So I haven't been able to keep up with my promise to update this daily as I've let a couple of days go by since my last post. I really didn't have much to say these last few days and was a bit busy this weekend. However, today I read two article in the newest issue of Time magazine that got me thinking along with the season premiere of The Walking Dead.
The two magazine articles both dealt with science-related issues. The first was about the human genome and the 98% of the genome previously thought to be "junk" might actually be control switches for the genes themselves and might give us an ability to determine more definitely what causes certain diseases and how to fight them. The article goes into far more depth than I will here but it was interesting to say the least to think of how far we have come as a species scientifically and how exciting it is to think about where we will be in the future. The human genome was sequenced in 2000 and has led to tremendous discovery since, but at the time they thought that only 2 percent of the genome was useful. As more research unearths more knowledge it would seem to be headed towards a time when we might close in on immortality or at least severely extended life expectancy.
The second article was about biology in space and how they are finding all sorts of life particles in asteroids and meteors that strike the Earth. Part of the focus was on theories pertaining to both life on other planets and how the life on our own planet may have started. Again a very fascinating read especially when they talked about how millions of years ago when our solar system was much closer together it wouldn't have been that hard for biological material to come to Earth from the other planets or even remote galaxies. Again I won't go into nearly as much detail as they did in the article but I would suggest reading it if you get the chance. It made me think about the possibility of life existing on other planets and in other galaxies. I have nearly always thought this to be the case especially when you determine what your definition of life is. If it is as simple as single cell organisms than it has already been proven to be the case that other life exists. If, instead, you need complex organisms or some sort of "intelligent life" than this article was another good step in proving that direction. To me the universe is simply too big and far too unexplored to think that we are the only planet in all of creation to host life. As with the advancements in medical science it is fun to think about how far we've come with space technology and just where we might see ourselves in the future.
Now about my thoughts after watching The Walking Dead. It wasn't about the particular episode so much as it was thinking about situations in a post apocalyptic type of world. Usually after watching something that deals with this subject matter I always imagine what I might do in a similar situation. Would I be the strong, confident one that not only lives on but thrives? Would I be "lost in the sauce" as they say and barely hang on? Would I even make it past the initial nightmare phase? It's hard to say but today I wasn't focusing so much on what I would do but the benefits of the world around me. Part of me thinks that a situation like that would partly be a much needed break from the current set up. It's easy to imagine the benefits of never having to go to work again, or pay bills again. I would be fully free to do whatever I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. Of course part of what I would be doing would be trying to survive but just imagining all the free time I would have is somewhat fun. Obviously this would be without the amenities I currently enjoy, like this blog for one, but that might be a good thing to turn away from technology a bit and not be too over reliant for its conveniences. It would be nice to do the traveling as well. See all different parts of not only this country but others in south and central America as well. I know that usually the horrors associated with that type of set up are the constant threats of death not only of yourself but your family and friends as well and that is a sad thought to have but if I am just thinking about myself for a bit I think I might be ok with that situation at least for a time.
Anyway it's getting late and I've got laundry to finish so I'll wrap this up. After I came home tonight from my soccer game I was delighted to find that my TV now has no picture but still carries sound and after searching the internet it seems I'll probably have to replace a part. I would love it if it were one of the super cheap parts I found online but with my luck I'm sure it will be the couple hundred dollar part I also happened to find. Guess we shall see later!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Second Chapter
Well it's time for day two of this blog and there's a couple things on my mind. The first would be my current relationship status, which is single and not by choice. As the years keep going by I thought that at this time in my life I would already be married and looking towards that first child. However, that couldn't be farther from the case. I had recently been talking to this girl for the past month or two and things were going pretty well even with the distance between us. She was supposed to actually take a trip out here to visit for the weekend which I was very much looking forward to until she informed me at just about the last minute that we were, it turns out, two different people and that it just wouldn't work out. Great timing for the self esteem boost.
While it hurt and I was disappointed that it was over between the two of us I wasn't exactly heartbroken because it wasn't like we were even a thing for that long. What hurt me more was the fact that she misrepresented herself to be what she thought I would like and not what she really is and really wants. Plus she was hot so that didn't help either.
