of red when I was down to my last 50 in vegas
71. We were all forced to go to high school reunions
72. If you could never get a divorce aka love really was forever
73. I didn’t suddenly get distracted

the internet does work after all - or does it? a blog about time

For this assignment I've been racking my brain, and I’ve also had time to recoup from 24 hour flu (a fun experience in time) and time enough to wait for my homes internet connection to be fixed by Comcast

Time apparently is on my side, yes it is…. But in unusual ways

I’ve had a lot of ideas, and ill post them here in list ~so to say~

the funny thing though, is despite coming up with a concrete idea and following it thru (originally)... I continue to either think of new ideas, or merely get lost in the abstraction of the subject which leads to whims, remembering things, realizing I’ve forgotten things, or merely just realizing I’ve been thinking for too long without getting anything productive on, I also learned once more that I write colliqiouly and I don’t know how to spell, I also tend to think in tangents, and I could really use a secretary to keep me "on time"


nevertheless, I lack technical savvy in a lot of areas, I’m still a noob in regards to pumping out vids or websites but I do have the ideas for things, so I guess I’ll just explain what I’ve come up with

keep in mind, if I had it my way, there would be music to all of this


for one, David bowie changes ~ "time may change me, but I can’t trace (should be change) time"
also, Everlong by Foo Fighters (mainly bc it rocks, but also for irony usage when applied to certain aspects, sometimes things should end… ie MJ… you’ll understand when you get there)

Anyways

Here are some “time” uh things ;p

Watching a colts game.. time slows down, and its not over till its over *BELIEVE*

Procrastination is an art form

Gwen Stefani (where’d the talent go)

BB King, still rocking and still amazing (some careers can last)

How time affects opinions ~ transition to a great movie ~ SLC Punk!

How we can change so much or so little over time, where were we a week ago, month ago, year ago etc

Gas Prices !!!

Michael Jackson face

Donnie Darko another great flick

New Time Theory

its just awesome… and I thought I should post the lyrics, bc as time goes by, our understanding/interpretation evolve, devolve, and sometimes just disappear

Everlong Foo Fighters

Hello

I've waited here for you

everlong

Tonight

I throw myself into

And out of the red out of her head she sang

Come down and waste away with me

Down with me

Slow how you wanted it to be

I'm over my head, out of her head she sang

And I wonder

When I sing along with you

If everything could ever feel this real forever

If anything could ever be this good again

The only thing I'll ever ask of you

You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

She sang

Breathe out

So I can breathe you in

Hold you in

And now

I know you've always been

Out of your head, out of my head I sang

And I wonder

When I sing along with you

If everything could ever feel this real forever

If anything could ever be this good again

The only thing I'll ever ask of you

You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

She sang

And I wonder

If everything could ever feel this real forever

If anything could ever be this good again

The only thing I'll ever ask of you

You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

time effects us all, and well its probably the one element that keeps this world constantly interesting

oh and by the way i put the pics up top without explanation bc i wanted you to wonder what they were for since they are seemingly random and you have had "TIME" to think about them up till now so hahaha

also thats a picture of "old faithful" i just thought it was perhaps a good adage for time, and if you can ever see it... it really is pretty accurate

"Bible Dip" ~ Pandemonium (pg148?)

For my first dipping session, I opened the book to this article that roughly recalls a person and their group problem solving exercise experieince

Nevertheless, the gist was that two head are better than one, so on and so forth


However, I am taking this notion and challenging it towards the opiate of the masses aka religion

Is this always true?

I mainly want to play devils advocate as religion has been on my mind (lets say that relationships can get dicey when this topic comes up and well yea....)

But anyways, are two heads ALWAYS better?

I suppose the best answer is no, not always... becuase for one thing, working with a guy in a coma isn't going to be much help is it? ~~ well I suppose he could help with rhetorical questions, but thats beside the point.


So if anyone actually reads this, hit me back and let me know what you think


is there an order to chaos, or does order inevitably lead to chaos

are we able to bypass our animal instincts to become something more, or are we a prisoner to our lower survival needs, a shortcoming of morals, can we become more than we are naturally? do we work better on our own, or as a group, a civilization, a country?

i guess thats alot and pretty broad, but deal with it, i want to know


forever and always

~ john

ze egg-sperience

its incredible, edible, and guess WHAT it comes from a CHICKEN BUTT

yea, thats right its the EGG


so far for my experiences with this assignment i've tried a couple different things

for one, i've just left it out on my coffee table and waited to see what people would say

so far though, only my room mate has mentioned something, as it continues to perplex him

so this class 1 confused outsiders 0

however, this might be the tipping point for my roomie in that he might think that ive officially lost it, especially after becoming single, and watching the colts tonight, and a few crazy days of celebrating turning 24

nevertheless, the egg

the second thing i attempted to do with it, was leave it out during a party, but after a few beers had been downed, i had to hide it bc people started getting the glazed over look that seemed to say kegs N eggs (and well the egg i recieved for this has been sitting out well, since i got it)


lastly, i was going to try to do a magic trick with it that i learned on the food network, courtesy of the great man ALTON BROWN


the trick basically is to tell without any equipment if an egg has been hardboiled
all you need is a hardboiled egg and a regular one, and if you have any questions ill let you know how in class

but needless to say, my eggs broke while i was demonstrating to my roomie

and well



thats the re cap

~john out~