4/4/2011

Every morning we wake up and get ready for the day, but we always think of that dream that we had. Sometimes we look back and think "wow that was horrifying, what is wrong with our minds," and are glad it is over. On the other hand though, sometimes we wake up and wish that we would never awaken from that dream. I've had a lot of those lately. Last week was that way almost every day. These dreams make it hard to want to go through the day knowing that it won't be as good as what is going on in your dreaming subconscious. This has frustrated me lately. How do we know that this world isn't a dream world and the dream world is actually real? Sometimes we remember bits and pieces of the dream when we awake. Also we can remember bits of the "real world" in our dreams. What if, we were actually apart of two worlds, as Plato suggested, but one was a "dream world" and the other the "real world." This idea would answer the question of reoccurring dreams. We actually are reliving the world. Unfortunately, psychology debunks this idea, so it is nothing more than a dream (see what I did there). I was just trying to be like the Plato's, Thales, and Heraclitus of the day. Funny thing happened at Wal Mart today. It's kind of pathetic how many stories I have that could start that way. My roommate, Ben, and I were walking out carrying his Diet Dr. Pepper and chicken wings when we saw the strangest sight. An older man, probably around the age of fifty five was pushing a cart around. Nothing out of the ordinary, except what he did next. He jumped onto the bottom edge of the cart and rode it the whole fifty yards to his car! At first I was like, "what the hell is wrong with this guy," but then I started to think, this isn't exactly a bad thing. A lot of people get so caught up in life that they don't spend time to be a kid! This strange man was probably reliving something that he wanted to do so many years ago! Why not jump on the bed every now and then? Another thing he showed me was that it doesn't really matter what people think of you. He did something that is considered...well, just plain weird, and he did it right in the parking lot of Wal Mart! I'm not going to go out and do that, but I think I will take more time to act like a kid so I don't get too engaged into serious life. Watching this tournament this year has been tough. There has been upsets galore, and anyone who bet on this tournament was probably in some trouble. It just goes to show that the parody is happening in college basketball. One thing kind of bothers me though, the fact that teams like Kansas and Ohio State didn't get to play in an epic clash of titans is a little disheartening to me. Both of those teams deserved to play in a national championship game that they earned after working hard and performing well over a body of work, not just six games. Don't get me wrong, I love the tournament! I think nothing should be changed, but I think that they should add a BCS type playoff system after (or before) the big dance. They could have the two best teams play, then the champions of each conference play each other. Like Big 12 vs. Acc or Big East vs. Pac 10. Also the smaller conferences could play each other. Like the MAC vs. Colonial. I just think they need to do more to give the schools that worked incredibly hard and did it over a thirty game season more glory. I love watching the stories like VCU unfold! But when it comes at the cost of some other schools having a lot of turmoil because the other team got hot and say Duke was off their game, it's really not fair to the program. I'm really tired tonight so that is all. Comment whatever you like, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible!