I spent Thanksgiving itself alone doing homework, due to some misplanning on my part. But then I had dinner on friends on Saturday, which made things better. My real Thanksgiving was on Columbus Day Weekend for scheduling reasons, with about a dozen family and friends. We got together and the drinking started around 1 PM. It was awesome.
I've hovered between 30 and 31 since I was a freshman in high school.
I used to be 29 inch jeans (wore a 30 cause 29 doesn't fucking exist in mens), I went as high as a 34. Now I'm squarely a 33. Working on getting down to a 32, cause now I have some muscles unlike high school so I doubt I'll ever fit in a 30 even if I dropped all my belly fat.
I was the only person in any of my graduate classes that could give a five minute presentation without notes. Half of them had their heads in their notes and hardly ever looked at the rest of us. People that are planning to teach really ought to be familiar enough with their topic or able to fake it well enough to be able to talk about it off the top of their heads.
In high school, I had the habit of writing out note cards, then getting a minute into a presentation, putting them down, and doing the rest from memory. But it's really hard to do without practice or preparation for most people - mostly they probably didn't put any preparation time for the presentation, so they hadn't actually looked at their notes since they wrote them.
Man I've been such a slump these last couple of months. I need to change my job as working nights is killing me both socially and physically. Im also feeling really lost and without direction after uni. I guess its the realisation that my degree has very few practical aplications, that and coupled with working a deadend job, its just getting me down. Fuck I couldn't even string a decent whine together now that is sad.
Also re presentations, the techneque that we used at Uni was to have cards/notes that only have important dates/names the rest was commited to memmory. That said we still had some lectures that relied entirely upon notes and didn't move from the lectern.
In high school, I had the habit of writing out note cards, then getting a minute into a presentation, putting them down, and doing the rest from memory.
I do this as well, but without without the first minute. My teachers have a tendency to require something concrete be handed in with presentations, so I make notecards to hand in, but not use.
I once gave a speech on the non-existence of free will that I hashed out minutes before giving it. I was wearing a plaid bathrobe and a pair of aviators. The person before me gave a "drugs are bad mmaky" speech. In the questions section he asked me "given that everything is governed by cause and effect, what caused you to dress like that? " I answered with "marijuana". Best laugh I've earned from a crowd. The teacher gave me a B, which probably had more to do with style than content and structure.
I once gave a speech on the non-existence of free will that I hashed out minutes before giving it... I answered with "marijuana". Best laugh I've earned from a crowd. The teacher gave me a B, which probably had more to do with style than content and structure.
I would tell the story about the speech that I wrote as I was giving it, but it's actually kind of just a sad depiction of high anxiety.
I once gave a speech on the non-existence of free will that I hashed out minutes before giving it... I answered with "marijuana". Best laugh I've earned from a crowd. The teacher gave me a B, which probably had more to do with style than content and structure.
I would tell the story about the speech that I wrote as I was giving it, but it's actually kind of just a sad depiction of high anxiety.
Weirdly, even though I was a terribly anxious person back then, I've always been super calm in front of a crowd.
I stopped off on the way home from work yesterday for two double cheeseburgers at McDonald's. I honestly can't even tell you why I did it. I don't even really care much for fast food anymore. They weren't even food, just grease and ketchup, but I was having the most intense craving imaginable. I'm probably dying.
Even I will feel a powerful, visceral craving for fast food if I am very hungry and I smell it. There's something primal about the raw expectation of calories. My brain is sicked while my stomach wants to partake.
Hearkens back to the days where no, you didn't know when your next meal would be, because you didn't know when you'd be able to bag something substantial. Your body wants all the calories it can get as soon as it can get them because we are all still Neanderthals deep down.
Actually, we aren't. Neatherthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are a different species than modern day humans (Homo sapiens).
It's somewhat more complicated than that. Recent DNA studies have demonstrated that most people of European descent have some Neanderthal DNA in their genomes. Apparently Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens were close enough that they were able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
Actually, we aren't. Neatherthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are a different species than modern day humans (Homo sapiens).
It's somewhat more complicated than that. Recent DNA studies have demonstrated that most people of European descent have some Neanderthal DNA in their genomes. Apparently Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens were close enough that they were able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
Technically, no, given that a liger, for example, is neither Panthera leo (lion) nor Panthera tigris (tiger). However, it has traits of both.
It all comes down to semantics, given how the original post says we're all "Neanderthals deep down." One could argue that having some Neanderthal DNA does mean we are in fact "Neanderthals deep down." Just like a liger could still be considered a "lion" deep down due to having lion DNA.
Of course, given how apparently it was possible for Neanderthals and modern humans to interbreed and have viable offspring, it's conceivable that they weren't separate species at all. We could be looking at a case where Neanderthals aren't really Homo neanderthalensis but are in fact Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, with modern humans being Homo sapiens sapiens, much like how dogs and wolves are Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus lupus, respectively.
Deep down we are all primates. Deeper down, mammals. Etc.
I can't think of a way to say that deep down we are all Neanderthals. It just doesn't fit in with how genetics or science works. Any traits we get for craving food don't come from any little bits of Neanderthal DNA we might have, but from our deeper roots of being primates or mammals.
If we're going down that path, then I'd argue it's even deeper than that as it stems from our roots as metazoans (AKA animals, but I feel like using fancy lingo for no good reason). If we were plants, they we wouldn't have any cravings for food as sunlight would be enough.
Even I will feel a powerful, visceral craving for fast food if I am very hungry and I smell it. There's something primal about the raw expectation of calories. My brain is sicked while my stomach wants to partake.
Fast food is literally engineered to make you want it. Aromas and flavors are tested in controlled studies.
I don't consider this to be a Bad Thing - it's just something to note.
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My real Thanksgiving was on Columbus Day Weekend for scheduling reasons, with about a dozen family and friends. We got together and the drinking started around 1 PM. It was awesome.
Also re presentations, the techneque that we used at Uni was to have cards/notes that only have important dates/names the rest was commited to memmory. That said we still had some lectures that relied entirely upon notes and didn't move from the lectern.
Also my waist in 34" but my chest 42" go figure.
Yet I still ate 2 French toast sandwiches full of honey, bananas and nuts this morning.
It all comes down to semantics, given how the original post says we're all "Neanderthals deep down." One could argue that having some Neanderthal DNA does mean we are in fact "Neanderthals deep down." Just like a liger could still be considered a "lion" deep down due to having lion DNA.
Of course, given how apparently it was possible for Neanderthals and modern humans to interbreed and have viable offspring, it's conceivable that they weren't separate species at all. We could be looking at a case where Neanderthals aren't really Homo neanderthalensis but are in fact Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, with modern humans being Homo sapiens sapiens, much like how dogs and wolves are Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus lupus, respectively.
I can't think of a way to say that deep down we are all Neanderthals. It just doesn't fit in with how genetics or science works. Any traits we get for craving food don't come from any little bits of Neanderthal DNA we might have, but from our deeper roots of being primates or mammals.
I don't consider this to be a Bad Thing - it's just something to note.