Furthermore, why is there an assumption that our rational reasoning is the "real" us and we are always working to control our thoughts or something. Well, see what brought this up was this guy on the Colbert Report a few seconds ago. He wrote some book about decision making and said we are all sitting on top of an elephant (representing emotion) and it's hard to control that elephant. Now, the metaphor implied that "we" are rational. Bullshit. I don't know how brains work, and I don't claim to know how they work (duh), but I'm pretty sure my emotions and my reason both come from my brain. So, if I am my brain (which I am not sure that I am. Is the soul in the brain? Does the soul impact our earthly beings? Or are all souls created equal and our minds create the individuality?) Anyway, for the sake of science-talk, I'm pretty sure I am my brain. My brain, I am told is the only reason I can think, feel, act, etc. So I'm pretty sure my brain is what makes me. . or something. So that would include the emotional and the rational sides. So you see, I don't get this argument.
And in 10th grade, I forget my teacher's name. She was old and looked like Ursula the seawitch in the Disney cartoon of The Little Mermaid. Well, I don't remember why. We musta read something or other because it was an English class, and she made us discuss rationality vs. emotionality or something. And in that debate I could not help but feel completely at a loss about how a debate is even possible without given creed to reasons supremacy. And it isn't. So someone needs to explain this to me because that guy, who didn't know how to take a joke or interact successfully with Colbert, just reminded me of this weirdness.
There are other things to discuss. . . but I don't remember exactly what they are. Except now I remember one. . . and then when I was typing that I remembered the other! YAY!
So one of the others is this whole scale of 0-6 the Kinsey people made. Well, the institute later added a 7 for asexuality. This is dumb and a half. If there are varying degrees of hetero/homosexuality why wouldn't it stand that there are also varying degrees of asexuality? There, I'm sure is a spectrum from 100% asexuality to hypersexuality (nymphomania). Now, I understand the good intention. If we make TWO scales, that means everyone is judged on two scales, and people who are asexual simply don't fall on the other scale. Well, I'm not a sex researcher or, for that matter, a person who knows anything about science. But, I'm not even sure that would be true. People who are not at all interested in sex may still find bodies attractive to varying degrees, so they still might fall on the other scale. If not, and I'm not sure which way it is, but if asexual people are not attracted to other people at all, then it would stand to reason that if on the asexual scale of 0 to 6 you were on the extreme of the asexual side, you would simply be exempt from the other scale. Someone needs to write the Kinsey institute a letter. Maybe I will. I would be willing to bet if a whole group of asexual people read this post some would say they aren't attracted to people and others would say they were attracted to people, but had no interest in any sexual act. So, that hypothetical would prove my case. There is definitely a scale.
The other thing is about the catnip mouse! Well, as soon as I finished that post staring our mousey friend I removed the catnip and stuffed him up with cottenballs and put him with our friends upstairs. So, then I just had loose catnip that I would give the kitties every now and again, but there was no catnip toy with which to play. TODAY I FOUND VEGETABLES. From the same company that made Pintac (that's his name) I found a pack of 3 catnip toys stuffed with organic-grown-in-the-U.S.A. catnip. Know what they are? I shall tell you. They are a carrot, a chili pepper and a miniature eggplant. (Cause a life size eggplant would not work with the other two vegetables.) So, now my kitties have vegetables! haha! It is so funny because they are carnivores. (I know, it is sad, but it is a fact of life. My kitties eat dead chickens.) So, it is funny to see the carnivores trying to eat vegetables! I love vegetables.
Mama is sitting on the couch with me because she likes the blanket I am using. . . and one would think she is so small that she shan't take up too much space. WRONG. She is intentionally cramping my legs I think. (Maybe not.)
Love, Calla and her kitties.
P.S. Guess what's happening tomorrow? Gaeta is totally going down!!
My kitties went to jail!? or something!?
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