The other night, I watched Bitch Slap, a movie about three slutty women who find themselves involved in a top-secret crime and reward. It was absolutely horrible; although there was no one to blame, we watched it for the sole purpose of making fun of it.
What I did not expect, was the intense amount of unnecessary graphic violence included throughout the entire film. These scenes range from breaking someone's penis, to raking someone in the chest, to slicing someone with a bladed yo-yo, to ho-hum explosions of cars.
Between scenes of utter ridiculousness and name-calling, was basically soft-core porn.
Beautiful combination, no? So. Basically....hilarious, but hardly thought provoking. Except, in the end, they throw in a line to attempt any deep train of thought; as if the writers looked over their work and decided to make a last effort to save it.
Four words:
IT DID NOT WORK
As promising as the title made it, it will never be a good movie, and it will never be anything more than a video to either make fun of or to enjoy lesbian make out scenes. As a disclaimer: we had no idea what the movie was about when picking. We're not creepy, we promise! But we do enjoy a good laugh, which was the only thing Bitch Slap is good for.
19.10.10
Genetic brain?
Particularly with colleges, if you're related to someone who went to that college, it somehow guarantees an intelligence level. However, I don't believe it works that way. There are studies shown that kids with intelligent parents are more likely to be intelligent themselves, but how much is actual intelligence, and how much is personality or pressure within the family. Is it really possible for intelligence to be passed down genetically? The genetic information to create a brain is definitely passed down, but it's disputable as to whether the intelligence level is. Everyone thinks differently, how could it be possible to transfer a thinking process, or a level of thinking to offspring. That would be crazy. How could brain functions become genetically passed down.
This ties back again to the fact that we as humans know so little about the brain. Maybe we do pass down intelligence, but we have yet to access the part of the brain that would determine that.
Who knows. Go Science Go!
This ties back again to the fact that we as humans know so little about the brain. Maybe we do pass down intelligence, but we have yet to access the part of the brain that would determine that.
Who knows. Go Science Go!
6.10.10
bullies
We watched Jeremy by Pearl Jam in English class. It made me hate bullies even more.
I honestly think some people are just mean, but for the most part, they are just insecure. They need to be right, they need to be dominant and strong. Sometimes those traits are useful and helpful, but there can be negative effects.
Bullies can take the form of many things. They can be violent, or verbal. Honestly, verbal abuse is always worse. Sticks and Stones hurt, but frankly: words hurt a lot. Especially when you don't expect them. Sometimes people don't realize their actions, and don't want to hear criticism from people who they think don't have a legitimate viewpoint. It's frustrating, knowing there is little you can do to change those people's minds. THEY ARE SO STUBBORN.
People who are just mean don't deserve the attention they get, and frankly, should be punished for it. (Although catching that kind of stuff would be ridiculous). If that kind of abuse goes to the point of someone's life ending, that, to me, is enough to make a person feel guilty for the rest of their life. To have that on a conscience would be devastating, and not only force someone to reevaluate their life, but their choices, their friends...etc. I wouldn't even know how to handle knowing I was responsible for someone else's death. Maybe not directly responsible, but the source of all the frustration: to the point where someone feels their life isn't worth living....
Freaky stuff. Horrible stuff.
People should not live in ignorance. That video should not be banned, the lesson within it is too important, and people need to hear it.
I honestly think some people are just mean, but for the most part, they are just insecure. They need to be right, they need to be dominant and strong. Sometimes those traits are useful and helpful, but there can be negative effects.
Bullies can take the form of many things. They can be violent, or verbal. Honestly, verbal abuse is always worse. Sticks and Stones hurt, but frankly: words hurt a lot. Especially when you don't expect them. Sometimes people don't realize their actions, and don't want to hear criticism from people who they think don't have a legitimate viewpoint. It's frustrating, knowing there is little you can do to change those people's minds. THEY ARE SO STUBBORN.
People who are just mean don't deserve the attention they get, and frankly, should be punished for it. (Although catching that kind of stuff would be ridiculous). If that kind of abuse goes to the point of someone's life ending, that, to me, is enough to make a person feel guilty for the rest of their life. To have that on a conscience would be devastating, and not only force someone to reevaluate their life, but their choices, their friends...etc. I wouldn't even know how to handle knowing I was responsible for someone else's death. Maybe not directly responsible, but the source of all the frustration: to the point where someone feels their life isn't worth living....
