Relativity Chat READ ME!!!

So I had this very interesting discussion with a friend and i thought i'd share it with everyone... feel free to add comments or something.... just share your thoughts!!


FRIEND: whats more important, astronomy or environment??

ME: environment

FRIEND: haah i thought so
i want to be an astronomer though

ME: no sense in studying outerspace if we cant take care of our own planet

FRIEND: heh yeah.
BUT
if aliens come we should be able to deal with them

ME: lol
haaha
that would be a very good point

FRIEND: im sure id be more heroic if i saved the world from aliens rather than acid rain

ME: haha
i think heroic is something very relative

FRIEND: everything is relative
but i am not hero material

ME: mmhmm

FRIEND: either way

ME: i'll give you an example
ook
so
to be honest when the world is dishonest around you
is to be brave

FRIEND: lulzzzz

ME: or just different
because to even to tell a simple truth would be heroic in a world that only lies be cause you dare to be different in that world

FRIEND: that was so prose it was poetic

ME: being brave is simply acknowledging you fears yet doing what your fears would have you not do

FRIEND: so how will you be brave and heroic?

ME: how will i be brave and heroic
?
hmm
by sharing my theory of relativity
haha

FRIEND: LOLOLOL

ME: not many people think that way
i always get scoffs or whatever simon
in fact i bet you are thinking the same thing right now

FRIEND: NO
i just said it was POETIC

ME: haha

FRIEND: and not sarcastically
not very

ME: im bad at telling sarcasm out from AIM chats
lol
srry
thanks though

FRIEND : its not often that people think about bravery

ME: i wasnt trying to be mean
mm
being brave would be doing the right thing... no matter how small in a world that demands the wrong to succeed
i think
everyone has it in it themselves to be brave

FRIEND:well
the 'right thing' is relative

ME: now i dont know about the right thing being relative... but i do believe somethings are...
this is a very deep conversation... lol
nah

FRIEND: everything is relative!
what do you think is universally right?

ME: hmm...
well see i think that is a loaded question

FRIEND: hehe

ME: how do we judge what is universally right? are our standards universal?

FRIEND: its not!
.'. relative!

ME: true... so then it comes down to finding something that we know to be universal or at least above our preconceptions

FRIEND: that we believe
since there is no real truth
its all subjective

ME: hold on... what we believe to be truth is subjective

FRIEND: yes!

ME: by virtue of our own beliefs i suppose

FRIEND: truth is just what we believe
yah

ME: truth is what others tell us to believe
i think there will come a point in everyone's live where we will be confronted and be forced to come to our own conclusion of what truth is

FRIEND: is that like a midlife crisis?

ME: maybe
i just think we will all come to this point in life (some sooner the later) where we will be forced to define what we believe to be true

FRIEND: yes
i think i did
when i realized santa was not real
D":
or
decided that he was not
lol
haha

ME: i suppose we all face that point in different ways... lol i guess its a part of growing up...
heh

FRIEND: thanks for chatting with me

Kaohsiung

Well... I'm sitting in my dad's office and I'm gonna be heading to... of course... Hong Kong... later on this afternoon... it's been a pretty ok trip so far... not as hectic as my last one... of course i didnt get a fever this time so all is good I suppose....

Daniel pointed out to me that I need to update this thing more often... So I am...

I finally got a job... but I'm losing crazy hours cause im here in taiwan instead of at home working... i swear i feel like i've done more homework here then ive ever done at home... mostly cause i have no intention of taking ICS 101 again... which has been pretty much the worst class ever... so much friggen work... i have a project, a simulation, and a checklist all due this week... which sucks cause i'm here...

I'm going to be going to take a look at som schools in Hong Kong... I've been thinking about whats going to happen after i graduate from college... but the problem is that it's so far away... at least another three years... thats assuming i load up on classes (which i have...)

hong kong is always fun... mostly cause it seems so... alive. so many people and cultures mixing it up... a world city.

ok so i lied... i am sick (again) ive been coughing like crazy all week... and it doesnt seem to be going away... fun stuff...

well... im done... for now... i'll see if i cant post more later when im actually in hong kong..

First Post

So I've decided to jump on the bandwagon and be like all the cool kids and start one of these things... it kinda reminds me of xanga (if anyone still uses that)

I dunno what to put just yet... So I'll just start with a dream that I had last night (its the good kind dont worry....)

For some reason I was talking to a friend about this movie... the movie is called Surfer, dude so I guess that's what set the tone for the dream... so I was asking him if he'd seen the movie and he told me he had... I asked him how it was and he said it was pretty decent (I don't even know if the movie is out yet...) Then all of a sudden I'm in the middle of the ocean standing/swimming... and I see this wave coming... its building... and now I nearly drowned when I was a kid... so I had this thing about water and not being able to breathe. Either way I see this thing coming and I'm thinking its like 4ft high... and its just about to break... it barreling and hollowing out... and I see this guy fly across the face of the wave, shoot through the tube and out the other side... I then look at my friend... and I see him start swimming for shore to grab a board and fins... I shout for him to grab my stuff as well... then realize its a dick thing to do and start swimming for shore... I see more sets rolling in.. and then I wake up...

So yeah it was a pretty depressing feeling when I woke up cause I missed out on a session the otehr day... I suppose this post does tell you a bit about myself... I'm 20 yrs old and I've been bodyboarding for 2 yrs, about a year consistently. I still have this thing about water and drowning... but I think I can honestly say that I am over that childhood fear... I won't say that I am good at it... but suffice it to say I learning to love the feeling of getting that perfect ride and chillin on the water with friends enjoying creation.