My sister had been overreacting about something so trivial, a group project, I couldn't understand why. To be honest, it frustrated the hell out of me. It wasn't because I didn't understand why she was so agitated about it, but for the way it seemed as if her survival depended on its success, and her constant whining...oh my gosh, the whining never ends.
Then something dawned on me before I could criticize her toddler-like behavior: there is an age difference of ten years between us, so of course I'm not going to understand why, in her little pubescent brain, that her group's lack of direction for a presentation was eating her from the inside out. She created this throbbing storm of teen angst, and my best option was to simply walk away instead of instigate her.
It is unbelievable how intimidating teenagers can be to adults, and it seems adults tend to overlook a teen's live-or-let-die mentality. They either dive right in and attempt to punch their kid's lights out with "authority", or they submit and, more or less, cower from the raw rage. I guess one could say adults are just really big, grown children. Same thing goes to the mentality some people have about how children sometimes act like little adults. Our ability to understand and assess situations is what defines our maturity in life.
Anyway, the fact that I managed to walk out of the room without uttering a word of retort made me feel as if I had truly stepped into some kind of adulthood. Too bad I can't walk out of any conversations I have with people I don't care about...I mean I can, but I choose not to out of respect. Even if they're stomping and screaming at me to get what they want, I make sure I remind them of the worst possible adult figure from their childhood with a cold, icy stare.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Health Concerns of the Mind
The wonders of sharing articles on Facebook brought me to read one story regarding a survey done by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Their results stated that 80% of Americans support mandatory labels on food that contain - wait for it - DNA.
If I'm not mistaken, DNA is the molecular compound that carries the biological make-up of an organism, and passes such things like traits, diseases, and evolutionary information down to its offspring. It is the fun molecule that (possibly) every educated American had to build from scratch for their biology class at one point or another. From this survey, it is apparent that now people have another thing to fear when making food choices.
Meanwhile, at some bar, there's a man with a beer bottle in hand, after having way too much, that clearly states "[alcohol] impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery". Instead of reading it prior to drinking and thinking, "Ok, I'll wait it out after a few", he winds up stumbling out the door, gets into his car, and t-bones a family of four going out to dinner for the night, and injures, or possibly kills, a couple family members. Apparently, engaging in vehicular homicide is how some people like spend their Friday nights.
My question is: if similar warning labels on widely-known harmful products aren't stopping enough people from harming themselves and others, then why the hell do we need something as insignificant as a warning stating that the product is organic? Also, who the hell even brought this up for debate?
What's a bigger problem is that, if anyone ever read this or seen it on the news a while ago, there was a story about how the government will have their own class of scientific "experts" manage and regulate America's agricultural decisions. In short terms, "scientists" who are in for the money and not for the benefit of all humankind.
So the next time you open up a bag of chocolate cookies, or are about to dive in to the greasy goodness of a burger joint, look up what you're eating. It's cheap, it's wonderful to the taste, but oftentimes is extremely detrimental to your health and hardly ever expressed or made immediately visible. There's a fat compound in potato chips that triggers your brain to want more chips/fat, and it becomes a never-ending cycle. Certain fast-food fries are loaded with sugar and weird-ass chemicals that seem to be fit for cleaning your bathtub. Frozen dinners are loaded with preservatives and will preserve your excess body fat for years to come. Yet people wonder why America is so obese and unhealthy. Our government "experts" allow food manufacturers to get away with poisoning our country, and the one thing that makes headlines regarding health this week is a matter of labeling foods with f***ing DNA in it??
That is where hypocrisy runs amok. Look up what you're eating, people, and educate yourselves instead of being spoon-fed answers you should already know.
All seriousness aside, I would love to see what kinds of Instagram photos there will be if there becomes a DNA-less fad diet. "A plate of DNA-free Earth dirt with a glass of water. #nofilter."
What are some highly chemical/questionable things you've found in your food?
