I just read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar in one day.
Oh... my goodness.
Enough said.
Oh... my goodness.
Enough said.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Things I Hate Most When Driving
In no particular order...
1. When huge 18-wheelers decide to chill in the fast lane (the left lane) while going 2 mph.
2. When huge 18-wheelers decide to gang up and take over the entire freeway, one in each lane, driving side by side.
3. When people brake every two seconds when the car in front of them is a mile away.
4. When people cut in front of me too close.
5. The fact that my initial reaction is not to honk, so I always miss my opportunity to honk.
6. Rush hour traffic.
7. The fact that whenever there is the smallest accident, there is major traffic because people are just too freaking curious.
8. When I see cars without more than one person driving in the HOV (carpool) lane.
9. When I don't know where I'm going.
10. When the person behind me is on my butt even when I'm going nearly 80 mph.
1. When huge 18-wheelers decide to chill in the fast lane (the left lane) while going 2 mph.
2. When huge 18-wheelers decide to gang up and take over the entire freeway, one in each lane, driving side by side.
3. When people brake every two seconds when the car in front of them is a mile away.
4. When people cut in front of me too close.
5. The fact that my initial reaction is not to honk, so I always miss my opportunity to honk.
6. Rush hour traffic.
7. The fact that whenever there is the smallest accident, there is major traffic because people are just too freaking curious.
8. When I see cars without more than one person driving in the HOV (carpool) lane.
9. When I don't know where I'm going.
10. When the person behind me is on my butt even when I'm going nearly 80 mph.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Must Be My Lucky Week
So you know those online giveaway sweepstakes things that you get emailed about from your favorite stores, but you never think you can win?
Thank you, BCBG Max Azria. Cutest. bag. ever. Worth $300. 100% off. :)
Thank you, BCBG Max Azria. Cutest. bag. ever. Worth $300. 100% off. :)Friday, July 3, 2009
Shoes.
I know I typically don't post so often, but this is a shoe emergency.
Sigh. How BEAUTIFUL are these????? So MAYBE the ribbons clutter the (otherwise very simple and chic) shoes a bit... but still. They just look so pretty, don't they? If only I could afford them... then afford clothes to go with them... then learn how to walk in them... hahahaha. :) Until then, I will admire from afar.Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Lost in Reminiscence
Do you ever find yourself lost in reminiscence? Maybe not exactly "lost," but I don't know... it's like how we love watching sad movies and crying our eyes out, even though being "sad" isn't supposed to be the most enjoyable thing. Why is that? It's almost masochistic... this weird convergence of pain and pleasure.
Granted, not all reminiscing has to be sad, but for some reason, I often associate reminiscing with that bittersweet feeling of "good times, good times..." I guess sometimes you just have to take the bitter if you want the sweet, hm?
Even though I often wish I could just stick myself in the present and stay here, I always tend to drift toward the past or propel myself into the future... I either miss the "good ol' days," or I worry myself to death over the future. Not only that, but those days were probably not all that great to begin with. I'm pretty sure when I'm older, I'll be looking back on my time now and refer to it as the good old days as well. I really need to learn appreciate the future "good ol' days"... now. Carpe diem, right? (Even though apparently "Carpe diem" does not translate into "seize the day" literally, according to my high school Latin teacher).
Just my random ramblings for the day :).
P.S. On a complete side note, I realized that I'm a major homebody. Even though I enjoy going out, after a long day of work, I honestly just want to sleep in and watch TV and eat food. When did I get so boring? Maybe it's because I just get too tired? Oh well. To each his own. :)
P.P.S. I realize the picture doesn't exactly relate with the topic of this post, but I just like the whimsical feel of it. At least in my head, it fits.
Granted, not all reminiscing has to be sad, but for some reason, I often associate reminiscing with that bittersweet feeling of "good times, good times..." I guess sometimes you just have to take the bitter if you want the sweet, hm?
