State of the Planet

I am sorry to say that I was unable to engage with the text today. Maybe it's because I'm too busy, or stressed out. Maybe it's because of this or that. No, it can't be anything other then me. Myself. I did this to myself. Failure to engage means failure to understand. And isn't that the purpose of blogging? To understand? Maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be. Maybe these readings are mind-numbing, brain-washing, dirty water mop buckets that aren't really doing much but just spreading everything around so that it looks different. Maybe it's not really supposed to be understood, and that by claiming an "understanding" you are incoherently lying to the professor, the class, and ultimately to yourself.

I am also ashamed to say that I have fallen prey to this form of illusion, as I have sworn I would never. But alas, it is true. so lets just get on with it...


"Lucretius, we have grown so clever that mechanics on our art of natural philosophy can take the property of luminescence from a jellyfish and put it in mice. In the dark the creatures give off greenish light. Their bodies must be very strange to them. An artist in Chicago- think os a great city in Dacia or Thacia- has asked to learn the method so he can sell people dogs that glow in the dark."


This is our world today. Everybody always wants something new. If it's been out for two weeks it's too old, outdated. Pressure has been put on us since we were kids to create the next big thing. To start the next big movement. I hear people say all the time that they have failed our generation by not doing that for us, and that it's our "opportunity" to do it for the next generation. But it's literally impossible; With two week being the out of date time period our society has given us, it's impossible to be the change. It's impossible to make a difference. It's impossible to create something that is lasting. Something that will be around. Only time, if there's much left, will tell.

Does this mean that people will never be satisfied? I hope not. Goodness if people were never happy with what they had, or will have, I don't think this world would be have as nice of a lace to live. I'm glad there are a few people who are able to find the strength of contentment. What would a person need with a glow in the dark dog anyway? So that when they get up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water they don't trip over Scruffy? That's pitiful. And the only logical reason I can find for owning a glow in the dark pup. Can we do ourselves a favor and just get over ourselves? Please? Thank you.