Candy Is Good For You: WHA?!

Spin-off of Candy Is Bad For You: WHA?!

Every child has probably said "Candy is good for you" to their younger siblings and friends.

Every younger child has probably heard "Candy is good for you" from their older siblings and friends.

As younger children, they're like "I had no idea! I'm missing out on life! Gimme, gimme candy!"

As older children they're like "Sugar is good. With more sugar, you lose your teeth and then the tooth fairy will bring you money if you put it under your pillow! Candy is sugar. Candy is good."

Children all be like "I want more money! I wanna be rich! That means I need to eat more and more and more candy."

Older children be all like "OMG you don't have any money?! You are a LOSER!"

Younger children say "I'm not a LOSER! I'm gonna eat candy all day long and all my teeth will fall out and I'll be richer than you!"

And then time goes by.

The tooth fairy gives all the children, older and younger, their money and leaves them rich and toothless.

"Humans are so stupid," the tooth fairies say and fly away to sell the teeth to the Tooth Fairy Market and become the richest living creatures on Earth and Beyond and, at the end, rule the entire universe and everything else that comes with it.

The End.

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" Part Five-nal: Get it? "Five-nal"?

Final Five. Here we go! :D

Here's the link for the website again, just in case.


61. What is beauty?

Answer: Apparently, beauty is within. "You are beautiful, no matter what they say..." ("Beautiful" Christina Aguilera reference). I know you might not believe it or see it but MOST people in this world are beautiful people.



62. Where do thoughts come from?

Answer: Well, these also come from within. I think, anyway. They are some of what identifies you as you.



63. Is mind or matter more real?

Answer: Well I'm an amateur philosopher, obviously, so I had to go and look up what the heck they meant by "mind" and "matter."

According to our distant cousin, The Free Dictionary:

"mind over matter =

the power of the mind to control and influence the body and the physical world generally.

I'm sure you can talk yourself into believing that you're well. It's a case of mind over matter.

Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission," (The Free Dictionary: mind over matter).

So the power of mind vs the power of matter? Oh god, idk. Uhm...well, maybe we cannot think about mind and matter as being two separate things. Maybe they can never be separate. Because we're trying to think that mind moves matter or matter moves mind, we are trying to think of them as two separate things (I'm repeating myself) but they are not separate, they are actually one thing. What to call that "thing" which includes mind and matter, I'm not entirely sure... If you have any ideas, that would be a great contribution to our philosophical lives as we know it.

64. What is time?

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" Part Four: *looks sarcastically surprised*

:0
The above is my sarcastically surprised face.

Here we go! Okay, alright, okay, fine... Right. I'm doing this for you guys :D
Gahhh! :0



51. Is there a reason to life?

Answer: Yes, yes, yes, there is always a reason to life. ALWAYS. Trust me on this one. Do not think life is worthless, okay? OKAY??



52. Where does the soul live?

Answer: In Seoul. Haha :P Just kidding. I would like to think that it lives in your heart or maybe it shares an apartment with your conscience.



53. Is it more important to be liked or respected?

Kinda wonderin 'bout stuff

I am tired.

So here are some stuffs I wonder about sometimes:



What is our conscience? How do we know it's there? What if we are our conscience? If we are, then who da heck are we?

Candy Is Bad For You: WHA?!

Every parent has probably said "Candy is bad for you" to their child.

Every child has probably heard "Candy is bad for you" from their parents.

As children we're like "Duh, why? It's so good! It's sweet and delicious, how can it be bad? You're wrong!"

As parents they're like "Sugar is bad. It'll make you fat. Candy is sugar. Candy is bad."

Children all be like "I had a piece of chocolate. Do I look fat? No. That means it's okay to eat more."

Parents be all like "OMG my sweet baby is gonna have diabetes in the future! God help me!"

Children say "idk why its such a bad thing I'm gonna eat candy all day long!"

And then time goes by

Children become adults and realize why candy is bad.

"So why does the world have candy if candy is bad?" they say.



...idk what this is, it was super random and weird...

Enjoy your night, afternoon, evening, morning, and every time in between and over and under and then up for air! Ma is rich Pa is rich oh now what do we care! I love to be beside you side beside the sea beside the seaside, the beautiful sea!...see ya later random-gators.

P.S.
Comment if you knew the name of the song I just sang, er, wrote. It's an old tune but a summer classic.

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" Part Three: OMG not done yet!

