-Its great to see that the weather is a lot better now...
-I think that psychological torture is going to be the hate crime of the future: Doesn't leave any signs of physical damage...
-I never heard of Rancho Cucamonga until recently.... Its like "so you say that you are from Rancho Cucamonga, huh?"
-Abuse is an interesting concept. In extreme situations, anyone else who a abuser harmed in that would have done some serious damage in retaliation but since the abuser is someone whose not supposed to harm you they get away with all sorts of ergregious things. Happens all the time but it doesn't sound right if you look at it that way.
-I am currently overcoming an ailment. At least I can breathe though: I hate those colds where you are so congested that you are like, "If someone passed me a tissue I couldn't even blow my nose..."
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
I'll Make a Not of It...
Recently I was hanging sitting across the strret from a deli. A woman came out of the deli with a baby that was kicking and screaming. She put the baby in the backseat then drove off. That sort of thing is standard fanfare so I didn't think anything of it at first. Then I thought: What if something wasn't right? What if that baby was getting kidnapped? Interesting to think about...
I was watching Talk Soup or something the other day and they showed a clip of Rupaul's show. Rupaul said something to one of the female judges and the judge responded with something funny...thus making the clip worthy of talk soup. That has to be one of the worst ideas for a show that has ever been thought of! Nothing would make a man more paranoid than seeing a couple of guys in drag that truly pass for a woman... He would walk down the street staring at every woman skeptically...
Lately, my attitude toward people with different standards/ values than mine tends to me "I'll make a note of it." I will make a note of the fact that you guys feel that way.
Person: You think that that girl is cute but I think that she is gorgeous!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person:I think that people over a certain age should roll over and die and stop doing anything fun. Grow up!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: Big girls need love to!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: I think that its inappropriate for people from different back grounds to hang out with each other.
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: We think that you fit in more at this location than that location.
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
The list goes on and on. You would be shocked at how often it gets to the point of an argument or something. Some people feel that converting you to these types of view points is an entitlement. I don't see any point for that: Just know that there is a huge choir that I can preach to whether you are aware of it or not. I am not the only person who feels that way. A person can always preach to their choir if talking to me about any given topic is frustrating them too much...
I thought that this was interesting:
http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/112463/american-ghost-towns-21st-century-247wallst
I wonder what the most upscale ghost town in the world looks like... Has anyone ever thought of taking over a ghost town?
I was watching Talk Soup or something the other day and they showed a clip of Rupaul's show. Rupaul said something to one of the female judges and the judge responded with something funny...thus making the clip worthy of talk soup. That has to be one of the worst ideas for a show that has ever been thought of! Nothing would make a man more paranoid than seeing a couple of guys in drag that truly pass for a woman... He would walk down the street staring at every woman skeptically...
Lately, my attitude toward people with different standards/ values than mine tends to me "I'll make a note of it." I will make a note of the fact that you guys feel that way.
Person: You think that that girl is cute but I think that she is gorgeous!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person:I think that people over a certain age should roll over and die and stop doing anything fun. Grow up!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: Big girls need love to!
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: I think that its inappropriate for people from different back grounds to hang out with each other.
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
Person: We think that you fit in more at this location than that location.
Me: "I'll make a note of it."
The list goes on and on. You would be shocked at how often it gets to the point of an argument or something. Some people feel that converting you to these types of view points is an entitlement. I don't see any point for that: Just know that there is a huge choir that I can preach to whether you are aware of it or not. I am not the only person who feels that way. A person can always preach to their choir if talking to me about any given topic is frustrating them too much...
I thought that this was interesting:
http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/112463/american-ghost-towns-21st-century-247wallst
I wonder what the most upscale ghost town in the world looks like... Has anyone ever thought of taking over a ghost town?
Monday, February 28, 2011
2/28/2011
The quality of this blog may be suffering. I don't have nearly as much time as I used to have on the internet. That means that I end up writing this blog during the last 5 minutes that I have on the computer. Keep that in mind as you read this blog...
What's going on with those city workers who have the leaf-blowers. They are usually seemingly going out of their way to blow dirt in people's direction or giving a this hard look as if threatening to blow dirt in people's direction...
