Dreams

Last night I dreamt I was playing guitar with chopsticks

Is this a joke?

How has it been out for a year.
And how does it only have 10,000 views.

The Secret to Happiness

is drying your laundry

Reese's Relapse.

Contributing factors:
I don't know.

And it's not like I was just strolling down the candy aisle at CVS and happened to see the bag.

I SPECIFICALLY went there with the intention of doing it. I knew the bag would be empty by the next night.

In a weird way, I'm actually proud of myself for not buying two bags because there was a deal.

(ignore the Three Musketeers wrappers)
(that's another story)
(it's the same story. I used the deal.)
(but at least it wasn't for Reese's and I'll probably throw the rest away because they taste like nothing)

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Deus Ex Machina To Blame For Universal Thinking

Because why solve a problem if it's going to solve itself?

*Yawn*
Another literary device used by the bourgeoisie to convince "the masses" that nothing in life requires action.
That inescapable corner you've backed yourself into?
Leave it to God--
Or whoever runs the show these days.

It's not that we can't bear to see the hero lose, it's just;
Where would that leave us if they did?

Is Social Media Turning Us Into Narcissistic Monsters?

No.
It just attracts narcissistic monsters.
Well actually it's both. Since there's never an answer to anything.

There was a study done at the University of Texas - Austin about which personality traits lead people to use social networking sites (i.e., everyone). Specifically, they focused on extroversion and emotional stability.

A positive correlation existed between extroversion and social media use, however results showed a negative correlation between emotional stability and social media use.

"People high in neuroticism had greater instant messaging use. The authors speculate this preference over face-to-face interaction was because the instant messaging permitted additional time to contemplate responses, making it easier for more neurotic people to communicate with others."

Then, they narrowed it to gender. "Men with greater degrees of emotional instability were more regular users." It turns out only men showed a negative correlation. There was no correlation between the two for women. Additionally, there was a negative correlation between life-satisfaction and social media use for men, but there was no correlation for women. Why is this?

The study brings up an interesting point; people originally used the internet for communication because it allowed anonymity of the user. Now, it's used for validating identity.
But now that social networking has removed that anonymity, and become a place to communicate with people you already know, it has attracted more extroverts.

Personally, I use social networking sites (except Facebook because it's too complicated. I'm old.) more when I feel the need to "keep up" with other people. Which is the most annoying reason ever. I think it correlates with "life-satisfaction" and "emotional stability" even though it's not supposed to because I'm a woman (according to the "study"). But I don't use Twitter and Instagram as frequently when I have a life and am busy doing life-style things.

Cryonics; Bottomless Problems. Happy Hour: Now - The End of Time.

WHY. WOULD. ANYONE. WANT. TO. WAKE UP. 100 YEARS FROM NOW.AND THEN LIVE FOREVER.

Reasons why not:

1) Do you really think that if someone from 1913 woke up in the year 2013, they'd be excited and happy about it? NO. THEY'D BE SCARED AND HAVE A F***ING BREAKDOWN. It would be THE MOST OVERWHELMING THING IN THE WORLD.

2) Do you really think being immortal would be FUN? It seems like torture. Knowing that you will literally be alive and conscious FOREVER? With NO END? What would be the point of doing anything in a timely manner.

3) Also, the planet would become over-populated if cryonic crazies "cured death" (since it's a "disease").

4) Everyone would be even more sad and have an even greater sense of "loss" when their loved one died, if they couldn't afford to have them preserved cryonic-style.

Time would become obsolete. And the world's resources would run out. Why would you want to "live" to see the destruction of humanity/the world anyways? Why would you want to live to see the sun explode? (even though it sounds cool now).

Immortality is like Communism, it completely strips you of that (usually miniscule) drive you have to create. Nothing would get done. Death is an incentive. It's why we do things while we're alive.

All in all, if cryonics did somehow end up working, which it won't, it would be another stupid addition to the endless drawbacks of being human / the human condition.

Life Lessons à la Ally McBeal's Therapist

Otherwise known as Tracey Ullman. The comedienne.

- "Sometimes when a patient says something so naive, I find that my own laughter just isn't enough."

- "Is it the adult thing to do? Of course not. So what?    She's a beautiful, smart woman married to the man you love. Smack her! We don't deny human nature in this room."

- "Obviously befriending little Chucky hasn't worked. Kick his ass. You unconscious is taunting you, kick the baby's bottom."

- "But the idea that you could be [with him] has made you less afraid. 'Gee, you could latch onto a husband! Your life's not a total waste!' That's why you're not feeling so 'underwater'. Aren't you just the all-American little weakling."

- "You need a theme song. Something that you can play in your head to make you feel better. A theme song is vital."

Arrogantly, this has always been my theme song:

Mac DeMarco

The love of my life
And life of my music.


Playing at FYF Fest downtown LA in August
To pay, or not to pay...
Since the single day tickets :) SOLD OUT

I honestly don't think I know of another artist who treats a guitar like that.

