Deep Thoughts
What is reality?
You watch movies like "The Matrix"
And read the musings of old greeks like PLato
And you wonder what is real.
The air you breathe,
The water you drink,
The food you eat.
Maybe it's all a sham.
Do you know for real?
What proof do you have?
What is proof?
Some kind of evidence that you can nod to,
Grunt,
And say it's a sign of this or that?
You think that paper you're reading is from trees?
And it's ink from wherever ink comes from?
Don't you find it interesting that
When it comes down to the subatomic level,
Atoms are made up mostly of empty space?
Your thoughts,
Are you free to think them,
Or is it all just a script in Act III of the play
Written by, Who Knows
And the feelings you have
Aren't they just created by chemicals and electricity?
What is your conciousness?
What is life?
Ask that big computer.
It doesn't know.
So why should I?
Don't ask me, ask them.
They don't know either
They'll just say the same thing,
"Ask someone else."
And are you really alive
Or are you just a bunch of little particles coming together by conicidence
And sparking once before snuffing themselves out,
Sot the universe can move on.
If there is one, that is.
Some people think they know what reality is.
I wonder if those people are even real.
Am I scaring you?
How do you know if you're even afraid?
What is fear?
All of this said,
The world spins madly on.
And you can't deny the fact
That SOMETHING is happening.
But what?
That's a question I'm going to leave for you.
I'm going to leave it, for you to answer yourself.
Because I don't know.
The phenomenon that we call life,
Lurches through something like time,
Space,
Both,
Neither.
Why don't you look out the window,
And see where your life is headed?
World Peace
Jordan
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Procrastination - Random Thoughts to Keep Me From Actually Working
Well, I guess it's just one of those days.
I can't seem to keep myself focused, and I want to be doing work, but at the same time I don't. I don't even remember what kind of things I'm supposed to be doing! I don't want to think that hard right now.
So, how about them Canucks?
They totally tanked. They had a chance to make the playoffs and they blew it. Those Orcas just sprayed some hot air at the Edmonton Oilers along with a little bit of good ol' fashioned ocean spray, and it failed to get past Dwayne Roloson, the old guy who's destined to be a backup goalie for... like forever. The playoff game was on the line, and this fossil stone-walled them. Maybe our guys in blue and green should go work on their golf swings with him at the Tyrell Museum. Yeesh.
But anyways, my favorite players have made it to the playoffs. Jean-Sebastian Giguere? He and his Ducks made it. They didn't win Pacific, but that's not as easy as it used to be. Paul Stastny? Thanks to the fantastic returns of Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote (more so the former than the latter), along with the continued strong play by returned injurees (is that a word?) Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny, and that dude from Edmonton, the Avalanche as buried the competition (sorry, couldn't resist) and swept into the playoffs in nothing less than sixth place. Take that, Calgary.
But enough hockey talk. I was just looking at the fees that I'm going to have to pay to got to Queen's University. Not TOO bad, considering how much my buddy has to pay to get into the commerce program. $10,000 a year! No wonder it's the best business program in Canada. The students get to play around with real money! Res fees don't look too bad, $4600 for me and my friend to room and board at that fine Kingston institution. It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick I guess. ;)
Well, I think that the only answer to getting over this incredible urge to do NOTHING is to write on my blog (check), play a computer game (Can Do, just like our nuclear reactors!..... never mind...), and eat some food with my family..... or just by myself. Who knows. Anyways, lets go work on number two option to get rid of procrastination!
World Peace
Jordan
I can't seem to keep myself focused, and I want to be doing work, but at the same time I don't. I don't even remember what kind of things I'm supposed to be doing! I don't want to think that hard right now.
So, how about them Canucks?
They totally tanked. They had a chance to make the playoffs and they blew it. Those Orcas just sprayed some hot air at the Edmonton Oilers along with a little bit of good ol' fashioned ocean spray, and it failed to get past Dwayne Roloson, the old guy who's destined to be a backup goalie for... like forever. The playoff game was on the line, and this fossil stone-walled them. Maybe our guys in blue and green should go work on their golf swings with him at the Tyrell Museum. Yeesh.
But anyways, my favorite players have made it to the playoffs. Jean-Sebastian Giguere? He and his Ducks made it. They didn't win Pacific, but that's not as easy as it used to be. Paul Stastny? Thanks to the fantastic returns of Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote (more so the former than the latter), along with the continued strong play by returned injurees (is that a word?) Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny, and that dude from Edmonton, the Avalanche as buried the competition (sorry, couldn't resist) and swept into the playoffs in nothing less than sixth place. Take that, Calgary.
