The Pretentious Girl

The pretentious girl is that girl who typically tries her best to fit in to the conversation and/or the people around her.

She's kind of a chameleon, but instead of following people's decisions, the pretentious girl is defined more by her characteristic ability to go along with almost any topic of conversation.

Aspiring pretentious girls, however, have trouble getting into conversations due to the noticeable lack in their basic knowledge arsenal and resort to the unbelievably useful skill of pretending-to-know-what-you're-talking-about :D

While this skill is one widely used by many, and when executed properly allows the user to assimilate herself easily into the group, other people who actually know about the topic can easily spot a pretentious girl.

Common cues to look out for are an absolute lack of definitive terms or subjects, with a lot of fillers and uh, like, you know, like, you know? Yeah, like, that. Yeah. This skill relies heavily on the other person to fill in their content for them.

Wouldn't this be really obvious? Yes, it is. However, most skillful pretentious girls manage to camouflage this by acting as if they can't really remember what they want to say and suddenly remember with an 'EUREKA!' expression when you 'remind' them ^_^

That's another visual cue for the pretentious girl; an arsenal full of big reactions and expressions. I guess its more often characterized as 'trying too hard', overreacting to things like, OMG~ REALLY? LOL? XD at something rather miniscule.

The most pitiful thing about pretentious girls is that they often convince absolutely nobody.. other than themselves, appearing to look really desperate and.. stupid, for the lack of a more.. neutral term T_T sorry

Pretentious girls are often shunned in society for exactly that, being pretentious. Nobody likes a fake, right? But for every pretentious girls that are ostracized by society, there are at least two more who manage to slip under the collective judgmental eye.

I'm not trying to weed them out or say that pretentious girls are bad, though. They're actually very misunderstood and above everything else, very pitiful indeed :( Its important to understand that the goal of a pretentious girl is solely to fit in and be part of the group and ride whatever wave that's happening ^o^

Unlike other psychographics or archetypes out there, pretentious girls have a very simple flaw that is easily overcome by being with friends that accept her for who she is, and that its okay to not know anything about the conversation but still join in.. as a listener ^o^ Then the next time, she'll be able to join in on it~

Tell a pretentious girl that you realize that she's pretending and she might react from being really embarrassed to in total denial, then you soothe her with the fact that its okay, there's no need to pretend ^_^ and then she says really? ;o; and is touched by the fact that someone accepts her for the airhead she is and... yay *o* friends forever~

But I wouldn't do that >< if I did, pretentious girls will become an endangered species and.. we need to preserve the variety of social archetypes in our societal fauna, right? *o* (a post debating variety vs standardization should come soon.. reminder to self reminder to self -w-) 

I'm beginning to sound like an old record, but really, the most important thing about human relationships is the act of understanding where the other party is coming from and then see things from their perspective ^o^ Solves a lot of problems... though not everything. Maybe next week I should try to cover one that can't be solved even if you understand where they're coming from.. :O

High brain volatility

Good morning kids, today I'm going to educate you about the concept of brain volatility.

Its actually pretty straight-forward. Like all concepts with bombastic words, brain volatility can be simplified by identifying what the roots of each of its words mean;

Brain, is the instrument that facilitates our faculty for thinking, the place where all our ideas, memories and commands are given for the rest of our body to carry out. It is also the least used section of our anatomy.

Volatility comes from the root word volatile, which simply means something that is unstable, or uncertain. Not fixed in one place, as it were.

So when you smash both words together, you have a brain that is highly unstable. I.e. cuckoo ^o^ hahahaha... *ahem* so yeah, brain volatility is basically just a measure of.. how mentally unstable one can be :)

While most of you might not have heard or read of the concept of brain volatility until today, (because I came up with it, seriously, do a google search and you'll find nothing[1] on 'brain volatility' except for this blogpost which is the top of the search! *o*) it is no new concept and has been around in popular culture for decades.