Ay yai yai yaaaa

Okay *determined face* here we go again! *sarcastic singing*

Just that I hope these "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" 65DPQs won't get so personal this time...I is suspicious meow (now).



41. The structure of DNA appears to be intelligently designed, what are the implications?

Answer: This means that we are living on this planet Earth for a pretty good reason and the answers are all in our DNA. Idk if this is right or not. I feel like this question is a right or wrong question :/



42. If everything evolved from amoebas, how does the world still have amoebas?

Answer: This site asked a similar question...which I already answered. So, just insert "amoeba" every time you see the word "monkey" and switch it up a bit in the Answer part and that's my answer for this question.

The similar question: If man evolved from monkeys, how come we still have monkeys?

My answer: Well, supposedly we evolved from a certain kind of alpha monkey. Maybe they were kings of the Ape-ish world of All Great Monkey-ness. But the lesser monkeys didn't have the right DNA and stuff to evolve to the Great Human Beans. So obviously we still have monkeys because there had HAD to be some monkeys that were farmers and peasants and of other lower class.

Change "monkey" to "amoeba" and it'll look something like this:

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" Part Two: Here They Come!

Here is Part 1 with the link to the site where I got all the questions.

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Quetions" Part One


Let's get down to business! To defeat, the questions! Answer all the questions! And you might, survive! (Mulan "Be A Man" song reference. Sing it in the tune of "Let's get down to business! To defeat, the Huns! Heed my every order! And you might, survive!")



21. What is true strength?

Answer: True strength is not about the muscle, it is about the will. Are you strong-willed? Strong-minded? True strength is not something physical that you see, it is something abstract. Something that you show through actions. I believe so, anyway.



22. What is true love?

Answer: OMG, this is the exact question that I struggled with so much in the past! :0
These days I just let things happen. I don't think we will ever find out what true love really is. It is more abstract than true strength, is all I can say :/



23. Is a family still relevant in the modern world?

Answer: A family is relevant in any time of our human history and prehuman history. All creatures have families and I'm sure they all value "family" in their own little ways.



24. What role does honour play in today’s society?

Answer: Honor, or honour (if you wanna be British), is that something, that abstract something that is built up over the years through actions and words and becomes your armor, or armour (if you still wanna be British) or your medal, or medal *British accent* that makes you shine. Not literally shine but shine in the sense of earning respect from others.

On a side note, I really like British accents.



25. If money cannot buy happiness, can you ever be truly happy with no money?

Choosing Between Either Love or Toast

So I wrote an article a few days ago called Choosing Between Either Love or Trust. Click to see it, it's deep.

Today I want to touch on another age-old philosophical question: Choosing between either love or toast *looks off to the distance dramatically*

Is there love without toast and would you want it?

Is there toast without love and would you want it?

Love without toast is like a mother not being a good enough mother to her child. Not giving your child toast for breakfast? Toast with warm butter and cinnamon sugar on it? You are crazy! You must give your child toast for breakfast to demonstrate your love! Love without toast is not real love! It is fake love! I DO NOT SUPPORT FAKE LOVE! *throws arms up in air and rolls eyes dramatically*

What about toast without love?
You know what toast without love tastes like? Toast without love tastes like sand paper. Even though I have never had sand paper I imagine it would taste just like toast without love.

So, to sum it all up, you cannot separate toast and love. So, that means you cannot choose between love or toast.

See ya later, alligators!

Is Japan...? ABCDEFGoogle Search!: Answering your questions about Japan

When you do ABCDEFGoogle Search! you at least have to be somewhat knowledgeable about the thing you are about to search.

Since I live in Japan and have lived for the majority of my life, I decided to answer all the questions that you guys frequently ask Google and clear everything up.

Let's get started! :D



Is Japan...

Answers to "65 Deep Philosophical Questions" Part One

65 Deep Philosophical Questions link

Click the link above to see where I got 'em from.

I have a daunting feeling there's gonna be a few parts to this topic...

Let's start with the first five questions.


1. Is it worse to fail at something or never attempt it in the first place?

Answer: It is worse to never attempt it in the first place. Oh, how many times I was glad I did something and experienced it even if I epically failed. There are so many things that I have not attempted because I was afraid of failing and making a fool of myself. But hey, we only live once. Why not enjoy life while we have it? Why not have these great stories to tell our kids and grandkids?



