Wednesday, 10 February 2010

With a cat on my arm, I'm an evil genius.

Yesterday I watched the most predictable uninspiring least artistic film in a really long time, but I enjoyed it because "what you do in your life is only one half of the equation, who you're with is the other half". And oh, how we laughed! We tried to find the moral of the story, and the closest thing to that is that firstly you need to have one friend, a best friend, and he must be a boy. Along the way he will fall in love with you, and in ten years' time you'll fall in love. Secondly, if you apply for your dream job you'll lose out to your archenemy, only for her to be fired a couple of months later and you take her place. Obviously.

The temporary break from the central CAD storyline is beginning to frustrate me. It's bad enough I'm not reading QC at the moment, pfft.

I honesty had a reason for blogging, and now can't remember it for the life of me.

Ah, by the way, has anyone read this apparently scandalous JM interview? Cause the part that is meant to be causing scandal is the most insightful piece of the interview in my opinion. Sure, he could have gone without saying nigger, but then again it was to prove a point. I don't know. I do stupid things to prove points too. Besides, looking at his twitter feed proves he's not a complete idiot and has some sense of remorse and self-awareness. Right, this will be the end of the Mayer-logue for a while so I don't get a brick thrown at my head for fandom.

What would you define as expertise? Recently I got caught out in a situation. I had been talking a lot about something to some classmates, and one day I was asked a question that really threw me off because despite whatever knowledge I had about the subject, I didn't have the answer this person needed. So I began to think. What subject am I ready to competently answer questions about at the flick of a finger? I went through a list of school-related subjects like Maths and Physics and English and Biology, and although on some days I can answer a question about English or Biology with ease, I'm not consistent.
Then there are things like art and poetry. Yes, it's true that I can discuss them with pleasure but I can't say I'm necessarily good at it. I don't devote enough time to learning techniques used, historical associations, social impact or anything of the sort. I'd love to learn, but that's another story entirely.
Then I thought about God. And though I wish to be better at it, I can't even begin to explain. I don't know where to start. My past and my experiences made my belief possible. No-one has a family like mine, and no-one experienced what I have experienced in the last eighteen years. True, we may have things in common, but my parents' views and how their opinions affected me (positively and negatively) are not the same as someone else's. Similarity goes only so far. I can't explain why I feel the way I do about certain things if your thought process is alien to mine. I can't let you feel the freedom I felt when I snowboarded down the mountain the first time and in the same way I can't possibly give any explanation that will do justice to what God has done in my life. But then again that may be the point. Went off topic, mi scusi.

The point is, I'm probably only competent at talking about John Mayer and Nerdfighters if you rang me up at 2am and interrogated me.

Comment with what you think you're competent at, I'm curious! Also, hi to Kelly cause giving her tic-tacs that day brought to light that she reads this (:

6 comments:

Ben said...

im competent at making people swear at me :D probably the only thing im good at is listening and obeying!

Matti said...

Bahahahahaha prosit Ben :p

I believe that I'm competent mainly at a variety of legal things - I don't remember everything that I've studied, naturally - and discussing sports. Yeah, those are my main plus points, I think. Oh, and causing controversy.

waten - waitin', spelt the lazy way

Brooks said...

I'm competent at being incompetent ;) (I'm joking yet I'm serious =O )

Shpow said...

I'm competent at being a douche.

Hm, I AM competent at drawing and painting, not good, but competent. I'm competent at English and Philosophy, and possibly anything regarding internet culture.

Matt said...

I'm sort of competent with human biology. And ham and cheese sandwiches.

Kelly Dee said...

Why YES I do read this :3
And I enjoy Tic-Tac.
What am I competent at?
That's actually a tough question to answer.
I can file things perfectly?
I can answer many questions about Ancient Egypt and Mythology
I know how to knit/ do needlework
I try to write
I try to draw
And I have no further things to add XD