Bigfoot Documentaries

I'm starting to get interested in documentaries about things that are patently false, like big foot and aliens in ancient Egypt. Maybe it's because the creativity required to argue these points is so much higher - sometimes it becomes interesting. Also, the personalities of people who actually believe this stuff seems more entertaining that the legit scientists who are constrained to stating the truth.

Women, Men, and Instinct

A couple times recently now I've heard women talking about how they are looking for women friends - as if they aren't looking for guys. This is mildly bullshit. Women sometimes have a hard time admitting (even to themselves) that they are just looking for a guy. It's more likely that they're looking for a girlfriend to hang with so they can more comfortably find guys. But, think they consciously don't think of it like that. Women are like birds. They act instinctively. They have instincts designed to draw them to or away from men. They don't plan the result and assemble the actions to reach it. They just keep following the emotion and the instinct. And, if you ask them what they are really up to, you're likely to get something else - whatever they want you to hear basically.



Now just to be fair, I'm not saying guys in general are more or less logical than women, I don't know. I know that personally, I tend to set a goal and then arrange actions to support it. Recently I find myself doing a lot of things women just consider "fun" to reach the goal. So, it's pretty apparent that the women's instinct and emotion has already been tuned to make them find mates, whether they consciously care about it or not. They perform the actions of socialization/mate-finding out of instinct or instinctive drive, and I'm in the process of learning them.

Paternal

Why are humans often organized into paternal societies. Men are stronger on average. Apes fight to figure out who the leader is. So, the male would tend to win. The system has been passed down from our ancestors.

Alter Ego

Her drunken alter ego told me not to trust her sober self (who hides the truth) and her sober self told me the drunken alter-ego is not her. Her sober self lacked the memories of the drunken alter ego, which might mean that her drunken ego has an information advantage?

Pop Culture

I'm researching pop culture to infiltrate the society I live in. Couple of observations... One is that humans really are the weirdest hominids on the planet. Looking down as an alien, I'm not sure what I would think. Two, seeing plasticized Janet Jackson (I think) and Donald Trump together in one show is really disturbing at various levels.

Ren & Stimpy

So I'm cleaning my kitchen and I stumble upon my Ren & Stimpy shirt... decide to wear it to Salsa event today at the Queen Bee. I've seen lots of college kids there, so I figure they'll get it. However, tonight there's a live band, and it's not college kids. It's a bunch of serious Salsa people. And, I have an image of Ren affectionately holding Stimpy prominately displayed across my chest... when I run into a former dance teacher (older guy). He was thinking "what a poor shmuck" as I asked his step daughter to dance. As the dance ended, she said "you've really learned a lot" which is another way of saying "you knew nothing the last time."

Talking to Girls

Probably best to mix it up with: (a) some non-work-related stuff like jewlery and the environment around you and that she does for fun and (b) the "what do you do" question - which probably can come later in the interaction.