Some days, you’re just in one of those “stare at the wall/floor/screen saver lost in thought and not do a damn thing” kinda moods.
Category: Random
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What was your favorite subject in school?
Pretty much anything science related. If it involved the inner workings of anything, I was in. Biology, chemistry, physics, and any subset of those three, didn’t matter. Earth science was cool too, but not as utterly fascinating.
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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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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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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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Why is the chill before it gets really cold so different than a regular drop in temperature? 50 degrees on its way to 40 is tolerable, but 50 degrees on its way to 30 feels frigid! What gives?
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What does it mean to be a kid at heart?
To ask questions without considering what others will think of it, or you.
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One day, I will write a book.
One day, I will take that risk.
One day, I will talk to that person I’m curious about.
One day, I will rest.
One day, I will go to Sandia Crest.
One day, I will star gaze all night.
One day, I will ride in a hot air balloon.
One day, I will finish that self portrait.
One day…
One day..
One day.
There is only one day. Today.
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Response to Weekly Wednesday Prompts
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I have thought, many times, and heard other people say that they wish they knew what their dog/cat/pet is thinking.
Animals don’t have language like we do, at least as far as we can tell. So that would not work, because our thoughts are based on language. What if, though – we could know what emotion our pet is experiencing? Because animals experience emotions. If you don’t believe that, I think you don’t have a soul. But if you could look into your pet’s eyes and know that they are feeling longing, love, anger, fear, apprehension or just lost in general…. how much better would that make our relationship with them? I know for a fact that dogs and cats can feel whatever emotions you are experiencing, and can respond accordingly. Now, with cats, it’s questionable how they react, but with dogs…. Dogs want to make any negative emotion better and enhance any positive emotion. They take action to do so. They cuddle when you’re upset, they lick your face or hug you when you’re sad, they get excited and wag their tail when you’re happy, they bark when you’re afraid.
I want the ability to do the same type of thing for my dogs, present and future. I just don’t know how.
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 