One of the best examples would be the saying that someone has 'some screws lose'. It is a very apt metaphor which likens a highly volatile brain to a contraption which has screws lose, hence being unstable and might fall apart at any time :|

Another good example comes from term used in computer science; volatile memory, which refers to the memory which only lasts as long as the power is on and goes missing once you turn the computer off :O

As computers are among the best analogies to human physio- and pshychological conditions, we also have things that can only be remembered if we put a lot of power, i.e. effort, into it. Like cramming for exams ^o^ dissapears right away after the paper is done~ volatile memory, folks.

The most common usage for the word volatile, however, is used in chemistry, and the first definition one finds on google is that a highly volatile object that becomes gas (vaporized) very easily nothing. Seriously, google?! You don't know what 'volatile' means?! *rolls eyes*...  Anyways, while easily becoming vaporized actually means that the molecular bonding of said object is highly unstable (lose), that's really boring :(

We can still liken it to brain volatility, though, by linking the ease of vaporizing to the popular saying of a person who is an airhead. Now all of the sudden such arbitiary phrases get cleared up and we get eureka-ed with the realization that "oh! airhead = high brain volatility! @o@"

This, my friends, is why I am a linguist :3

I can go on and on for days, as there are limitless analogies referring to the wonderful concept of brain volatility, such as train of thoughts that derail themselves without warning, chronic indecision and ADD, but I really gotta get back to rushing my deadlines ^^;

You see, I have a confession to make.

I have extremely high brain volatility T______T *sobs uncontrolably* my train of thought derails like its running on the beach during sunset, my blogposts are brimming with ideas but woefully unorganized and chaotic at best, and whenever I have to start concentrating my mind on doing work...

...I start getting the urge to blog o_o;

*rushes off to work* ;__;

[1] apparently, if you type [brain volatility] only my blog shows up, but if you put in the exact search option of ["brain volatility"] a lot more comes up... oh well ^^;; you can't win them all..

LOL I LOVE NARWHALS ^O^

This is so goddamn cute >w<

Its now my life's goal as a casual Magic player to get a Narwhal *_* Its so fucking hard to get, even, because its from the Homelands set which was printed 16 years ago... and is under the Restricted List, which means that its prevented from being reprinted, ever.

For those who don't know shit about Magic: The Gathering, the card is total shit. Its tragically overcosted by today's standards and its abilities doesn't even make sense. But the art is SO CUTE LOL XD I must have this *_*

Also, Narwals are like, the most awesome animal ever! >w< they even have songs written about them! Really!

Narwhals

Narwhals Narwhals

Swimming in the ocean

Causing a commotion

'cause they are so awesome

Narwhals Narwhals

Swimming in the ocean

Pretty big and pretty white

They beat a polar bear in a fight

Like an underwater unicorn

They got a kickass facial horn

They're the Jedi of the sea

They stop Chthlu eating ye

Narwhals, they are Narwhals~ Narwhals

Just dont let them touch your balls

Narwhals they are Narwhals

Inventors of the Shishkebab

^o^

Sauce Code

Have you watched the movie Source Code?

If you haven't, you should go watch it now ^o^ Don't worry, I'll wait right here ^_^

Watched it already? Nice right?

Not nice? :(

Ok nevermind, anyways. Whenever I watch movies, I'm always impressed by new mechanics in each movie, whether its the superhero's superpower, some law-defying invention or concept, its amazing *o* Even the most seemingly janky mechanics can still have so much depth and spawn so much discussion~!

..just that I don't have anyone to really discuss with :( ah well.

Which is why I'm doing it here ^O^ I guess

So yeah, in Source Code, there is this mechanic that resembles a time loop. The character experiences the same 8 minutes (of a dead person) over and over throughout the course of the story. But what we learn later from the creator of the Source Code, some limping professor, is that it is not time travel.

