Dream bigger than big!

the other night my boyfriend and i were dreaming soooo big. shopping for yachts and looking at sunglasses worth 200 dollars. as a kid growing up i never let anything stand in my way when it came to getting what i wanted. when i wanted a car i found a job and worked until i could successfully buy a car and drove it all summer long and still have money to keep it running. i told a friend of mine that my BF and i were shopping for 300,000 dollar boats and he laughed in my face....... i felt bad because he doesn't know how to have a dream. a want. an attainable goal. all children should be taught to dream big and never let anything or anyone tell then they can't do something. it's a totally free country and if you want to own a private jet and you were poor as a kid if all you have is a dream that is better than nothing at all. KEEP DREAMING BIG. NO BIGGER THAN BIG :D

Genes in the future

If you really think about it, it can be kind of scary. In the future, parents can change the outcome of the child by adding or removing genes, making the child that something they want. I mean, isn't life great because of diversity. What if everyone had the same trait? How boring would it be and I think if we actually develop technologies to select personality traits or ability (i.e. musical talent or athletic talent) then many people would be the same.
When do we stop developing? Where do we draw the line to stop? Is there a such thing as too much technology? Sometimes pondering about the future bothers me and it makes me wonder what kind of world we will live in the future.

The Train Brain: 6 things

today i took the train back to jersey like i've been doing all year. but today there was something different about the train ride. maybe because it was my last class today or W/e. any way on the train i let my mind wonder and came up with ideas to blog about. i typed these on my ipod and now i will expand on here these are my Train Brain ideas.

" there are 6 things i want in life. to graduate college, get married, get a goof job, have kids, own a boat and have an in-ground pool. is that too much to ask???"

on the train home i see alot of beautiful houses on long island i got to thinking. I WANT TO LIVE LIKE THAT. now don't get me wrong my parents have provided a good life for me and my brothers, but i want to be the one to provide the same for my children in the future. now i have always wanted to own a boat but if i can't get it then i will settle for a beach house >_<. I DREAM BIG AND NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS. lets just hope i can force my dreams into a reality...

The Major Question..

Once again it's time to register for the fall semester. In planning out what dec's to take for next semester there's something else, rather important, that I should figure out soon. I need to decide what to major in. I admit it's not something I should worry that much about, but at the same time it's been bothering me that I don't know what to major in. Okay that's a lie I know what I want to major in, but I'm afraid to do so.

I want to major in Studio Art, but I'm afraid that I don't have what it takes to do. I'm also afraid career wise. I mean just because one majors in art doesn't mean that I'll get to work in the arts. Heck for all I know I could end up with a job that I have no knowledge of and be stuck with it for the rest of my life. Even in the event of working in something art related I'll probably be struggling considering what I really want to do (make comics).

But then again I won't know for sure if I don't try. And I mean it is something that I love to do, even if I'm not the best at it. I still have time, and I can always change my major. Who knows the future has in store for me. Though I'll in the end I'll persevere and I'll manage..somehow.

A New Look for the Future

What does the future hold for us? Are we going to have flying cars and human propelled around by rocket packs? Probably not, but it does hold many mysteries. One of the biggest unknowns that we come closer to every day is the progression of technology. With how far we have already come, how much farther can we continue to go? Just because a computer was able to beat a person in Jeperdary doesn’t mean that computers are smarter than us. It simply means that the people programing the computers are smarter than us.

One of the best examples of humans interacting with space and technology to create the future is the recent release of the Xbox kinect and the way people have been able to manipulate its functions. The best thing about the kinect is that it uses a current technology system. Many ideas for the future are based on an intangible object or idea that is impossible to know if it will be successful in the future. We don’t currently know to make people fly or even if it would be useful however we do know that we can use a camera to make another system or body perform a certain task.

Personally, I love this system but maybe that’s just because I’m a computer science major. Without the experience in programing, I would be scared to even open the program. Its complications show the unorganized yet progressive nature of the system. No one knows exactly how these “hacks” can be implemented into the real world yet they hold ideas into how we can progress into the future. My realization is that the future will be based on movement in time and space. No, we will not all be carrying kinect’s around our necks however I feel they will be used more for retail stores and advertisements of all kinds. As long as we live, we will be part of the future so it is important that we continue to innovate and use our minds to progress into the future.

What's differnet today?

Talking in class today about how everything moved so fast and everyone needs to be "connected" all the times makes me feel that what society is missing is it's past.

I remember watching shows like "Leave It to Beaver", "Father Knows Best", "Little House on the Prairie" (I know, I'm really dating myself). But compare them to whats on TV these days. No one would ever have thought about blurting the F word while accepting an Oscar. Even Hollywood had glitz and glamor then.

So what I think is missing from the past and what could possibly be the worst injustice to our future is the lack of connection with the past.

Art, you amaze me as well as frighten me

I love art. I really love art. I'm at my happiest when I am drawing something especially when it's a cartoon character. Though I love doing anything that is related to art. With that said, when some of my friends ask what my major is,when I reply " I'm undecided" they are rather shocked.
This is understandable as one would think that I should major in art as well, but there's a problem. I am afraid to do so. I'm afraid of doing art for the rest of my life. I realize this is counter to what I've just said about adoring art, however I'm afraid of the uncertainty that comes with it. I'm afraid of putting myself out there.
I realize that just by majoring in art does not equal that I will I will necessary get a job in the art field. I mean I could do something completely unrelated like become a psychiatrist. Though there is a part of me who wants to do so, to do something that I really love.