Not a Journal

Welcome back fellow internet-ians! A few weeks ago I came across the Fermi Paradox again and no matter how many times I read this fantastic paradox, it always tends to blow my mind. And although that's not what I'm here for today to discuss, you should check it out if you've never seen it before. Prepare for inevitable mind blowing though, fair warning. For today, I started to think about what other paradoxes are out there. And while there are tons, I want to explore the Social Network Paradox. Now this isn't exactly a proven or verified paradox but it's my take on a concept. Maybe it's more of an illusion, but all honestly, paradox sounds better in a title. So first, what is a paradox? Well, it's an idea or concept that contradicts itself but can still be true, or false. Slightly confusing but if you've seen Inception you have some idea. So now you might be asking, "Jay!!! How can social networks be paradoxes?!" You're in the right...

It's pretty amazing people are actually reading this blog so I want to thank all of you! So after debating a topic for a little while, I want to try to stick with the theme of the last post asking some interesting questions. So let's try this. Leave a comment on this, or any post about a really outlandish yet somewhat serious question and I will attempt to answer it with my infinitely limited wisdom in a separate post. If that doesn't pan out, then fuck it, I'll stick to my random thoughts of the week. This week, somewhat following last weeks idea, I'm going to talk about How ..ie Mandel! Ha.. I know, bad joke. I'm actually really good at bad jokes, to the point that they become funny. Sometimes, my friends don't think so. Moving on. Growing up I always wanted to know and understand how things work. Not only why they work but how. For example, how do glasses actually improve vision? And how does our eye see in the first place? I think the how is an e...

Welcome back friends. So its Sunday night. Sunday is that day that most people dislike because it means there are another five days ahead that were generally the same shit as last week. Unless you work a non regular job or aren't in the summer school of fucking hell (me). But generally I get the impression Sunday is the day before the most hated day, Monday. So why is this important? Let's explore. So normally, as I said above, kids go to school starting on Mondays and ending on Fridays. Adults generally work Monday to Friday. I'd compare something else but that basically covers it. Now shift workers or part timers don't generally fall into these categories but, well, don't read this if it doesn't apply to you. Unless you want to read some awesome shit, then keep reading. Alright so everyone gets really excited for the two days at the end of the week. I know I do, even if I have endless differential equations to solve as "practice". But regardles...

So google tells me I've surpassed 1000 page views on this blog! No shit! Awesome, but like, who the fuck reads them? It's pretty awesome that I can type whatever the hell I feel like onto this plain white page and someone will actually read what I say. Why? NO IDEA. But, I suppose I'm grateful. That's about the most thanks you'll get for regularly visiting this page, don't get greedy on me now. Ok so what's new Jay? Well, I have a kickass idea for a youtube channel, and I wish I could actually commit the time and resources to building it but as I've learned in the past it is no easy feat. And time is one thing I do not have mass amounts of anymore. Well, if we're speaking technically we all have the same amount of time so I guess I just lied. But as a society embedded in the virtual age.. Get it!? Embedded? Virtual age? Internet? Embedding things on the internet?.. fuck guys I hope you're picking up what I'm putting down. Which sounds s...

So finally I had a couple days break. And I have food now so if you were worried about me starving, you need not continue. You may be wondering how finals went? Well fuck they were not easy. I'm mostly sure, like 96% sure that I passed both courses. Barley, but passed. Won't know for a month though. Yeah, how stupid is that? Well, time to forget about my lackluster marks in July and move on to August, which I'm hearing is a little less difficult. I'm sure you all will be happy to know I vegged the shit out of this weekend and played like 5 hours of Xbox Saturday. AND got a bit ahead in the new math course! That's right, Jay taking the initiative. That doesn't happen often with school so you're basically seeing a miracle... through my blog post at least. We'll see how long that lasts. I'm also playing chess against this spanish guy over the internet and well, let's say I'm a little rusty. Oh, I guess I should mention I know him... But ye...

Today I want to discuss a question we are all asked as young children; "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now, I have a few hesitations toward this question, the first one being why the fuck it is even asked!? Let me explain. So I'm 5 year old Jay sitting at school on a carpet waiting for the teacher to do whatever kindergarten teachers do. The teacher then asks "what do you want to be when you grow up?" And of course this excites all the free spirited kindergarteners. We all yell out "Firefighter! Batman! Godzilla!" What ever possible or impossible thing our speedy imagination can think up. With me so far? We've all been there. Now why would these 5 year olds who really have no clue what it means to grow up and "be" something say these such occupations? Well we can chalk most of the reason up to environment. Not THE environment, THEIR environment. Gosh, don't be so damn literal. This makes sense, we are exposed to batma...