yeah. i used to be in a great band. shall i publicly discuss it with you? i guess i shall. briefly.
it makes me sad when i listen to tunes we used to play. they are still together, playing great tunes.
if you ever play in a band, play with your heart. i did, and that makes me happy. but i am so sad that it's over.
dave
Thursday, January 18, 2007
making a scene with a magazine
Hello.
i figure now is the time to set up a generic blog using my generic real name. there are about one million dave lanes in the world, so i feel pretty anonymous. which is good in this context.
so! my first thought is as follows: rational positive thinking is possible and can be considered a chosen approach to life if one trains oneself appropriately.
would you like an example? hmm.
consider observing your pet. it can be argued that any reaction from your pet is merely the result of a limited set of innate conditional responses. like, your cat likes to play because it is built in to his DNA, and this aspect of his personality exists so strongly because over time cats with the desire to play with things have honed their hunting skills and as such are more likely to find food and survive.
So, there are several ways of approaching this new understanding of the pet you love so much. i will examine two. One is to say "well that fucking sucks because it means that he's just responding to me in predictable ways." The other, and this is the one i subscribe to, is to say "wow, this animal, with his charming personality, is a product of years of evolution plus the environment i've raised him in, and there is no other cat exactly like him. and that's AWESOME!"
The end.
i figure now is the time to set up a generic blog using my generic real name. there are about one million dave lanes in the world, so i feel pretty anonymous. which is good in this context.
so! my first thought is as follows: rational positive thinking is possible and can be considered a chosen approach to life if one trains oneself appropriately.
would you like an example? hmm.
consider observing your pet. it can be argued that any reaction from your pet is merely the result of a limited set of innate conditional responses. like, your cat likes to play because it is built in to his DNA, and this aspect of his personality exists so strongly because over time cats with the desire to play with things have honed their hunting skills and as such are more likely to find food and survive.
So, there are several ways of approaching this new understanding of the pet you love so much. i will examine two. One is to say "well that fucking sucks because it means that he's just responding to me in predictable ways." The other, and this is the one i subscribe to, is to say "wow, this animal, with his charming personality, is a product of years of evolution plus the environment i've raised him in, and there is no other cat exactly like him. and that's AWESOME!"
The end.
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