Oldest Memory

The oldest memoy I can remember ireally not that special. I think I was 1 year old, but I don't entirely remember. What I do remember was that I was at sea world, and my dad was carryin me to some small play area for kids. He set me down and I walked a few steps away from my dad. But then I looked up at this water slide and saw how big it was (compared to me) and I saw the other kids (they were older then me) and I immediately turn back to my dad, walking as fast as I could, crying. That's all that I remember really.

Entry Way Song

It sounds like whoever Conor Oberst was talking about was really special to him. This song could be applied to anyone special you have out there. I had a very special friend once. His name was Jerrick Warden. He made me who I am today. He's the reason I'm interested in mixed martial arts. He's also the one who got me wearing crazy skinny jeans as part of my fashion. Even part of my charisma comes from him. I'm basically his shadow. This song could be applied to him in my point of view. And I'm sure we all have that one special friend we could apply this to.

Goethe

I think Goethe meant well with this quote, but the way I see it, it can be taken in a totally wrong way. Their is a loop hole in this quote, and can be used both good and bad (equally). This quote can also very similar to the quote "Treat people the way you want to be treated". I believe that everyone should just be respectful to each other no matter what, that way there is less ridiculous and pointless hate. But I think some people honestly just enjoy being rude and obnoxious so realistically speaking, everyone being respectful is an impossible task. However that doesn't mean the majority of people can't be nice, and the more nice people there are, the better this world will be.

Marcus Aurelius

This quote is hard for me to say something about it. It's almost like saying that everything that is, isn't. Almost like how we think of what something is and what it really is are two different things. I like the everything is an opinion part of this quote. It reminds me of elementary, learning the difference between fact and opinion. I understood the difference almost imediately. My friends however thought they knew the difference, but they really didn't. Especially since I got into an arguement one time with my friend, and he was saying that someone who is stupid is a fact, not an opinion, and I objected saying there was no way that you can prove that (keep in mind I was in elementary). I think that the concept of fact and opinion is very interesting.

Nina Duran

I think this is a fine quote. She's right scars do come and go, and they can even say alot about a person and their past, what they've been through. I think scars can make you stronger, whether they are physical or mental. I think everyone has scars too, whether or not they realize it. Even I have scars. But I try my best to look past that and become a better person. Alot of the times it gets hard but I just have to remember that everything will be ok no matter what. I have to let go of the past no matter how hard it is.

Current Events: Anti-Terrorism Law

Laws that passed several years ago about anti-terrorism, is considered to be unconstitutional. It is allowing the government to intercept certain types of communication, forcing some people to change the way they communicate, and violating the 4th amendment. This issue was taken to the supreme court. The reason this story interests me is because it shows how to government will be messed up and try to lie and cheat to do what they want. The 4th amendment protects our privacy, but what I've noticed is that alot of the times the government will try to find loop holes around their laws and amendments so they can get exactly what they want and it bugs me. But I don't personally care enough to even attempt to try and change it. Besides the government has alot more power then me, I would have to do ALOT for them to probably even consider changing, and they still would probably try to find loop holes.

Steve Jobs

This is an interesting quote, but there are ways that it can actually be wrong. It says to be creative, you have to be willing to throw away who you were or used to be. Well what if who you are or used to be was creative? Considering imagination is (usually) best when you are a child, you probably were more creative as a kid. But you can also look at it as if he means to be a good person. Such as if your trying to become a good person after going down a bad road, you have to let go of all that and who you used to be, and accept the new you. Change isn't always a bad thing, infact most of the time it's a good thing. The question is, if you should change, and when.

John Lenon

I like this quote. Even if fairies and dragons and mythical stuff like only exists in your mind, that's fine. He's basically trying to say that imagination is important. Albert Einstien said the same thing. Infact he said that imagination is more important then knowledge, in which I agree with as well. Honestly I think that if you are happy in life, then it doesn't matter what you do or how you think, your enjoying life which is something everyone should be doing. And it doesn't matter how you enjoy life, as long as your enjoying life.

