Oh god.

1. Think about the things you do have rather than the things you don't have.

2. Whatever you do have, you could have had less; someone else has had less.

3. Hoping for the best, whilst planning for the worst, means rarely coming out of a situation with nothing.

4. Situations will seldom turn out as badly as you imagine they will do.

5. Don’t worry about the unknown; it’s as likely to be good as it is bad.

6. Never lose your hope, even if you lose all else.

7. If you want out of anything, there's always a way out.

8. Nothing is impossible unless you accept it as impossible.

9. A good attitude will always make a bad situation better.

10. Never complain about anything that you can change.

11. It’s better to say nothing than to talk negatively.

12. The more positive you are, the more positive others are towards to you.

13. Great things won't happen every day but every day has the potential to be great.

14. Your present won’t always match up to your past but your future can surpass both.

15. Decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

16. Believe in your ideas and actions; follow them through without hesitation.

17. Endless preparation is worse than action without planning.

18. If you think you can then you can; if you think you can’t then you’re right.

19. Believe in yourself and you’ll be to deal with everything that arises.

20. Others will believe in you if you believe in yourself.

21. Hesitation results in missed opportunities; missed opportunities result in regret and dissatisfaction.

22. Do what you want to do; not with doing what others want you to do.

23. Say what you need to say, do what you need to do, and you’ll stop wondering what might have been.

24. You’ll regret not doing the things that you want to do but are scared to do.

25. Dealing with failure is easier than dealing with ‘what if…?’

26. Stop thinking about what is happening to you; start thinking about what you can make happen.

27. Having choices and making decisions is a privilege; don’t waste it by being scared of making mistakes.

28. You have to create for yourself; it’s no-one else’s responsibility.

29. 100% of things can be learnt if you apply yourself a 100% to them.

30. See situations through to their natural conclusions; never giving up because it’s difficult.

31. Dedicating time to things that you’re not passionate about is a waste of that time.

32. Confidence and motivation make anyone better at anything.

33. You don’t have to be the best at something to feel confident / proud about it.

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34. Everything you do won't be a success but you'll be a success if you keep trying things.

35. Everyone is good at something and everything has the potential to make you a success.

36. Failing to achieve something in the past doesn’t mean that you’ll fail to achieve it now or in the future.

37. Failing something doesn't make you a failure.

38. The difference between winning and losing is trying again after you lose.

39. Achieving requires patience; it takes time and hard work.

40. Hard work and determination don't guarantee success but they give you as much chance as anything else.

41. Getting up and working hard gives you a chance; the more chances you give yourself, the more chances you have of success.

42. Look at the worth of the things you’re doing rather than the number of them.

43. There are always different ways of getting the same result; help yourself by having options and alternatives.

44. It’s up to you how you measure success (love, family, money, belongings, experiences etc.).

45. Know what you expect of yourself; meeting those expectations, and not those that others have of you, should be your aim.

46. Qualifications, awards and trophies show how you compare to the people around you; more important is how you compare to the standards that you set yourself.

47. Comparing yourself to others is unfair; everyone starts from a different position and each person has different abilities, resources and opportunities.

48. It's not about who wins or who is the most successful; it's about how much progress you make.

49. Surround yourself with people who have dreams, desire and ambition; they’ll help you push for and realise your own.

50. Always be willing to meet new people; they bring new opinions, ideas and experiences.

51. There are others in the world for a reason; depend on them and let others depend on you.

52. Share and deal with your problems; hidden and left unattended they’ll only grow.

53. If you need help, ask for it; people like to help others.

54. Be available and offer assistance when you’re up as well asking for help when you’re down.

55. There are lots of people who smile, love and help others; find them and they’ll make your world a better place.

56. There are enough loving people around for you not to feel unloved.

57. Love and you’ll be loved; laugh and you’ll be laughed with.

58. Making others laugh gives them a break from every problem that they have; it’s a great gift to give.

59. Don’t hoard and hide the things that you have; everything is meant to be shared.

60. The more you get, the less others get; be prepared to compromise.

61. Treat others as you want to be treated yourself.

62. Collectively, the small things you say and do make a big difference.

63. Everything you say and do is relevant and has a consequence, affecting yours and others futures.

64. Think before you speak; give thought to the consequences of your actions.

65. What people do is more important than what they say.

66. People do things for reasons; not knowing or understanding them doesn't make them any less valid.

67. You don't have to be friends with everyone but you shouldn't abuse or take from those you dislike.

68. We are here to enjoy what is around us, not to stop others from enjoying what is around them.

69. For every bad person, there’s a good person too; spending time with the former means missing out on it with the latter.

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70. Learn about yourself before learning about other things.

