I have no fucking clue what I’m doing, and that’s ok.
Month: November 2024
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I don’t think I know what a magpie looks like. I don’t know if I’ve ever actually seen one.
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Do you need time?
Or a need of time.
In any case, I don’t know that anyone “needs” time. Time just is…. You can’t have any more or less than your life allows. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for however many years you live. The measurement and perhaps experience of time may simply be a human construct, but it does exist and is the same for everyone and everything. Relatively speaking, of course.
Could I use more time? Or the ability to stop time for the world while I sort some shit out? Absolutely. But I can’t really need more of something that perpetuates itself. Time is there, regardless (unless you are a photon, apparently). What matters is how you use it.
If you feel that you need more time, examine how you are spending this insanely valuable currency, and adjust that to fit the real priorities.
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I have been thinking. Is anything truly random? Even those things that seem random have some sort of antecedent cause. Thoughts, events…. even if we don’t realize it, there is something that caused it.
For example, I have the ‘Random Thought of the Day’ section on my site. But each and every one of those thoughts had some kind of thought that inspired it, and therefore, is not truly random. It’s random to other people because they are not in my head and have no idea what I’ve been thinking about. It’s possibly even random to me because I’m not aware of what my subconscious mind is thinking about or processing, and that randomly interjected thought could very well be caused by relationships or events that have been simmering in the background all along.
This brings back the idea of determinism, which I have already said is not something that I can put stock in, but this whole randomness thought process is interesting either way, especially when it comes to thoughts. I don’t know if any of our thoughts are truly random, now that I think about it.
Now, I will not be changing my site or my daily blurbs of “random thoughts” because to a third party, they are random. So I’m not lying, it’s just a matter of frame of reference.
I find myself thinking about random number generators now, too. How does that work, and could that be considered something that truly is random? And is it only truly random because there is no human thought involved? Because, I can pretty much guarantee that when someone says “pick a random number” to another person, there is definitely a thought process behind it, conscious or not.
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What causes your stomach to growl? I mean, I know it’s cuz you’re hungry, but what is the mechanism that causes the sound?
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I prefer dim lighting. If I can see well enough to read, that’s fine by me. No need for crazy bright lights for no real reason.
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I have a very sophisticated, three tier alarm system to alert me if there are issues in or around the house.
The first (and loudest) tier alerts me of anything that is even vaguely potentially threatening. This includes wind, strange sounding birds, or fish swimming on a screen saver. Tier one includes everything in lower tiers.
The second tier is useful for potential threats that are more… valid and yet to be properly identified and vetted. This includes people outside, people who give off strange energy, and trees falling in the back yard. Tier two includes anything in tier three.
The third tier is the most reliable for actual threats and generally only includes loud, unexpected noises or an unidentified entrant into the house.
If you haven’t already guessed, this system also happens to come in four legged units, and is triggered by late feeding times, which has been an issue since Sunday what with the time change and all.
In any case, this system is highly recommended, 5 stars!
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You must leave your comfort zone to change, grow, or be better.
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Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?
This seriously depends.
Do I know what I know now? If so, I would relive the year that I was 15.
If not, it would be some point in my early-mid 20s – as in 22-25. I have new ideas.
But, to be honest, it doesn’t matter, because I can’t do that. The past is gone. Done. Over. The only thing we can do with it is enjoy the memories, learn the lessons, and move on. Sure, it’s great to speculate, but only for a moment because anything more takes us away from the now.
And now is the only thing that really matters.
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What do most people see when they close their eyes? I’m curious if it’s the same as what I see….
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 