Another story idea for today.
This one takes place in the near future. Planet Earth discovers that it's going to die through our observations. We have to build a space ship that can house people in it, indefinitely.
I was thinking of going with an asteroid event, but I've been playing with the idea of global warming or another human caused catastrophe. A lot of the initial drama is people fighting to be the ones to go. I would love to get in to the details on how this would be proposed. I also need to find out how many people would be required to get enough diversification in the DNA of the population. How much room would be needed for plants and animals? Which plants/animals should be taken?
Do the people take tests? Olympic style challenges to see who is the best from each nation/race? IQ tests?
What would be done to prevent any unnecessary diseases or ailments from coming with?
How big would it need to be to house everything required where the life could survive indefinitely.
Hypothetically, what if we never really got any new huge breakthroughs when it comes to technology? What if we're almost at the top and we're just refining what we have? There is a wall when it comes to technology progress, every research tree has to come to an end eventually.
So if that is the case, how could we build this ship using what we have, now? How long would it take?
I was thinking of writing about multiple generations of people, where it takes hundreds of years to build and thousands of years to get anywhere. The initial construction takes place in space, using robots to build it out of an asteroid. The humans go through test runs, living in isolated facilities. They have conflicts and there are fights about which families should go.
People on the Earth that didn't pollute/harm it so much are upset because it's mostly the rich who are going and they are the ones that could have helped the planet but didn't.
So, I was thinking of making this a surprise to the reader later, but it turns out they built a second ark and they both used the same "exit strategy" on leaving the solar system. They end up leaving in a long orbit of one another, where they pass close by each other every X amount of years. They fight each other when this happens. At some point, the power goes out, everything but the emergency stuff. This cuts off the information and over time, they forget who they are. It turns out that the other ship has hacked their system, even turning their robots against them before they board and try to take over.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The God code
This is a story idea about a new kind of inventing. The concept is that in the future, we're going to be able to "hack inside animal brains" and copy that information into an super intelligent machine.
The fight is necessary like the fighting of survival as fish in the ocean is necessary.
To fly drones better, a team of scientists study birds and by analyzing their brain waves, they've digitized their thought processes and in the near future we can fly drones like a bird flies.
While hacking the brain, we uncover something. It shows that everything around us has been created by something, some call it the God code. We discover that the planet is in a simulation, a controlled environment, that solar systems are like alien petri dishes. While, many interpret this as proof that their religion is correct and churches become filled again (in the near future, religion is almost dead), the scientists diligently work to discover more.
They find out that whatever made them has died (God, our creator, is dead), but we've been left stuff to advance and help us encounter the true problems of the universe (some nemesis, maybe an alien?)
One idea I've been thinking of is how humans have gone through a series of challenges already. Like, a lot of other species have had runs at dominating planet Earth and, while some had good runs, their lack of intelligence prevented them from a experiencing a planet wide extinction. Or, rather, the life that used to exist, has evolved into something different.
I sometimes think about how legs were evolved so fish-like creatures could exist on land, maybe intelligence evolved so Earth-like creatures can exist in space.
While, being at the top of the food chain might feel like that's all there is, what if we're actually competing against other aliens right now? They're going through the same dominance/intelligence battle that we went through.
So the story could help bring this to light. By discovering our creator is dead, we encounter that life was an experiment, or maybe our creator saw the ending come for her/him and "planted" us just so life could go on...
Maybe our next challenge, is to find our which species, galaxy-wide, is the most competent.
So, instead of this loving figure that's here to solve our problems, instead, it's a harsh emotion-less being that's putting us and other life-forms against each other to decide who should be the next successor to the "throne of the universe", or rather, uncover the secrets of reality.
The fight is necessary like the fighting of survival as fish in the ocean is necessary.
It's part of life. Nature is metal and so are we.
Monday, June 12, 2017
Solo
It was Chandra's birthday party on the weekend. I helped set up, but I didn't go. I felt so tired and depressed that I felt like she would have a better time without me. Some of her friends that were going to be there, I really didn't want to see and I couldn't imagine myself faking a smile for a night. I've also been quitting drinking, more or less, I knew if I had anything, it probably would have lead me to saying something I'd regret. I've also got this fucking athletes foot/jock itch driving me crazy and I decided to try a different product to clear it up. So I went home and had a date with an antifungal cream.