Pablo Neruda

This quote blew up my mind. Literally. I don't even know what to say.  Is 4 always 4 for everyone? Well literally it should, because 4 is a number, but I just don't understand what he's trying to say. Is the light that prisoners think of the same light that lights up our world? The only thing I can think for that one is maybe prisoners think of a happy place and a happy world, the same one we might live in. Have you wondered what color April is to the ailing? Well I can say I haven't wondered that, and wondering it now I come up with nothing. I think this quote is extreamely difficult to come up with logical conclusions honestly.

Nelson Mandela

This is my favorite quote I've blogged about so far. I think this is VERY true. Every person has fear, even if they don't show it, and the ones who can rise about their fear are the ones with courage. I know from my MMA fighting experience that fear will get you messed up in a fight. You have to keep calm, even if you take a hard hit, even if your dizzy, no matter what, keep calm and do what your trained to do. You can't be scared of the pain either. Most fighters shut down the moment they feel pain because their fear overpowers their courage, but you need to remember it's a fight, and you are going to get hurt. If you keep calm, do as your trained, you stand a far better chance then being scared and constantly playing defense and anticipating all of their opponent's attacks, trying not to feel that pain again.

MLK Jr.

I think he means when we stop caring or don't do anything about what's really important, humanity will end. Or maybe that's just how I see it. But either way I think that's true and that's what I got out of it. Such as right now, just about everyone has a hold of nuclear weapons, and honestly it's a surprise no one has used them yet. Maybe humanity is just barely smart enough to know what would happen is anyone were to use these. But the moment anyone does, it's over. The world I mean. I'm honestly just waiting til the day it happens. Because it probably will eventually. Humanity should not be given such power, yet we do. So far we are smart enough to not use it, but how much longer will that last?

Current Events: Military Failure

4 Americans ambassadors were killed in Washington due to a terrorist attack because the military did not have enough time to cover the distance they were to save these americans. Panetta defended the militarys' failure, saying it is not their fault. Here's what I think; It may not be the militarys' fault, but why was washington not defended in the first place? Especially since 6 months prior to the attack, they had recieved 281 threats of an attack. I think the military should have taken these threats a little bit more seriously then they actually did. They could have saved those lives, but at the same time they still were able to respond to the attack, just they didnt have enough time to show up on time. I think this could have easily been prevented, and hopefully in the future the military doesnt make a mistake like this again.

St. Francis on compassion

This quote reminds me of murders and serial killers. Reason being is because most mass muderers and serial killers start of killing animals for fun, then eventually to go to humans and start killing their own species. It's messed up, but it also makes sense. I do not kill animals, or even harm them in anyway. I love animals, especially cats. I don't know how to get people to stop torturing animals nor do I know how to get people to stop killing people. I guess for those murderers they just have the urge to want to do it, like an instinct or something, and you can't take it out of them. I guess some people won't change though.

Gandhi

This quote is definetely something I would expect Gandhi to say. I personally don't believe in praying for I do not believe in a religion, but in this case he could mean more then just praying to a god. He could just mean praying to himself or meditating. He is a pacifist so of course his greatest weapon would be something nonviolent, but that's ok because I agree with that. I think diplomacy will get everybody farther in life and in this world then war and violence. But even the world's greatest countries, even america, can be immature and succumb to the temptation of war. I guess it's in human nature, but Gandhi has proven we don't have to be that way. But the world has been like this since the begining of time, and I doubt it would change now. Eventually war will kill us all, unless everyone became like Gandhi, but like I said I doubt that would happen. It's only a matter of time.

Bob Dylan

I like this quote but it depends on what your definition of free is if this quote is true it not. I think everyone is free to make their own choices, but no one is free to their consequences. If this quote means stuck in one place, such as the earth, then once again it's true, but not true at the same time. Yes we live and roam the earth, but thanks to technology, we could leave this planet and go to the moon. But this quote means complete freedom to me, and I guess no one has true, 100% complete freedom. But if you think about it, we do have alot of freedom in this world.