Wait, what? Its not? Then what is it? Well apparently, he spoke scienglish (science+english) so even the guy doing the subtitles just went "ah whatever man *leaves empty*" and I couldn't catch it because I watched the movie only once, so here goes nothing;

Apparently, what the main character is going through is actually the dead guy's memories of the last 8 minutes of his life being replayed over and over again (to find out who the bomber of the train is and *insert some bomb related storyline here*) through some break through technology (called the Source Code.. tada~!) where the dying memory of a dead person can be retrieved and replayed in another's mind like a CCTV recording!

Well, at least that's my understanding of the limping doctor's explanation...

This works because the Source Code isn't a disaster prevention machine. Its not made to go back in time to avert catastrophes. The reason for our main character's mission is to find out who the bomber is to stop a bigger bomb that is about to go off. The train has exploded and there's nothing our hero can do to save the already dead people :(

Storyline aside, knowledge of how the Source Code is supposed to work allows us to come to the first very obvious problem that occurs from the discontinuity of two truths in the movie; If the 8 minute joyride is just a replaying of the dead guy's memories, how the heck can the main character deviate from what the dead guy originally did and walk around the train doing whatever he wants?! You can't read a book and punch a character you don't like in the middle of it, right?

The second problem stems from the direct spit in the face of the doctor's theory. SPOILER ALERT ^O^ the ending shows an alternate timeline in which the main character saves the whole train and gets the girl and lives happily ever after in true Hollywood fashion ^O^ (I mean.. seriously? lol -o-). So what now, after Inception its suddenly cool to fuck around with audiences minds? Tell them one thing and then totally contradict yourself later?

Yup, its the new trend, folks :D Politicians have been doing it for centuries... tried and true method of the entertainment industry ^o^ First, tell them a nice lie, then sucker punch them with the revelation afterwards! XD (yes, politics is as much entertainment as wrestling is entertainment, bad entertainment, but still entertainment XD)

So of course, everyone is a movie analyst these days and there are tons over tons of opinions and explanations that stemmed from these plotholes ^o^

One opinion is that the movie's writers SUCKS BALLS and don't know a thing about story continuity. That, or are helpless, spineless souls that succumb to the expectations of Happy Endings ^_^ OR maybe they just wanna be cool like everyone else and make a totally WTF ending :( Stupid bandwagon jumpers. Get your own bandwagon!

Another opinion is that the doctor who created the Source Code accidentally created a method of time travel instead. This idea is mainly attributed to the fact that towards the end, the main character actually says that "the Source Code works better than [the doctor] thought," implying that there might be more to the Source Code than the doctor's explanation. 

So all those 8 minutes would actually be alternate timelines stemming from the same starting point. Its that parallel reality idea where when you travel back in time, you create an alternate timeline which, while changed, does not affect the timeline you came from, so in a way, you can't change your past but can change the past in a parallel reality. Dragonball Z uses this logic. This explains the ending where the hero happily ends up with the girl and everyone's safe and sound ^o^

But it creates a new slew of problems. If the Source Code does enable parallel time travel, what happens to the dead guy every time the hero gets transported into his timeline?! Does his consciousness get replaced by the hero when the hero gets transported into his body? Is it consciousness that gets displaced, ..or his soul? Poor guy! @O@; the hero just comes in and freaking possess him and takes over his life, his money, and his girlfriend! What a jerk!

The moral implications are mind blowing. Which transitions nicely to our next opinion, which is a spiritual and religious one v_v A religious person can see the whole experience of the hero as a journey of redemption (especially highlighted by his drive to help out after hearing his father's speech, and resolving his 'unfinished business' by telling his dad how much he actually cares for him and vice versa) There is no time travel here, but the focus is more towards the journey of the hero, re-living the last 8 minutes of another's life and trying to selflessly serve his country and save countless lives.

