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Manufactured Landscapes

last night i saw this film with chuck called manufactured landscapes. its basically a documentary that shows still frame pictures and videos of man made landscapes such as oil rigs, coal mines, dams, and junkyards. Although at times the documentary failed to keep me interested, there were some really breathtaking shots, and some very attention grabbing information, especially towards the second half of the film, which focused on China's extreme industrialization in the past few years. there was one shot of some coal mines that really blew my mind, it was just open black hills of coal for miles, as far as u could see. One of the most shocking things in the film was the part that covered the three gorges dam in china. its the biggest dam in the word, 5 times bigger than the hoover dam and has enough steel in it to build 63 eiffel towers, so big in fact, that its going to tilt the world off its normal axis, and cause a wobble in our earths rotation. I cant help but to think what kind of effects this is going to have on our lives. if it changes our rotation, could it not then cause changes in weather patterns? seasons? or any other number of things. I dont understand how things like this get cleared by our governments. How they think its a good idea to sacrifice our natural environment for the sake of China becoming an industrial superpower ill never know. Our lives are so reliant upon the natural world around us ( weather, drinking water, farming land ect...) that i dont understand why we care so little about it. The three gorges dam displaced over 1,100,000 people unwillingly from their homes. On top of that, they had the gaul to ask these same people to tear down their own homes and cities so that once the dam filled their cities with water, boats would be able to pass through. The purpose of the dams is to put 26 generators in, in order to provide the energy needed to continue building China's industrial economy. the documentary really makes you realize that if earth is one giant organism, then we are the cancer, and our smogging, polution causing mega-plants, are the tumor. Here is a short clip about the film maker Edward Burtynsky, with some shots of his film, and a short explanation by him. If you dont see the film, the clip is definitely worth watching.

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attraction

after having a quick conversation last night about wheather or not i found a certain girl attractive i began to really think about what makes people sexually appealing to others. after doing a quick search i came across this article that i found somewhat interesting. I realize its 8 pages long and so therefore probably no one will read it, so i figure ill give a quick overview. it basically talks about how there are certain behaviours that are connected to flirting in men and women that can be found cross culture, and across the animal kingdom. The article suggests that certain behaviours are biologically embedded in our psyche as behaviours that will attract the opposite sex, such as eye contact or certain postures. It also covers certain characterstics that make people physically look attactive to the opposite sex. The article suggests that averagness and symmetry are two very important factors in your attractiveness to the opposite sex. kind of a strange article i guess, just something i found sort of interesting cause im a bio nerd.

psycholgy today

Canada and other such things

so this is the first chance ive had to make a post since leaving for canada last saturday. This past week has just been too wild to explain. i had originally planned on writing about all the things that happened this past week, but theres just been too much going on to really fully explain. Before the trip i was a little worried about the crew that was going, considerign i am only really good friends with three of the kids who went. In a way im kinda glad thats the way it turned out though, it was fun getting closer to some of the other guys on the trip, though im still kidna disapointed zak and brett wussed out on the trip, cause i would have liked to have some good times before they leave for cali again. Montreal is a great place to party, if uve never been i suggest u get there as soon as possible. right after we left canada we took a trip down to the beach to chill some more which was also a great time, although i felt the mood at times was kinda low, we managed to turn it up to party at night. I think everyone is starting to get pretty beat from the long week, non of us have really stopped partying since montreal. it may sound cheesy, but i kinda feel like the attitude of the whole week has changed my outlook on certain things in life, hopefully for the better. i might have more to say about this trip later as i have more time to think things over. if i give the whole trip to you at once it might blow your mind. So instead watch this movie, it will blow your mind slightly less. i realize the video is long, it about a two hour movie, but its really an interesting piece, possibly a real eye opener for many. it covers things like religion, 911, and other politics.....much more interesting than it sounds, if you have any free time definitely check it out.

Mayday! Mayday!

just thinking about how sick it would be to go to warped tour this thursday, havent really talked to anyone about serious plans on going though. if i went id def have to check out this British hardcore band ive been into recently the GALLOWS. one of the most badass bands ive listened to in a while. front man Frank Carter is a wild man at live shows from what ive heard/seen on youtube. He really knows how to bring that old school punk energy to their hardcore shows letting the crowd get really involved. Check out their video for their single abandon ship below. the video is actually put together from clips of an actual live show, and trust me, they rock out this hard or harder at pretty much all their shows, i definitely wanna check them out live some time soon. if your at all interested download the song orchestra of wolves, despite the intense lyrics, it gets me pumped with ease.

RJD2

i gained new respect for musical artist RJD2 after watching this video. he plays a few of his beats live with a band, featuring himself on the guitar, as well as mixing a few of his beats by himself. the stuff he does on the synth pad at the end i thought was pretty sick, ive never seen a live musical act quite like it. ive really been getting into listening to some of his beats off the albums deadringer, and since we last spoke while chillen. im really looking forward to getting a hold of his new album the third hand. if anyone can help me snag that let me know.

once again

after being inspired by shea's blog page(which ive greatfully posted as a link), ive decided that having a place to post some thoughts/ideas/sweet shit i find amusing on the internet is something id like to start up again. i still kinda regret abandoning my live journal page, letting it just wander the vast nothingness of the internet forever. However i think my blogspot will be way cooler, so ive adopted this page, and have come to terms with the fact that all my old posts are floating around in mega space never to be seen again. im hoping that i can keep this blog page as legit as possible, and hopefully a lil less homo-fag than a journal. Blog's are way more manly. first posts are always tricky.