Number eighteen.

Radio show was today. i'd like to say that it went off without a hitch, but unfortunately we hit many technological snags. first we couldn't get the music to play. but it was just an oversight on my part and i didn't hit the aux buttons. but then AC's aux wasn't working so she had to restart her computer. but aside from all that shizz, it was still beary beary fun and pleasant. next week we'll own it.

lately i've been making birthday cards for people in PSP because i'm on the inner-chapter relations committee. and i must say these cards are fantastic. who knew i was artistic?








SooOOOo, it's snowing! we're supposed to get around 20 inches this weekend. so UMD was closed today. went to the grocery store yesterday and stocked up on foood.

OH also, i think i'm going to be vegetarian. i'm taking an animal welfare class and we watched a video on slaughterhouses. it was so horrible. i usually don't fall for this propaganda shizz but, well...you know how i am about animals. so i haven't eaten meat since Tuesday. i want to keep a balanced diet though. so we'll see how it goes.

speaking of animal welfare, in class the TA brought up interesting points on what are feelings and what are emotions. how do you define "a feeling" or "an emotion"? it's hard. do animals have feelings and/or emotions? and i thought it was interesting how she defined them.

emotion: a visceral automatic response to the environment or internal processes; difficult or impossible to control consciously
feeling: a more cognitive, conscious experience; something that might be controlled consciously

so emotion is what you instinctively get from chemicals in your brain. like fight or flight... like fear, love, hurt, etc etc.
feelings can be controlled. i.e. i feel sad because yogiberry is closed then i'll get over it soon. or i feel happy because i got chipotle instead.

you know those buddhist monks who train themselves to separate from their emotions? i think that's cool. they must be very well disciplined. i wonder how life would be if we didn't have emotions. if we didn't feel the butterflies in our stomachs from somebody saying "i love you" or if we didn't feel that tug in our chest when receiving bad news. maybe we can control emotions like how we control feelings. life might be easier that way?