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[09 Nov 2009|12:24pm] |
He said, "I love Madam Butterfly! I'll bet you didn't think I would know that, did you. Ha!"
I looked up the stairs "Who doesn't know Puccini?"
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(oih)
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[08 Nov 2009|08:24pm] |
I've been trying to do some long distance running.. and my hips feel weird- maybe sore? It's hard to say, they've never felt like this before.
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(oih)
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[05 Nov 2009|10:50am] |
I am terrible at conducting memorable faux pas. :p
The optimist in me wants to view this as an adorable quirk.
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(oih)
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[01 Nov 2009|07:18pm] |
I am being finessed into date scenerios.
What a clever man. I am slightly impressed by this.
Anyway, tonight is a jaunt into the perverbial inundated bliss of past-due issues that need to be resolved before midnight. This involves paper writing and math review.
The party was a good time- I'm sorry you weren't there. I'm equally sorry not many people dressed up. I don't get it, that's the best part-- also I had an awesome Best Costume prize. Prince Zoltan won.
There is talk of a Euro trip after graduation. I hope it's in the Fall, otherwise I wont be able to make much of a go. Also, I'm not much of a drinker, but there are some people I would like to see again on that side of the rocking boat. Better start saving. I know I said this about India, but that is still in the eventual plans of whenever-ness. It's not the safest place for a single, white, blond american female with tattoos.
Here is an amusing lecture (this is what I'm writing a paper on actually):
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(3 hois | oih)
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[28 Oct 2009|06:45pm] |
I had an ex who used to say he hated Muslims. In fact, I'll bet he still does- yet I doubt he knows much about them. I often wonder what makes someone hate another person, and wonder if its from a reactionary standpoint, or if its some personal experience. I think I generally view people with a great distaste after an experience.. and maybe that leads on to the race over-all since the person is related to a larger group who is around as well- yet this fades away since I am not prone to holding grudges forever.
We tend to find ways to iconize differences in a dysfunctional way. Many times we glorify things in a such public way (i.e. news) that causes a reactionary development.. I think we can relate this to our current war, and the way it started, where it's gone...etc etc etc
Meeting people from different aspects of religion sometimes make me think that we are only on a Hedonic treadmill. Negative emotions have a function: they narrow attention as a biological way to prepare us for action. This causes us to focus on the stressors we are facing in order to find a way to fix the problem. We get used to something- and our emotions, whether good or bad, acclimate until we are comfortable again. Sometimes our comfort is found in the simple-ness of a physiological function where we misattribute the arousal we feel into something that’s threatening. It's much easier to run away than to stand and face something that differs from what we find comfortable... and for some people this is more exemplified than others.
I had a talk with a Muslim group today and learned about a few things.. One of them being the Azan, which I think I was first introduced to through the Kevin Costner version of Robinhood (hahaha).
Azan is the first call to prayer. The Azan is uttered in a loud, albeit sweet melodious, voice to announce to the faithful that it is time for the Obligatory Prayer and to invite them to offer the prayers. Those who perform Azan are known as 'Muezzin.' The honour of being the first Muezzin goes to Hazrat Bilal, a black slave who converted to Islam. He had a very sweet, resonant and musical voice. He was appointed as Muezzin by the Prophet of Islam. The appointment of a black slave as the first person to call Muslims for prayers, shows that in Islam all human beings are treated as equals. Rich or poor, black or white, short or tall - all are equal in the eyes of Allah. It is the piety of each individual that makes the difference. Azan is recited in a loud voice by the Muezzin facing the direction of the Ka'ba.
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(oih)
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[27 Oct 2009|04:54pm] |
Physiological bodily response to an emotion is only 90 seconds.
It stands to reason that any emotion you feel beyond 90 seconds is, technically, a cognitive decision.
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(oih)
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[26 Oct 2009|12:04am] |
This month has been something of a bust on a personal level. I was too wrapped-up in work and moving to get much progress done elsewhere. I have paintings I need to finish, papers to write, data from field sites to enter and now this party is eating up the last two weeks of October. I’m spending a bit too much money on this shindig so it's bound to be particularly enjoyable.
Oh October.. You have been a rough go and now you want to steal an hour away from my already sleep-troubled nights?? I need to buy a UV light on an automatic timer to help me wake up in the mornings.
Some things I need to do.. buckle down on math, catch-up in Lit, stop procrastinating so damn much on homework readings, and go to the gym one more day a week. This is my Scorpio resolution I suppose. Oddly there are a lot of Scorpios showing up in my life. This is probably to help me resist the temptation to view them in a certain way.
On a side note.. it's really sweet when a guy waits for a girl to get to her door before driving away.
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(oih)
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[22 Oct 2009|12:16pm] |
The last ten minutes are surperb.. Argerich finally relaxed.
Decided to wait on that last traveling bit until I can find a symphony that is playing Rachmaninov. Maybe spring break.. going back and forth to Reno this semester has really taken a toll on my school work.
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(oih)
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