Name:Michael Country:United States State:Nevada Metro:Reno Birthday:11/4/1984 Gender:Male
Interests:Running, math, science, physics, video games, bands such as Radiohead, and most recently Jesus Expertise:Running and math Occupation:Student Industry:Research
Running again, although taking a different approach. For six years now I have been training primarily for the 5k and 10k, therefore allowing me to run decent 2 mile races, as well as Half-Marathon races. Now, however, I am training for the 800m (or two laps of the track). This will allow me to be decent between the 400m and 5k. I am somewhat excited, as I have always thought the 800m is potentially my best event. 2:00, here we come!
And...life has been strange recently. Don't know what to think. I am now 25 years of relativistic age. What will I be like at 30 relativistic years of age?
I have been reading a bit more. I decided to read "Animal Farm" again, just for kicks. I have realized that most media and politicians play the role of Squealer. You see, I didn't understand it then (when I first read the book), but the past year I have been paying particularly close attention. It is amazing how easy it is to trick, fool, and manipulate the American public. For example, Bill O'Reilly asked to Lou Dobbs the other night, "Is Obama Satan?", and Dobbs responded, "No, I don't think so", as if it was a question that remotely deserved to be asked. It is clear now one tactic used: The important thing is not the answer to the question, but rather the question asked.
You see, in my example, people "protesting" the next day would suddenly be holding up signs saying, "Obama is Satan!" This type of thing happens all the time. The general public have forgotten how to think for themselves. And yes, my example concerns that of a conservative media figure, but I do say liberal media figures have done it as well, though it is different currently, given today's current political climate. All of this would be funny, if not for the seriousness of it all.
Another example is about the health care bill. Right now health care industries are making literally billions of dollars off of the deaths of American citizens. They want to keep it this way, which is why they have spent over one hundred million dollars putting money directly into our politicians pockets to do whatever it takes to make sure no health care bill gets passed. You think these guys work for us? No, you work for whoever pays you. A public option is the most logical thing in the world, but the people making the money off of our deaths would want you to think otherwise.
Have you heard of "Obama Bow-Gate"? How dare our President show another world leader respect!
What about bringing justice to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed just a few blocks from where the towers fell? How dare they actually use our American judicial system to bring a criminal to justice once and for all!
I could go on and on and on. Something...has been going on. Not only is it now the "Stupidfication of Our American Schools", it is the "Stupidfication of Americans". What pains me most about this is that a lot of my friends on facebook have clearly fallen for almost all of this, willing to believe everything and all you see and hear. This is getting serious. Don't listen to Squealer. Listen to Reason.
Seems as though I am at a crossroads in my life. I can choose one way, the way of continuing a belief in God and choosing to follow Christ for the entirety of my life...or I can choose the more worldly perspective. Compelling arguments both ways, believe me. I go back to the knowledge of what choice would lead to the most amount of joy and happiness. The choice is an obvious one, clearly. Why then, is it so damn hard?
Why do I wait so long to update? I dunno. Since I last wrote I have ran two races, shot more lasers than I care to remember, and have begun dating a girl. Life seems to be on the up and up. It is how it goes I suppose. Life is made up of many events, which are arbitrarily perceived as "good" or "bad", that are continuously intertwined to form an infinitely complex series of said events, which are recorded in our minds as "memories".
The world can be an evil and cruel place, for sure. I have had an idea for a while, an idea of having two opposing sides fighting (say, liberals vs conservatives), so that they basically ignore the bigger picture so that a greater force can control and conquer. Turns out this idea is known as Hegalian Dialectic. It is an idea of controlling two sides by guiding and managing a conflict (chaos) so that both sides end up in the same destination (order).
But what are we to do? We have to have something to provide hope.
Haha, not bad for coming off of an injury. Ok, so the time wasn't great, and there wasn't much competition side from one young gun (who wasn't tactically sound), but I am still happy. Actually, I am very happy to be healthy and close to race shape.
Next race I am thinking of is one in Tahoe, which is in a couple of weeks. I really need to see when the registration date is closed, cause now I really want to run it, simply because the scenary should be amazing, the race being a half-marathon.