What happens in the end, then, is the main character finding peace with himself and being able to successfully move on... to heaven, which is depicted in the scene where everybody is happy and alive in his world, and he gets to spend the rest of his life with a beautiful girl (there needs to be an incentive after all, right?) It helps that everyone in that world in the end is actually dead in 'the real world', which backs up the theory that that might be a depiction of heaven ^o^

These are just a few of the many, many theories that could be produced from the minds who watched the movie, and all of them have their merits and weaknesses. All of them are possible, though. Just like the theory that multiple parallel timelines can exist, multiple interpretations of a story are possible. None are absolutely correct, and none are wrong and unacceptable either ^_^ Yes, even if the movie makers made a press release tomorrow and told everyone that "yes, this is what we meant to say with the movie," it doesn't make that interpretation absolute.

There's this concept brought up by Roland Barthes called The Death of the Author. I don't really remember the details, but basically what the theory says is that literary analysis, which in olden times were done with respects to what the writer was trying to say through his works, is outdated and has shifted towards the reader instead. Hence, the death, of the author ._.

Sure, the writer is the creator of the writing, but according to this theory, the meaning that the writer assigns to the writing is not the absolute meaning. Once the writing is read by another person, a new meaning is formed in that other person's mind (because no two people think exactly alike), and so on, and so forth. J.K Rowling can claim that Dumbledore is gay all she wants, but if some homophobic chap wants to see it as a publicity stunt to get more readers and that Dumbledore is that nice old grandpa he knew since 12, nobody can tell him otherwise.

And that's what's so beautiful about this theory. That interpretation is up to you ^o^ I've had this theory in my mind for a very long time now, but the movie Source Code really emphasizes this theory nicely~ The parallel timelines aligning nicely with the parallel interpretations possible to the story, the very possibility that the doctor's explanation about the Source Code he created could be wrong, that it is more than he thought it was, makes you think as if the movie Source Code was written by a subscriber to the theory of The Death of the Author, right? ^_~ maybe, maybe not.

What I like about this theory, though, is that it is not only applicable in literary analysis or movie analysis. It is applicable to anything and everything! *O* How we understand everything in our lives is from our own point of view, from what we believe and what we interpret things to be, and everybody is different because everybody understands things differently. The best part? Nobody is right, and nobody is wrong! ^o^ Whatever works for you works for you, and you alone ^o^

Another reason why I like this theory is that it applies amazingly to the most read work of literature known to mankind; The <insert holy book of choice here> XD That's right, the bible, or the quran, or the torah, or whatever else, is subject to the reader's interpretation, and nobody is wrong! Nobody is right! From the selfless and pious worshipers set on a one way trip to heaven to the most extremist of suicide bombers, they're all rightfully living out how they interpret the words of their creator - which is how religion is supposed to work, anyway, as religion is between you, and god ^o^ There is never a need for a mediator to do the interpreting for you :(

...at least, that's the way I interpret it ;P

The Most Dangerous Guy to Introduce to Your Girlfriend

The most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend is actually, quite ironically, not dangerous at all towards the health of your relationship :3

There isn't a real physical characteristic that defines the most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend, but dangerously good looks that appeal to the general preference of your girlfriend might be a good place to start.

What really defines the most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend is his uncanny ability to socialize almost effortlessly with any and all girls. His conversations with them flows like honey down the throat and his very presence demands the attention of most, if not all, girls around him.

Most guys might know who I'm talking about, if you don't, you either are helplessly blur, socially awkward to begin with or are one yourself ^o^ Most guys hate him. Or you, if you're the latter. By the way if there are more than 2 options, should it be 'latterest' instead? Hmm

But yeah, the most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend, is not dangerous at all.

He's like a butterfly, but doesn't sting like a bee.

Did you know that butterflies are actually considered horribly terrifying to birds? The reason of the patterns on a butterflies wings are mainly to scare away predators into thinking that their entire wingspan is actually their FACE @O@ BOOM I'm so huge and intimidating~~ and the bird goes "HO SHIT HALP ToT" and flies away in fear~ ^o^

... *cough* ..yeaaah.. butterfly.., intimidating, very good looking, sucking nectar out of flowers..? Birds.. all guys have a bird, right..? Nice analogy, kitsu~ Ehe..hehehe.. ..heh..

