RE: Temporary and Small Things

In response to Sarah.

I read your blog post a good few hours ago, and it's been there in the back of my mind all day. Mostly, the horse metaphor.

I am the horse, but without the blinders. I can see all the small things around me and because I am so easily distracted. I'm looking around rather then headed forward. Don't get me wrong, I love all of these small things. But I love them so much more then the road forward.
Sometimes I wish I had the blinders then I could just get on with it. I just wish I could get on with the important things, like my school work. But I'm a procrastinator, I'm lazy. I don't do my work, because I'd rather sit and look out the window for hours.
I don't want these distractions but I constantly place myself in situations where I am surrounded by them.

So now I've finished this blog post, I'm going to get some homework done and maybe some revision. Apparently I had important exams this year. Ah well.

But thank you Sarah, for writing that post and making me think about it. Sometimes we need those blinders, but we can never forget the small things.

Rachel

Temporary and Small Things

This weekend my campus got snowed in. There was probably about 6 to 8 inches of snow down on the ground over the course of 4 days. It was quite pretty. But it was sad too. Most of my hall mates were upset about the snow. It clogged up the roads and made it hard to drive or to walk outside. They complained about it a lot. They do the same thing when it is to hot and wish for it to be cooler. It is sad what fickle creatures we are.

I think that as a general group (I know not every individual), as we age we tend to stop looking at the little things. Small things become less significant as more responsibility is taken on.  Then suddenly we get surprised when a small thing is gone and causes a big effect. Or when we notice a small thing for the first time in years.

Many of the small things are temporary and once they are gone they cannot be recalled. It is hard to see and observe all of the small things, and not all of them are liked by an individual. But it is even harder go back to see what you've missed once it's lost or gone.

People get so caught up in their lives they become like horses pulling a carriage with blinders on.  No distractions, just what is ahead.  Don't be a horse constantly pulling something that weighs you down.  Progress and hard work are necessary but so are the small things around you. Take the blinders off every now and then and take a breath and see the small things going on around you if you can.  Hopefully, you'll enjoy what you see.

DFTBA,
Sarah

.irl to .dftba format

I wrote this as the answer to the question "What impact do social networking sites have on our lives?" in English class. This question was presented to us after reading an article about how we are losing face to face communication, where, obviously, I strongly disagree. I've been a part of this community for about 9 months now (but who's still counting?) and I don't regret starting a YouTube channel with no experience, or watching videos made by unknown 30 year-old men or even wanting to go to Vidcon so bad that it might actually happen. To people outside of this community, that makes no sense, but to you guys, it's something we probably have in common. Anywho, this is what I wrote:

According to this text, the conclusion most people would draw would be that social networking diminishes face to face communication amongst teenagers. However, that is not what I have concluded.

I believe that what is referred to as face to face communication has an exaggerated positive connotation and can just as easily be referred to as confident communication.

Teenagers of my generation seem to have found ways to pose more judgements upon someone without even talking to them, thanks to terribly written magazine articles which seem to be harshly judgemental. They find ways to critique you based on brands, or hairstyles, or small esthetic routines, making cliques to be formed by simplistic and superficial traits.

Therefore, if someone has some different habits or tastes in cultural phenomenon, such as old TV shows, independent artists and creative media platforms, it is difficult to find people within everyday life who have these things in common.

On the Internet, anonymity on certain websites, such as YouTube and Tumblr, makes it more difficult to make superficial judgements and social interaction is more focussed on what someone has to say or what they like and understand which makes it possible to make friends. Also, the video aspect of YouTube gives an outlook on someone’s personality and gives assurance that they actually exist.

Furthermore, these websites force people to show their personality through what they post and allows them to get feedback from people who are interested in similar things, giving “weird” people more self confidence in real life situations. 


I have experienced this sort of communication first hand. I have gained more self-confidence, made friends who live in different hemispheres (who I talk to face to face on Skype) and found this lovely media platform allowing me to share my talents with other people who might appreciate the content I create.

In conclusion, social networking is awesome.


I liked writing this because it explains to non-nerdfighters how we can all somehow be acquaintances and share this weird bond. It's to you guys, and to anyone who will acclaim to be a nerdfighter.

Thanks, I love your faces,
K€LLY

[ha, Becky isn't the only one who can play that game:P]

Words and dreams.

"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything."

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

In The Fault in Our Stars on page 15 in the 7th paragraph on the 2nd line, 7 words in, Isaac tells us the story about his Surgeon. To sum it up, Isaac says he'd rather lose his ability to hear then his, remaining, ability to see. Personally if it was my choice, I'd rather be blind. 