What's got me wondering though is just when is it gonna happen for me. A lot of people meet each other through work but since I work with all males that's not gonna help. Others meet in school like high school sweethearts or in college and since I'm done with both of those with no one to show for it I'd say that's a dead end. Still others end up together after being friends and perhaps see each other in a different light as the time has worn on. While this option still seems somewhat of a possibility it is made ever more difficult since I live roughly 800 miles away from any of my friends. Another option would be in the social scene out at say a bar or club. I have had all my fill of that scene since it's little more than a place to find a one night stand and not much else. Occasionally you'll get set up with someone through a friend but as stated earlier all of them are significant distances away to be of any help. So it would seem that I'm left with little other options.
It's not that I'm starting to press about where my significant other is and how I'm so sad and lonely that I don't have them, it's more turning into the wonder of where am I gonna get my chance to meet them. It is getting harder to see the opportunities to meet these potential Mrs. Kennealy's. I certainly don't want to end up settling for someone just by default. I wonder if I was still back at home if things would be different and imagine if I went back what would happen. Anyway, just on my mind.
The other thing I was thinking about tonight was what I want to do career wise. While I am enjoying the military and would love to make it a career it is a bit difficult right now to know if I'll have that option. They are currently in a draw down trying to get rid of around 200,000 soldiers and they are saying the first reenlistment is potentially the hardest, which is where I find myself. The other problem is I've recently gotten into some potential trouble with work and depending on how it goes my problem could be solved for me. While I'd rather not go into details right now needless to say it's a pretty big deal.
If I do get the opportunity to reenlist I know that I want to change my career field. I love the station I'm at and the job I'm currently doing but eventually I'd have to leave and go back to a more traditional role which I would hate. Currently I'm trying to decide if I want to go into some sort of intelligence field like maybe counter-intelligence or if I still want to take my shot at making the Special Forces. Both have their pros and cons and both have their degrees of difficulty just getting in but my window to decide will be coming in the next year and it seems like I have been going back and forth with each one depending what week it is. Hopefully after some time soul searching and deep thinking it will become clearer but for now like I mentioned I do have some time. Well that's all for tonight and I'll be back tomorrow.
While it hurt and I was disappointed that it was over between the two of us I wasn't exactly heartbroken because it wasn't like we were even a thing for that long. What hurt me more was the fact that she misrepresented herself to be what she thought I would like and not what she really is and really wants. Plus she was hot so that didn't help either.
What's got me wondering though is just when is it gonna happen for me. A lot of people meet each other through work but since I work with all males that's not gonna help. Others meet in school like high school sweethearts or in college and since I'm done with both of those with no one to show for it I'd say that's a dead end. Still others end up together after being friends and perhaps see each other in a different light as the time has worn on. While this option still seems somewhat of a possibility it is made ever more difficult since I live roughly 800 miles away from any of my friends. Another option would be in the social scene out at say a bar or club. I have had all my fill of that scene since it's little more than a place to find a one night stand and not much else. Occasionally you'll get set up with someone through a friend but as stated earlier all of them are significant distances away to be of any help. So it would seem that I'm left with little other options.
It's not that I'm starting to press about where my significant other is and how I'm so sad and lonely that I don't have them, it's more turning into the wonder of where am I gonna get my chance to meet them. It is getting harder to see the opportunities to meet these potential Mrs. Kennealy's. I certainly don't want to end up settling for someone just by default. I wonder if I was still back at home if things would be different and imagine if I went back what would happen. Anyway, just on my mind.
The other thing I was thinking about tonight was what I want to do career wise. While I am enjoying the military and would love to make it a career it is a bit difficult right now to know if I'll have that option. They are currently in a draw down trying to get rid of around 200,000 soldiers and they are saying the first reenlistment is potentially the hardest, which is where I find myself. The other problem is I've recently gotten into some potential trouble with work and depending on how it goes my problem could be solved for me. While I'd rather not go into details right now needless to say it's a pretty big deal.
If I do get the opportunity to reenlist I know that I want to change my career field. I love the station I'm at and the job I'm currently doing but eventually I'd have to leave and go back to a more traditional role which I would hate. Currently I'm trying to decide if I want to go into some sort of intelligence field like maybe counter-intelligence or if I still want to take my shot at making the Special Forces. Both have their pros and cons and both have their degrees of difficulty just getting in but my window to decide will be coming in the next year and it seems like I have been going back and forth with each one depending what week it is. Hopefully after some time soul searching and deep thinking it will become clearer but for now like I mentioned I do have some time. Well that's all for tonight and I'll be back tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
New Beginnings
Well I decided to start this back up after deleting all of my old posts. I think this time around I will actually try to post everyday about whatever happens to be on my mind. I don't think I'm going to "advertise" that I've started blogging again because I'm not really looking for any sort of commentary on what I choose to write about.