I think I was feeling upset with myself because I told her I'd be taking steps towards
-Quitting drugs
-Going to school
-Getting a new job
and I haven't done anything.
I feel like I have a great potential that I am not fully realizing. I don't care if it's an ego thing, I don't feel like it is... I think I have a strong mind and it should be put to use in the right place. At least, I need to feel like I'm working towards something I chose and I believe in.
I've been thinking about talking to a doctor about being depressed but part of me knows that they're just going to give me drugs. The reasons why I'm sad, I don't feel like it's abnormal, like I should feel sad and drugs are not the answer.
I don't feel happy about where we're going as a society. I don't like building homes for an ever-growing, wasteful, self-indulgent species. I try to live with minimal requirements, everything I own is a hand-me-down, I don't travel. I mean, I'm kind of a bum, but, I feel like I might have my reasons. Society wants me to go work 9-5, buy a big house, bigger t.v, etc... we just end up in a cycle of desire and our eyes are blind to the world that we're ignoring.
I never had any children, (that I know of). I've seen a lot of people dedicate their lives to their children. I had been working for Chandra and Tal, but I guess, it wasn't enough, and now I have nothing. I have a cat that I come home to that I love, maybe too much.
Leaving this planet without any kids could be one of the best things that I can do for the Earth. I wonder though, all the other people having kids, will they raise them the way I would? Or are they feeding them the same, "God gave us all of the plants and animals for us to use." bullshit that my parents fed me? Will they have the money to have a big family and continue to spread their ignorant ways across the planet. Will I die building big homes for their children while I scrape by in some tiny house?
I think I was feeling upset with myself because I told her I'd be taking steps towards
-Quitting drugs
-Going to school
-Getting a new job
and I haven't done anything.
I feel like I have a great potential that I am not fully realizing. I don't care if it's an ego thing, I don't feel like it is... I think I have a strong mind and it should be put to use in the right place. At least, I need to feel like I'm working towards something I chose and I believe in.
I've been thinking about talking to a doctor about being depressed but part of me knows that they're just going to give me drugs. The reasons why I'm sad, I don't feel like it's abnormal, like I should feel sad and drugs are not the answer.
I don't feel happy about where we're going as a society. I don't like building homes for an ever-growing, wasteful, self-indulgent species. I try to live with minimal requirements, everything I own is a hand-me-down, I don't travel. I mean, I'm kind of a bum, but, I feel like I might have my reasons. Society wants me to go work 9-5, buy a big house, bigger t.v, etc... we just end up in a cycle of desire and our eyes are blind to the world that we're ignoring.
I never had any children, (that I know of). I've seen a lot of people dedicate their lives to their children. I had been working for Chandra and Tal, but I guess, it wasn't enough, and now I have nothing. I have a cat that I come home to that I love, maybe too much.
Leaving this planet without any kids could be one of the best things that I can do for the Earth. I wonder though, all the other people having kids, will they raise them the way I would? Or are they feeding them the same, "God gave us all of the plants and animals for us to use." bullshit that my parents fed me? Will they have the money to have a big family and continue to spread their ignorant ways across the planet. Will I die building big homes for their children while I scrape by in some tiny house?
Friday, June 9, 2017
lost and lonely
Every morning I've been heading to a park that's close to me and I play a round of disc golf. It's very therapeutic, I like to get out and play without worrying about anyone in the way. I take my time and watch the animals. My cat has gotten used to waking me up very early. I keep letting her so she probably thinks she's doing a good job. This morning, the sun was just barely up, I leaned over and saw her out like a light, sleeping hard. I started petting her, gave her that signature, "what the?! oh it's you." purr/meow.
I really like my cat. My (ex?) girlfriend's daughter is letting me watch her. I don't know if my admiration for my cat is just how I am or if it's because it came from Tal. I miss them a lot... I saw them yesterday, helping Chandra move a dishwasher. I felt like I was being used, but it was still nice to see them.
