Having Trouble Understanding

I don't understand other humans. They confuse me, especially the younger generation. Then again, I'm a 19 year old social outcast/nerd. So, maybe its because I never grew up with a normal group of friends. Never joined a club or team. I just read all day long. Perhaps I am missing the social events a young person needed in order to be normal. Then again, I hate the idea of being normal.

Back to the point. I believe that the newest generation is 99% stupid and 1% intelligent.

I grew bored this evening and went to ten different websites and read ten different threads, with the basic title of "What do you want to do when you grow up?" A large percentage of the posters in these threads were girls. What was the result? To sum it up, it was 90% model/actress/singer and 10% Other.

Except on the two horse websites I went to. Then, it was 70% model/actress/singer and 30% horse racer/breeder/caretaker.

On the race occasion, I saw someone who wanted to be a pilot. A police woman. A teacher. I even found one who wanted to be a chemist. However, what saddened me was that the total number of people who were even in this catagory was around 20 out of at least a thousand young girls between the ages of ten and fifteen.

When I was their age, I wanted to be a mathematician and a pilot, preferably for the military. As I got older, I realized that I wasn't good enough to be a wonderful mathematician so I went toward being a pilot and writer as well as photographer. Travel the world, etc.

Mathematician, model. You can see the very large gap in difference between the two fields.

What I don't understand is why the newest generation all want to be models, a career that is hard to get into and stay with, especially if you want to become a big named model or actress. I figured that out when I was only four. What is taking these young girls so long to figure that out? As for the horse lovers who want to be jockeys, all of them basically said, "I'm short and small so I'll be a jockey." They are ten. They are not done growing. There are these things called "growth spurts".

One could argue that they are young or that I shouldn't mock someone who wants to follow their dreams. By all mean, follow your dreams. What I am wondering is how such a large percentage of girls could all want to go into the same exact career field, and a hard career field at that. Why do all of them what to do the same thing? Is it because of the media? Of peer pressure? ...I blame the media.

Then again, as I said earlier, I grew up a social outcast who quit public school because she got too busy going to college. I never had a group of 'girlfriends'. Never dated. Nothing. So, perhaps I don't understand because I didn't grow up in their social enviorment.

But, after thinking about it, I don't want to understand. 'cause I hate blending in with the crowd.

Pondering Bigfoot

I've returned to my cryptozoology kick where I read a ton of books about all cryptids and other hidden goodies. And I've finally noticed something. There are a lot of Bigfoots. A LOT. If you look through the many different Bigfoot and Bigfoot-like sightings, you'll notice that it just isn't going on in the USA. And what I mean by Bigfoot-like creatures is that they all share the same trait: they are hairy, ape-like humans. However, they vary in size from being around seven feet to even two feet tall.

Bigfoot-like creatures have been seen all around the world:

The Agogwe in South Africa, the Almas in Mongolia, the Barmanu in Pakistan, Bigfoot in the USA and Canada, the bondegezou in Indonesia, the chuchunaa in Siberia, the mapinguary in South America, the marked hominid (seen all over the world), the momo of the USA, the ngouoi rung of Cambodia, the nittaewo of Sri Lanka, Old Yellow Top of the USA, the orang pendek of Sumatra, the proto-pygmy seen around the world, Sasquatch of the USA and Canada, the skunk ape of Flordia, the teh-lma of the Himalayas, the True Giants of USA and Canada, the ucu of South America, the xing-xing of China, the yeren of China, the Yeti of Nepal and Tibet, and finally the yowie of Australia.

That is over 20 different types of Bigfoot-like creatures, ranging from all over the world, all different sizes and different appearances. Different tracks and different head shapes.

How could there be so many sightings of, basically, the same creature all over the world?

It is similar to dragons, in a way. Dragons (considered mythology nowadays) are shown in ancient art around the world. However, they aren't as wide spread as Bigfoots. So what I wonder is this: How can so many people deny its existence?

Sure, I'll admit that a large percentage of Bigfoot-like creature sights are usually hoaxes or just people who can't figure out that they had just seen a bear or other common wildlife animal. But, how can one explain the different creatures seen around the world?; that had been SEEN around the world for centuries?

There are cave paintings with big, hairy men, local legends of them. They are everywhere. And yet we can't even find them.

