Tuesday, January 16, 2007
As per my grouses today, it brings so glaringly to light how different some people are. Maybe it's the cultural difference of where we came from, school-wise; you somehow don't see this from where *I* came from.
And someone said something very offensive today. Not in the same way this would have been offensive to another person, but that the person had absolutely no right to make comments like this. To you, it was a sentence - the first greeting when I bumped into you today, actually, without a "Hi" - but to me, LOL, to me it just brought your status a notch lower in my eyes. FYI, I think most lowly of certain stereotypes - everyone drinks punch, so I drink that too; everyone plays football, and that I do as well; everyone goes to the gym, and I do that too. Oh, how cool is that? ROFLMFAO. And take an encore. Take football for example. No offence to my friends who do enjoy the game, but for what it's worth, I don't think idolising OTHER people and watching their every move and shouting at the TV as if you could direct their thoughts and intents is oh-so-sophisticated. If you're good enough to make it to the national team (which isn't saying much at all), fair enough. But chances are, you're just going to get stuck playing your awful recreational games every few sundays, waking at odd times to catch games and thinking that it's oh-so-cool, and checking on match commentaries on websites. In short, you'll always be that wannabe. I'm just making an example out of certain stereotyped games, but the point is - if you want to be something, you jolly well be the best at it; or good enough at it in any case. And even without being anywhere near the best, your sheer arrogance oozes through without you knowing it.
If you're happy spending your life chasing stereotypes - i.e. what a million other people are - and not working to be that unique deal that's just you, well, good for you. And to be the nice guy that I am, I just hope that you'll die enjoying life this way, and not realise at the end of 60 years that this wasn't what you wanted at all.
But as for me, I'm afraid, I'm looking for something that's just a little more extraordinary than that in a friend.
p.s. Monty: Alas, we were indeed luridly optimistic about some individuals' maturities. Not unexpected, but I nonetheless kept hope in my heart - and was spetacularly let down. So now we know.Right. That was an uncharacteristic splash of bile, venom and acid on this innocent little blog. Just a few photos of the sky again, it's been so cloudless these few nights, the photos are getting quite spectacular. Mind, these are done without magnification of any kind, although I'm drooling over some sexy electronic telescopes that I can absolutely NOT afford. =p
A crop of the constellation Orion - the straight line in the middle with 3 stars is Orion's belt, left elbow at 12 O'clock position, right knee at 6 O'clock position. Bellatrix, the brightest star in this constellation, takes up the position of Orion's left elbow and appears slightly reddish. Just below Orion's belt are the 3 stars pointing towards 7 O'clock - Orion's sword. The slightly blurry one in the middle of the 3 is the Orion nebula (Messier 42), which isn't a star at all but a cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being formed.
Stars just overhead:
Backdropped against the roof of my house (bottom right) is part of the sky bearing the constellations Canis Major and part of Lepus. The brightest, pale blue star you see is Sirius, part of Canis Major and the brightest object in the night sky at this time of the year.
The Great Dog:
A fair representation of what can be observed with a keen naked eye - Canis Major in its entirety, and most part of Lepus. If you don't know what these look like,
THIS might help - see if you can actually compare it to my photo!
And now, presenting my favourite work so far =) Exact same picture, tweaked a little to cause a more diffuse glow to the stars (to accentuate their size). It's nice, since the subtle differences in star colour can be seen, and it's kinda 3D-ish. The big blue star in the middle is Sirius.
Wenky
10:58 PM
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