Chinamas
So Chinese people celebrate Christmas. It seems as if they took the parts of Christmas that we both love and hate (Santa Claus, presents, commercialism, drinking) and threw out all of the God stuff. I'm unsure about the relevance of the holiday without God, but at the same time I don't quite enjoy dogmatic prayer and separationalism; so I'm undecided.
I had a party at my house. It was kind of fun. Mostly girls showed up, which seems like fun, but it was really boring. They don't drink and constantly interview westerners about life for their own curricular benefits and disguise it as pleasant philosophy.
"What do you think about life?"
"Uggghghhh... Well, I'm living. Do you want a beer?"
"No I don't drink"
"Uggghghhh..."
Nevertheless it was kind of fun. I made peanut butter celery sticks that did well. That was the highlight of the party for many people. I showed them some pictures of the folks back home; showed them what a fun party looks like. There was a photo session showing these tattooed dudes making absinthe that frightened them: It's probably going to knock back my reputation for being a noble gentleman a few notches though. When the people went back to their dorms I was left with a good friend of mine from downtown. His name is Dan. We played a bit of Grand Theft Auto while discussing philosophy. A perfect match. At about 2:00 am we decided to go for a walkabout; did some fence-jumping through the campus and climbed up the mountain. It was beautiful up there. The pine trees are now snow-covered and the city looked like a distant dream.
Some things we discussed:
The relevance of your earthly actions; in juxtaposition with everything that has already been created. i.e. The pyramids. We came to the conclusion that one man's (or woman's) actions are completely reliant on those who support you. Nothing so great could have been created by one person - which leaves the ponderer to think about your effect on everyone else's life, regardless of how small. The common example being, of course, waving and smiling to someone on the street. It makes a difference.
Lately it seems that these concepts are just rehashed - things I have already thought about by the time I was 15. This is the reason I don't enjoy being interviewed by this language scholars about simple crappy ideologies. "Yes, you should think with an open mind. Yes, you should treat others as you would like to be treated. Yes, I think that pollution is a serious problem." As soon as I start talking about the shadow, however, their interest wanes.
So that's it for me. Merry Christmas. Remember that this is the time that your life starts coming around full circle. Think about how you can not only improve your own life, but the lives around you. Think Positive. -N-
I had a party at my house. It was kind of fun. Mostly girls showed up, which seems like fun, but it was really boring. They don't drink and constantly interview westerners about life for their own curricular benefits and disguise it as pleasant philosophy.
"What do you think about life?"
"Uggghghhh... Well, I'm living. Do you want a beer?"
"No I don't drink"
"Uggghghhh..."
Nevertheless it was kind of fun. I made peanut butter celery sticks that did well. That was the highlight of the party for many people. I showed them some pictures of the folks back home; showed them what a fun party looks like. There was a photo session showing these tattooed dudes making absinthe that frightened them: It's probably going to knock back my reputation for being a noble gentleman a few notches though. When the people went back to their dorms I was left with a good friend of mine from downtown. His name is Dan. We played a bit of Grand Theft Auto while discussing philosophy. A perfect match. At about 2:00 am we decided to go for a walkabout; did some fence-jumping through the campus and climbed up the mountain. It was beautiful up there. The pine trees are now snow-covered and the city looked like a distant dream.
Some things we discussed:
The relevance of your earthly actions; in juxtaposition with everything that has already been created. i.e. The pyramids. We came to the conclusion that one man's (or woman's) actions are completely reliant on those who support you. Nothing so great could have been created by one person - which leaves the ponderer to think about your effect on everyone else's life, regardless of how small. The common example being, of course, waving and smiling to someone on the street. It makes a difference.
Lately it seems that these concepts are just rehashed - things I have already thought about by the time I was 15. This is the reason I don't enjoy being interviewed by this language scholars about simple crappy ideologies. "Yes, you should think with an open mind. Yes, you should treat others as you would like to be treated. Yes, I think that pollution is a serious problem." As soon as I start talking about the shadow, however, their interest wanes.
So that's it for me. Merry Christmas. Remember that this is the time that your life starts coming around full circle. Think about how you can not only improve your own life, but the lives around you. Think Positive. -N-