Mini-blog 4: Random Thoughs

Anybody else get that strange shiver when they go pee? I wonder what that is. My physiology teacher from high school thought it could be because the body is reacting to the large amount of warmth leaving the body but, I don't know, it seems like it could be something else too. Any thoughts?

Or how about that muscle twitch/spasm that you can never see or catch in the mirror? Do you know what I'm talking about? Like, for me it occurs mostly when I'm changing clothes. For example, I'll be take off my shirt and without warning my Deltoid muscle will be twitching repeatedly, seemingly on a beat. And when I turn my head to look at head, it stops. Probably most infamous is the butt-cheek-twitch lol (I hope I'm not alone in this!) Ever have that? Where you can feel a butt cheek twitching? It happens to me when I'm changing, and when I try to catch it in the reflection of my mirror, whether very slow and cautiously or immediately, it just dies. Rarely have I ever caught a twitch and been able to watch it spasm out of my control. Some day...

What is it about Chai Tea Latte's that make them taste like Christmas? Know what I'm talkin' bout?

To Borrow

I'm going to explore something related to what I talked about in one of my first posts. Going off of talking about gift-giving, I want to move to the act of borrowing because it's something that I also personally see a lot of significance in the act that I don't think others necessarily recognize.

To me, the act of a person letting another borrow something of theirs is loaded with the value of trust. When Person B borrows an item from Person A, not only is Person A giving them the item itself but they’re also imparting upon them an amount of trust, trust that Person B will take care of their item but also trust that Person B will be responsible enough to return the item/favor. Whenever I borrow something from a friend, whenever I’m Person B, I make it a primary aim of mine to take care of the object even better then if it was my own because in letting me borrow from them, Person A is letting me know that they think that I am a trustworthy person and I don’t want to betray them or that thought.

I’ve had experiences where I let a friend borrow something from me only to have it returned in a less than reasonable condition. I would be mad not just because of the condition of the item but because I trusted my friend. As the trustee, when you betray the truster’s trust they’ve imbued upon you then in a way you’re also conveying to your truster that you don’t care. Of course, I don’t want to sound too sensitive or vulnerable; the degree of hurt caused is directly relative to the magnitude of the item/trust imparted on the trustee. So yes, if I let you borrow a pencil of mine and you break it, I won’t go to pieces and sob uncontrollably. However, I do still think it’s important that people realize just what is being said when someone let’s them borrow something.

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Meh, whatever

Well, I guess the time it's taken me to post something just goes to show you how valuable my word is, and how band my discipline and dedication is. I mean, this isn't homework, or work at all, but still I procrastinate and am for some reason unable to post stuff here.

In my last real post I blamed school and my move to Berkeley as the reasons why I hadn't posted anything, but really it was simply a huge dose of procrastination and fear. Initially when I started this blog I wanted to use it as a forum for me to initiate a dialogue, and also post my opinions, on pop culture items and topics and also more important social issues, everything from my opinion on Sony's decision to update the Spider-Man movie franchise to my opinion on California Proposition 8A. But, soon after creating the blog it soon daunted on me the amount of pressure I was creating for myself to compose such pieces. As you've seen from my previous posts "Gift-Giving" and "Why Manny Should Not Fight Mayweather", I give modestly lengthy articles and studies for the topics on which I have something to say, and I like to present them in a form and tone which is slightly more pedantic than casual conversation. Thus, even when writing about things I was hugely interested in and geekish about, it felt like I was writing academic essays, which even as an English Major at Berkeley I find burdensome (though once completed, somewhat cathartic).

I suppose what I'm trying to get to is I've resolved to not let that pressure get to me by deciding to not always try to make such an event out of every piece of writing, and to let my blog spout out more fun features. Hopefully, my word will hold this time and there won't be another two month break between this post and the next :)

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Mini Mini-Blog: Strange Reality 2

Really, Nature? Really???


http://zombieresearch.net/2009/10/14/zombie-snail-spreads-infection/
How messed up is that? Parasites that cause snails to commit suicide...


http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/korea.baby.starved/
Just goes to show that humans are among Nature's most insane inventions too.