If you've heard a similar artist, please share.
(and for god sakes do not say Youth Lagoon)
I have no idea why but someone suggested that

and was shut down.

The Philosphy of The Twilight Zone

Okay it's not deep enough to be philosophy-style but...

Walking Distance (Season 1)
This episode is about a "hot shot" advertising exec returning to his home town, and accidentally goes back in time and meets himself as a kid. He gets all sappy about having lost his youth, and yearns to get those years back... He even tries to tell the kid (himself) that these are the best years of his life and not to piss them away (although he accidentally breaks the kid's leg in the process). Then his dad comes in, gives him this speech, and the man goes back to his present time (the 50s).



On Wikipedia, it says this episode "was a little more depressing than most, in that it does not have a happy ending and the man’s problems are never really resolved."

I, on the other hand, think it was the most uplifting thing I've ever seen and actually made me feel better about life and being nostalgic.

In the beginning, he goes back to the 1930s (when he was a kid) and gets a milkshake at an old fashioned diner. He gets all "dreary-eyed" remembering the "good times" he spent there as a kid. At the end of the episode, the man goes back to the diner, except this time it's the 1950s (present time) and it's filled with 50's teenagers.

From my perspective, as someone from 2013, the scene in the 50's diner makes me nostalgic even though I've never lived in the 1950s. Probably because I know things will never be that way again (not that I particularly want them to, there's just something about knowing things will never be that way again). It's weird because he thinks the 50's are worse than the 30's (because it's his present), but in retrospect (no pun intended) the 50's are actually really cozy too.

However, from his perspective, he can't see that. Just like his father said, he cannot see that the present holds new things that he will eventually be nostalgic of later. This episode was made 60 years ago, and from our perspective we can see that things were cozy when we look back into the 50's, although the main character thinks they are depressing because it's his present. The fact that this realization can only be made because there are 60 years between us and the episode makes it a "meta" example of the concept as well.

Unfortunately, there's not an episode about someone who's afraid of the future and meets their future self and then has a cozy realization that you shouldn't live in the future.

Aneurysm

; an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel

Notice that without context, it almost looks like art. Intriguing? Beautiful?

When placed into context, the "bigger picture", how does your perception of it change? Is it still beautiful?

Myers-Briggs Personality Types, an obsession.

Thanks to my Mastermind INTJ best friend for introducing me into the world of personality types, I'm now more obsessed with them than he is.

Literally, the past week has been spent collecting data on everyone I know and making them take the test, as well as taking it as them. Surprisingly (or not), I was pretty accurate in determining their personality types when I took it as them. I'm convinced this is the only way I can understand people who don't use the same "functions" (aka thinking) as I do.

I'm an "ENTJ" (every fictional character is a villain) and supposedly my "major drawback" is failing to see from others' POVs and understanding others' feelings. Therefore, I'm turning to a system which categorizes personalities in order to understand them. So far, it's been "insightful".

Someone recently said/laughed to me, "You have to put effort in to care about people? For most people it comes naturally..." in a condescending /sarcastic/annoying tone. However, they were an F (Feeler). I am a T (Thinker).

And I do care naturally... "in my own way". Maybe not in a way that a Feeler would understand.

Anyways this isn't about caring. It's about understanding. I'm tired of not understanding people who I think are dumb (I'm so mean).

I probably "have something to learn from them", in a really abstract way.

The Surprisingly Inspirational Comedian

Dana. Gould.
"Let Me Put My Thoughts In You"

He makes the weirdest references in the world.

Which are not in this video because I couldn't find them.

So just watch it on Netflix. 

If Albert Fish Were A Food Critic

This would be his blog.

"Food Forkast"
http://objectivesubjectiv.blogspot.com/

Zspy "dishes" on all the underground grub, from San Francisco to Seattle.

"A sticky and sugary honey based glaze highlights the crisped, barbecued exterior confining its tender core."

"With their puckered hourglass look, the shrimp and pork shao mai were a must-order as well. Simply eyeing them is pure joy. Slipping the Juicy Pork Dumplings between the chopsticks was too easy, perfect for transporting them to the 1/3rd soy sauce, 2/3rds vinegar dipping sauce accompanied by a few thin strips of ginger."

......
"How sweet and tender her little ass was roasted in the oven"
- Albert Fish 

Ben and Kate ...plus great

 Forgive the bad pun. Or don't. Either way, the time has come for me to blog about this show.

Words cannot describe how great I think it is. I discovered it on a busy, midterm-panicked weekend at home, when the TV was on for some reason while I was studying. FX was showing a marathon of Ben and Kate, and I had never seen nor heard about it before. It immediately caught my attention by how cozy it looked. Then, to my surprise, it was really funny.