I washed my face when I got there, I hadn't had taken the time to wash up after work and it gave me an opportunity to cry. Every time I go there, I struggle to keep myself together. I appreciate being there but it hurts sometimes.
I told her that maybe we're not right for each other. It's been almost a year of living apart and I don't get why we're living in this state of limbo. She wants me to get my shit together but as far as quitting pot and working more, I haven't been doing it. I've tried and failed a few times. I promised that I'd take steps towards going to school and finding another job that I enjoy. I haven't been doing anything with that. She thinks we are right for each other and wants me to work on myself.
I've been thinking about looking for help. There are some online sections that I could post in.
I think I need to move. My neighbor is always offering to get me high, it's all he ever wants to do. He's a nice guy and good friend but as far as getting away from weed, he only encourages me to give up on that idea. I want to be strong, when I quit smoking cigarettes, I did it while living with a smoker. It's not easy, but I managed that.
Pot is a drug that I've gotten really comfortable with. I quit (sorta) drinking this year and it's not that big of a deal. Pot is something that I've quit but every few months it keeps coming back.
I might not be able to quit it when it's so easily accessed. Moving would make it easier.
Every morning, I get ideas on things to write about while playing disc golf. I never get around to it though, usually when I'm done my round I have to go to work. It seems like a topic that I always blog/journal about is quitting weed and working more. I guess I don't expect anyone to ever read this so I use it as a pep talk to myself. The results are usually the same.
I smoke too much pot and skip on work too much.
Lately, I've been playing so much disc golf that a hip that I've had problems with for a long time has been acting up. I'll get sharp pains going up and down ladders, especially when I'm holding any weight. It's been really hot and I get these itchy spots in sweaty areas. Once it gets to the afternoon, I'm usually finding ways to bail and get away.
I wanted to go swimming yesterday, I thought it would be a good way to help get rid of the excess sweat and cool off. After doing some work in the morning, I got a call from Chandra in the afternoon. That's when she asked for help. I didn't want to tell her that I wanted to go be a beach bum for the afternoon so I reluctantly agreed to help her.
She already has a dishwasher, she didn't like the look of the old one and said it wasn't good enough. She always complained about "stainless steel" appliances because they're harder to clean but that's the kind she got. I don't have shit, I don't get help for shit, I do my dishes with my old-ass looking dish pan hands and I'm fine with that.
She had these bruises on her arms. She said they were from a door falling on her but they really looked like finger marks, like someone was holding her down. I noticed a similar bruise pattern from much earlier in our relationship, when we were still dating. I wondered if she was seeing someone else and if that person was rough with her. Now I'm thinking that she's seeing this person again. I hate suspicions like this. I don't know if writing this down is the best idea. I don't want to send the wrong message from just a feeling. Does it matter?
What's the point in anything?
I'm confused, lost and lonely
I just need someone to hold me
You'll find nothing above,
so might as well go, below me.
I really like my cat. My (ex?) girlfriend's daughter is letting me watch her. I don't know if my admiration for my cat is just how I am or if it's because it came from Tal. I miss them a lot... I saw them yesterday, helping Chandra move a dishwasher. I felt like I was being used, but it was still nice to see them.
I washed my face when I got there, I hadn't had taken the time to wash up after work and it gave me an opportunity to cry. Every time I go there, I struggle to keep myself together. I appreciate being there but it hurts sometimes.
I told her that maybe we're not right for each other. It's been almost a year of living apart and I don't get why we're living in this state of limbo. She wants me to get my shit together but as far as quitting pot and working more, I haven't been doing it. I've tried and failed a few times. I promised that I'd take steps towards going to school and finding another job that I enjoy. I haven't been doing anything with that. She thinks we are right for each other and wants me to work on myself.
I've been thinking about looking for help. There are some online sections that I could post in.
I think I need to move. My neighbor is always offering to get me high, it's all he ever wants to do. He's a nice guy and good friend but as far as getting away from weed, he only encourages me to give up on that idea. I want to be strong, when I quit smoking cigarettes, I did it while living with a smoker. It's not easy, but I managed that.
Pot is a drug that I've gotten really comfortable with. I quit (sorta) drinking this year and it's not that big of a deal. Pot is something that I've quit but every few months it keeps coming back.