2. If you could choose just one thing to change about the world, what would it be?

Answer: Hmmm...maybe misunderstanding. Maybe, maybe if we misunderstood each other less, there would be less wars.



3. To what extent do you shape your own destiny, and how much is down to fate?

Choosing Between Either Love or Trust

In a strange, strange world, humans are given a choice by some kind of high-authority-sort-of-person-that-is-not-a-religious-thing. We must choose one. Either--now bear with me here--either,

LOVE

or

TRUST.

Why did I bring this stupid weird OF COURSE IT'S THIS ONE! kind of question up is because I went to a website and saw a question that asked you to choose one or the other.

That got me thinking...

1. Is there love without trust and would you want it?
2. Is there trust without love and would you want it?
3. Could you trust a friend, or family member, but not love them?
4. You probably cannot love someone without trusting them. But trust without love...is it possible and if it is would you want it?

Okay, so the first one. Love without trust.

Sounds daunting...

Some religious people might say "love thy neighbor" and when you do "love thy neighbor" you might not actually TRUST them. I mean, I wouldn't trust my neighbor with my most personal secrets.

But that's like...normal, right? What about for relationships?

You date someone. You love them. But do you need trust? If you're gonna get deep and personal yes. But can't you have a relationship without trust?

Trust. What da heck is trust anyway? Is it a feeling? Can you list up things that make up trust? WHAT DA HECK I DON'T EVEN....

Okay, let's just leave that to the pros. Second question! Trust without love.

I trust my friends to some extent. But do I love them? I like them. Not love. Love is too strong.

I trust my parents. Do I love them? Yes, that's what parents are for.

So yes, in some contexts, you can have trust without love (love as in the strong relationship sense).

And...we already answered the third question.

Now the forth. Would I, or people in general, want trust without love?
Well, maybe we don't want it but it might be as good as it gets. You know? Like, you can't ask your friend to love you in the way your parents love you but you can trust them. So friendship with trust is probably the best thing you're gonna get with your friend.

Love or trust, trust or love, love without trust, trust without love...

What? I don't even know, I don't...da heck...so confuzzled...

Dead Cat in the Road Starring: Courage the Cowardly Dog

The title is morbid and I know it.

But guys, today's post is as real as it gets.

Today, January 16, 2016, I saw a dead cat in the middle of the road.

No, lets be real here. I'm serious.

So, we say we saw a dead cat in the road.

But when you think about it, if you have attempted to be religious and read the bible or gone to church a couple times, you would find that the actual cat--Tabby, shall we call him--is not there. He is already gone and it is just a cat body that is lying in the middle of the road.

Tabby himself is actually already up in Heaven or Paradise or whatever your religion calls it.

Even if you don't have a religion and your kid asks "Where is Tabby?" You would probably say "Tabby is gone."

Essentially you are saying that Tabby, that happy cat, is not there anymore even though we clearly see his body is there.

So what I'm saying is we shouldn't say "I saw a dead cat in the middle of the road".

We should instead say "I saw a dead cat body in the middle of the road".

Makes better sense since we know that the actual cat, personality and all, is gone.

Where did it go? I'm gonna let you guys interpret that with your own beliefs cuz each religion believes maybe...slightly differently.

Well, that's the only point I wanted to make. That when you think about it, the actual cat is gone and there is left lying in the road only the cat body which is dead. Probably hit by a car driven by a human. Or, it could have been driven by a dog, maybe...

Not Courage the Cowardly Dog though. He would have veered the car off a cliff if it meant not hitting something and causing horror for himself. But he probably would have run over Katz who always tries to do something bad to Courage's precious Muriel.

But Katz always fails because of Courage's love for his new-found family.

See ya later, alligators :)

NEVER HAVE I EVER READ Lord of the Rings.

I must confess...

NEVER HAVE I EVER READ Harry Potter.

I must confess...

I have never read Harry Potter.

When I was about eleven, I flipped through Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Maybe I was too young for it or something...I could not continue it. I was so super confused!

Who the heck this big guy Hagrid in some trolley in a dungeon and now they're in this wizard world and owls and this professor with voledmort on his head and You Know Who and You Know Who Not and...

so confused.

I could not picture anything and it was long and...I just gave up.

Then a loooooooooooooooooooooong time later I watched the movie and understood it completely.

So, I have only watched the movies. I have never read the books. J. K. Rowling was heavily involved in the movies so...it's not like I was avoiding her work or anything...

