Currently Listening Smile By L'Arc-En-Ciel Ready Steady Go! see related

Past transgressions,

Fated acquaintances.

The first coming of love,

and another shattered hope.

Long sought redemption,

distant as the stars.

Attempts for perfection,

yet more disappointment.

Veiled identity,

elusive as so much in life.

Yet endurace hold me,

and passion keep me.

If only I knew,

knew that of which I yearned.

I have not found it,

nor has it sought me.

If only, if only,

catharsis is my only prayer.

The amber fox has lost his track

and become entwined in a labyrinth.

It needs to return,

back to a time when purity reigned.

Yet, impossible it is to turn time leeward.

Little hopes,

small accomplishments.

That's all I truly possess,

truly as is the fox, lost.

Deep sadness mustn't possess me,

else I shall fall until life is ceased.

If only, if only,

I had another passage to take.

Currently Listening Music from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy By Howard Shore see related

Vigilante

Pardon my rudeness for the lack of updating. I'll have a quality entry here for you in a few days. I've just been so busy with finals that I've hardly had a moment to spare. All of them have gone efficiently, as hoped. In Current World Issues, I wrote an essay regarding the dismal effect that Christmas sales could have on trade with "cheap labor countries" such as India and China. In English, I wrote two essays- one on the way in which an individual has a duty to his/her community and one about the admonition given by authors regarding the pursuit of the illusive "American Dream".

I'm finally beginning to let my mental defenses down. I have one final remaining in Biology; that final should go well, as the other have. It's all multiple choice, yet the lab questions will put a wrench in my socket, if they go the way the others have.

I'm very vigilant about the upcoming holidays. Finally, a chance at recharging my batteries! Also, the thought of presents don't discourage my drive, either. Just six more days, and we'll experience the most wonderful time of the year. I'm also excited about seeing Full Metal Alchemist again tonight. I just love that show...

Until next we meet, sayonara.

Currently Reading The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Vintage) By Brian Greene see related

A Theory Regarding Fermi's Paradox

We live, today, in an expanding universe. Within it, billions of galaxy clusters, trillions of stars, and a countless amount of dark matter exists. For years, "loons" have been suggesting that there  is other intelligent life in the universe. Are those men and women actually crazy? Or are we, those who so ardently reject these hypotheses, the "loons"? Fermi, in his days as a scholar and philosopher, presented a paradox regarding this very subject. Is there other intelligent life in the universe, or is humanity too blind to see it? Only through scientific theory and mathematical probability can this paradox be figured through (without a close encounter of the third kind).

Certain properties of the universe would accomodate for life in the universe. Look at the Earth. It has an established o-zone to protect it from the ultraviolent rays of the sun, which, ironically, provides the sustenance that life requires: nutrients, such as glucose. The fact is, certain properties and circumstances for life to exist, exist. As Brian Greene states in his novel, Fabric of the Cosmos, the universe, to accomodate astronomical observations, is at least 28 billion light years long on each side. Such a massive expanse! The essential ingredients for life unequivocally exist in this near-infinite expanse. Less than 800 million miles away on Titan, Saturn's moon, forms of ice have been discovered. The essential building blocks for life (hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, etc.) are found in a mere solar system. At minimum, there are ten to the sixteenth power planets in the universe, according to Keith Mayes, author of Science, the Universe, and God. Dividie that by a million to have ten billion planets, a very modest estimate in my mind, capable of supporting life. Of the nine planets scientists are familiar with, at least one supports life. Are you telling me that out of ten billion, only one planet supports life? That would be improbable, irrational, mathematically defying bullshit. Life must exist elsewhere in the universe. It's as simple as that.

Now, the arisal of intelligent life is a different matter entirely. Whether by intelligent design or evolution, evolution exists in the world. I propose a symbiosis between creationism and evolution. In the theory of intelligent design, the supreme being (God, Allah, or whoever the hell you want to call it) created the universe and life. Acoording to science, life was created through the Big Bang Theory 4 billion years ago and continues to change through evolution, proven by Darwin. If it's true that life was created by a higher being, then organisms must be able to adapt to constantly changing circumstances in the universe. For instance, if God created the first humans over 4000 years ago, He must have made it possible for humans to adapt to their surroundings, proven through the diversity of skin color. If all humans descended from Noah, as the Bible suggests, then humans must have  been able to adapt to extreme weather throughout the years to create diversity between skin pigments. Otherwise, because of heredity, every person would have the EXACT same skin color. This supports that, if life has truly existed for billions of years, then intelligent life must have generated from need of some sort of adaptation.

Throughout the years, many questions have caused science and religion to clash. However, the two must be intertwined; the supreme being of intelligent design must have made humans able to adapt to their environments OR evolution has simply existed since the beginning of time. Either way, intelligent would have arisen multiple times from the countless number of planets capable to produce life. The problem remains, how will humans go about discovering the other intelligent life that exists in the universe?