Maybe the government is hiding them. Maybe the Bigfoot-like creatures are hiding. But, I have one theory that makes sense to me...

There have been stories around the world over the centuries of hidden cities and underground worlds. Some even think Atlantis joined the underground world and that Sedona, Arizona in the USA has a hidden city underneath, abandoned from time. Could it be possible? Perhaps so, perhaps not.

So, why couldn't Bigfoot live underground? If there really are hidden worlds within the earth, wouldn't you hide there if you were a Bigfoot-type creature? And the actual sightings could just be people seeing a scout or two looking for food on the surface. As for the ones in the jungles... the jungles of the world are really, REALLY big, thick, and dangerous.

There are also theories that the Bigfoots are actually desendents of the Cro-magnon man or Neanderthals, who went underground as the modern human began to expand their territory.

You can't just say that they don't exist when you haven't dug through every single inch of a massive jungle or a large forest or even in underground tunnels. Then again, you can't say that they do exist. You can't really say anything. All one can do is guess.

In the end, one can't deny that Bigfoot-like creatures are seen all around the world. They are living hidden in the jungles, forests, and perhaps even underground. One could say that they are waiting to be found. But what I wonder is, should we even bother finding them?

Advertising in Theatres: The Struggle to Sell

Recently, I went to the movies with my mom and older sister to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie, which was pretty good. But, this post isn’t about Sherlock Holmes… it is about the ten minutes of pain and annoyance I went through before any of the promos even started.

Now, it has been a long while since I’ve been out to see a movie, mainly due to college and the fact that the universe is loosing all creativity with remakes and sequels that are pretending to be remakes (like Burton’s coming Alice in Wonderland). The last movie I saw was Transformers 2 which instantly made me hate every single person who had anything to do with that movie.

With Transformers 2, there was some commercials before the previews for the newer movies (promos) began, followed by the actual movie. However, there were only two commercials before the movie, which wasn’t too bad. It was a bit annoying, sure. But, it was only two.

But when I sat down to watch Sherlock Holmes, the screen said “Your Feature Presentation” which in my mind was “You sat through over ten minutes of repeating ads. Here’s the movie.” But it wasn’t. I had to sit through yet another ten minutes of commercials. It felt like an hour but it was probably six or so minutes. I saw six commercials. SIX. I almost lost my mind. There was no way to ignore the commercials. They were in your face, loud and irritating.

What has become of commercials nowadays? Why are they stalking the movie theatres and making already a long ten minutes of picture ads even more annoying?

I suppose it’s because of the invention of the Internet. The DVR. The TiVo. Back in the day (some of you youngsters may not remember), we couldn’t skip commercials. You either had to sit and watch, mute them, or leave the room until your show came back on. And we didn’t have the internet to watch TV shows and movies on.

Now, we have the DVR and TiVo, which allows us to just record our shows and watch them whenever we want. This also means having the ability to skip all commercials. The Internet? Although we can now watch shows and movies, there are some sites where, during the show’s commercial break, a 30 second ad will be shown… that you can just ignore by going to a different webpage until it’s over. Or mute it.

How else do you expect people to get customers?

Advertising is the key to selling your product or promoting your business. Whether its an ad in the paper or on a bench, a TV commercial, a billboard on the side of the road, or even just walking down the street handing flyers, it is all advertising and its all needed in order to keep a business afloat.

So, isn’t it obvious why advertising had taken over the theatres?

While watching commercials against my will right before a movie at the theatres is highly annoying, it is necessary to the companies who pay good money to get an ad spot before Sherlock Holmes. What better place to catch large amounts of people then a theatre?

While I understand that advertising is necessary, I have to wonder if there is a less irritating way to advertise a product or company. People don’t want to watch ads before a movie. What’s next? Ads in an elevator? (For all I know, this could be true but it’s been years since I’ve been in an elevator.) I’ve already seen ads in bathroom stalls.

My point is that advertising is everywhere nowadays. You can barely leave the house without seeing some ad nearby. And all this advertising is an annoyance. But, what else can one do? We should find some better way to advertise that doesn’t irritate most of the public. Or else instead of the still ads before any part of the movie begins, you could just have the commercials. ...but that could just be more annoying. I'd rather have quiet ads.

Then again, I'm probably just complaining. Oh well.

~Kratos