Today's topic is going to be about why people blog at all. When I originally heard about what "blog" was it was described to me as being an online diary, which confused me because I always thought the point of a diary was to write down your thoughts and feelings for only you to ever read and publishing them on the Internet seemed a bit contradictory. It also seemed to be a sort of attention grab to me as well as a pretty egotistical thing to do. What makes your thoughts or opinions so damned special? Why does anyone care about what you're feeling today? Of course I have to point out that writing my own blog now seems to make me a bit hypocritical but I'll touch on that a little bit later here.
I've since come to see that not every blog has to be about touchy feely emotions and the "emo" associations I attached to it. There are so many different blogs out there about so many different subjects that I feel a bit stupid for not seeing the future in them and being so dismissive about them. There are certainly plenty of the "all about me" blogs out there just drowning in their own self importance but I would say on the whole there are far more positive, helpful blogs out there.
The reason I waited as long as I did to join the proverbial party was because I didn't want to join the attention grabbing culture I believe our youth is perpetuating. Whether it's the constant facebook updates letting out intimate details of their personal lives or the twitter updates on the most mundane of everyday activity or the incessant instagram self photographers out there, I lumped the blogosphere in with all of that perceived narcissism. Now, however, I see the positives that can come and perhaps some of the catharsis that being able to go back and track your thoughts or feelings over a period of time can have on a person. I know that when I went back and read my original posts it was quite the trip to see what was rolling around my mind back then. While there were some points that brought out a sense of pride there were definitely others that I was happy I could delete.
As far as the hypocritical notion of now restarting my own blog I suppose I tell myself that I really am documenting my own state of being in this moment and am not doing it for some sense of self satisfaction or return commentary from any potential readers. One of the thing I learned from doing this the first time around was that once I knew people were reading and giving me that feedback I became more self aware about what I was writing and instead of just speaking off the cuff, I was deliberately trying to write in a "voice" that wasn't always my own. Hopefully I will have learned from my mistake.
I'll wrap up this post with the fact that I am very excited to be back at the blogging if only because I enjoy writing in general. Maybe this will give me the push to write the stories I've wanted to write but didn't have the courage or confidence to before. On a completely unrelated side note the baseball playoffs are in full swing and as always go Cards!
Today's topic is going to be about why people blog at all. When I originally heard about what "blog" was it was described to me as being an online diary, which confused me because I always thought the point of a diary was to write down your thoughts and feelings for only you to ever read and publishing them on the Internet seemed a bit contradictory. It also seemed to be a sort of attention grab to me as well as a pretty egotistical thing to do. What makes your thoughts or opinions so damned special? Why does anyone care about what you're feeling today? Of course I have to point out that writing my own blog now seems to make me a bit hypocritical but I'll touch on that a little bit later here.
I've since come to see that not every blog has to be about touchy feely emotions and the "emo" associations I attached to it. There are so many different blogs out there about so many different subjects that I feel a bit stupid for not seeing the future in them and being so dismissive about them. There are certainly plenty of the "all about me" blogs out there just drowning in their own self importance but I would say on the whole there are far more positive, helpful blogs out there.
The reason I waited as long as I did to join the proverbial party was because I didn't want to join the attention grabbing culture I believe our youth is perpetuating. Whether it's the constant facebook updates letting out intimate details of their personal lives or the twitter updates on the most mundane of everyday activity or the incessant instagram self photographers out there, I lumped the blogosphere in with all of that perceived narcissism. Now, however, I see the positives that can come and perhaps some of the catharsis that being able to go back and track your thoughts or feelings over a period of time can have on a person. I know that when I went back and read my original posts it was quite the trip to see what was rolling around my mind back then. While there were some points that brought out a sense of pride there were definitely others that I was happy I could delete.
As far as the hypocritical notion of now restarting my own blog I suppose I tell myself that I really am documenting my own state of being in this moment and am not doing it for some sense of self satisfaction or return commentary from any potential readers. One of the thing I learned from doing this the first time around was that once I knew people were reading and giving me that feedback I became more self aware about what I was writing and instead of just speaking off the cuff, I was deliberately trying to write in a "voice" that wasn't always my own. Hopefully I will have learned from my mistake.
I'll wrap up this post with the fact that I am very excited to be back at the blogging if only because I enjoy writing in general. Maybe this will give me the push to write the stories I've wanted to write but didn't have the courage or confidence to before. On a completely unrelated side note the baseball playoffs are in full swing and as always go Cards!
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