Oh no! This is a serious post! Plus, it'll probably get a lot of people angry! OH NO!
Anyway, I have a question for Christians. How is it possibly for you to believe in God but not believe in the Big Bang Theory?
Think about it, you shun the Big Bang Theory because its "impossible" for a giant explosion to come from nowhere at all and create the whole universe. But then you turn right around and worship God, who came from absolutely nowhere and created the whole universe! Not to mention you say it happened in seven days! Both ideas are practically the same thing, but you believe one and don't believe the other. I just don't get how that is possible!
Whenever I bring this up to one of my friends that is Christian or Catholic or whatever, they say they have no idea what I'm talking about. So, if you are religious, please answer my question in the comments. I just want to know what goes through your heads that makes you think that God is possible but the Big Bang Theory isn't.
Hipster (Continued)
As I sat at school today, I started to think about my "Hipster" blog post that I posted yesterday. I'm still trying to find out what I really think of hipsters. As I thought about them, I realized something about their conformity, even though they preach nonconformity.
If you read the definition I posted of what a hipster is, then you know that they are against the mainstream and try to be extremely different and cool in a different way and things like that. They also hate conformity, which is what they think that everyone else in the world is doing. They think that all the people in the world that are mainstream are conformists. But if you think about it, hipsters are the conformists in the matter. They make their own group and anyone who doesn't do certain things or like certain things isn't allowed to be a hipster. The whole thing is exactly like South Park.
If you watch South Park a lot, you know the emo characters. They are probably my favorite characters on the show. Most of what makes them so funny is that they do exactly what hipsters do. The characters in the show hang around doing different things like drinking coffee (they're fourth graders) and smoking. Whenever "regular" kids are mentioned they start calling them conformists. But then when kids try to join the emo group, they tell them that to be an emo you have to do this and that (drink coffee, smoke, wear black). South Park is hilarious.
Anyway, hipsters are cool but at the same time they are hypocrites. I don't know if I'm a hipster, but I suppose its for others to decide. I do what most hipsters do. Maybe I could just be an "indie kid" instead. It sounds good enough.
Also, this week at my school is spirit week, and today was "Wacky Wednesday" or something like that. Right away I noticed that everyone was dressed like they were hipsters. Just in case you're wondering what hipsters look like, check out the Tumblr page I mentioned in an earlier post. Here it is: http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/
If you read the definition I posted of what a hipster is, then you know that they are against the mainstream and try to be extremely different and cool in a different way and things like that. They also hate conformity, which is what they think that everyone else in the world is doing. They think that all the people in the world that are mainstream are conformists. But if you think about it, hipsters are the conformists in the matter. They make their own group and anyone who doesn't do certain things or like certain things isn't allowed to be a hipster. The whole thing is exactly like South Park.
If you watch South Park a lot, you know the emo characters. They are probably my favorite characters on the show. Most of what makes them so funny is that they do exactly what hipsters do. The characters in the show hang around doing different things like drinking coffee (they're fourth graders) and smoking. Whenever "regular" kids are mentioned they start calling them conformists. But then when kids try to join the emo group, they tell them that to be an emo you have to do this and that (drink coffee, smoke, wear black). South Park is hilarious.
Anyway, hipsters are cool but at the same time they are hypocrites. I don't know if I'm a hipster, but I suppose its for others to decide. I do what most hipsters do. Maybe I could just be an "indie kid" instead. It sounds good enough.
Also, this week at my school is spirit week, and today was "Wacky Wednesday" or something like that. Right away I noticed that everyone was dressed like they were hipsters. Just in case you're wondering what hipsters look like, check out the Tumblr page I mentioned in an earlier post. Here it is: http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/
Hipster: The Definition
(You should read my "Hipster" blog post before you read this so you understand why this is here.)
Taken from Urban Dictionary:
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind, it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in math and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainstream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest numbers of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomenon also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture are reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.
Taken from Urban Dictionary:
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind, it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in math and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainstream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest numbers of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomenon also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture are reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.
Hipster
This post will be a short story of how getting an email lead me to finding out that I was, in fact, sort of a hipster.
