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| I love this pic. I saw it on an airport. I'm afraid I don't have philosophical musings on it, but that would kind of spoil its effect. |
Saturday 29 October 2011
Speaking of which
Rambling Bedlam
Yeah, I know I don't write much. Actually that should be yes, I know... since I'm not an American. But, thank goodness every country isn't an isolated system. And spelling is just a convention...
I can't really say I don't have inspiration. I regularly think, and thinking can lend itself to writing. The past week and a day, I wrote in excess of 35 pages (not typed, by hand). All of that was 'inspired' by an imminent exam. I had to practise.
But blogging is different. You have no standard to aspire to, aside from that of honesty and perhaps human interest. You don't positively have to write anything. There is no obligation.
But that's not the main reason I don't blog much. I think the reason I don't blog much is because I can't imagine that my thoughts are very interesting, or because I don't have many profound thoughts, or simply because when I do think about stuff intensively, I really don't want to share it with the world wide web.
Sharing my fears and weaknesses, my hopes and dreams, the things that are important to me in such a public place is daunting. It is somewhat less daunting perhaps knowing that I'll probably never meet the people somewhere off in Alaska or Malaysia who read my blog, because to them I'm just a name and a picture. But there are people, friends, who do read my blog from time to time. Although it is a lot of fun to offload pressures and revelations, why do it on the net when I would hardly tell it to someone face to face?
Maybe that's the whole point though. Maybe my 'victories' will encourage the faith of another, maybe it will actually reach someone, which it won't do if I internalise it.
I suppose I can write about silly stuff. That's fun. But it's so insincere. To write about the dog in a Coke-ad when your thinking of things out-of-this-world. There's just no point in it.
I hope I haven't bored whoever is reading this stiff. But there is a point in this rambling. I kind of sort my thoughts out while I write. I think about it.
Reading about other people's personal struggles and victories has really helped me. It helps me to see that i don't have to be perfectly sorted out all the time. That it is in fact normal to be confused sometimes. When I think of the people who have helped me by doing this, I think of two things/blog/sites/people. I didn't start this out as a promotion, but here it is. Although I very often disagree with this blog, the writer has a very open way of talking, and has in fact unknowingly helped me to see that one needn't be completely sorted out to be of use to Elohim. (Well he said that pretty much, but I don't think I was his target audience). Particularly the Berge post came at the right time, I think. The other site is that of an organisation/family that I consider joining for a year. The people at their base and on their team videos are very real. I suppose sincere is a better word. Anyway, if anyone should encourage me to be more open in writing, it should be them. They really made me see that the point of their journey is to be changed, that the participants aren't all model Christians without problems. I find that very encouraging.
I can't really say I don't have inspiration. I regularly think, and thinking can lend itself to writing. The past week and a day, I wrote in excess of 35 pages (not typed, by hand). All of that was 'inspired' by an imminent exam. I had to practise.
But blogging is different. You have no standard to aspire to, aside from that of honesty and perhaps human interest. You don't positively have to write anything. There is no obligation.
But that's not the main reason I don't blog much. I think the reason I don't blog much is because I can't imagine that my thoughts are very interesting, or because I don't have many profound thoughts, or simply because when I do think about stuff intensively, I really don't want to share it with the world wide web.
Sharing my fears and weaknesses, my hopes and dreams, the things that are important to me in such a public place is daunting. It is somewhat less daunting perhaps knowing that I'll probably never meet the people somewhere off in Alaska or Malaysia who read my blog, because to them I'm just a name and a picture. But there are people, friends, who do read my blog from time to time. Although it is a lot of fun to offload pressures and revelations, why do it on the net when I would hardly tell it to someone face to face?
Maybe that's the whole point though. Maybe my 'victories' will encourage the faith of another, maybe it will actually reach someone, which it won't do if I internalise it.
I suppose I can write about silly stuff. That's fun. But it's so insincere. To write about the dog in a Coke-ad when your thinking of things out-of-this-world. There's just no point in it.
I hope I haven't bored whoever is reading this stiff. But there is a point in this rambling. I kind of sort my thoughts out while I write. I think about it.
Reading about other people's personal struggles and victories has really helped me. It helps me to see that i don't have to be perfectly sorted out all the time. That it is in fact normal to be confused sometimes. When I think of the people who have helped me by doing this, I think of two things/blog/sites/people. I didn't start this out as a promotion, but here it is. Although I very often disagree with this blog, the writer has a very open way of talking, and has in fact unknowingly helped me to see that one needn't be completely sorted out to be of use to Elohim. (Well he said that pretty much, but I don't think I was his target audience). Particularly the Berge post came at the right time, I think. The other site is that of an organisation/family that I consider joining for a year. The people at their base and on their team videos are very real. I suppose sincere is a better word. Anyway, if anyone should encourage me to be more open in writing, it should be them. They really made me see that the point of their journey is to be changed, that the participants aren't all model Christians without problems. I find that very encouraging.