Freaky stuff. Horrible stuff.
People should not live in ignorance. That video should not be banned, the lesson within it is too important, and people need to hear it.
Add more- do better?
I find it ironic that the more activity added to your plate at a time, the more things get done in a day. Yes, that is logical, but in terms of homework. I always feel the more I'm involved in, the more I have to plan to get things done, and thus, things get done. It's magical.
When there is less going on, and more free time, a person can become too comfortable in their situation, and find all of their work getting put off.
However, on the contrary, when there is TOO much to the point where there is no time to do anything, that's when there's trouble. There needs to be enough time where you can plan to actually do things, but not too little time you cannot accomplish anything.
Like swimming. which is too intense. I enjoy it, but six days a week for 4 hours is not the kind of time I have with IB and everything else needing to get done. It just doesn't happen: it's impossible unless I drop EVERYTHING else. Maybe not, but I'm not willing to risk that. I learned my lesson Junior year.
But now:
IB, Working 20 hours a week, Play, NHS, Show Choir, Applying to College, Extended Essay, plus life, plus chores.
And I still manage to reasonably get it all done.
Some how.
I'm satisfied.
When there is less going on, and more free time, a person can become too comfortable in their situation, and find all of their work getting put off.
However, on the contrary, when there is TOO much to the point where there is no time to do anything, that's when there's trouble. There needs to be enough time where you can plan to actually do things, but not too little time you cannot accomplish anything.
Like swimming. which is too intense. I enjoy it, but six days a week for 4 hours is not the kind of time I have with IB and everything else needing to get done. It just doesn't happen: it's impossible unless I drop EVERYTHING else. Maybe not, but I'm not willing to risk that. I learned my lesson Junior year.
But now:
IB, Working 20 hours a week, Play, NHS, Show Choir, Applying to College, Extended Essay, plus life, plus chores.
And I still manage to reasonably get it all done.
Some how.
I'm satisfied.
True inspriation
Is it possible to get an original idea: Something that is completely your own.
I find it difficult to even conceptualize. Almost everything is based off of something else for inspiration, or a demand. Is there anything that was designed based on something that had never been created or even thought of?
Have there ever been any circumstance where there wasn't any problem or situation that did not create an idea?
Even dreams, which have some bizarre and unexplainable occurrences are often theorized to stem from bits and pieces of thought that our minds mulled over during the day and put together into a sequence. Perhaps our minds generate so many ideas at once, we just cannot pin down or separate what is originally our own, and what is following what we're immersed in at the time.
It is said we only use a small fraction of our brain. What could people think up if more of that was accessed? Will that ever be possible? I'm almost positive none of these ideas have never been thought of before. In fact, I'm certain. I'm certain the majority of our thoughts are only relaying information we've seen or heard from another source. The mind draws the information from the source of inspiration, and conveys it in a unique way, but is that really unique if the information is not?
Maybe our minds will never know a unique thought. But that's what being intellectually aware is about. Generating and swapping new ideas. Often about things that are current that need to be changed. Does drawing a new idea from an already established idea count as a new idea, even though there is other information presenting the platform for that new idea already in place?
Maybe I'm not making any sense. I suppose you'll have to think about it.
I find it difficult to even conceptualize. Almost everything is based off of something else for inspiration, or a demand. Is there anything that was designed based on something that had never been created or even thought of?
Have there ever been any circumstance where there wasn't any problem or situation that did not create an idea?
Even dreams, which have some bizarre and unexplainable occurrences are often theorized to stem from bits and pieces of thought that our minds mulled over during the day and put together into a sequence. Perhaps our minds generate so many ideas at once, we just cannot pin down or separate what is originally our own, and what is following what we're immersed in at the time.
It is said we only use a small fraction of our brain. What could people think up if more of that was accessed? Will that ever be possible? I'm almost positive none of these ideas have never been thought of before. In fact, I'm certain. I'm certain the majority of our thoughts are only relaying information we've seen or heard from another source. The mind draws the information from the source of inspiration, and conveys it in a unique way, but is that really unique if the information is not?
