Why am I happy?

Never ask that question!

The other day I was feeling a bit unhappy, but I didn't know why. So I asked myself, why am I unhappy? After some minutes of reflection, I identified why I was unhappy and my supposed solution to the problem.

Minutes later, I noticed a feeling of contentment out of nowhere. So I asked myself, why am I happy? I couldn't put my finger on it and I immediately lost my feeling of contentment. I became unhappy.

So then I asked myself, why am I unhappy? Then I realized - it's because I asked why I was happy! My feeling of contentment returned.

I think when you ask yourself why you are happy, and give a reason for it, you realize that your happiness hinges on a certain something - something that can be easily taken away from you for whatever reason. It is no longer a feeling of spontaneous joy.

A world within a world

I was reading one of my old posts, "I know why the caged bird owner sings," and I was thoroughly confused. Was this an attack on zoos, or a defense?

At the time I wrote the post, I couldn't quite put my finger on why a caged animal, or pet, is so endearing. I think it's because it's like a world within a world. Just like Harry Potter.

That doesn't really explain anything. But I never claimed to do so in the first place.

They hating on me just because they couldn't be this fly

My last post was very controversial, and after receiving a lot of angry fan mail from my imaginary readers, I've decided to address it. Do I think life sucks? That's irrelevant. What I do think is that one's perception of life may skew to the notion of one's life sucking. Why? Nostalgia.

The way memory works, supposedly, is that events are remembered more fondly than they actually are. Coupled with the experience of aging, the glow of youth - it's a pretty potent effect.

So regardless of what actually happens, one might perceive an inevitable descent into nothingness.

"Correcting" a quote

So I'm spending my summer idling, and as we all know, idleness is the only true good. Today, while finishing the season 1 finale of Mad Men, I realized, "Gee, that guy's life really sucks. Hmm... life sucks. Enjoy it. That sounds pretty cool."

Now, I decided to look this quote up on Google to see who else shares this sentiment, a lo and behold I read this quote, "Life sucks. Enjoy it anyways." That's stupid and not the point. That's why I decided to correct this quote with this blog post, just as I corrected those twins in the hotel. How can I enjoy something that sucks?

With stupid quotes like, "life sucks! enjoy it ANYWAYS," I can't. Now with the corrected version, we can revel in the suckitude of life.

Speaking of Google, netlava.co.nr is now the top search result under 'netlava'! Youtube is still trying to take over though.

Fortune cookie say...

Today, I was eating at panda express. As usual, panda express comes with a fortune cookie. So I opened up my fortune cookie and it said, "You have a blah blah blah and you bring out the best in everyone." So I thought about this and wondered: if I bring out the best in everyone, then why does everyone suck?

Oh yeah, that's because without me, they would suck more. Obviously.

(Disclaimer: I do not actually think people suck)

Hello, goodbye!

Hello! Long time, no see. Uh, the only reason I posted in this blog was to see how I would sound if I were to make a blog. Now that I know how I sound I guess there's no need to post.

I also posted too much in the beginning, since I was a firm believer in a consistent stream of useless ramblings. Little did I know that I would soon unsubscribe to this blog that I read because of "too many updates."

Anyways, I think the purpose of life is to enjoy it and not worry about other stuff like self-improvement. THE END.

Why you should use "she"

In a previous, I addressed the issue of grammar. In that posted, I insisted on using the words, "she" and "her," as my pronouns as opposed to "he" or "him." I think this is the better way to go. Using the female equivalent of the pronoun makes your sentences more abstract, because it does not imply exclusivity. For instance, the sentence, "A student has to decide which of her backpacks to discard first," seems to imply that the student could be either male or female. "A student has to decide which of his backpacks to discard first," seems to imply that the student is male.