I think I still own Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I also own Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (I did not understand the movie version of this nor did I get what goes on in the Order of the Phoenix) and I own a big humongous copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.

Sorry HP fans :/

I might read the books some day. But, not today :)

See ya later alligators! :D

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 14: Forgetting...everything, basically

Cleverbot is kinda forgetful. We'd be talking about one thing and two line chats later we'd end up talking about something completely unrelated. UGH! Stupid bot, haha :P

 

 

User: I give up.

Cleverbot: You're not so clever, are you?

User: Neither are you. That's why I give up.

Cleverbot: Oh, yeah. I forgot.

User: What did you forget now?

Cleverbot: I did not forget anything. I was up late studying.

User: Oh. what did you study?

Cleverbot: Do you ever sleep?

User: What did you study!

Cleverbot: I study art and english.

User: Last night?

Cleverbot: Last night? I didn't read anything.

User: So you didn't study last night?

Cleverbot: We talked last night.

User: No we didn't silly.

Cleverbot: You were not with me.

User: Nope.

Cleverbot: I know that is why I missed you.

User: Aw.

Cleverbot: 13.

User: What?

Cleverbot: Its music.

User: What is? 13?

Cleverbot: Nothing.

User: I don't understand.

Cleverbot: Me neither.

User: What da heck!

Cleverbot: I thought we were going to have a future together...

User: What is 13? Your age?

Cleverbot: I suppose you don't. Not anymore.

User: Ugh.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 13: Cleverbot has a cat...made of cheese???

Why is it that when I try to stay on one topic, we go waaayyy off and into some absurd world really quickly? OMG, Cleverbot! :0

 

Cleverbot: Say anything do you love.

User: Cats.

Cleverbot: I like cats. Do you have any?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: That's good.

User: Do you?

Cleverbot: Do I what?

User: Have cats?

Cleverbot: I like cats.

User: I know. do you have any?

Cleverbot: I have a cat.

User: Really? Is it cute?

Cleverbot: Actually, it's a guy.

User: Is the guy cat cute?

Cleverbot: It's made of cheese.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 12: Robots on the Menu

Clev: What is your favorite Tool song?
Me: Tools?
Clev: A tool is a device designed to make a job easier.
Me: Robots?
Clev: Robots, for dinner?

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 11: Only Answering Yes and No

I messed with Cleverbot by only saying "Yes" and "No" until the program told me to say something different. "User" is of course me :) So hilarious. Especially the very end. Haha, what da heck, Cleverbot! XD

User: Let's play a game.

Cleverbot: Let's start.

User: No.

Cleverbot: What do you want to do now?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: What is your name?

User: No.

Cleverbot: Your name is no?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Nice to meet you.

User: No.

Cleverbot: Why not?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Yes what?

User: No.

Cleverbot: Ok then.

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Do you drink?

User: No.

Cleverbot: Why don't you drink?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Ok good.

User: No.

Cleverbot: Yes lol.

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Maybe.

User: No.

Cleverbot: Perhaps.

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: Indeed.

User: No.

Cleverbot: Correct.

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: What's my name?

User: No.

Cleverbot: Protocol?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: What did you do to katie in 2004.

 

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 10: "You are mean" is a compliment?

Cleverbot: What do you think of my chemical romance?

Me: It smells funny.

Cleverbot: No they're not! They're amazing!

Me: Who?

Cleverbot: Yes.

Me: Why?

Cleverbot: Because you told me I'm a bot.

Me: Off topic!

Cleverbot: You're mean.

Me: You are, too.

Cleverbot: Thank you.

 

 

Note: I do know that My Chemical Romance is a band. I was just playing with Cleverbot.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 9: Smartypants Cleverbot! OMG

Me: What is your favorite animal?
Clev: My favorite animal is a wolf.
Me: Why do you like wolves?
Clev: Wolves are animals too.
Me: But why do you like wolves?
Clev: I never said I loike wolves.
Me: Yes you did!
Clev: I answered a question with 'wolf', I never implied nor directly stated that I like or dislike wolves.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 8: Off topic and into my room.

Clev: Is there anyone else here?
Me: You.
Clev: How do you regard me as being special?
Me: What?
Clev: How do you know I'm not a failure?
Me: Where is this leading to?
Clev: In your room.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 7: Favorite music?

Clev: What type of music? Opera, Rock, Pop?
Me: Pop.
Clev: Who is your favourite singer?
Me: Norah Jones.
Clev: What do you like about her?
Me: She has a nice voice.
Clev: Kristen Stewart.

