We crave excitement in a predictable world...
The other day someone at work told me about this mystery around San Francisco. Over the past week or so, two large chunks of ice have fallen out of the sky. Now chances are it’s coming from some sort of aircraft. But meteorologists have said that it could be a naturally occurring weather phenomenon as well. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before they figure it all out.
How much more exciting and fun must it have been back in the day when there was so much more mystery to life. Nowadays, it seems like everything can be explained by science. There is even a group of scientists who try to debunk the miracles that Jesus performed in the Bible. I guess they can be looked at as biblical myth busters.
Now when an eclipse happens, or there is a thunderstorm, we know why it happened. With all the fancy satellites orbiting the planet, we have things like Nexrad 30000000 radar that can show where thunderstorms are occurring and headed. But imagine in ancient times how freaked out they must have been. When they thought they had offended the gods, and they needed to sacrifice a virgin.
I guess that’s why we have science fiction and horror stories today. People are still fascinated with the unknown and the possibility of their being unexplained phenomena. There are people who will swear on a stack of Bibles that they saw a ghost. I think I may have scene a ghost at the cemetery next to my high school, but s soon as it happened, I immediately thought that there was some type of rational explanation.
How scared can little kids get when they are at the age when they still think there are monsters in the closet or hiding under their beds. While it may be scary for them, that’s the sort of stuff that makes us feel alive. The kind of stuff that gets our adrenaline surging. So maybe that’s why so many people are into extreme sports now. They live off that rush where you can lose control and wipe out in a heartbeat.
Yet there is still a large part of the population who want things to be safe and predictable. That’s me for the most part. When I drive to work, I don’t want trees falling in the road, or deer running in front of my car. When I go to the store, I don’t want to be part of an armed robbery while I;m getting a gallon of milk. Yet these are the same fears that the media uses to spread panic and get people to read their magazine, watch their tv show or browse to their website.
We all that little sick, twisted parts of us, that like to imagine doomsday scenarios. That’s why Hollywood makes movies like The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day. When there is a car accident on a highway, there’s a reason people rubberneck. They hope to see a bloodied hand or face.
I don’t really have any point to any of this. I’m just saying…
4 Comments:
I saw the interview on Friday with TC and Barbara Sawyer and he did not say he was going to eat the placenta. He said something to the effect of how you can't believe what you read about him and next people will be writing how he will eat the baby's placenta.
Although some cultures apparently do. Supposedly it is highly nutriouses. But I would agree pretty gross tasting. Niel and I read the same article separetly that some people plant the placenta and a tree to mark the life of their child. Personally I think saving the cord blood is fine. Ok my long tangent post was now I know those tabloids are crap.
Supposidly, he told a GQ reporter he would eat the placenta. But who knows.
When I worked at the pharmacy, they used to sell this shampoo that had placenta in it. Was supposed to be really healthy for the hair and scalp.
I've never heard that about planting the tree and placenta. I would guess it's gotta stink after a while.
mmmmm placenta
--Tom Cruise
Yeah I've seen that Shampoo too. It sure would stink. I read putting egg shells in plants is good for them. I tried once and only once because the apt stunk for a week. Blech. I guess he was doing damage control with his interview with Diane Sawyer.
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