71. Always be willing to learn from other people; from what they say and what they do.

72. Don’t worry about unanswered questions; having the answers is not essential to enjoying the experience.

73. If you know that you're right, don't worry if everybody says that you're wrong.

74. Admitting you're wrong and changing your mind is better than continuing to be wrong.

75. You will make mistakes; see them as part of your education.

76. A mistake made twice is a lesson not learnt.

77. You take and improve from every experience; even the ones you don't enjoy.

78. Today is more important than yesterday or tomorrow.

79. Dwelling on the past means missing opportunities in the present and that adversely affects your future.

80. The easiest option is often to keep things the same, but the easiest option is rarely the best option.

81. Routines hold back progress; regularly change what you do or how you do it.

82. Change makes life interesting; if everything stayed the same you wouldn’t be learning.

83. To fight change is to fight nature; it’s a fight you can’t win.

84. Accept change and be prepared to change yourself.

85. It’s better to be yourself than to change to be like other people.

86. The only thing you can be certain of improving is yourself.

87. Making yourself a better person makes the world a better place.

88. See the world as a good place despite everything in it not being good.

89. Accept disappointment, failure and pain as a part of life, not the entirety of it.

90. Every life is made up of good and bad times; you’ll always be changing between the two.

91. Your bad experiences make you better appreciate your good experiences.

92. Your aim should be to be doing something you love, in a place you love with people you love.

93. You’re free to love anyone, anything or any place; no-one can take that away from you.

94. Value love, health, time and freedom above all else.

95. For everything that you want, consider what it will also take away from you.

96. You need something to eat, somewhere to sleep and someone to love; focus on these essentials and be happier for it.

97. Give what you can; take only what you need.

98. Whatever you need to enjoy your life is more important than anything else in your life.

99. An enjoyable life is preferable to any other life.

100. When you find what you're searching for, the costs and pains of the search become insignificant.

101. There's no one answer or principle that will guide you everyday.

Cultivating Creativity

GRD 212, W-1:30

9-10-2008

Part A

Exploring, artistry, judging and being a creative warrior are accurate depictions and examples of the creative process. Without the ability to successfully accomplish each of the four the creative process doesn't move as smoothly and easily as it could. Exploring is the first step to being an efficient warrior to achieve the end result. Being a sponge to knowledge and retaining as much of it as possible can only create a better final result. The artist, the creator, and the judge, the visionary, are equally as important to the first step, the last step, and the end result. Without the meat of the creative sandwich, artistry and judging, the bread, the explorer and the warrior, would be just bread. No meat equals no substance. Without experimentation and a critical eye and assessment the warrior cannot amount to much more than an explorer and achieve his full potential. A sandwich looks pretty silly with two separate piles of bread and meat.

Part B

Design and creativity walk hand-in-hand together down the path of success. A design as a whole can be measured by the execution, creativity, dynamics, cohesion and dramatic, influential composition. A crucial factor in the success of design is knowing and understanding characteristics of creative thinking. Creativity as a concept cannot be measured, only tracked through its rigorous and unique outcomes. Designers must pull from the past and draw from history to create innovative and modern ideas. A designer can create and control the environment to condition their creativity; using up-to-date software and creative processes along with intellect and design savvy a designer is adding fertilizer to their garden of success. Creative success can really only be seen and understood by the outcome and the achievement of a designers goals, however the knowledge of the creative process is an imperative asset to possess.

Seven Characteristics of Creativity

I: Receptivity

Listen to the world. Understand the environment. Relate to others and hear what they are saying. No one with a completely self-sufficient mind set ever learned anymore than someone with the ability to interact socially to become successful. The majority of the people in the world don't talk to hear themselves speak.

II: Curiosity

There is a great big world out there, explore it. Don't waste the opportunity for success that has generously been placed in front of us. The ability and the drive to explore can only develop a more in depth greatness.

III: Wide Range of Interests

Being interested in one thing is incredibly limiting. There are too many things in life to take advantage. Why be limited to one idea for the rest of forever, when there is so much more to discover. Expand. Experiment. Evolve.

IV: Attentiveness

Engage with others, pay attention to the details of the finer things in life. Every thing we do can only change the world. We aren't the same people we were yesterday; it is an amazing concept that should be taken advantage of. Knowing that change happens so often is a good cheat sheet in the test of becoming successful.

V: Connection Seeking

We are all related. We are people, understanding small connections between us and the world, and maintaining a knowledge of the basics and defining how we are all related is an easy way to drive forward the idea of your success.

VI: Conviction

Its not the idea of the dance, or the choreography, it is the conviction behind the movement. Influential designers and artists aren't influential because their work was mediocre, they are influental because of what they did, how they did it, and how it makes you feel now after its been done. Don't ever be satisfied for th day to day and routine answers. If you can believe it you can achieve it. Start acting like it.

VII: Complexity

Simple designs come from simple minds. Complex thinkers are what make things interesting and dynamic.

