Paying Attention to the Details

   My favourite films, video games, and books all have one thing in common, and that is they all pay attention to the details. They pay attention to basic guidlines that they set for themselves and that are already set by science. Nothing annoys me more than when either a writer or a director goes against these rules without any reason.
   Fiction or not I get annoyed when books and movies stray too far from reality. If they go against simple scientific concepts such as gravity they better have a good reason, and that reason should be well explained. In books and movies that include magic I like the limitations of the magic and how it is used to be explained. Exactally how much can be controlled by this magic? If there are no rules or limitations on superpowers in books or movies I end up becoming too frusterated to watch or read it the whole way through.
   I dislike mystery novels and movies but at the same time I can tolerate them because they describe and show every bit of scenery. While I like descriptions mystery novels give the answers too often and don't leave enough to the imagination. In other words there is not always enough mystery in the mystery genre.
   When it comes right down to it there are two reasons why people don't include details. It's either sheer laziness or greed. It's far less expensive to make a simple game with plain backgrounds than taking the time to add little trees and shrubbery. If it's a monty python video game, which would be cool, shrubbery would actually play an important role. What else would appease the knights who say Ni.
   I just think that mmore people should put some effort in and add extra details, however meaningless they may appear.

Doctor Who Quote

An interesting quote from the very first doctor.

Barbara: Is it frozen?

The Doctor: No, impossible at this temperature. Besides, it's too warm.



Procrastinators Unite Tomorrow

   What makes this post awesome was that I actually procrastinated in writing it. I was just sitting around trying to find something to distract me from doing my math homework. Then my dad and I went downstairs and watched some cool T.V shows until I was sleepy. When I woke up this morning I still didn't feel like writing, and it took me about an hour to even get at my math homework. After about an hour I decided I should just write this post already.
   As I mentioned me and my guess is about half the planet have  problem called procrastination. We just don't want to do what has to be done, instead we would rather do just about anything else, including watching grass grow, or paint dry. It doesn't matter what it is it could even be something you find fun like blogging you have probably wanted to do something later even though you have nothing to do now. When you get right down to it procrastination is caused by indecisiveness, laziness, and the need/ want of fun.
   If you don't know what you want to do then it's pretty hard to do something. Being indecisive and being a procrastinator goes hand in hand. Being a procrastinator can make you use being indecisive as an excuse for your annoyed friends, and being indecisive means that you are not going to end up doing any of the options you are trying to decide between. If you are procrastinating or being indecisive because you want to have fun, it's not going to help. Standing around making a decision and dealing with the stress of an unfinished task is by no means fun.
   The main reason for my procrastination is that I'm lazy. Sometimes I just want to do the activity that requires the least amount of brain power possible. Lately my go to brain numbing activity has been Bio Shock. When I play video games I lose track of the time and next thing I know it's been a couple hours when I still think I've just started. As much as I put things off I still get things done but usually in short active spurts. Sometimes you manage to bore yourself so much that you actually want to do something productive. I usually get this want to be productive right after I get home from school or if I'm at my dad's house at around 5 or 6 a.m.
   Not everyone has bursts where they decide they don't want to be a procrastinator, so here's how to deal with it. First off you should summarize what you need to get done that day in a short list. If you see what needs to get done on paper sometimes it doesn't look like as much to do. Second, it may sound a bit silly, but think about all the fun stuff that you could be doing and don't do it. If you get your errands done fast and early you will have more time to do those fun things, just keep reminding yourself that it won't be too long before you can do all those fun things. Lastly mix a fun thing with an errand. Just because it has to be done doesn't mean it can't be fun. Try putting on some music in the background or if your main distraction is T.V find a channel with tons of commercials and do your stuff during commercials, but you actually have to do stuff don't get distracted by colourful, shiny commercials.
   It may be hard, but if you try hard enough or make yourself bored enough you'll be finished those tasks before you know it. Fellow procrastinators let's not unite tomorrow, let's unite today.

