Where do we exist in the realm of time?
How does our past influence our future?
How much importance should we place on what has happened on the past, and how far into the future should we be looking? Would it be okay to simply live in the present? Is that even possible?
Everyone is so concerned with the future (finding jobs, relationships, money, etc.) that we cease to treasure and savor the now--the present.
Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness,
To be conscious is not to be in time
T.S. Eliot: Burnt Norton
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Who Am I?
DIRECTIONS:
- Go to Google image search.
- Type in your answer to each question.
- Choose a picture from the first three pages.
- Use this website (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php) to make your collage.
- Save the image for use in this note
- Post
QUESTIONS:
1. What is your name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What is your hometown?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. What is your favorite movie?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What is one word to describe yourself?
10. How are you feeling right now?
11. What do you love most in the world?
12. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Boy, Oh Boy!
We can't live with them; we can't live without them. We love to hate them; we hate to love them.
Yes, I'm talking about the opposite gender.
I keep hearing that all men are stupid and asses who can't be trusted at all. I know that I've said my share of this, too; I'm not innocent of this. However, I've also started feeling bad about this. There are some guys in my life who are truly fantastic.
First, I have my family members. My grandpa, Jake (Abe is still a kid, and as such is not included in this conversation), my cousins (Charlie, Bob, Tim, Brad), and my uncle are all such wonderful men, and I feel so lucky to have them in my life!
I have guy friends who truly care about me, and who I truly care about as well. There is a handful of these guys who I completely trust, and who I know would be there for me in a minute if I needed it.
It feels like I'm short-changing these guys when I speak so negatively about all boys. Don't get me wrong, there are several jerks out there, but you have to remember to not judge all of them. I'm so tired of hearing that there are no good ones out there. There most certainly are; you just have to look a little harder for them.
You might be saying that I really have no basis for this, because I haven't had my heart broken by a guy. Well, romantically, no, I have not. However, the man that is supposed to be there completely and who a girl should be able to trust fully has, in a way, broken me, and I think that I do have a little bit of basis for saying all of this because of that very fact.
I'm not ranting; I just want to bring this up, because it really has started bothering me. Please know I'm not trying to discount the hurt and anger that certain guys have caused my friends. Those guys have truly been assholes. I just want to stop lumping all of them into one category.
Yes, I'm talking about the opposite gender.
I keep hearing that all men are stupid and asses who can't be trusted at all. I know that I've said my share of this, too; I'm not innocent of this. However, I've also started feeling bad about this. There are some guys in my life who are truly fantastic.
First, I have my family members. My grandpa, Jake (Abe is still a kid, and as such is not included in this conversation), my cousins (Charlie, Bob, Tim, Brad), and my uncle are all such wonderful men, and I feel so lucky to have them in my life!
I have guy friends who truly care about me, and who I truly care about as well. There is a handful of these guys who I completely trust, and who I know would be there for me in a minute if I needed it.
It feels like I'm short-changing these guys when I speak so negatively about all boys. Don't get me wrong, there are several jerks out there, but you have to remember to not judge all of them. I'm so tired of hearing that there are no good ones out there. There most certainly are; you just have to look a little harder for them.
You might be saying that I really have no basis for this, because I haven't had my heart broken by a guy. Well, romantically, no, I have not. However, the man that is supposed to be there completely and who a girl should be able to trust fully has, in a way, broken me, and I think that I do have a little bit of basis for saying all of this because of that very fact.
I'm not ranting; I just want to bring this up, because it really has started bothering me. Please know I'm not trying to discount the hurt and anger that certain guys have caused my friends. Those guys have truly been assholes. I just want to stop lumping all of them into one category.
Monday, April 6, 2009
There are Very Few Things that I Will Never Forgive
I think I've finally figured out why The Fall bothered me so much. Don't get me wrong--it was an excellent book, and the portrayal of the human condition was fairly accurate (if not totally cynical).
The narrator of the story, Jean-Baptiste Clamence draws you in completely--describing his past life as though since then he has had a dramatic change in his attitude and actions. All along, I was thinking, "okay, he was a drunkard, a womanizer, and a complete asshole, but he's going to change; yay for him."
Wrong.
He manipulated me.
I can't handle it when I'm being manipulated. It's the one thing that I cannot get over. Luckily, only one person has truly succeeded in doing it--but he will probably never be forgiven for it.
Ugh.
The narrator of the story, Jean-Baptiste Clamence draws you in completely--describing his past life as though since then he has had a dramatic change in his attitude and actions. All along, I was thinking, "okay, he was a drunkard, a womanizer, and a complete asshole, but he's going to change; yay for him."
Wrong.
He manipulated me.
I can't handle it when I'm being manipulated. It's the one thing that I cannot get over. Luckily, only one person has truly succeeded in doing it--but he will probably never be forgiven for it.
Ugh.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Past, Present, Future
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present
From: "Burnt Norton"
T.S. Eliot
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present
From: "Burnt Norton"
T.S. Eliot
It's a False Ideal
"Chicks before dicks" is such a lie. It's a great thing to shoot for, but it doesn't really work out.
Friday, April 3, 2009
To-Do List
Due Tuesday, April 7: Linear Projects Due (4 presentation boards)
Pet Carrier Project Due (1 presentation board)
Due Wednesday, April 8: Capstone Project has to be turned in to the printer
Due Thursday, April 9: Seamless Reality photography project
Due Tuesday, April 14: Stealth group project (2-3 billboards, 2 print
advertisements, webpage)
Thursday, April 16: Final Capstone Review
Due Monday, April 20: Proposal for Business
Wednesday, April 22: Turn Capstone Project in to Dudley
Due Thursday, April 23: Landscape photography project
TBA: Float, Sink, Fly project
TBA: Typographer's Chair project
Pet Carrier Project Due (1 presentation board)
Due Wednesday, April 8: Capstone Project has to be turned in to the printer
Due Thursday, April 9: Seamless Reality photography project
Due Tuesday, April 14: Stealth group project (2-3 billboards, 2 print
advertisements, webpage)
Thursday, April 16: Final Capstone Review
Due Monday, April 20: Proposal for Business
Wednesday, April 22: Turn Capstone Project in to Dudley
Due Thursday, April 23: Landscape photography project
TBA: Float, Sink, Fly project
TBA: Typographer's Chair project
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