Ok, about thirty minutes ago I arrived home from school and went straight on my laptop as usual. I checked all the websites I love (Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, and Twitter). I noticed I had received my weekly email from NME, which is a British music magazine. One of the links in the email looked interesting so I clicked it. It lead my to a Tumblr page called "Look at this fucking hipster". I deemed the name of it interesting enough for me to read so I took a look. I found it pretty funny, except I had no idea what a hipster was. So I had to Google it as usual (yes, I admit, I use Google. I'm a hypocrite, deal with it) and I went to the Wikipedia page, of course. Wikipedia sometimes doesn't satisfy me though because they have an unbiased view, so I went to Urban Dictionary. The fourth definition on the first page explained it all very well. (I'll post the definition in a seperate post because it is very, very long).
So, as I read the definition of "hipster", I realized something. The definition pretty much explained exactly what I am at the moment and what I'll be in the future. The problem is, I don't know if hipsters are considered good or bad. I suppose that hipsters themselves think they are amazing, but the outside world thinks they are idiots. I assume that because most of the things I've read/heard about hipsters are bad. Nobody seems to like them!
If you don't know what a hipster is, just read my next blog post. I'll post what, in my opinion, is a thorough definition of the word "hipster". I think I can assume that once you read it you'll either realize that you know or are a hipster, or you still won't get it.
Anyway, in my opinion there are nothing wrong with hipsters. But maybe that's just because I am one!
Ok, about thirty minutes ago I arrived home from school and went straight on my laptop as usual. I checked all the websites I love (Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, and Twitter). I noticed I had received my weekly email from NME, which is a British music magazine. One of the links in the email looked interesting so I clicked it. It lead my to a Tumblr page called "Look at this fucking hipster". I deemed the name of it interesting enough for me to read so I took a look. I found it pretty funny, except I had no idea what a hipster was. So I had to Google it as usual (yes, I admit, I use Google. I'm a hypocrite, deal with it) and I went to the Wikipedia page, of course. Wikipedia sometimes doesn't satisfy me though because they have an unbiased view, so I went to Urban Dictionary. The fourth definition on the first page explained it all very well. (I'll post the definition in a seperate post because it is very, very long).
So, as I read the definition of "hipster", I realized something. The definition pretty much explained exactly what I am at the moment and what I'll be in the future. The problem is, I don't know if hipsters are considered good or bad. I suppose that hipsters themselves think they are amazing, but the outside world thinks they are idiots. I assume that because most of the things I've read/heard about hipsters are bad. Nobody seems to like them!
If you don't know what a hipster is, just read my next blog post. I'll post what, in my opinion, is a thorough definition of the word "hipster". I think I can assume that once you read it you'll either realize that you know or are a hipster, or you still won't get it.
Anyway, in my opinion there are nothing wrong with hipsters. But maybe that's just because I am one!
Rhapsody in Blue
This is of a story of how I ended up listening to George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" a few minutes ago. Enjoy.
This morning I awoke to the catchy opening riff of the Pixies "Here Comes Your Man" coming from the television. I opened my eyes to find that the movie Stuck On You was just beginning on Comedy Central. It was badly reviewed but I still like it. So anyway, I watched probably two-thirds of that film and then I started my day.
Now let's skip ahead to about ten minutes ago, or maybe a bit longer. I suddenly remembered that I had watched Stuck On You on television this morning so I searched it up on Wikipedia (my favorite website on the internet). On Wikipedia it says that the lead actor "Greg Kinnear's version of 'Summertime' is an almost note-for-note cover of Billy Stewart's version of 'Summertime'". I clicked the link to go the the page for the song "Summertime" and I immediately thought the song was "Summer in the City" by the band Lovin' Spoonful. Well, it isn't but I listened to that song anyway.
Ok, back to the point. I eventually went back to the Wikipedia page for "Summertime". I listened to the Billy Stewart version of the song and remembered it from the movie. Then I went back to the Wikipedia page and read that it was composed by George Gershwin. I remembered George Gershwin from my music class in elementary school. I will now take off into a different story before returning to the original one.
