Life Sountrack

Today, walking back from class, as I approached a red van for some sort of labor service (I don't remember which), the man seated in the middle of the front row leaned out the passenger windows next to me and threw a cigarette butt down on the road. The van sat at a red light for a moment as I contemplated picking up the butt and giving it back to the man and telling him to not litter and possibly even to quit smoking. I felt fear of imaginary repercussions, and I could not act, and so as I walked by, the light turned green and the van drove off.

My mp3 player at this point was playing "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera, and just as I made my decision to keep my mouth shut, the lyrics "Why must we all conceal\What we think\How we feel" played. Of course, not context appropriate given the song, but altogether, amusing.

I feel as if this happens often for me, but likely at times because I purposely play an appropriate song. Ever had something that was happening to you seem soundtracked by music that coincidentally is playing?

Thinking Questions 5

Something I've been wondering about recently has only boggled my mind thus far. What is diffusion? OK, so I understand the concept of diffusion fine, so perhaps a more specific question is necessary:

Why does diffusion occur, and does it apply to all concepts? We all know that there is a basic force in the universe which causes any given substance to disseminate throughout whatever container is containing it. We all also likely know that the current explanation is of general results of random actions by individual components. Examples range from as academic to diffusion of gas particles through a medium to as esoteric as diffusion of populace, wealth, wildlife habitat, the clothes in my dresser, knowledge from my brain, etc.

Those last couple are just jokes, but knowledge diffusion is not a joke. There is theorized (and correct me if my knowledge of current theory is incorrect/outdated) some method of information conductance in the universe that allows paired particles at theorized large (astronomical) distances apart to communicate their charge or spin. OK, so this is a vastly simplified explanation, more for my sanity than yours. In any case, theoretically, if one such particle of a pair at one end of the universe flips its spin, its partner at the other end of the universe simultaneously recognizes and responds by flipping its spin. How is this possible?

I learned about this thought experiment so long ago that it is likely completely garbled and wrong, but the gist is that there are theorized information particles that clearly do move more quickly the speed of light and whatnot in order to transfer the information between the pair. These information particles are thought to convey information between all other particles to validate interactions. Do these also diffuse? If so, does this mean that specific particles are governing the interactions between these particles already meant to govern the interaction of higher particles? And of course, then we wonder if the information particles of information particles diffuse, etc.

Perhaps I should just read up more current ideas instead of trying to understand things in my own mixed up way.

Here's the second question: What is the smallest possible distance? What is the largest possible distance? Is there some universal relationship between the two?

And so that our heads don't explode: Do you like cold temperatures more or hot temperatures more? Do you like cool temperatures more or warm temperatures more?

Thinking Questions 4

Are your close friends the people that you desired to be close friends with, or are they the people who became the closest to you?

Do you prefer thin soups or thick stews? Why? If you like oatmeal, why?

Sometimes I have this mental image of an aching heart as this thick, pale red sponge that is being slowly compressed under the weight of the world, and releases a thin, watery, red fluid as if it is being dissolved. What do you think/feel when you consider an aching heart? Do you imagine your own heart?

Thinking Questions 3

Which is a better way to become successful, to follow the path of one who has already become successful, or to seek a path that nobody else has ever taken?

If you put peanut butter and jelly on two slices of bread, one to each, does the sandwich taste different if you eat it with the peanut butter side up versus jelly side up? (Does it matter if the peanut butter is chunky or smooth? Does it matter if the peanut butter is organic? Do people actually really truly enjoy apricot spread?)

Edit: I would like to clarify the first question. By "better", I intended to mean "higher probability".

In Lieu of an Actual Post...

Read the following two blogs, because they are far more clever and dictioned than this one.

writebadlywell.blogspot.com - Humorous posts using literary devices to titillate you intellectually.

inkyfool.blogspot.com - Excellent posts on interesting words and such.