Part C

1. Creative stamina can only be attained through the drive and desire for success in what is being created. The desire to succeed can fuel any designers fire and push them to the creative limits of exhaustion. Good designers can balance and juggle each and every aspect of their life in one hand, and their career and need for success in the other hand.

2. Smart designers are successful designers. They can use each side of their brain without fail. Keeping an up-beat and inspirational demeanor of innocence is essential to a productive and happy balance between creative work life and happy home life.

3. It is okay to be playful with creativity, in fact, it is a career standard to have fun doing what you are doing. There is a difference between job playfulness and life playfulness; the key is knowing the difference and loving each one separately.

4. A designer should possess an ability to ignore stereotypes. Innovative designers aren't known for walking down the same path each designer before them has. They are known for blazing a trail with machete in hand. They don't wait for success to be handed to them, they go out, they chase it. Designers that are truly successful make and maintain their own success.

5. Being social and creating ties and connections to other designers when beginning a project is imperative. Reflecting, brainstorming ideas from one visionary to another is where ideas often grow into something fantastically mind-blowing. Being able to share ideas but still develop ones own concept is another key ingredient to design success.

6. It is okay to love what you are doing, but be prepared to be told the bitter and honest truth. Emotional attachments are inevitable between any designer and their piece; the hardest part is realizing that something you have created doesn't look as good on paper as it does in your head. Move past it, that is what thick skin is for. If someone is taking the time to critique something that sucks, have the same respect to take the time and fix it.

7. Deadlines are an obvious hindrance to anyones creative juices. It often seems that the moment the pot begins to boil there is an infinite rush to finish the soup in time for dinner. Attention to the dreaded deadline is as important as the outcome itself.

8. Graciousness and generosity with compliments to those who have influenced a designer are always appreciated and acceptable. It feels good to know where a designers success has derived from, and to appreciate those who have given directions and were the map to the creative success a designer has found in life. Who wouldn't want the same as a design educator?

Is your last ex still someone you care about?
Jordan: Mark, and Some Days.
Randi: If he died, I'd go to his funeral. This question is complicated.

Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with a B?
Jordan: Lemme think. Yes. yes i have.
Randi: Noooo. Yes.

What do you do on the weekends?
Jordan: Work

Randi: Work and try to do homework.

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Jordan: Randi
Randi: Jordan

Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
Jordan: I slept on the couch?
Randi: I wish I slept in Jordan's.

Ever kissed anyone 15 or older?
Jordan: We should change the number to 14.
Randi: That question was wayy dumb, that should be age specific. *Insert C.C. tangent*

Do you like to cuddle?
Jordan: Who doesn't?
Randi: Last night no.

What are your plans for this weekend?
Jordan: Honestly, what else would I fucking do all weekend.

Randi: Work Duh.

What color shirt are you wearing?
Jordan: Grey Notre Dame Hoodie over Blue tank top.
Randi: Black.


Ever go camping?
Jordan: Who doesnt?
Randi: Camping is the best, you get drunk, its so much fun.

Are you someone's best friend?
Jordan: Randi's
Randi: Jordan's

Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Jordan: Tu. Doug. Work.
Randi: Bryan, just kidding. Definitely Brooke.

Have you spoken to your mother today?
Jordan: Have you spoken to YOUR mom?
Randi: Unfortunately yeah.

When was the last time you talked to one of your siblings?
Jordan: I havent talked to Zach at all today.
Randi: 15 or 16 years.

Have you ever thought you liked someone, and then found out that you really didn't?
Jordan: Yes. His name is Mark English.
Randi: Yes. Brooke.


Where were you an hour ago?
Jordan: Doing fucking homework, er, attempting.
Randi: Homework.

Do you have any tattoo/piercings?
Jordan: Four piercings if you don't count my ears, and count my nipples.
Randi: Ears, and nose, wish I still had the noes.

Do you fall for people easily?
Jordan: No, I'm not Brooke.
Randi: Depends on a lot of things.

What are you listening to right now?
Jordan: Randi.
Randi: Jordan.

Is it easy for others to make you feel awkward?
Jordan: Only Randi.
Randi: If they talk about Porn. Porn is my..I... awkward. Not jenna jameson porn.

Do you care if people hate you for no reason?
Jordan: You have to be able to justify hating someone.
Randi: You can't hate anyone for no reason.


Do you have a friend you can tell stuff to and you're sure they wont tell anyone?
Jordan: Randi.
Randi: Jordan.

How many hours did you sleep last night?
Jordan: I don't keep a stopwatch going or anytying but Not enough.
Randi: *insert long time story* 6.5-7

Could you go a day with out eating?
Jordan: Yes.
Randi: Yes, do i want to? No.

Do you know anyone that smokes pot?
Jordan: Yes.
Randi: Yes. My mom does Drugs.

Do your parents force you to go to church?
Jordan: What is church?
Randi: No, my parents stopped making me when I stopped believing in imaginary friends when I was four.