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WHOA where did that came from, right? ^_^; anyways,

seriously, butterflies are not dangerous at all :| Caterpillars are DISGUSTING though! >_< YUCK!

...that's why the most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend, is not dangerous at all ^_^ Take it easy, guys :D The end~

I seriously don't know which is scarier;
the intimidating wing patterns...
OR ITS ORIGINAL FACE @O@
SERIOUSLY WTF?! DAMN SCARY WEI

Ok, ok. Seriously. The reason why the most dangerous guy to introduce to your girlfriend (a.k.a. The Butterfly) is because, long story short, he's the type of guy that fits the criteria of 'best friend that's a guy and is gay' (except, of course, he isn't gay.. if he was he'd be The Most Dangerous Guy to Introduce to Your Boyfriend, right?)

...is that butterfly clipart shivering?! It looks like a poor guy got tied up in neon wires with balls on his head and is attached with stained glass wings and forced to be some kind of sick.. monument. WTF IS THIS DOING AS A CLIPART?!?!?!?!!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN @O@;;;;

Fucking scary shit. Anyways. This guy might be labeled as the guy that's most dangerous to introduce to your girlfriend, but you're lucky to even have a girlfriend. This guy couldn't get one even if he tried his best!

What? That doesn't make sense?

Nothing in this world ever makes sense, really v_v ( I MEAN LOOK AT THAT CLIPART @___@) This guy might be a wizard when it comes to making girls laugh, but he can't for the life of him get himself a girlfriend. Every girl he confesses to turns him down, though more often than not, though very nicely.. with award winning lines like "Sorry.. but you're a really nice guy, your future girlfriend will be really happy to have you.." and "I'm sure you can get a good girlfriend in the future :)"

Thing is, The Butterfly checks everything on most girl's lists.... everything except 'boyfriend material', and checks the worst criteria to check ever - 'best friend material'. He can tell you the exact meaning of the phrase "so close, yet so far T_T" (emoticon sold separately)

Oh the irony, this guy makes every guy he knows insecure, and yet he gets friendzoned by each and every girl he's attracted to. Tragic is the word on this guy's car registration plate, and he's stuck driving it for the rest of his life :\

He's a great guy, really. And he's helped many a girl get through shit and many a tough times. Heck, he might even be a maid of honor at his best friend's wedding~ But there isn't any Happy Ending in store for him down the road.. at least until he decides to stop driving, and start getting on a train *_*

Not my train (of thought), though, because it just fucking derailed and I've forgotten what I was trying to say about The Butterfly. Sorry about that. I blame the clipart @____@ *still in chronic shock* I'm going to go lie down, brb

we interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you a special message:

Hi there dear blog reader,

I would like to take this chance to formally apologize to you...

...for not being able to stop myself from updating my blogs anymore T_T

I've been trying really hard, really. But its so hard...

I was suffering from withdrawal, I even wasted countless of hours and money in the cyber cafe, almost blogging but somehow managing to sucessfully stop myself in the end

There was, however, once or twice where I squeaked in one or two entries though.. luckily they were subpar...

But yeah, I've had enough, I can't take it anymore

I'm gonna start blogging again T_T

Sorry you all have to suffer my presence once again, but some things just can't be helped, you know?

I hope you understand, all three of you ;_;

Forever considerate towards you,
kitsune                    

This blogpost is brought to you by the letter 9

Hi there,

How are you? I'm writing to you to let you know that I'm not blogging often anymore because I'm afraid that what I write might be used as a basis for lost souls to start a religion, which would make me their god/prophet and I'm afraid of responsibility and/or commitment.

Don't worry I was just kidding ^o^ Hope to hear from you soon!

