I neeeeeeed that bag.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Kid can dance (DUBSTEP)
Fucking amazing! This little ginger is badass. When I think of the Drinking Out Of Cups video and the guy says: the little kid in the back going craaaaazzyy.. I think of this little kid.
Energy: 10/10
Swagger: 8/10
Knee Wiggle: 8/10
Confidence: 9/10
"I see you" move: 10/10
Ability to completely ignore sister: 1000000/10
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Optimism Is a Brain Defect, According to Functional MRI Scans
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Optimism Is a Brain Defect, According to Functional MRI Scans
Eternal Optimists It'll definitely happen, Cubs fans. Someday. cathyse97 via Flickr
Pervasive, persistent optimism is one of those uniquely human traits/flaws - we tend to believe things are better than they really are, or that negative consequences won't befall us, even if they befall others. It stands to reason that people would adjust their expectations when confronted with harsh reality, yet they don't. Our brains are to blame, according to a new study - we're wired to have a positive outlook.
Neuroscientists have been searching for the physiological underpinnings for this sanguineness, because there are actual harms that can come from an "it-can't-happen-to-me" or "it'll-get-better-this-year" attitude. People might make reckless decisions or have unrealistic expectations, in everything from personal health to finance. Researchers have thought this rose-colored outlook is mediated in the brain centers involved in error processing, so a team from England and Germany set about studying this using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
To study optimism, they examined how people under-estimated the impact or possibility of future negative events, because this "it-can't-happen-to-me" feeling has implications for how people protect themselves. The research team gave participants a list of 80 different negative life events, including getting Alzheimer's disease, being fired, being cheated on by a spouse, and so on. They were asked to rate how likely they were to experience these events, and then they were told their actual probability for experiencing the events. Then they were asked to estimate their own likelihoods of experience again. The scientists monitored brain activity during these tests.
People were far more likely to change their estimates when they learned they were less likely to experience these harms, according to the researchers, from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London, the Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University in Berlin. On the other hand, when things were worse than expected, the participants still gave the original, incorrect estimate.
Brain activity tracks with these findings, the researchers say. When things were better than expected, activity in the frontal cortices spiked, monitoring estimation errors. But when things were worse, the brain activity was much weaker.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Monterey County Bans Use of Methyl Iodide in Agriculture
California's largest agricultural producer to ban methyl iodide for use in agriculture.: http://www.treehugger.com/health/monterey-county-bans-use-of-methyl-iodide-in-agriculture.html
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Dear lord,
I like these funny cards. This one explains a lot of people's thinking. Get fucked up, do all kinds of crazy/weird shit on Friday and Saturday and repent and ask for forgiveness on Sunday. It's a vicious cycle. Wash, rinse, repeat. Work, produce, consume.
..Dumb fucks.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day
Today I will be celebrating Valentine's Day with my sissy Cine, we are having girls day. I started the day by leaving her and Morrissey Star Wars Valentine's (Darth Vader for Cine and Yoda for Morrissey.. Duh). After work its nail appointment time followed by shopping and having fun cocktails with lunch(aka pink and red fruity liquid alcohol). What more could you ask for?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Holy shit Whitney motherfucking Houston is dead!?!?!?
Wow. Wow wow wow. All that I can think of about her is slow dancing to "I Will Always Love You" and freaking to "Heartbreak Hotel" at school dances and subsequently hearing about her crack addiction and thinking that she was possibly talking to her crack dealer while singing those songs. What a sad story. Crack is whack, Whitney. Crack is whack.. I hope you've found your peace in heaven. RIP
Woods & Mickelson at AT&T Pro Am
Tiger and Phil are paired together today for the AT&T Pro am in Pebble Beach. Crazy right? I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm not really a fan of Tiger for obvious reasons (what woman does like a man that cheats on his beautiful wife with a bajillion cocktail waitresses and hotel staff?) but I really like Phil Mickelson because he just seems like a generally nice person. I'm excited to watch how it all goes down considering they are both doing well in this tournament.(not so) Secretly, I hope Tiger crashes and burns and Phil gets to bask in the glory of his defeat. Muah ha ha ha. Okay now I'm getting carried away. Lol.
...it's been how long since I last posted..?
Well here we are, 8627646478392922 months later and I decided to do another post. I don't know why I go so far in between, maybe im just lazy (duh), maybe i just get bored with it sometimes, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Every so often I feel like I should get this thing going again and post about all the weird shit that I like. So here's another stab at it..
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