If I'm not mistaken, DNA is the molecular compound that carries the biological make-up of an organism, and passes such things like traits, diseases, and evolutionary information down to its offspring. It is the fun molecule that (possibly) every educated American had to build from scratch for their biology class at one point or another. From this survey, it is apparent that now people have another thing to fear when making food choices.
Meanwhile, at some bar, there's a man with a beer bottle in hand, after having way too much, that clearly states "[alcohol] impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery". Instead of reading it prior to drinking and thinking, "Ok, I'll wait it out after a few", he winds up stumbling out the door, gets into his car, and t-bones a family of four going out to dinner for the night, and injures, or possibly kills, a couple family members. Apparently, engaging in vehicular homicide is how some people like spend their Friday nights.
My question is: if similar warning labels on widely-known harmful products aren't stopping enough people from harming themselves and others, then why the hell do we need something as insignificant as a warning stating that the product is organic? Also, who the hell even brought this up for debate?
What's a bigger problem is that, if anyone ever read this or seen it on the news a while ago, there was a story about how the government will have their own class of scientific "experts" manage and regulate America's agricultural decisions. In short terms, "scientists" who are in for the money and not for the benefit of all humankind.
So the next time you open up a bag of chocolate cookies, or are about to dive in to the greasy goodness of a burger joint, look up what you're eating. It's cheap, it's wonderful to the taste, but oftentimes is extremely detrimental to your health and hardly ever expressed or made immediately visible. There's a fat compound in potato chips that triggers your brain to want more chips/fat, and it becomes a never-ending cycle. Certain fast-food fries are loaded with sugar and weird-ass chemicals that seem to be fit for cleaning your bathtub. Frozen dinners are loaded with preservatives and will preserve your excess body fat for years to come. Yet people wonder why America is so obese and unhealthy. Our government "experts" allow food manufacturers to get away with poisoning our country, and the one thing that makes headlines regarding health this week is a matter of labeling foods with f***ing DNA in it??
That is where hypocrisy runs amok. Look up what you're eating, people, and educate yourselves instead of being spoon-fed answers you should already know.
All seriousness aside, I would love to see what kinds of Instagram photos there will be if there becomes a DNA-less fad diet. "A plate of DNA-free Earth dirt with a glass of water. #nofilter."
What are some highly chemical/questionable things you've found in your food?
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
State of the Union Address
Last night, President Obama's speech was one that filled me with hope, yet also dread. I haven't thoroughly looked into the future presidential candidates, their political agendas, policy histories, or personal lives ("Oh, Roger, what alliteration!" "Thank you, darling!"), but this is one thing I fear: our next president is probably not going to be wholly invested in the personal welfare of the American people.
Any memories I have of George W. Bush are, unfortunately, negative. Then again, it's nearly impossible to think of anything positive about Bush when he got our country stuck in an overseas conflict for almost a decade. Not his fault entirely, but the impression from thereon-out is lasting.
What Obama has over Bush is his impressive presentation skills. Obama appears to be the people person whereas Bush was the military man during his presidency. As it has appeared to be nowadays for any political figure, being a people person is much more important than waving your guns around. Obama praised the middle-class for being the hardest working Americans, and that they were essentially the ones keeping the spirit of America alive. Can't get any more personal with that.
All I can hope for is for the next president to carry on Obama's personal touch and maintain the trust of the common folk. There is nothing more upsetting than finding out the next president elected is a money-grubber whose main concern is to make sure the elite keep money in the pockets of corrupted politicians and entrepreneurs. While it's essential that all Americans are cared for, in policies of personal care or economic care, nothing is more important than ensuring all Americans are allowed the chance to live the life they want.
What kind of president would you want for 2016?
Any memories I have of George W. Bush are, unfortunately, negative. Then again, it's nearly impossible to think of anything positive about Bush when he got our country stuck in an overseas conflict for almost a decade. Not his fault entirely, but the impression from thereon-out is lasting.