Sincerely,

kitsune  

Angels and Demons

Imagine if there are two groups of people, who do not necessarily know of each others existence, but do almost the same thing.

Well, not really the same thing, but to me it feels like the same thing. More like two different sides of the same coin :O Different, but ultimately the same?

One of these groups are like angels, they're so kind hearted!

They go around helping people in need ^o^

See a person carrying way too many things at the grocery store? They'll offer to help carry the things back to the car ^o^

See a kid crying in public because she's lost? They'll take responsibility for her and take care of her till she gets married and look for her parents, even if it takes days to do so!

They might even come across a sick person or a depressed person or just someone who seems to not have a good day and try to cheer them up, trying to do anything to make the person feel better (even if they get punched in the process).

What do they get out of it? Nothing. Nothing except the overwhelming feeling of happiness that comes when you realize that you've helped make someone's life a little bit better. And the satisfying feeling that you've done something good ^_^

Is that nothing? I don't think so. Those feelings are certainly something. Which is why I don't believe in the idea that charity and selflessness exists. Everyone's selfish in a way and these people do it to make themselves feel better :D It doesn't make what they do bad, though, its still an admirable thing ^o^

But its not just that, I guess. There must be some other kind of motivation, right? I know I just said that they do it to make themselves feel good, but I suspect that that is only true at a subconscious level for most, if not all :3

So what else? I think its because they believe that the world can actually be a better place if people were nicer and kinder to each other, and looked out for one another ^_^ they also have enough faith that if they initiated such acts of kindness, it would cascade into a chain of kindness that'll result in a happier world~ ...or they just get a kick out of doing it XD

And then theres this group that are like demons.

These people just go around doing random things that, for lack of better terms, give other people more work to do. Or they just disturb people around them.

You know that poor cleaner that mops at the most nonsensical time - when the shopping complex is full of people? These guys just walk all over where the cleaner just mopped, undoing all the work and requiring another go through.

They might see a security guard dozing off in front of a jewelry shop and immediately try to rob the shop, without any guns! Just shouting out loud and acting as if they are a threat. Their weapons are only their confidence. They get in a ton of trouble, of course.

They might even go so far to hit on a girl that seems bored but later get beaten up by her boyfriend that showed up later. She was just waiting for him. Whoops. No matter, they didn't intend to get anything anyway.


Why do these troublemakers even exist? How the hell can I even think that they're the other side of the coin that the angels reside on? Its because of their motivations.

They, too, want to make the world a better place. Well, to be more precise, a more interesting place. The world is such a boring place when everything goes according to plan, so these are the guys who will mess things up. Chaos is the name of the game and it makes everyone's lives more interesting.

Nobody updates their facebook or twitter with the same old things that happens everyday. In fact, even if they did, they would project an image of being boring and it would sorely lower their self esteem as an individual without anything interesting happening in their lives.

So these troublemakers spice up peoples lives by throwing a wrench into the gears of normal, mundane life. They fuck up people's well laid plans and cause trouble wherever they go. They get into trouble, they suffer the consequences, but they feel happy seeing the ripples of their actions spread far and wide.

They believe that subconsciously, the people who they're giving trouble to are thankful that they now have something different to contend with, something new and interesting to do. Their complaints on their facebook walls and twitter feeds are evidences of that, stating to the world that hey, this unfortunate thing happened to me, I'm different! and I need pity .o. and people will pity them, and they will receive attention and love~

To the group thats like demons, this is what fulfills them and drives them to inject more excitement into people's lives~ To know that they are the source of excitement and newsworthy stuffs, everyone's singing their praises indirectly, and it feeds their ego like no other *o*


So.. yeah, imagine that. Kinda bizarre, huh? ^o^ I swear it sounded infinitely more interesting and sensible in my head... thats what you get if you're out of practice, I guess :\ gotta get back into the groove of blogging >o<9

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