Most of my time is spent between the Anaheim and Fullerton areas. The demographic of what I see when I am out and about now seems completely different than when I first arrived here. Considering what I was accustomed to in Los Angeles, Orange County was never really what I expected since day one so I don't have much of an opinion about what was going on a year ago ago as opposed to now in terms of whether its better or worse. I will say that at a glance I think: This must be what integration looked like the first time that it ever happened. In the present day, when places are integrated, people are generally pretty close to each other demographically. People realize that regardless of ethnicity, some people are a lot more similar to each other than others. People have some level of exposure to other ethnicities and have some level of understanding in regards to who is a comparable match for them in integrated areas. Lately its an assortment of people that I have never seen together and don't seem to have anything in common...
Whether this is apparent to someone or not, I limit myself a lot in terms of where I am and who I interact with. I am not one of those people who thinks that the world is his oyster and comes and goes to any location as he pleases. I definitely know a lot of people from different backgrounds, but I am easily avoided. One of the benefits of a person who limits himself is that you can walk away from him/ her. No one likes to think about this but relationships end and as long as the other person doesn't live next door or think that the world is his oyster: you don't really have to see them again much. If you deal with people who don't limit themselves it never ends because they won't hesitate to be where you are whether
you move to a gated community or not...
Racism has been a lot different than what I was accustomed to before. Where I am coming from, if you want to make a racist comment you have to have 100 pages worth of charts, graphs, and data to back up what you are saying. Now, racism is like someoen says that you smell bad: If you don't really smell bad thats the racism. Thats a lot different than a having 100 pages worth of charts and graphs.
What's going on with those city workers who have the leaf-blowers. They are usually seemingly going out of their way to blow dirt in people's direction or giving a this hard look as if threatening to blow dirt in people's direction...
Most of my time is spent between the Anaheim and Fullerton areas. The demographic of what I see when I am out and about now seems completely different than when I first arrived here. Considering what I was accustomed to in Los Angeles, Orange County was never really what I expected since day one so I don't have much of an opinion about what was going on a year ago ago as opposed to now in terms of whether its better or worse. I will say that at a glance I think: This must be what integration looked like the first time that it ever happened. In the present day, when places are integrated, people are generally pretty close to each other demographically. People realize that regardless of ethnicity, some people are a lot more similar to each other than others. People have some level of exposure to other ethnicities and have some level of understanding in regards to who is a comparable match for them in integrated areas. Lately its an assortment of people that I have never seen together and don't seem to have anything in common...
Whether this is apparent to someone or not, I limit myself a lot in terms of where I am and who I interact with. I am not one of those people who thinks that the world is his oyster and comes and goes to any location as he pleases. I definitely know a lot of people from different backgrounds, but I am easily avoided. One of the benefits of a person who limits himself is that you can walk away from him/ her. No one likes to think about this but relationships end and as long as the other person doesn't live next door or think that the world is his oyster: you don't really have to see them again much. If you deal with people who don't limit themselves it never ends because they won't hesitate to be where you are whether
you move to a gated community or not...
Racism has been a lot different than what I was accustomed to before. Where I am coming from, if you want to make a racist comment you have to have 100 pages worth of charts, graphs, and data to back up what you are saying. Now, racism is like someoen says that you smell bad: If you don't really smell bad thats the racism. Thats a lot different than a having 100 pages worth of charts and graphs.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
2/22/2012
The Anonymous comment poster (or one of the anonymous commentors) has finally revealed their identity. Havnen't heard from you for years: I take it that you forgot my phone number and e-mail address...
All Star weekend was interesting. That 2 handed 360 that Blake Griffin did at the All Star game reminded me of a Bulls Vs. Blazers dunk on that old video game for the Super Nintendo. Attempting to do dunks that you only see on video games might be the wave of the future.
Some of those fouls at the All Star game were a bit too hard. There is never a reason to flagrant foul anyone at the all star game.
I was reading an article where Ray Allen was talking about his NBA Career 3 point field goal record. He said that in his mind he always thinks that the next shot won't go in the basket. I thought that that was one of the more interesting things that I have heard recently.