Even though I often wish I could just stick myself in the present and stay here, I always tend to drift toward the past or propel myself into the future... I either miss the "good ol' days," or I worry myself to death over the future. Not only that, but those days were probably not all that great to begin with. I'm pretty sure when I'm older, I'll be looking back on my time now and refer to it as the good old days as well. I really need to learn appreciate the future "good ol' days"... now. Carpe diem, right? (Even though apparently "Carpe diem" does not translate into "seize the day" literally, according to my high school Latin teacher).
Just my random ramblings for the day :).
P.S. On a complete side note, I realized that I'm a major homebody. Even though I enjoy going out, after a long day of work, I honestly just want to sleep in and watch TV and eat food. When did I get so boring? Maybe it's because I just get too tired? Oh well. To each his own. :)
P.P.S. I realize the picture doesn't exactly relate with the topic of this post, but I just like the whimsical feel of it. At least in my head, it fits.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Is the cup half full or half empty?
In all honesty, the first time I came across that question... I was pretty surprised. It had never occurred to me before that the cup could be considered "half empty." Whether it was due to naivete or even narrow-mindedness... I don't know. The fact of the matter is I really hadn't given it much thought before, and when I finally DID realize a cup could be considered half empty... it blew my mind and changed the way I thought about life forever.
Just kidding. But I was pretty amused nevertheless.
So what does this brilliant introduction lead me to talk about today? WELL. I've been taking a moral philosophy class this quarter, learning about Nietzsche, Kant, etc., and Nietzsche is, in my opinion, one of the most depressing people... ever. Seriously. His views on life and the human being are so incredibly cynical and pessimistic that it makes me want to just go and slap every person that walks down Sheridan because APPARENTLY, we are all intrinsically evil, so we all deserve it anyway. SO WHAT if that kid just walked an old lady down the street? He probably did it to make himself feel better. Or he thought the old lady was hot. Or he actually just wanted to steal her purse. Or it was just my imagination, and he actually tripped her and ran away, laughing. WHAT a jerk. Let's slap him in the face.
According to Nietzsche, we are all inherently animalistic, selfish and depraved. Morality, or according to Nietzsche, "slave-morality," is something the weak, lame humans pulled up out of their butts to try and contain the strong humans from taking over the world. In other words, if you consider yourself one of those lucky, stronger humans, you should do whatever it takes to get to the top. Morality, like God, is non-existent.
Towards the end of his series of lectures on Nietzsche, Professor Seeskin quoted from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," a sermon given by Jonathan Edwards. Let me give you a little piece of this.
"The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours."
"He will not only hate you, but he will have you, in the utmost contempt: no place shall be thought fit for you, but under his feet to be trodden down as the mire of the streets."
Oh my holy goodness. I think I just peed my shorts. Let me go crawl in a hole and die now. The God I've been praising all this time really hates me? I'm really just a piece of worthless crap? :(:(:(:( ... yyyeah.
It is interesting that the professor would quote from a minister when teaching about Nietzsche, who was clearly convinced that God does not exist. Their similarities, however, lie in their obsession with emphasizing the depravity of the human being. I don't know about you, but the God Edwards is describing does not seem all that pleasant to me. It is not the God I think of when I pray, and it is not the God I think of when I worship or go to church. What was he thinking?
This is something that has confused me for a while now. When I drive, I oftentimes see this billboard, completely blank except for a few, typed black words in the middle. "Believe or be damned." Seriously? Is this how you want to get people to convert? You want people to go to God out of fear of damnation? Not only that, but you want to proclaim that human beings are all inherently screwed up?
