Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
I'm happy to welcome a new reader, enjoy your stay! To those of you who don't know, I'm doing a meme called 50 questions to free your mind, and the entry title is #21. I answer one question per week, so my mind is freeing itself nicely:). The complete list can be found under the meme tag, it's the earliest entry. I recommend it highly. I don't always have a lot to say about the questions, but they do encourage thinking things out. And just to confuse everyone further, I'm bringing back another meme, Have a cuppa, which is an original idea of mine. What we do is I tell you what kind of tea I'm having (I never drink coffee), and encourage you to share a cuppa, or just a moment, with me. So, pull up a chair, put your feet up and enjoy...
I just bought two new packets of tea today, and I started drinking from one, a white tea with apple and pear flavour, but now I'm back with an old favourite, Lipton's Forest Fruit. The taste reminds me of summer, and the place where I recently visited, my old friend's house. They often have this tea there, because her granddaughters like to drink it when I'm there. It's probably kind of a grown up thing in their eyes, since they aren't allowed to drink coffee yet.
You know, that's a funny question to answer... Which would you rather be, a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Can't I get to be a joyful genius? I'm quite joyful as it is, but that's probably because I'm not a genius. I just can't see all the reasons to worry and be unhappy that I might, if I were more intelligent.
Have you seen the House episode "Ignorance is Bliss" in season 6? It's about a man who used to be a genius, but then he met a less than averagely intelligent girl, and started dumbing himself down medically, in order to feel good about life. I don't know how plausible that is. I mean, it's hard to see why being intelligent would make you unhappy, although you might feel a little lonely in the sense of not having anyone understand your deepest thoughts. Anyway, I think I would rather be a worried genius. It doesn't say tortured genius, after all, and who isn't worried sometimes. Being a simpleton would take some getting used to, especially for my friends. I would probably not notice a difference, if I really was a simpleton. I like that word, by the way. It's such a nice, old-fashioned word, isn't it?
This has been a summery and sunshiny day, although it's still quite cold. I'm really pleased with my new spring jacket and the pink shawl. I looked positively dressed up today, when I went to the library and the grocery store. New clothes always make you smile a bit more and keep a better posture, I find.
I found The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast at the library. It's awesome to get to see both in English, without the Finnish voiceovers. The Finnish actors are actually often very good, and it doesn't even bother me to hear the same actors do the voices in lots of animated movies, but it is refreshing to hear the original versions for once, especially Jeremy Irons as Scar *sighs happily in anticipation*.
I also found a book of world myths, and I was very happy about it, because my knowledge of mythology is almost nonexistent, except for the Greek and Roman and Norse myths, which I know something about. It will be interesting to learn more. I'll tell you about any interesting stories I come across. I feel I don't do enough of that anymore. I used to talk a lot about what I read on Wikipedia, or elsewhere on the web, and I also used to write about all the books I was reading, but the more readers I have, the more I find the blog going in a purely personal direction. There's nothing wrong with being personal, but I find it doesn't inspire me as much as writing about something a bit more complicated. My personal life is, thank goodness, uncomplicated in the extreme at the moment, so there's really not a lot there to write about. I also believe very strongly that everything you write about can be personal, or rather, you can't very well help it being personal, because you choose what to tell, how to tell it, and what to omit. So there...
Anyway, thanks to May Day, this week really flew by, and tomorrow is the start of yet another weekend. Got any plans? See you tomorrow!
I just bought two new packets of tea today, and I started drinking from one, a white tea with apple and pear flavour, but now I'm back with an old favourite, Lipton's Forest Fruit. The taste reminds me of summer, and the place where I recently visited, my old friend's house. They often have this tea there, because her granddaughters like to drink it when I'm there. It's probably kind of a grown up thing in their eyes, since they aren't allowed to drink coffee yet.
You know, that's a funny question to answer... Which would you rather be, a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Can't I get to be a joyful genius? I'm quite joyful as it is, but that's probably because I'm not a genius. I just can't see all the reasons to worry and be unhappy that I might, if I were more intelligent.
Have you seen the House episode "Ignorance is Bliss" in season 6? It's about a man who used to be a genius, but then he met a less than averagely intelligent girl, and started dumbing himself down medically, in order to feel good about life. I don't know how plausible that is. I mean, it's hard to see why being intelligent would make you unhappy, although you might feel a little lonely in the sense of not having anyone understand your deepest thoughts. Anyway, I think I would rather be a worried genius. It doesn't say tortured genius, after all, and who isn't worried sometimes. Being a simpleton would take some getting used to, especially for my friends. I would probably not notice a difference, if I really was a simpleton. I like that word, by the way. It's such a nice, old-fashioned word, isn't it?
This has been a summery and sunshiny day, although it's still quite cold. I'm really pleased with my new spring jacket and the pink shawl. I looked positively dressed up today, when I went to the library and the grocery store. New clothes always make you smile a bit more and keep a better posture, I find.
I found The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast at the library. It's awesome to get to see both in English, without the Finnish voiceovers. The Finnish actors are actually often very good, and it doesn't even bother me to hear the same actors do the voices in lots of animated movies, but it is refreshing to hear the original versions for once, especially Jeremy Irons as Scar *sighs happily in anticipation*.
I also found a book of world myths, and I was very happy about it, because my knowledge of mythology is almost nonexistent, except for the Greek and Roman and Norse myths, which I know something about. It will be interesting to learn more. I'll tell you about any interesting stories I come across. I feel I don't do enough of that anymore. I used to talk a lot about what I read on Wikipedia, or elsewhere on the web, and I also used to write about all the books I was reading, but the more readers I have, the more I find the blog going in a purely personal direction. There's nothing wrong with being personal, but I find it doesn't inspire me as much as writing about something a bit more complicated. My personal life is, thank goodness, uncomplicated in the extreme at the moment, so there's really not a lot there to write about. I also believe very strongly that everything you write about can be personal, or rather, you can't very well help it being personal, because you choose what to tell, how to tell it, and what to omit. So there...
Anyway, thanks to May Day, this week really flew by, and tomorrow is the start of yet another weekend. Got any plans? See you tomorrow!