Breakfast at Midnight

My sister is making chocolate chip pancakes at midnight. :D I am so full but I really want one......

I went to Cedar Rapids today and had Red Robin....it was pretty good. The trip was good except a semi almost hit us 0_o. I am very grateful though because I feel like God protected us. Anywho....it was a pretty good day :)

:P

:D

AND my Mom is in Europe so it is pretty interesting around the house. Yup.

That is all........

Summer and Music

Sorry about the lack of posts. We all got busy with school and I especially got wrapped up in finals. I am so glad that they are over. I am excited that it is Summer for me but I am kind of stressing myself out with the amount of work that I want to accomplish.

I am a music theory and composition major and my professors would really like for me to "get hot" about a composer so that I can model their composition structure (my professor literally said "get hot" lol). I am excited but I don't want to let myself down by expecting to get a certain amount of work done when I know that I won't. I think that I can do the work I have assigned to myself though.

First, I have assigned myself to read Listening to Western Music (Sixth Edition) so that I understand the different music periods.

Then I have assigned myself to read the Artist's Way to help myself to praise God while writing music and be more confident in myself. 

Then I have assigned myself to listen to, I believe, 18 CDs to help me understand different composers and their music.

I know that it sounds nerdy and it sounds like a lot, but I think that I can do it. I'll keep you updated on the interesting things that I learn :)

Movies

Hey guys, with the fast-approaching Valentine's day, many of you plan on doing a dinner and movie. Do her a favor and do something unique. One unique act can create a tradition. Last year, my girlfriend and I both forgot to get gifts, so we decided to go to Walmart and buy them together, and then exchange them outside with the cheapest wrapping paper ever-a plastic bag. Though it sounds stupid, it was really fun and we decided to do the same thing this year at Target. Even if you think this is a stupid idea, find your own. It doesn't have to be elaborate, it just has to be different enough to woo her. (Even if it is a total failure, you will both always remember and cherish that one time you decided to do that incredibly stupid thing that one Valentine's Day)
Please comment and tell us what you plan on doing for V-Day.(Our girlfriends will thank you)

If the World were a Computer...

I've been on a politics-influenced, economically philosophical rant for the latter half of today. I find it very amusing and intriguing, as do at least a few of my friends, if only in a negative sense. It all started with: If the world were a computer operating system, what software would it run? Here's my list, and reasons behind the current and past versions. Keep in mind that: 1, this is not endorsed by any other members of the blog, aside from myself; and 2, not all of the world runs the same software (this post assumes a single, unified world, which it is not).

Currently, we as the majority of the world run the following software:

World 1.0

Life 3.2

Government 2.3

Economics 3.0

Religion 1.0, although some individuals run 2.0, 3.0, or 4.0.

Conflict 4.0

Technology 5.5

Here's my reasoning:

World 1.0 is Earth. The Computer that runs Life 3.x, the software our world uses to house everything. We have yet to migrate to a new Earth, so World 1.0 suffices.

Life 1.0 was single-celled organisms, with 1.1 being single-celled photosynthetic organisms (plants), and 1.2 being single-celled animals. As life got more complex, World 1.0 upgraded to Life 2.0: complex plants. Life 2.1 (animals) is a fork of 1.0. Life 2.2 is the content patch that brought about the feature called "Sentience:" Life 3.0, Homo Sapiens, code-named "Human." We are Life 3.2, after 3.1, code-named Neanderthal. So, Life 3.2 "Humans," are, themselves dependent upon various software versions they have developed. The majority of this post is going to cover Life 3.2's software dependencies.

Government 0.x was Theocracies, from a time when a belief in a God mattered in government and public policy. Government 1.x forked into Government 2.0 and Religion 1.0 (More on Religion 1.0 later). Government 1.x was single-leader government, such as Kingdoms and Empires; Government 2.0 is representation. Government 2.1 is democracy such as ancient Greece, 2.2 is republics such as ancient Rome (although Rome eventually downgraded to a late version of Government 1.0), 2.3 is Democratic Republics such as the US and EU, which is the current version.