But enough hockey talk. I was just looking at the fees that I'm going to have to pay to got to Queen's University. Not TOO bad, considering how much my buddy has to pay to get into the commerce program. $10,000 a year! No wonder it's the best business program in Canada. The students get to play around with real money! Res fees don't look too bad, $4600 for me and my friend to room and board at that fine Kingston institution. It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick I guess. ;)
Well, I think that the only answer to getting over this incredible urge to do NOTHING is to write on my blog (check), play a computer game (Can Do, just like our nuclear reactors!..... never mind...), and eat some food with my family..... or just by myself. Who knows. Anyways, lets go work on number two option to get rid of procrastination!
World Peace
Jordan
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Electoral Reform
Ever since I was a page in the BC provincial legislature, I have had this idea about how our system of government should change.
There is so much bickering and partisan blockage that damages the democratic process and how things are done in the legislative assemblies across the country, and in our federal government, I have often wondered how we get by at all. Yet, the system tends to work just fine, and the provinces and country continue to run smoothly.
However, like any good system, it could be better.
What in my view is the cause of the major problems both in public perception of the government caused by the media and in the actual way that arguments erupt in our decision making bodies on their own, is the party system. Because of the affiliation with parties, the public has little that they need to educate themselves on in order to vote; they can simply vote for the same party that they have for the past several years. Rifts between liberal and tory create harsh views of politicians in the media, and average people refuse to vote, because they feel powerless to change the way things are run.
My idea is two-fold.
First, get rid of political parties.
Not only does this cut down on the donations and support that can be recieved en masse by politicians, but it forces people to go out and meet the politicians that they vote for, so they can know what they are about, and decide if they like them as a person with sets of values and morals, instead of just a corporate or union backed political platform.
Second, reinstate direct democracy. I have no idea when it died, but with today's ability to transport people to and from where they live to where they make decisions, direct democracy can work again.
Direct democracy would work by using a tiered system. In your neighbourhood, you would go into a local school or church or some kind of other public building and meet to decide on changes that affect your immediate area. That same body would have two representatives that would participate in a more regional decision making body, such as a municipal government. This group would make decisions concerning broader issues, such as police force or sewage treatment. Also, from those same groups all across the province, one or two representatives would be elected to participate in decision making at the provincial level. And then finally, at the federal level. And THEN, ideally, at the international level, at the United Nations.
By getting rid of parties and putting in this kind of system, a link would be formed between every level of government. Also in this fashion, you would only have to vote for one person, and that person would be accessable to you whenever you attended the town meeting, or whatever it would be called.
There wouldn't be any money required for election campaigns, as you would only need to convince the people at the level one below your position to vote for you.
Anyways, there would be a phenomenal amount of details to consider, but I think that all in all, it could work.
World Peace
Jordan
There is so much bickering and partisan blockage that damages the democratic process and how things are done in the legislative assemblies across the country, and in our federal government, I have often wondered how we get by at all. Yet, the system tends to work just fine, and the provinces and country continue to run smoothly.
However, like any good system, it could be better.
What in my view is the cause of the major problems both in public perception of the government caused by the media and in the actual way that arguments erupt in our decision making bodies on their own, is the party system. Because of the affiliation with parties, the public has little that they need to educate themselves on in order to vote; they can simply vote for the same party that they have for the past several years. Rifts between liberal and tory create harsh views of politicians in the media, and average people refuse to vote, because they feel powerless to change the way things are run.
My idea is two-fold.
First, get rid of political parties.
Not only does this cut down on the donations and support that can be recieved en masse by politicians, but it forces people to go out and meet the politicians that they vote for, so they can know what they are about, and decide if they like them as a person with sets of values and morals, instead of just a corporate or union backed political platform.
Second, reinstate direct democracy. I have no idea when it died, but with today's ability to transport people to and from where they live to where they make decisions, direct democracy can work again.
Direct democracy would work by using a tiered system. In your neighbourhood, you would go into a local school or church or some kind of other public building and meet to decide on changes that affect your immediate area. That same body would have two representatives that would participate in a more regional decision making body, such as a municipal government. This group would make decisions concerning broader issues, such as police force or sewage treatment. Also, from those same groups all across the province, one or two representatives would be elected to participate in decision making at the provincial level. And then finally, at the federal level. And THEN, ideally, at the international level, at the United Nations.
By getting rid of parties and putting in this kind of system, a link would be formed between every level of government. Also in this fashion, you would only have to vote for one person, and that person would be accessable to you whenever you attended the town meeting, or whatever it would be called.
There wouldn't be any money required for election campaigns, as you would only need to convince the people at the level one below your position to vote for you.
Anyways, there would be a phenomenal amount of details to consider, but I think that all in all, it could work.
World Peace
Jordan
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