Business

I'm eight posts behind still, because this was supposed to be Saturday's blog. Just a heads up when my exams get closer I may cut back on my posting days. I'll inform you all when it gets a bit closer. Also I added a couple thing to my blog yesterday including a new poll to the right, and at the bottom you can e-mail subscribe to me. I'm pretty sure it sends you an e-mail when there's a new post. I also changed the comments so anyone can comment, even people without google accounts. I may have done the comment thing wrong so it could be the same as it was before. I guess only time will tell. P.S count downs can be kind of fun, should I add one for something?

Statistics

My mom pointed out that statistics are not always accurate. To prove her point here are some statistics I made with the group of people I used in brackets.

1) 80% of people love the BBC T.V series Doctor Who. (I counted 5 of my relatives all but one watch Doctor Who with me)

2)1 in 6 people have more than two food allergies. (This is counting the people I eat lunch with, one seems to be allergic to everything under the sun)

3) 100% of people have gone to chess club. (I counted the chess club)

All in all whatever statistic you find on the Internet for all you know they could have gotten there numbers like I did mine. Don't quote something if you don't know where it came from.

Entertainment Vs. Knowledge

   After a quick review of which posts are being viewed the most and after some general observations I have concluded that the average person would rather be entertained than taught. Yes this rant has been spurred on by a certain ginger falling asleep in my comments, although I know that ginger does not fit this rant, but she made me think. Most of us prefer mind-numbing television to a thought provoking book. Why do we do this? Are we simply to lazy to make the effort to learn, or are our attentions spans too short, or do we just not care enough to make the effort? I like to think that this blog attracts an intellectual group of nerds, but face it most of you or at least your friends would rather relax in front of a television instead of stimulating their minds in a lecture.
   In my opinion this interest in television is mostly due to laziness, which I am just as guilty of as the next person. Today life is made supposedly easier by technology. We get to many things handed to us today, which makes us lose what it feels like to actually work for something. When I get home I usually fall into the trap of the television before I get any work done. Honestly I am more productive at my dad's house because he does not have a television. It's not that books are not entertaining it's just that T.V is like a cookie jar only slightly out of a child's reach, eventually someone is going to get a chair and grab a cookie.
   I think another problem with today's lack of interest in reading and learning is peer pressure. When you talk to teenagers about school chances are that if they bother to reply it's not going to be a cheery guess what I learned, it will be about how bored they were. They may not have even been bored at first, but constantly hearing others say how bored they were all day they may start to say it after a while as well and maybe even start believing it. Also the books that are popular to teens today are silly vampire drivel with no educational value what so ever. I absolutely hated Twilight. Most teens just assume the classics are boring so they don't bother with those, and the books their friends are reading are absolute torture. Without reading any good books it's no wonder they aren't interested in reading.
   I have been told by some people that the reason that they don't read a book is because they can't sit down in silence for that long. It seems that a lot of people fear being alone, and when it's silent that is when a person most feels alone. Guess what if you sit in front of the T.V with someone else and neither of you talk you might as well be alone. If silence bugs you that much put on some background music, read out loud, or read outside. Besides in a city how quiet is your house really? I'm fairly certain there is some sort of noise.
   Even when people watch television I bet there are more people watching drama and comedy shows than educational. Now I can't completely bash drama shows, because Law & Order actually helped me on a test question in Social Studies class. I completely forgot what the book said, but I remembered what the show said on the topic. There are certain tid bits you can learn from drama and comedy, but just like the Internet you have to filter it from the piles of false information.
   When it comes down to it a book may be more mentally draining as plopping in front of a television, but it is far more worth while. There are so many types of books out there, so don't just read one and say you don't like books. Keep trying there's a book out there for everyone. My personal favourite is the Secret Garden.

Business

I have noticed that I have been getting readers from other parts of the world. I would just like to say that most of my posts are culturally relevant to Canada, and while what I'm writing about may be acceptable in my culture it may not be in yours, if this is the case I am sorry if I have offended anyone. Also while reading my blog please keep in mind that in Canada we spell a couple things differently, so not all of my spelling mistakes are actually mistakes.

Doctor Who Quote

A quote from the second doctor that goes well with my post.

Sergeant Benton: What are we going to do now?

The Second Doctor: Keep it confused, feed it with useless information--I wonder if I have a television set handy?