I might not be able to quit it when it's so easily accessed. Moving would make it easier.
Every morning, I get ideas on things to write about while playing disc golf. I never get around to it though, usually when I'm done my round I have to go to work. It seems like a topic that I always blog/journal about is quitting weed and working more. I guess I don't expect anyone to ever read this so I use it as a pep talk to myself. The results are usually the same.
I smoke too much pot and skip on work too much.
Lately, I've been playing so much disc golf that a hip that I've had problems with for a long time has been acting up. I'll get sharp pains going up and down ladders, especially when I'm holding any weight. It's been really hot and I get these itchy spots in sweaty areas. Once it gets to the afternoon, I'm usually finding ways to bail and get away.
I wanted to go swimming yesterday, I thought it would be a good way to help get rid of the excess sweat and cool off. After doing some work in the morning, I got a call from Chandra in the afternoon. That's when she asked for help. I didn't want to tell her that I wanted to go be a beach bum for the afternoon so I reluctantly agreed to help her.
She already has a dishwasher, she didn't like the look of the old one and said it wasn't good enough. She always complained about "stainless steel" appliances because they're harder to clean but that's the kind she got. I don't have shit, I don't get help for shit, I do my dishes with my old-ass looking dish pan hands and I'm fine with that.
She had these bruises on her arms. She said they were from a door falling on her but they really looked like finger marks, like someone was holding her down. I noticed a similar bruise pattern from much earlier in our relationship, when we were still dating. I wondered if she was seeing someone else and if that person was rough with her. Now I'm thinking that she's seeing this person again. I hate suspicions like this. I don't know if writing this down is the best idea. I don't want to send the wrong message from just a feeling. Does it matter?
What's the point in anything?
I'm confused, lost and lonely
I just need someone to hold me
You'll find nothing above,
so might as well go, below me.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
I need to find a path
Looking at these pictures...
http://imgur.com/a/uyDQk
I feel like I want to be a photographer... and go to places where people run away from.
http://imgur.com/a/uyDQk
I feel like I want to be a photographer... and go to places where people run away from.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Knowledge Journies
"This region of the Carina Nebula is known as ‘Mystic Mountain’. In this composite image we see the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. Jets of gas are also being fired from within the pillar by infant stars."
The Hubble space telescope has brought us so many great visuals but it's reaching the end of it's lifespan. The fifth and last mission to work on the telescope was STS-125. A mission that lasted almost 13 days. Katherine Megan McArthur was the last astronaut to be "hands on" with hubble. (Technically, it was the hands of a robot that she was operating).
"Space Shuttle Atlantis carried two new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3. The mission also replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor, six gyroscopes, and two battery unit modules to allow the telescope to continue to function at least through 2014.[3][7] The crew also installed new thermal blanket insulating panels to provide improved thermal protection, and a soft-capture mechanism that would aid in the safe de-orbiting of the telescope by an unmanned spacecraft at the end of its operational lifespan.[NASA 5][8] The mission also carried an IMAX camera with which the crew documented the progress of the mission for the Hubble IMAX movie"
Katherine McArthur is married to another astronaut, Robert Louis "Bob" Behnken, and what was his wake-up call?
I sincerely hope they allowed him to have the intro song, Parabol beforehand, the two go together so well, I would have demanded it. "Damnit, no space walks until I get the whole thing, I don't care if it's two separate tracks!"
It's probably my favorite by Tool.
"Parabol"
"So familiar and overwhelmingly warm
This one, this form I hold now.Embracing you, this reality here,
This one, this form I hold now, so
Wide eyed and hopeful.
Wide eyed and hopefully wild.
We barely remember what came before this precious moment,
Choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside...
This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in
This body makes me feel eternal. All this pain is an illusion."
"Parabola"
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment
We are choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside...
This holy reality, this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Alive!
In this holy reality, in this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
A chance to be alive and breathing
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal
All this pain is an illusion
We are choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside...
This holy reality, this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Alive!
In this holy reality, in this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
A chance to be alive and breathing
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal
All this pain is an illusion
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