Is there someone you want to fight?
Jordan: Brooke. Tu. Doug.
Randi: Yes. Brooke.

Has anyone ever told you they were in love with you?
Jordan: Randi tells me every day.
Randi: I am a fag.

Where did you go today?
Jordan: Work, all fucking day.
Randi: Work.

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Jordan: Work. hahah no.
Randi: I would actually go to work.


What is your mood?
Jordan: No mood here.
Randi: PISSED OFF.

Ever been on a motorcycle?
Jordan: No.
Randi: Yes, my mom used to date a bunch of bikers....

Do people usually like you?
Jordan: I hope so.
Randi: People love me.

Who was the last person to text you?
Jordan: Dougals. not a happy text.
Randi: Bryan.. maybe...

Are you waiting on anyone's call right now?
Jordan: I'm already on the phone.

Randi: My phone is dead, it would go straight to voicemail.

Do you secretly like someone?
Jordan: Its not a secret.

Randi: yes.

Have you ever kissed anyone with a name starting with T, J, D, K, B, and C?
Jordan: I have to skip T, Yes, J. Yes, D. K.... Yes, B. C.... Its not a name, its number, but yes T. Moving on.
Randi: No, t. Yes, J. No, d. Yes, K. Yes, B. Yes, C. NO WAIT, i do have D.

I wonder what its like to be a super hero. I wonder where I'd go if i could fly around down town. yeah.

the look like they're related. like twins or something weird. they have the perfect straight teeth, and shiny brown hair. the pretty done up make up the never cease to over do.
It kind of makes me want to throw up. I can't imagine looking like i'm better than everyone else. i wonder what that feels like. i guess i could probably ask them, but how do you possibly bring up the question.
"Hi." I would say, "How does it feel to look and act like you are better than everyone else? Do you get up every day and say things like 'wow, i'm so pretty' or 'how could i possibly be more of a condescending jerk', i was just wondering how you started your day. Do you wake up an extra 10 minutes or so to make sure your straight teeth haven't gone a little stray from the evening of partying? or how about checking every flawless lock to make sure its in place. Do you ever think about the way you act? How about the people you effect with out even knowing you are doing it? Do you ever consider that you are jerk??"
You probably don't say that last part because i cant imagine you feeling like a jerk. If you did ever feel like a jerk, (on that off/rainy day chance) you would never admit it because 1. you are far too flawless(insert sarcastic giggle). 2. you don't have enough emotion to admit that you are wrong. 3. you pretty much just suck.
I'm probably being judgmental right? I dont really know you. I dont even really know people like you... Probably because i dont associate myself with jerks. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and not mention your names, just so i don't destroy your oh so fragile ego. But on the off chance you read this I don't like you, your friend, or the way you treat some people. Get over yourself.

Tu.

What question do i have to answer?
What can i possibly say to make it better?
I don't think anything is real.
I want to die.
thank you for making me want to live
and die in the same sentence.
I hate you for that.
You are being so unrealistic.
You are only imagining the way you feel about me.
You're making it all up in your head,
My life is always going to suck like this
I wish someone would have warned you.

He fucking has NO idea how much I've liked him for years. He has no clue that I fucking go crazy when i see him. I thought for the longest time that It wasn't real. It was a joke. Just harmless flirting. NO. apparently its not. Now he tells me its not. How can I possibly convince myself that its really real. I don't believe it.

He put his hand on my thigh tonight. It felt so real. It felt so right for him to be so close to me. So fucking right. I seriously never would have thought that he was anything that I would ever want to be with. Never. Ever. In a lifetime would i have thought that he wanted me back.

He says im "all talk" "full of it" How could I possibly be anything other than that. I never, ever, once believed in him being anymore than someone that i had a harmless little girl crush on. Now. all of a fucking sudden. Its not just a crush. Its REAL. what i have wanted for years is happening. I can't start it. Or stop it. I want him so bad.

He has no idea how bad i've wanted him. NO IDEA. No clue how bad it hurts. How many times i think about him. I get so excited when he calls. God damn it. He has no clue. I can't believe the way that i felt when he touched me. OH MY GOD. I have NEVER felt so good in my life. I'm scared that no one else will make me feel as good as he does.

He knows me so well. I have crush on him in the worst way. I just cant seem to believe it. I can't let him in. I can't let anyone else in until I give him the chance he wants so badly.

He hasnt called back. He should have called back by now.

What is love but a second-hand emotion.

Describing love is kind of retarded. How do you honestly define love? Wikipedia says that:

Love represents a range of human emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction.The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction. This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

I'm going to dumb that down to my level.
Sentence 1.
Love represents a range of human emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction.

• First key word Human. Does anything besides a human fall in love? Probably not. Why? love is dumb. Sure it feels good. