Uncertainty and Creativity.

The future is uncertain, but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.
Ilya Prigogine

The Future of Our World

We cannot yet predict the future, but we can certainly investigate some indicators. Technology will advance. Politics will change. The world will grow. And I'm not sure how these will affect the future. One thing I'm certain of is that our future is our youth. My generation will soon become the majority of the working class, of the technological leaders, of the CEOs of companies, of the politicians in Washington, the leaders of the future.

My generation is the generation who grew up with microwaves, color televisions and the internet. We can vividly remember being in school when the World Trade Centers were hit. We have always been comfortable with gay characters on television. We searched for the right college online. Consider us in ten to twenty years when we have mostly pushed out Generation X, when they have mostly retired.

And now, consider the generation right behind me, the ones still in high school. They were born in the 1990s. GSP satellite navigation has always been around. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled bottles.

And a good group of them can see past the idea of toleration, to focus on love.


Also, related video: a two year old can intuitively work an iPad. What could the same toddlers create in their twenties for technology.

Now, think about our future.

Tell me.

Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. No matter what corruption he’s taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all enjoyment… It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard of value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience - or to fake - a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer - because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut.

- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Moving: Step #1

Get rid of things you don't need. Better yet: if you haven't used it in a year, give it away or throw it away.

1.) Start with your closet. The things hung in the very back and the things at the very bottom of your piles are probably the things you never use. Pull them out. If they're nice, mail them to your sisters. If they're still in good condition, donate them.
2.) Hit your kitchen. There are dishes, containers and utensils that never get used. You know the ones: the spatula that is so weak that it can't even handle a pancake - toss it into your recycling. Many Goodwill stores will accept kitchen items.
3.) Check out your bookshelf. Why are you keeping so many books? Do you want to read them? Do you want to impress people? Do you have space for all of them? Loose all the books that won't impress people (basically all the books you have) and any books you wouldn't want to read again. Someone might want them. See if your local schools need library donations; if they do, donate there first. Donate the rest to Goodwill (or friends that might like them).

That should give you a good start. No use in moving things you don't even want.

I'm anti-garage sales for myself, mostly because I don't want to give up an afternoon to sit outside and haggle with neighbors over things that aren't worth anything, but I suppose you could hold a garage sale if you don't value your Saturday afternoons and you like making $10-$20, and still have to take stuff to Goodwill.

Inspire.

"The real you is not a puppet which life pushes around. The real deep down you is the whole universe."
-Alan Watts

My friend quoted this to me. How's that for inspiring?

Classic Easter Video

I love this video. Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

I love holidays: the decorations, the celebration, the food, the gifts, the family. I love to celebrate Easter. This year was a good year for me. Not only did I get a new dress yesterday, but we stayed up and watched Harvey (a rabbit movie) until it was midnight. We ate chocolate rabbits, robin eggs and milky way eggs that my mother in law sent us. We nibbled on the bowl of jelly beans and played our new Wii game from the Rayman Rabbids collection: Rabbids Go Home (totes recommend this one) - thanks, Easter Bunny!

My favorite tradition of Easter comes from the first Easter I spent with Bryan, my then boyfriend. We made Rice Krispie treats. I only make them at Easter, and man are they delicious. Especially if they are still a little warm and gooey. The ingredients are cheap ($3) and the recipe is easy ( 3 TBL butter, 6 cups cereal, 1 bag of mini marshmallows: melt butter, melt marshmallows, mix in cereal). If you're looking for a new Easter tradition - or just a yummy snack from this week, I recommend Easter krispie treats.

It's the start of spring, and I bet it's beautiful out. Go outside, love somebody and get pumped for a new season.

Reality hits.

A friend of mine was telling me how incredible it is that I have already lived in four states (moving to my fifth) before I have even turned 23. When she pointed it out, I realized how different my life is than my friends. I married young, moved every year and maintained friendships from each place. My girlfriends and I talk a lot about relationships and men and marriage, but we never talk about moving.

Everyone has to move. At some point in life, you have to pack up your place and move to a new place. Having experienced moving to a new place on my own five times, I will be blogging through my sixth move. I've learned so many things with each move, and by the time we get to Oklahoma, I'll be a pro.

Current Move Countdown: 55 days

Magical Movery Tour

So you've heard the news: the Buckleys are moving. And we're moving for "semi good." This is the summer of fun, summer of friends, summer of east coast love.

This may be the only time we see this many of our friends in this quick of a succession. We're young, we're crazy and we love our friends, so we're doing it! Figure out when we'll be in YOUR city and clear your schedule. Let's get real, y'all.



Advanced ticket sales are through my email. I already have dinners and brunches and sleepovers planned. Get yours today!

APRIL FOOLS!

Watch yourself today.

Here's some of my favorite pranks of all time:
[WORLD]
The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing Italians harvesting spaghetti from trees. They had claimed that the despised pest, the spaghetti weevil, had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees. It was, in fact, filmed in St Albans.

[USA]
In 1985, the L.A. Weekly printed an entire page of fake things to do on April Fools' Day, by which hundreds of people were fooled.

[INTERNET]
The couple that pranks together, stays together.

Hilarious.

Happy fools day, friends.