-Chris M

Edit: Had to add a survey I found:

Late 80's/early 90's bitchez!! Bold em if you loved it or even if ya remember it!!

101 Dalmatians
3-2-1 Contact
A Little Princess
AAH! Real Monsters
Adventures in Wonderland
All That
Allegra's Window
Amber Brown
American Girl
Angry Beavers
Animaniacs
Animorphs
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Backstreet Boys
Bailey School Kids
Barbies
Beanie Babies
Black Beauty
Boxcar Kids
Boy Meets World
Candyland
Care Bears
Choose Your Own Adventure
Clarissa Explains It All
Clueless
Cooties
Creepy Crawlers
Dinosaurs
Disney Watchers
Don't Break the Ice
Don't Wake Daddy
Double Dare
Dumbo's Circus
Duncans!!
Dunkaroos
Easy Bake Oven
Eerie Indiana
Ernest Movies
Eureka's Castle
Family Ties
Felix The Cat
Fern Gully
Flipper
Flower Making Kits
Fraggle Rock
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Full House
G.I. Joe
G.U.T.S.
Ghostwriter
Goodburger
Goosebumps
Growing Pains
Gullah Gullah Island
Gummi Bears
Hanson
Hey Arnold!
Hey Dude
Hocus Pocus
Home Improvement
Homeward Bound
Hot Wheels
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Hypercolor T-Shirts
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Inspector Gadget
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Jellies
Jenga
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Kablam
Kenan and Kel
Koala Yummies
Labyrinth
Lady Lovely Locks
Land Before Time
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Lite Brite
Little Pony
Magic Attic Club
Milo and Otis
Mork and Mindy
Mousetrap
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Muppet Babies
My Brother and Me
Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
Neverending Story
Nick Magazine
Nightmare Before Christmas
N*Sync
Ocean Girl
Pete and Pete
Pete's Dragon
Pinky and the Brain
Playdough McDonald's Sets
Pogs
Polly Pocket
Power Rangers
Radio Flyer
Rainbow Brite
Rainbow Fish
Ramona Quimby
Ren and Stimpy
Richard Scarry
Roald Dahl
Rocko's Modern Life
Roundhouse
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Saddle Shoes
Salute Your Shorts
Saved By The Bell
Scrunchies
Secret of NIMH
Secret of Roan Inish
Secret World of Alex Mack
Side Ponytails
Simpsons
Sky Dancers
Snick
Snick Snacks
Sorry
Space Cases
Step By Step
Scruff McGruff, Chicago Illinois, 60652 Jingle
Stick Stickley Write to me, Stick Stickley, PO Box 963, NYC, NY State, 10108
Stirrup Pants
Tamagotchies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TGIF on ABC
The Adventures of Yellow Dog
The Babysitter's Club
The Goonies
The Lion King
The Muppet Show
The Secret Garden
The Torklesons
Third Rock From The Sun
Tinker Toys
Tiny Toons
Tom and Huck
Tracey Ullman Show
Trouble
Tuck Everlasting [before it was a movie]
Underdog
Wayside School
Weinerville
Welcome Freshman
What Would You Do?
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Wild and Crazy Kids
You Can't Do That On Television
Yo-Yos

Questions, comments, concerns?

Currently Reading If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens... Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to Fermi's Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life By Stephen Webb see related

Third Time's the Charm...I Hope

Well, it seems everyone has had quite enough of the Xanga bug, haven't they. Well count me out. I have a renewed interest and purpose in this little website. But that's for me to know...and you not to?

Finals. C.W.I. BAM. Guessing in the general vicinity of A through F. Same for French. I think it should be illegal to make a final have twenty pages of questions. All who approve for no more 20+ page finals, say AYE. For those who don't, you don't have my permission to view this site (although you might keep doing so just to piss me off, even though you already have by approving a novel-like final). Still disappointed I didn't get to go Live with Con Con, Sweens, and Jeff today. Oh well. My relaxing's cooler than their relaxing.

English and Geomerty Monday. Jesus, let me finish my two essays under the two hours, is that so much to ask?

Well right now, I'm on a streak of 12th places of Texas Hold'Em tournaments. I can't get out of the places 9-12 bracket. Let me ponder that while I leave you with this conundrum.

Presenting Fermi's Paradox:

The commonly held belief that the universe has many technologically advanced civilizations, combined with our lack of observational evidence to support that view, is paradoxical. Either this assumption is incorrect - and intelligent life is much rarer than we believe - or our current observations are flawed or otherwise incomplete.

The question that I pose to you: Is there other intelligent life in the universe, or is humanity simply too blind to see it? Or is the answer neither of these? Could humanity see and not know it? Interesting question.

Happy Thinking