What Obama has over Bush is his impressive presentation skills. Obama appears to be the people person whereas Bush was the military man during his presidency. As it has appeared to be nowadays for any political figure, being a people person is much more important than waving your guns around. Obama praised the middle-class for being the hardest working Americans, and that they were essentially the ones keeping the spirit of America alive. Can't get any more personal with that.
All I can hope for is for the next president to carry on Obama's personal touch and maintain the trust of the common folk. There is nothing more upsetting than finding out the next president elected is a money-grubber whose main concern is to make sure the elite keep money in the pockets of corrupted politicians and entrepreneurs. While it's essential that all Americans are cared for, in policies of personal care or economic care, nothing is more important than ensuring all Americans are allowed the chance to live the life they want.
What kind of president would you want for 2016?
Monday, January 19, 2015
MLK
Today we reflect on the legacy one man has left behind in the social justice movement, along with many others. Even every day there are those who continue to fight for social issues in our country.
Martin Luther King, Jr's hard work and determination for equality doesn't just end with race relations, but emphasizes the lack of compassion. There are still so many in this day and age who believe they're the superior race, creed, sex, and can't see everyone else as human beings. The most important thing we can do is to continue the fight for equality for all, in our nation and other countries, whether it be volunteering, donating, or raising awareness. Through this, we can show our compassion for the human race.
What are you doing to make sure Dr. King's legacy stays alive?
Martin Luther King, Jr's hard work and determination for equality doesn't just end with race relations, but emphasizes the lack of compassion. There are still so many in this day and age who believe they're the superior race, creed, sex, and can't see everyone else as human beings. The most important thing we can do is to continue the fight for equality for all, in our nation and other countries, whether it be volunteering, donating, or raising awareness. Through this, we can show our compassion for the human race.
What are you doing to make sure Dr. King's legacy stays alive?
Thursday, January 15, 2015
New Year Resolution
Happy New Year, to those who read this/follow me/happen to stumble upon this from the interwebs! Yea, I know, I'm two weeks late with the celebration, but this all has a reason. I've decided that as part of my list of resolutions, I will transform this blog into something less complicated but still a reflection of my thoughts. I give you "Thought Bubbles"! It will be a blog about randomized topics that come to mind and create discourse, instead of poor attempts to form an argument about a societal problem (which was pretty much on par with writing essays in college).
The biggest change is that these blog posts will be ridiculously short; there will be no long-winded explanations or arguments. Simply put, thoughts. "Why not just post stuff on Twitter?" you may ask. Because I don't like Twitter, that's why! Nah, truthfully you can only put so many characters in a post, and the hash-tags are so tedious. Maybe this blog will trickle its way on over there, or into the black hole that is Tumblr; it all depends on how far this goes and how often I update, and if I REALLY want it to be publicized to that degree.
Besides this as my new task, I've been busy working on a few projects as well, so little blurbs will come up about their progress every now and then. I'm actually trying to self-promote and drown you with all the excruciating details. Nah, not really...But! In lieu of creative projects, you might find some of my entries accompanied by drawings from yours truly, or little comic strips. All depends on timeliness and if I've had enough coffee to carry me over.
So, without further adieu, I give you "Thought Bubbles"!
The biggest change is that these blog posts will be ridiculously short; there will be no long-winded explanations or arguments. Simply put, thoughts. "Why not just post stuff on Twitter?" you may ask. Because I don't like Twitter, that's why! Nah, truthfully you can only put so many characters in a post, and the hash-tags are so tedious. Maybe this blog will trickle its way on over there, or into the black hole that is Tumblr; it all depends on how far this goes and how often I update, and if I REALLY want it to be publicized to that degree.
Besides this as my new task, I've been busy working on a few projects as well, so little blurbs will come up about their progress every now and then. I'm actually trying to self-promote and drown you with all the excruciating details. Nah, not really...But! In lieu of creative projects, you might find some of my entries accompanied by drawings from yours truly, or little comic strips. All depends on timeliness and if I've had enough coffee to carry me over.
So, without further adieu, I give you "Thought Bubbles"!
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