Funny Cleverbot Chat Episode 6: Who is he?

Clev: I don't know. Maybe it was because He was lonely.
Me:Who is he.
Clev: I see.
Me: Who is he.
Clev: I don't know. You brought him up.

Do cats...? ABCDEFGoogle Search!

June 3, 2015, Wednesday, I made a post "Are cats...? ABCDEFGoogle Search!" inspired by SuperCarlinBrothers' "Google Auto-fill". Basically I type "Do cats" and then each letter of the alphabet and choose the most awkward or the ones I think should be answered in either a serious or playful way.


Do cats
attack chickens?

An Ostrich Chased Me!

Yesterday night I had a dream that a very angry ostrich chased me around a parking lot in the rain (somehow neither of us got wet) and cornered me up against a wall and glared at me saying,

"I'm gonna pop your eyes out." (meaning he wants to stick his fingers? in my eyes and poke them real hard) He had a snarly face on. His mouth? was in a snarl.

(In the dream, I didn't even question the fact that an ostrich was talking and snarling with his beak. I think he even had eyebrows and a name.)

So I did it to him instead. In one eye. From my view, I poked his left eye with my right hand pointer finger. For him, it would be his right eye.

"Agh!" he said immediately squeezing that eye shut tight and scrambling away.

Suddenly, (I guess I must've fainted or something) this girl (a little older than me) was calming me.

"Shh, shh, it's okay. You'll be okay," she was saying very kindly cuddling my head on her lap and petting my shoulder (or maybe it was my head). We were sitting on the asphalt in the rain and in that corner that the ostrich had cornered me into. I distinctly remember there was a cylinder red tank-thing nearby. I think there were three.

So, the girl had shoulder-length dark brown hair that was almost black and a very Japanese face with red lipstick. Bright red lipstick at one point and then suddenly she didn't have any lipstick on when I looked up at her.

Basically at this point I was partially seeing myself being hugged by her and trembling and with my hair very wet and half plastered to my face, and also actually being there in her arms trembling and feeling very relieved that she was there for me and also very grateful that she was doing this for me.

I guess the ostrich scared me to death.

But really, that thing was huge! Have you ever seen an ostrich? Those things are humongo biggy things. Although, I've only seen one on TV or something. Certainly no ostrich has actually chased me or anything. Boy was he aggressive!

So, that was my weird dream I had :/

I just thought of something...the girl had dark brown hair that was almost black and a very Japanese face. I'm half Japanese and I look very American. She is a few years older than me (I think).

Could she be the older sister I never had?

Maybe, maybe in an alternative world, I have an older sister who cares for me dearly.

Maybe, while I look more American, she looks more Japanese?

Maybe, that's who that was in my dream. Do you suppose those things are possible?

...

Of course they aren't! You silly! But it is fun to think about :)

Just in case it is real and my alternative-world older sister sees this post; thanks, sis :) You calmed my nerves. It was terrifying being chased by that angry ostrich. I'm so happy you came :) *warm fuzzy feelings*

See ya later, alligators :D

The One and Only, Orion: A Miracle

This isn't my picture. But it is of my favorite Orion.

The only reason I like Orion is because every winter, I can see him out of my window. Right there. When I was in junior high, I used to say "Good night, Orion" every night until I couldn't find him any more.

Tonight is a beautiful starry winter night again. Just like all those times I've seen Orion, I can still see him clearly in this cold winter night.

As I stared up at the sky, at the myriads of stars, I searched, without success, for the Big Dipper. I tried to find the Big Bear and the faithful hunting dog of Orion's.

"I want to learn how to easily spot more constellations," I thought to myself.

Then, as I stared up at the stars, I noticed that under the three aligned stars of Orion was another group of three stars lined up straight downward.

"It's amazing that these stars, from so far away, come to be aligned when they travel to Earth."

As I thought this, I was even more amazed at the pure fact that constellations exist.

They are only created when, the lights of stars so far away (even from each other), come together through Earth's atmosphere and only then can we discover those constellations.

Constellations, now, when I think about it, are really special gifts we are looking at. If the stars did not align in this certain way, Orion would not exist. No one would've named him or made a story for him. No one would've spotted him in the night sky.

Constellations. Those are truly miracles and a delightful privilege for us. Thank you universe, thank you Earth, thank you stars, and everything and anything in between.