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6 degrees of separation

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When i was little, I used to make weird connections like this all the time- I’d find links between things and network. I used to think that my dad knew the WWE wrestler Booker T, because Dad knew all his stats when we watched the wrestling together on a Saturday arvo pre 2003. Because I assumed this, I also assumed that anyone who appeared on TV with Booker T was his friend… and that my dad also knew him, thus I knew a whole bunch of wrestling meanies and in my head I was prettty much the queen of WWE. Marry me John Cena!

Obviously this is nothing like what we’ve been talking about, but to my 9 year old self. That was as connected as it got. Same goes my logic when it comes to dieting. Chocolate comes from the cocoa bean.. which grows naturally… so it’s a plant…. So chocolate is a salad? Or potato chips- potato = vegetable = healthy.
You’re welcome. Forget the Paleo diet, it’s all about the logic diet. Eat everything. All of it. Just go for it. What’s a box gap?

Secret Garden (NO MORE PDA)

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Okay, so Monika and I decided to grab a Boost on our Wednesday break and head over to the synthetic grassed area in Melbourne Central… otherwise known as the Sex Garden. Seriously, what’s the deal with all the PDA? Was there some sort of unspoken rule that everyone that goes there has to be under 16 and be in a grossly horny couple?

Literally everyone there was making out, cuddling and grinding on each other. Ugh. Filth. This is a PUBLIC AREA, PEOPLE. Please keep excessive tongue inside. Even holding hands creeps me out sometimes. GET A GRIP, YOUNG TEENS. LIFE ISN’T OVER IF YOU’RE NOT DOWN EACH OTHERS’ THROATS ALL THE TIME.

I seriously find it so uncomfortably disgusting to see PDA. Cuddling? Yeah that’s fine. Pecking? Yep, that’s pretty cute. But running your hand up your girlfriend’s skirt while she’s ON TOP of you in a public area, feeling up her boobs and intertwining your legs while lying on public ground? AUSTRALIA SAYS NO.

Okay, I admit it. Maybe it’s because I’m pathetically alone with no one of my own to cuddle, but still. Keep it PG, guys. Please. There are just some things you don’t WANT to see. Ugh.

Here comes Christmas

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NO. NO NO NO NO NO.

You don’t know struggle until you work retail during Christmas time.

Please don’t tell me there’s glitter all over my face. I already know. SO MANY GIFT BAGS. SO MANY CHRISTMAS CARDS. SO MANY BAUBLES. AND BELLS. AND DECORATIONS. ALL COVERED IN GLITTER.

EVERYTHING IS COVERED IN GLITTER

help me please.

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Culture Vs. Technology

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here’s a question for you- is it because of technology that we advance in terms of culture? Or is it our culture that causes advancements in technology?

Similarly to the nature of the never-ending question; “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” it is quite the mind-boggler.

On one hand, we can assume that every technology is a remediation- an improvement on a previous technology. But if that’s the case, how are new technology’s “invented”? They aren’t, are they? So they must be improved. Improved through usage. Perhaps one day Thomas Edison was sick of his candles running out, did he “invent” the lightbulb? Sure! But really all he did was create a form of light that lasted longer than an oil burner or a candle. Remediation. Because of the lightbulb, we are able to function in the dark. But why did that occur? is it because we need to function in the dark, so the lightbulb was created? Or it was created first, then it allowed us to carry on activity after the sun had set? It gets you, doesn’t it?

In order to use technology, you need the technique. So how do you create a technology without having the technique first? Or BECAUSE you have a technique, do you create the technology that goes with it?

*mind implodes*