Though college has definitely stepped on my idealistic, romantic views quite a few times, I still find it very difficult to believe, as Nietzsche and Edwards do, that mankind is inherently evil. I find it incredibly puzzling that a person, like Edwards, could love and worship a God that despises him so deeply. Granted human beings make mistakes all the time... granted there is a LOT of corruption in the world (just watch an episode of Law and Order: SVU... crazy)... but has Edwards forgotten that we were all made in the image and likeness of God? That God is all-loving and merciful? That we are all his children? Human beings can hurt each other... can even kill each other... but they can also risk and even lose their lives for one another. They can love each other... so. incredibly. much. It's ridiculous how much love and potential for love human beings really possess. Have you seen the love a mother has for her child? Or the love a man has for his wife? Can you really say, after looking at all this, that we are all just messed up inside? I think not.
So conclusion? Edwards and Nietzsche are wrong. Human beings are intrinsically good, God actually loves us (I promise!), that kid really did want to walk the old lady down the street, and the cup is half full.
Just kidding. But I was pretty amused nevertheless.
So what does this brilliant introduction lead me to talk about today? WELL. I've been taking a moral philosophy class this quarter, learning about Nietzsche, Kant, etc., and Nietzsche is, in my opinion, one of the most depressing people... ever. Seriously. His views on life and the human being are so incredibly cynical and pessimistic that it makes me want to just go and slap every person that walks down Sheridan because APPARENTLY, we are all intrinsically evil, so we all deserve it anyway. SO WHAT if that kid just walked an old lady down the street? He probably did it to make himself feel better. Or he thought the old lady was hot. Or he actually just wanted to steal her purse. Or it was just my imagination, and he actually tripped her and ran away, laughing. WHAT a jerk. Let's slap him in the face.
According to Nietzsche, we are all inherently animalistic, selfish and depraved. Morality, or according to Nietzsche, "slave-morality," is something the weak, lame humans pulled up out of their butts to try and contain the strong humans from taking over the world. In other words, if you consider yourself one of those lucky, stronger humans, you should do whatever it takes to get to the top. Morality, like God, is non-existent.
Towards the end of his series of lectures on Nietzsche, Professor Seeskin quoted from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," a sermon given by Jonathan Edwards. Let me give you a little piece of this.
"The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours."
"He will not only hate you, but he will have you, in the utmost contempt: no place shall be thought fit for you, but under his feet to be trodden down as the mire of the streets."
Oh my holy goodness. I think I just peed my shorts. Let me go crawl in a hole and die now. The God I've been praising all this time really hates me? I'm really just a piece of worthless crap? :(:(:(:( ... yyyeah.
It is interesting that the professor would quote from a minister when teaching about Nietzsche, who was clearly convinced that God does not exist. Their similarities, however, lie in their obsession with emphasizing the depravity of the human being. I don't know about you, but the God Edwards is describing does not seem all that pleasant to me. It is not the God I think of when I pray, and it is not the God I think of when I worship or go to church. What was he thinking?
This is something that has confused me for a while now. When I drive, I oftentimes see this billboard, completely blank except for a few, typed black words in the middle. "Believe or be damned." Seriously? Is this how you want to get people to convert? You want people to go to God out of fear of damnation? Not only that, but you want to proclaim that human beings are all inherently screwed up?
Though college has definitely stepped on my idealistic, romantic views quite a few times, I still find it very difficult to believe, as Nietzsche and Edwards do, that mankind is inherently evil. I find it incredibly puzzling that a person, like Edwards, could love and worship a God that despises him so deeply. Granted human beings make mistakes all the time... granted there is a LOT of corruption in the world (just watch an episode of Law and Order: SVU... crazy)... but has Edwards forgotten that we were all made in the image and likeness of God? That God is all-loving and merciful? That we are all his children? Human beings can hurt each other... can even kill each other... but they can also risk and even lose their lives for one another. They can love each other... so. incredibly. much. It's ridiculous how much love and potential for love human beings really possess. Have you seen the love a mother has for her child? Or the love a man has for his wife? Can you really say, after looking at all this, that we are all just messed up inside? I think not.
So conclusion? Edwards and Nietzsche are wrong. Human beings are intrinsically good, God actually loves us (I promise!), that kid really did want to walk the old lady down the street, and the cup is half full.
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