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I read that the average human spends 60% of his time thinking about the future. This makes me feel good. I was afraid it was just me and the Pre-Meds. For all the advice to "live in the moment," it's easy to think you're doing something wrong. But we're always planning. If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I wouldn't go to work today. The simple action of going to work is in itself a thought of the future. Who really lives in the moment? Anyone worth becoming? How does one answer this question (what sort of arguments would suffice)?
I've been thinking a lot about my future, as always. I like running through possibilities. I think it's possibly more enjoyable than doing any of them. And, considering you too spend 60% of your time thinking about the future, I think you would agree. How sad to finally run out of options! But does this ever really happen? Here in the Land of the Free? I must stop telling myself that it does.
Dan and I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" not too long ago. I think everyone should see it. Especially Republicans. It's a whole bunch of stuff anyone "in the know" has known for quite a few years, but it's put together into a movie-length presentation, featuring a very witty and non-robotic Al Gore. I wish he would run again. How did anyone think he was robotic? We've all been lead astray. This movie could help to put us all on the right track. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a hippi. One odd note: a lot of the action shots of Gore are filmed in private planes and SUVs....which makes me somewhat question his commitment to his environmental message. But, hey, I drive a Jeep, so I guess I can't say too much.
And completely changing topics here, I've decided that when and if I have children, I'm going to have one biologically and adopt another. You get to go through all that having a child stuff, but only once so it doesn't become a literal pain in the ass. You can get one of each sex, should you so desire. You can taper ages well. You kind of help to stem overpopulation, as you're only producing one child from two parents. You could adopt from a country where children are dying of starvation and warfare (etc), thus helping at least one person out of that cycle. I'm writing this mainly so that someone will hold me accountable for this statement in the future.
Only 4.5 weeks left of the summer. Summer work at least. It's been alright, but I generally feel like an idiot when I'm made to do anything. So I'm kind of looking forward to the end of that. I can only hope this coming semester doesn't do that same thing to me. But I'm going to assume it doesn't for now....otherwise 60% of my time would be much less enjoyably spent.
I've been thinking a lot about my future, as always. I like running through possibilities. I think it's possibly more enjoyable than doing any of them. And, considering you too spend 60% of your time thinking about the future, I think you would agree. How sad to finally run out of options! But does this ever really happen? Here in the Land of the Free? I must stop telling myself that it does.
Dan and I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" not too long ago. I think everyone should see it. Especially Republicans. It's a whole bunch of stuff anyone "in the know" has known for quite a few years, but it's put together into a movie-length presentation, featuring a very witty and non-robotic Al Gore. I wish he would run again. How did anyone think he was robotic? We've all been lead astray. This movie could help to put us all on the right track. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a hippi. One odd note: a lot of the action shots of Gore are filmed in private planes and SUVs....which makes me somewhat question his commitment to his environmental message. But, hey, I drive a Jeep, so I guess I can't say too much.
And completely changing topics here, I've decided that when and if I have children, I'm going to have one biologically and adopt another. You get to go through all that having a child stuff, but only once so it doesn't become a literal pain in the ass. You can get one of each sex, should you so desire. You can taper ages well. You kind of help to stem overpopulation, as you're only producing one child from two parents. You could adopt from a country where children are dying of starvation and warfare (etc), thus helping at least one person out of that cycle. I'm writing this mainly so that someone will hold me accountable for this statement in the future.
Only 4.5 weeks left of the summer. Summer work at least. It's been alright, but I generally feel like an idiot when I'm made to do anything. So I'm kind of looking forward to the end of that. I can only hope this coming semester doesn't do that same thing to me. But I'm going to assume it doesn't for now....otherwise 60% of my time would be much less enjoyably spent.