Lascelles Abercrombie

This quote can perfectly be applied to teaching. Looking for something would be the student's not only learning what to do but how to do it. If you told them what to see, then your just giving them an answer but they won't learn how to get it. It's also kind of like before and after. When your looking for something that's before you get the answer. And then when you see something, that's after you've found the answer. Teaching is just as difficult as learning in my opinion. But if we all apply our knowledge and effort in both learning and teaching, then i believe everyone will get smarter, including the teacher him/herself.

Iran plans to upgrade their nuclear weapons

Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that they will be upgrading their nuclear missles. They are going from the IR-1 model to the IR2m model. This will also increase their productivity in uranium, and increase their capacity for uranium. This story interests me because nuclear weapons are already destructive enough so I don't see the point in upgrading them. Plus if anyone were to use nuclear weapons, it would probably set off a chain reaction of nuclear missiles being launched from other countries until this whole planet blows up. Then it'll be like the video game fallout, were everything is a waste land, and humanity will barely survive (humans are stubborn, I don't think we will ever truely die off). I think this is also a very strong possibility, and probably the #1 most realistic apocalypse. I'm not saying it is going to happen, or that it's going to happen soon, i'm just saying it's a possibility, and maybe we should prepare. Here is the link for more info about the upgraded nuclear weapons: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/31/c_124307791.htm

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso has a very ineteresting quote. I'd say that he means always keep your active imagination even when you grow up. When most people grow up, they always think about the real world and always think realistically. But very few of them actually keep their imagination that they had when they were a kid. Kids have the best imagination, but I think in today's world that gets taken away too easily. I think imagination is more important then knowledge, and maybe even power. Then again sometimes imagination is power. Even knowledge is power but my over point is no matter what, imagination is more important then these things.

Edward R. Murrow

I agree with this quote. No matter what kind of technology we have to communicate, it won't really make us better at communicating in any way shape or form. And if there was a machine that could do the communicating for us, I would hate that, because then it's not really us communicating. Maybe if you could program the machine to be just like you with your personality that would be cool but even still, how accurate would it be and would it still say stuff that you wouldn't want it to say or normally say? Technology may lead us there someday, but I would never use something like that if it ever exists.

Current Events; Drunk Driving

Around 6 P.M, a little kid was hit by a drunk driver in a neighborhood. The Teenager did not have a drivers license, is age 17, and he drove over a curb. He was looking for his phone when he jump a curb and hit a little boy on his bike. They took him to the hospital where he died. The reason this story interests me was because not only did it happen in my neighborhood, it happened 30 mins before I left my house to go MMA trainning, and I saw all the police and KSAT people there. It kind of scares me knowing that it just recently happened, it was a little kid, and it happened EXTREAMELY close to my house. I did not know the teenager nor the child, but i would not be surprised if some of my friends did know him. Here's the link for more information:

http://www.ksat.com/news/San-Antonio-boy-riding-bike-killed-by-suspected-drunk-teen-driver/-/478452/18273074/-/14rxa1m/-/index.html

Emerson On Success

I completely agree with this quote. I have always been myself no matter what anyone says. And i follow my dreams no matter what anyone says. I wanna be a proffesional MMA fighter, and sometimes people tell me it's stupid, or i'm never going to make it. But I have alot of potential, and if I fuel that with effort, then I don't think, I KNOW I can do it. People also judge me all the time whenever I wear what i normally wear, which is actually girl skinny jeans with multi colors, and ocassionally i'd paint my nails. I used to have a purple mohawk too, although surprisingly I didn't get judged about that. No matter what I do or how I act, I don't care if people love me or hate me for it, I am who I am and no one will ever change that.

George Bernard Shaw

I'm not really sure what this quote means. I keep thinking about it and honestly it just doesn't make any sense. Maybe if the quote was more specific, or maybe if I was smarter then i could figure it out. Or at least give a decent answer. Unless he means communication is fake but that sounds completely absurd.