lessons learned from my colloquium

so apparently my real theoretical fight is with the realists, not the rationalists, and they are not the same thing (yes, starting with the same letter and having similar connotations is not enough).  because you apparently cannot fight with rational choice.  it is the unbeatable ID, it is 42, it is God with a capital G.  give rationalists any situation, perhaps even situations that involve prehistoric plants, and they will tell you that it fits their theory.  they are magic.  they are the sacred cow, the undying worm. 

whatever.  realism it is.

*rolls eyes*

why so green and lonely? heaven sent you to me.

"Corkey Ascending to the Heavens" - Mark Ryden

PETA ("are you the cutest vegetarian alive?" "Joss Stone aka PETA2's sexiest vegetarian") is one of those groups that annoys the crap out of me.  And I consider myself fairly "naturalist".  I'm entirely, entirely opposed to animal testing, especially for "medical" reasons - and even more so after seeing images of monkeys whose skulls have been cut open so scientists can see that if they infect them with anthrax, their brains start to hemorrhage (for Weapons of Mass Destruction class).  I become extremely depressed by animal deaths brought about by human activity (i.e., escaped tiger shot, penguins dying of starvation because of global warming melting ice).  I would never wear fur.  But: I am not a vegetarian, can't stand most vegetarians, and definitely can't stand PETA.  I'm not sure why - at least, I don't think I can give an explanation I could justify.  I just think PETA is wrong about everything.  Wrong in their perspective, wrong in their mindset, wrong in their methods.  Like in 28 Days Later - the scientists who create the Rage virus in chimps are sick and wrong and should be put down, but "PETA"'s idea of a solution is releasing the chimps, to hell with the scientists' warnings, and unknowingly releasing Rage upon the rest of the world.  Awesome.  Good job.  Thank you for your contribution to the world.  Now go home, just go home. 

No, wait, I'm actually annoyed by most activist groups that I "should" agree with.

movies that I dislike for... similar reasons... as in, I "should" like them and maybe that's why I hate them so much, because they typecast "my kind of person" as their target audience and thus their horridness is more of a personal insult: 1) V for Vendetta; 2) Donnie Darko; 3) Pan's Labyrinth. 

My own take on the matter of the animal kingdom... blame my parents for the strange books I got as a child.

"There There / The Boney King of Nowhere" - Radiohead

"No One Knows" - Queens of the Stone Age

"Where's Your Head At" - Basement Jaxx