We were studying famous composers for a couple weeks in music class at my elementary school once. I was never really interested in classical music or anything (or music class at all) so I didn't really pay attention. But one day my music teacher played "Rhapsody in Blue" and I found it really good, even though my peers were shrugging it off like the rest of the classical genre. When I listen to the song I can picture things in my head, almost like the song is the soundtrack for a movie. Anyway, George Gershwin is probably the only composer I have respect for (although Frank Zappa did classical music later in his life, and I love that stuff as well).
Now back to the original pointless story. I immediately went to YouTube and listened to "Rhapsody in Blue" and experienced all of that again. That is the story of how I ended up listening to "Rhapsody in Blue" a few minutes ago.
(Note: The two "Summertime" links in this post are different videos, so watch both of them.)
This morning I awoke to the catchy opening riff of the Pixies "Here Comes Your Man" coming from the television. I opened my eyes to find that the movie Stuck On You was just beginning on Comedy Central. It was badly reviewed but I still like it. So anyway, I watched probably two-thirds of that film and then I started my day.
Now let's skip ahead to about ten minutes ago, or maybe a bit longer. I suddenly remembered that I had watched Stuck On You on television this morning so I searched it up on Wikipedia (my favorite website on the internet). On Wikipedia it says that the lead actor "Greg Kinnear's version of 'Summertime' is an almost note-for-note cover of Billy Stewart's version of 'Summertime'". I clicked the link to go the the page for the song "Summertime" and I immediately thought the song was "Summer in the City" by the band Lovin' Spoonful. Well, it isn't but I listened to that song anyway.
Ok, back to the point. I eventually went back to the Wikipedia page for "Summertime". I listened to the Billy Stewart version of the song and remembered it from the movie. Then I went back to the Wikipedia page and read that it was composed by George Gershwin. I remembered George Gershwin from my music class in elementary school. I will now take off into a different story before returning to the original one.
We were studying famous composers for a couple weeks in music class at my elementary school once. I was never really interested in classical music or anything (or music class at all) so I didn't really pay attention. But one day my music teacher played "Rhapsody in Blue" and I found it really good, even though my peers were shrugging it off like the rest of the classical genre. When I listen to the song I can picture things in my head, almost like the song is the soundtrack for a movie. Anyway, George Gershwin is probably the only composer I have respect for (although Frank Zappa did classical music later in his life, and I love that stuff as well).
Now back to the original pointless story. I immediately went to YouTube and listened to "Rhapsody in Blue" and experienced all of that again. That is the story of how I ended up listening to "Rhapsody in Blue" a few minutes ago.
(Note: The two "Summertime" links in this post are different videos, so watch both of them.)
Cartoon Network Sucks Now!
Do you remember when Cartoon Network used to be cool. They used to show classic cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, etc.) and other awesome cartoons (Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, etc.). But now they've cut out almost all of those shows and are focusing on 2D cartoons that are tooled towards this generation of young kids (which means that they are about ninety-nine percent toilet humor).
I remember when I was a little kid and I'd just lay in bed at night and watch all the great shows on Cartoon Network. They were awesome. I look back on those times and smile. But Cartoon Network are going to keeping fixing their show towards each generation of little kids so they aren't axed from television forever. But I wouldn't mind that now.
I'm not the only one who thinks Cartoon Network sucks nowadays. There are tons of forums and other pages on websites that talk about how much the channel sucks. I advise you to search up "Cartoon Network sucks now" or something similar to that on Yahoo! (not Google, because Google is an evil, power hungry organization) and read some more on why Cartoon Network totally sucks now.
I remember when I was a little kid and I'd just lay in bed at night and watch all the great shows on Cartoon Network. They were awesome. I look back on those times and smile. But Cartoon Network are going to keeping fixing their show towards each generation of little kids so they aren't axed from television forever. But I wouldn't mind that now.
I'm not the only one who thinks Cartoon Network sucks nowadays. There are tons of forums and other pages on websites that talk about how much the channel sucks. I advise you to search up "Cartoon Network sucks now" or something similar to that on Yahoo! (not Google, because Google is an evil, power hungry organization) and read some more on why Cartoon Network totally sucks now.
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