Has anyone ever played that game Perfect Dark for the X-Box 360? If you have played that game you know about the level where the goal is to get through a night club abd confront someone. I actually believe that to some extent: I bet that if a person tries to start any trouble at that level of night club they will find that just about everyone has a gun...
All Star weekend was interesting. That 2 handed 360 that Blake Griffin did at the All Star game reminded me of a Bulls Vs. Blazers dunk on that old video game for the Super Nintendo. Attempting to do dunks that you only see on video games might be the wave of the future.
Some of those fouls at the All Star game were a bit too hard. There is never a reason to flagrant foul anyone at the all star game.
I was reading an article where Ray Allen was talking about his NBA Career 3 point field goal record. He said that in his mind he always thinks that the next shot won't go in the basket. I thought that that was one of the more interesting things that I have heard recently.
Has anyone ever played that game Perfect Dark for the X-Box 360? If you have played that game you know about the level where the goal is to get through a night club abd confront someone. I actually believe that to some extent: I bet that if a person tries to start any trouble at that level of night club they will find that just about everyone has a gun...
Monday, February 14, 2011
2/11/2011
I always think that its interesting when people try to rewrite history. In any situation there are people who are on your side/ share your opinion (hopefully), people who are more neutral, Then there are people far away from an opinion that you have ever heard. Since 2005 I have been hearing what people who I never dealt with before have to say about things. This could be valid, but It seems that some people want to "preach to the choir" and get a bunch of opinions from sources that aren't very qualified to speak on what they are saying in an attempt to change how history views an event.
Recently I had a conversation with someone about my philosophy on dealing with people. I definitely don't "have" everyone. Even if I don't "have" everyone I try to respect where they are coming from. If someone cannot respect where I am from, I leave them alone. A huge problem is when people "have" people more than they should. Life would be a lot easier if people who I "leave alone" always did the same thing on their end. A lof of people won't respect you but they won't stop interacting with you either. Something has to give un that situation. That isn't an issue that I would ever want to press. People like that should have people who force the issue before anything else...
Recently I had a conversation with someone about my philosophy on dealing with people. I definitely don't "have" everyone. Even if I don't "have" everyone I try to respect where they are coming from. If someone cannot respect where I am from, I leave them alone. A huge problem is when people "have" people more than they should. Life would be a lot easier if people who I "leave alone" always did the same thing on their end. A lof of people won't respect you but they won't stop interacting with you either. Something has to give un that situation. That isn't an issue that I would ever want to press. People like that should have people who force the issue before anything else...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Another day...
I always thought that "left and right" was a good figure of speech. It does have its limitations, though. "People are screwing up left and right." Did I use that appropriately???
A lot of people base their behavior towards you based on what they have heard about you as opposed to any interactions that they have actually had with you. That is a typical thing to happen (not saying that its right but its definitely typical). An issue that I have is that people often cross lines based on that. We feel that we know people more than we do because we have heard so much about them. Whatever the reason why a person crosses the line, I really am only okay with people crossing the line in a short rang of situations. If you see someone breaking into my house (or something in that ballpark)feel free to cross the line and call the cops. If you want to offer me a job or funding (or something in that ballpark) , feel free to cross the line and contact me. If an attractive girl wants to talk to me, she shoould feel free to cross that line and talk to me (thats not really crossing the line but you get the picture). Aside from that, I am likely to take exception to someone crossing the line...
A lot of people base their behavior towards you based on what they have heard about you as opposed to any interactions that they have actually had with you. That is a typical thing to happen (not saying that its right but its definitely typical). An issue that I have is that people often cross lines based on that. We feel that we know people more than we do because we have heard so much about them. Whatever the reason why a person crosses the line, I really am only okay with people crossing the line in a short rang of situations. If you see someone breaking into my house (or something in that ballpark)feel free to cross the line and call the cops. If you want to offer me a job or funding (or something in that ballpark) , feel free to cross the line and contact me. If an attractive girl wants to talk to me, she shoould feel free to cross that line and talk to me (thats not really crossing the line but you get the picture). Aside from that, I am likely to take exception to someone crossing the line...
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