It doesn't even really matter what it's about; JUST WATCH IT. It's 1000x funnier than everything else that's on TV (I'm not one to think the New Girl is that funny, or the Mindy Project) and 1000x cozier. However, I think it is going to be canceled because of ratings (which I would argue are irrelevant in the "digital age", where no one watches TV shows on a TV anymore, at their designated slot time. We watch shows online. So account for THAT MOTHAF**CKASS jk but really they should count that as ratings. Unless they already do and I just don't know about it.)

So please, try to "tune in" on Tuesdays at 8:30 PM, FOX network so we can save the show! (if you're as obsessed with it as I am).
(the marathon was on FX, but the show is on FOX)

I'm sick of mediocre shows being picked up again and again, while "gems" get left in the dust.

P.S. In regards to my previous post about being fed up with fucked up news:
I sent Google a business proposal today (which is the only way to suggest things to them), proposing that they add a category in Google News called "Good News". I think it will affect the way the new generation perceives the world while reassuring older generations that not everything has completely gone to hell. That doesn't sound very convincing because I'm tired, but I believe that something like this will truly impact the quality of life. (I'm not suggesting that we ignore "bad news", I'm just suggesting that it will reduce the imbalance between "good and evil").

Anyways, GOODNIGHT!

Honestly

I'm really tired of fucking up things happening

Such as: Someone being pushed onto a subway track and a bystander TAKING A PICTURE of him, right before the train hits him.

I don't even know what to say. I could be all preachy and be like "What has the world come to?" or "It makes me sick." but honestly nothing amounts to how it makes me feel.

It's a mixture of depression and fear.

and worry.

HITCHCOCK: THE MOVIE ?!?!

WHAT. THE. HECK.

Well this is weird. A movie about Hitchcock making Psycho.
And it RANDOMLY has Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel in it.
It looks like a satire. AND ANTHONY HOPKINS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANTHONY HOPKINS AT ALL. Also the guy who plays Anthony Perkins (otherwise known as Mr. Bates of the Bates Motel) does the funniest impression of him ever and it's actually good.
It looks semi good/cozy/funny though so I'll probably go see it

http://www.hitchcockthemovie.com/

Does anyone else find Ti West arrogant?

I just watched "The Innkeepers", and it was really slow (which Ti West either denies or accepts, only if it is meant as a compliment). One of my friends even fell asleep while we were watching it. Maybe because it didn't really "deliver".

I really liked his previous film, "House of the Devil", because even though it was slow, there was a payoff. But with this film, no payoff. It was bad.

So I came across his interviews about both films, and he seemed really arrogant/ego style.

I feel like he was making excuses for himself when things don't go right, or he overly defends his work, which is ridiculous because you have to accept the audiences' opinion, I mean, that's who the film is for.
Anyways, I'm not a fan of his anymore now. I don't know why his ego is so big. I hate when directors are like that. or ANYONE for that matter.

Sarcastic arrogant facial expression:

My Bloody Snake Dream

Last night I dreamed that I won a horror/Halloween style lottery (like those scratch-off cards under the counter at liquor stores). The card was decorated with drawn-on dripping blood and other random stuff I can't remember. So I was at 7/11 scratching off the numbers to reveal the real numbers (I was ULT confused as to why they put fake numbers over the real numbers, instead of just using pictures. Because it's so confusing. Unless there were pictures and I can't remember them). So I'm scratching them off and my mom tells me I won, like $1000. So I got excited and gave it to the cashier guy and then all of a sudden I notice that there's a snake aquarium where the rotisserie hot dogs usually are,. And the cashier guys were laughing and bringing out one for my prize.
And I was looking at the snakes and thinking, "I'm not afraid of snakes (because in real life I'm not), but now I am. Thanks." Because they all looked randomly scary.
So they bring out a bloody snake (still alive I think) for me, instead of the money, and I'm like, "Okay..."
So I semi went behind the counter to get it but then it was gone and there were two random guys opening a broiler/panini maker, with a half cooked newt and lizard (?) inside, and they were trying to pass them off as m new prize and I was like "WTF ARE YOU COOKING THEM ALIVE?!?" and they laughed and I got mad and sad and then I woke up.

Anyways, I found a video of what snake venom does to human blood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvnjCkLbvY

Russiaphobia

Scared of Russians?
Thank god, so am I. 

Because YouTube "Russia" =
Russians driving crazy in the snow + scary/violent road rage + teenagers doing insane "activities" for fun, like jumping off of buildings with a rope tied to their leg (R-O-P-E, not bungee cord), diving under moving trains, and hanging off of skyscrapers.

Also, my best friend had a scary Moscow-based nightmare a couple months ago, and it freaked me out. That sounds dumb, but other people's dreams can be powerful.

After YouTubing "Russia" for 2 days straight and scaring myself stupid, I found a vlog called "Real Russia". Basically, two guys named Sergei decided to make a web series showing what it's really like to live Russia.

So I'm obsessed with the blog now/listening to their Russian accents and syntax.
And it's also helping me get over my fear

 Reality Video Blog

P.S. I asked them if everyone in Russia is crazy, and they said "We are not crazy, but just loves to laugh a lot!"