Economics 0.x was simple trading and bartering, mixed in with hunting and gathering. Economics 1.0 was the transition to a more Capitalist environment. Marxism brought about Economics 2.0: Communism. Some people, such as the US, bypassed Economics 2.0 and went straight to 3.0: Regulation. This was Roosevelt's New Deal, which is currently being whittled away by Republicans to bring us back to Economics 1.x.

Religion is a hot-button issue, but I'm still going to go ahead with this paragraph. Religion 1.0 came directly from Government 1.x, after the fork from Government 2.0. Religion 1.0 is a belief in a god. Religion 2.0 is Polytheism, and 3.0 is Monotheism. Religion 4.0 is Atheism. Some people may disagree with this, but that's my personal opinion. Keep in mind that these numbers are only the order of when they first appeared.

Conflict 0.x was "Peace." Conflict 1.0, however, was the start of a long chain spanning between interpersonal conflict (2.0) to inter-regional and -cultural conflict (3.0), and we are now at Conflict 4.0, War between organized nations. With various rules and regulations, we have now upgraded, followed by a downgrade back to Conflict 4.0.

Technology 0.x never existed, but Life 3.0 manifested Technology 1.0, "Stone Tools." Technology 2.0 is the Bronze age, with 3.0 being the Iron age. Technology 4.0 is steam power, with 4.5 being other fossil fuels, such as gasoline and oil. Technology 5.0 is, however, electronic power and electronics. Energy 2.0, "Renewable energy," is a fork from Technology 4.x. Back to Technology, however, Technology 5.5 is Computers and the Information Age.

So, if the world were a computer, and we were the operating system, we'd be one messed-up computer. Also, for those who believe in God, you could argue that, if this theory were true, he could have deleted the program and started over a long time ago, which I'm convinced he may have; or at least ported Life 0.x from another computer architecture.

Um...

I wrote a novel today. It was about my Dad. It was three pages long and included many pictures....I know that is not REALLY the definition of a novel but my Dad found it quite funny :)

BY THE WAY....I passed my Aural Training class. Someone was very gracious....

Me and Andy are supposed to take pictures of cool places tomorrow and we are also going to visit Matt and Kenny for New Years.

What are you doing for New Years? :)

Sight Singing

I was very lucky that I barley passed my Sight Singing final today. I hope that God will help me pass my aural training test tomorrow.....

G'Day! Howdy! Hi! Hello! Welcome! Everything Else! (Or: New Poster -- AwSam)

Hey, all. I'm Sam (also known as "AwSam," here), and I'm a new poster on this blog. I'm still not sure what I'll talk about, for the most part, but we'll see what comes up. Here's a bit about myself...

I'm a nerd, first and foremost. I like anything related to using computers (although I don't have the knowledge or skills to program or do anything serious with developing for them), and usually have an MMO subscription (particularly, I prefer World of Warcraft).

I'm also a college student. I'm going to soon be a creative writing major with a mass-media-communication-type minor. On a tangent to that, I like to write for a fantasy world I've been working on. I have a TV series (currently in the concept and pre-writing stages), based in that world, and it's going to be pretty epic... At least, that's what I want you to think.

So, maybe that's what I'll talk about, here: just general gaming and creative talk. Before now, I haven't posted too often. Hopefully the fact that other people will post on the same blog will help encourage me to write more, so I can help the other writers out.

My next post will come:

ASAP or Sooner.™

PS: for the time being, you can read some old posts on my other (Wordpress) blog over at Siderial.net.

PPS: Also, I wanted to mention that we noticed today (thanks to my linguistics-nerd self) that the "Russian" used on this blog isn't really Russian, but rather English written in Cyrillic (the Russian alphabet). I want to apologize for any inconvenience this poses for English- or Russian-speaking people.