update

I haven't updated in a while, and to tell the truth, I'm not sure when another full-length entry will be written, but here is a small something for now.

I'm reading about how to pour wine. "Fill each glass to no more than two-thirds full. This allows room for the guest to swirl it, if they choose." -source

Also, I don't know the exact reason I haven't updated as much, but I think it might have to do with my new work schedule. I work overnights now, 10pm-6am. It's not bad, but for some reason I feel like time is lost.

-Leo

Sleep Process

When I go to sleep, there are all these little characters in my mind. At the end of a long day, they are tired, and ready to rest, and that is when they start shutting down lights, and other devices. They clean up the desks, file the papers, store the memories, and do all sorts of clean up work.

Sometimes one of them will disrupt the process. Like anger, he got mad today because of some things that I went through today, and he started making a fuss. That is when he started choking another character. But luckily there was a character who knew karate, and he kicked him in the head and knocked anger out.

I’m not sure who this karate character was, but he seemed pretty rational, and like a good leader. He then said they all should sit down and think about the day’s events, but another character said that they need rest, because they can’t function well while they’re tired. So the karate guy agreed, and they continued shutting the lights down. Then he opened the head of anger, and shut down his switch, and they all shut down their switches, with karate guy being the only one left. He then went to a different room, where there was a character waiting.

I’m not sure about this guy. He seems like an overseer. He was just sitting tapping his fingers on a desk. Either that, or he’s a night shift worker, just like them.

Either way, he keeps the body running at night, like the breathing and stuff, and he also is in charge of the dreams. He has to look over all the files and stuff, and he decides what files are worth dreaming over. He’s a mysterious fellow. The other characters don’t see much of him.

Anyways, he opened the head of the karate guy and shut him down, and the night process began.

-Leo

simple

This stew I just made turned out tasty and hearty. I'm pretty proud of myself because I don't cook very much. I was kind of worried while I was making it, worrying if I put in the potatoes too soon, or if I put too much noodles, or too little water. Well, it could have used a little more water, but besides that, it was good. Next time I'll improve on it. And it wasn't even that difficult to make! That was the best part. I should have taken a picture of how good it looked.

Ingredients: 1 potato, half a bag of baby carrots, 2 squashes, about two handfuls of green beans (not chopped up, the one's that look like peas in a pod somewhat), 2 vegetable bouillon cubes, half of a bag of noodles, and water.

Directions: boil the water. then add everything and cook until the potatoes are soft and the noodles are too.

simple, right? and it made more than enough for two people. My brother and I got full, and there's some left over sitting on the stove right now.

For dessert, pieces of dark chocolate.

-Leo

p.s. I'm reading The Omnivore's Dilemma right now, and I'm at the beginning right now, where he's talking about how a lot of what we eat contains corn. I'm curious what food that I ate today contains corn. Because even vegetables that one would not think have corn have corn. Whatever gives cucumbers their gloss- corn. Soft drinks- corn syrup. Butter, eggs, twinkies, even boxes, all have something that corn is a part of. I'm not sure if all this corn the average American eats is bad though. We'll see.

depression+pills= paradise?

If a person was in a depressed state of mind, would making them angry be a good thing? Because if the person is angry, then they are not depressed anymore, or at least not as much as they were. I had in mind that if a person was depressed, then what if another person just slapped them. Those first few seconds after the slap would be met with confusion, like "wtf just happend?" And then what would that confusion turn into?

I mean there is no slap that would make a person instantly happy, is there? Giving someone delicious food would be like a temporary pleasure. So she would be feeling physical pleasure, but feeling mental pain. Hmm...

I'm going to read this article now, and research more.

I began thinking about slapping a depressed person, then I started thinking about drugs, and whether it would be a good thing to take drugs in order to get rid of depression. There's something dystopian about taking drugs that make one instantly feel better, but I can't find the underlying problem with it. I'll keep on reading.