Friday 21 October 2011
20 Words That Should Exist
I laughed at these both the first time and the second time I read them. Hope you do too!
1. ACCORDIONATED (ah kor' de on ay tid)
adj. Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.
2. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus)
adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
3. AQUALIBRIUM (ak wa lib' re um)
n. The point where the stream of drinking fountain water is at its perfect height, thus relieving the drinker from (a) having to suck the nozzle, or (b) squirting himself in the eye (or ear).
4. BURGACIDE (burg' uh side)
n. When a hamburger can't take any more torture and hurls itself through the grill into the coals.
5. BUZZACKS (buz' aks)
n. People in phone marts who walk around picking up display phones and listening for dial tones even when they know the phones are not connected.
6. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun)
n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
7. DIMP (dimp)
n. A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking, "Do you work here?"
8. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt')
v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, somehow assuming this will `remove' all the germs.
9. ECNALUBMA (ek na lub' ma)
n. A rescue vehicle which can only be seen in the rearview mirror.
10. EIFFELITES (eye' ful eyetz)
n. Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit.
11. ELBONICS (el bon' iks)
n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater. (or on an airplane!)
12. ELECELLERATION (el a cel er ay' shun)
n. The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the faster it will arrive.
13. FRUST (frust)
n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
14. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun)
n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.
15. NEONPHANCY (ne on' fan see)
n. A fluorescent light bulb struggling to come to life.
16. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay')
n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
17. PETROPHOBIC (pet ro fob' ik)
adj. One who is embarrassed to undress in front of a household pet.
18. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n.
The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
19. PUPKUS (pup' kus)
n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
20. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun)
n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away
Courtesy of: http://www.ziplink.net/users/wood/funny/snigglets.html, Rich Hall, and some blog.
1. ACCORDIONATED (ah kor' de on ay tid)
adj. Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.
2. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus)
adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
3. AQUALIBRIUM (ak wa lib' re um)
n. The point where the stream of drinking fountain water is at its perfect height, thus relieving the drinker from (a) having to suck the nozzle, or (b) squirting himself in the eye (or ear).
4. BURGACIDE (burg' uh side)
n. When a hamburger can't take any more torture and hurls itself through the grill into the coals.
5. BUZZACKS (buz' aks)
n. People in phone marts who walk around picking up display phones and listening for dial tones even when they know the phones are not connected.
6. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun)
n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
7. DIMP (dimp)
n. A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking, "Do you work here?"
8. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt')
v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, somehow assuming this will `remove' all the germs.
9. ECNALUBMA (ek na lub' ma)
n. A rescue vehicle which can only be seen in the rearview mirror.
10. EIFFELITES (eye' ful eyetz)
n. Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit.
11. ELBONICS (el bon' iks)
n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater. (or on an airplane!)
12. ELECELLERATION (el a cel er ay' shun)
n. The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the faster it will arrive.
13. FRUST (frust)
n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
14. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun)
n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.
15. NEONPHANCY (ne on' fan see)
n. A fluorescent light bulb struggling to come to life.
16. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay')
n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
17. PETROPHOBIC (pet ro fob' ik)
adj. One who is embarrassed to undress in front of a household pet.
18. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n.
The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
19. PUPKUS (pup' kus)
n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
20. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun)
n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away
Courtesy of: http://www.ziplink.net/users/wood/funny/snigglets.html, Rich Hall, and some blog.
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Amusing
A human being should be able to:
change a diaper,
plan an invasion,
butcher a hog,
conn a ship,
design a building,
write a sonnet,
balance accounts,
build a wall,
set a bone,
comfort the dying,
take orders,
give orders,
cooperate,
act alone,
solve equations,
analyze a new problem,
pitch manure,
program a computer,
cook a tasty meal,
fight efficiently,
die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
change a diaper,
plan an invasion,
butcher a hog,
conn a ship,
design a building,
write a sonnet,
balance accounts,
build a wall,
set a bone,
comfort the dying,
take orders,
give orders,
cooperate,
act alone,
solve equations,
analyze a new problem,
pitch manure,
program a computer,
cook a tasty meal,
fight efficiently,
die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
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