Maybe our minds will never know a unique thought. But that's what being intellectually aware is about. Generating and swapping new ideas. Often about things that are current that need to be changed. Does drawing a new idea from an already established idea count as a new idea, even though there is other information presenting the platform for that new idea already in place?
Maybe I'm not making any sense. I suppose you'll have to think about it.
mawwage. is wat bwings us togedahh.
I believe in marriage for life. You should be so sure, it's stressful. I was always under the impression that my parents got along well and were fine. But since my mom started school, they fight more and more. They had a really bad fight over the summer, and it freaked me out. It was so bizarre to see a union that had seemed perfectly fine (minus a few flaws, but who doesn't have them?) suddenly feel like it was falling apart.
My younger sister has become so paranoid and put off by it, she questioned my mom about it. My mom told my sister she was having trouble with my dad, and that things were not going so well....now my sister cries every time they fight.
I'm not sure who to blame. GAH.
I think both of them have issues they just need to let go of, and I believe that once my mom is out of school things will get better...but right now, I'm worried and concerned. My mom admits my father is still her best friend in the whole world, but he just gets on her nerves a lot.
I told my mom she needed to say something to my sister. She had no idea what my sister was going through. It's been better lately, I hope it stays that way.
just a random dabble into my personal life, how love can change from what it should be, or what it used to be.
In fact, i based a painting off of it. It had a flatline, and feathers from Eros (basically, the greek Cupid). The feathers started white, and slowly turned black by the end of the flatline. It was mostly conceptual, and you could interpret a lot from the piece, but that's where it came from; I didn't want to say it out loud.
My younger sister has become so paranoid and put off by it, she questioned my mom about it. My mom told my sister she was having trouble with my dad, and that things were not going so well....now my sister cries every time they fight.
I'm not sure who to blame. GAH.
I think both of them have issues they just need to let go of, and I believe that once my mom is out of school things will get better...but right now, I'm worried and concerned. My mom admits my father is still her best friend in the whole world, but he just gets on her nerves a lot.
I told my mom she needed to say something to my sister. She had no idea what my sister was going through. It's been better lately, I hope it stays that way.
just a random dabble into my personal life, how love can change from what it should be, or what it used to be.
In fact, i based a painting off of it. It had a flatline, and feathers from Eros (basically, the greek Cupid). The feathers started white, and slowly turned black by the end of the flatline. It was mostly conceptual, and you could interpret a lot from the piece, but that's where it came from; I didn't want to say it out loud.
Artsy fartsy.
I enjoy IB Art. It has intellectually forced me to make assumptions about myself and the events around me in ways I have never known. The class and the way it is structured forces me to actually think about topics in my life and convert it into art to express it to other people. Now when I talk about my art, I have research and meaning. I can talk about what thought went into each component, and what it's purpose is. It isn't just "I thought it looked cool" or "I dunno" when I'm answering questions.
The workbook is a pain and the time constraint is stressful and exhausting, but at the end, I'm always proud of what I accomplished and what I can show people i've done. I finally feel like a true artist, and it's exhilarating. That being said, there is such a thing as artist's block that can happen as often as you let it, but past that: creative ideas are a beautiful thing. To have an idea and know what elements to add - a stroke here, a line there- to convey an emotion or mood for a whole piece -in just a movement!
I am no expert. There is much I need to learn and experience, but I can feel it getting better
I have a direction, and I have the freedom to do it within the class (minus some details and markbands).
Art is finally what I want to do and FUN.
Nuff said.
The workbook is a pain and the time constraint is stressful and exhausting, but at the end, I'm always proud of what I accomplished and what I can show people i've done. I finally feel like a true artist, and it's exhilarating. That being said, there is such a thing as artist's block that can happen as often as you let it, but past that: creative ideas are a beautiful thing. To have an idea and know what elements to add - a stroke here, a line there- to convey an emotion or mood for a whole piece -in just a movement!
I am no expert. There is much I need to learn and experience, but I can feel it getting better
I have a direction, and I have the freedom to do it within the class (minus some details and markbands).
Art is finally what I want to do and FUN.
Nuff said.
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