I can imagine beautiful views, beautiful people, and beautiful words. But without my hearing how will I know how the beautiful words sound rolling from the beautiful tongues? 

When you listen to beautiful songs, you close your eyes and you dream. If I don't have to see than I can imagine my whole life differently. I can dream it so much more beautiful then reality. 

It's a shame that we are losing words. These days people text each other, not call. Everyone uses new, slang words. And they create their own meanings to our old, beautiful words.

We might as well be Neanderthals and communicate through gestures and grunts. 

- Rachel

Something That Bothers Me

To Becky:
You should consider reading the book Lycidas... It's one of my favorite books of all time because it's the perfect mix between mythoilogy and a plot line so difficult to understand that it took me nearly 4 months and the whole summer to finsih the book (I won't mention the fact that while reading Lycidas I've read 23 other books but yes...)

No something that bothers me:
I hate the moments when people say that, whenever they are thinking for longer than 30 minutes they get depressed. This is stupid.
People say that they will think about bad things like what they've achieved until now and whether they are any value to this world and the people within.

No.

You aren't

Neither am I and neither are your parents and friends.

But why not think about it? The only way to change something is to see the problem and as Miss Grace pointed out on different occasions and moments in all of our lives: “If the inevitability of human oblivion worries you? I encourage you to ignore it, god knows that's what everyone else does.”

Why deny that we’re going to die? Why deny that you are probably going to die without having achieved anything of value? It’s the truth and by ignoring the truth you won’t make it any less than it is.

Please people, think about the little things you have achieved and then start to make your dreams come true. We only have so little time on our blue world, why waste it by ignoring the thoughts that you should value most.

Wessel

You can't hate the night.

Is it bad to be obsessed with vampires?

I think the answer would be a yes and that it makes me a little insane. But I cannot ever think about anything else.

For sure it doesn't help that they keep coming out with Kick Ass vampire shows, because lets face it. I don't have time to sleep let alone read a book that isn't by John Green.

First off there was Twilight... I am not proud of it but it is one of those shadows I have that I keep in the back of the closet and never let out.

Then there was the Vampire Diary's. I watched the series and then read some of the books... the series is Much much much much much better then the books. So I have been hooked to that IV of pure teen drama vampire angst..

And now my big thing is Being human. The show on ScyFy (SciFi I really don't like the new name) which has opened my mind to Warewolfs and Ghosts which is really interesting.

The vampires are awesome. No burning in the sun... but they do turn to ash when they are staked .

I could go on for blogs and blogs about my theory to a perfect vampire series and mythology but that is for another time.

DFTBA

best wishes.

3ecky (the three was on purpose.)

Thoughts

My roommate goes home every weekend because she lives so close to campus (about 40 minutes or so). So often times I am just by myself on the weekend. Of course I do have other friends that stay, but they are off doing the stereotype college type things that I don't really partake in (mostly because I don't fancy being arrested at 18). This basically leave me with a lot of time. I am notorious for wasting time.

There are so many things that I should be doing with my time on the weekend. But more often than not I jus procrastinate until the last  possible minute. Procrastination is your worst enemy in college. Just sayin.

But it is only Friday evening so I have two days to accomplish as much as possible. However today I made the mistake of just thinking. And for me, that is usually bad. When I do that I generally end up thinking about why in the world are we even here, and what is the point of us being here, and what is the point of my being here and why haven't I made a difference yet? Which of course these thoughts are all philosophical and good but they are slightly pointless. All they do is serve to make the people upset or worry about things that are unnecessary and nearly beyond the point of having an answer.  Beside, most of the answers to these questions can only be opinion and not fact. So I did what I normally do when I start getting all deep thought (of this sort at least) on myself. I took a nap. It was brilliant and I feel much less confused on my life. Thank you nap.

I do however feel the  need to be creative and productive to counteract my negative thought flow. I'm going to go make something now. Not sure what yet but it will happen. Well, until next time, stay cool and DFTBA.

Peace out,
Sarah

(now that I think about it actually it's midnight here, I might just get on Netflix instead and go to sleep in a bit since I don't want to sleep away my Saturday haha)

Things that shouldn't exist: 1) This blog post.

The worst thing about my school is that it's filled with ghosts.
There's a World War 2 memorial in the main hall. They won't let us forget and they won't let us start again.
The traditions will always stay the same, the only thing that changes are the faces.
But every room, every hallway, every textbook in the Science Department is full of ghosts.
The concerning thing is that they aren't just mine. There are shadows following every students and every teacher in that wretched building.
But no one really minds. It's Nostalgia after all.

Rachel.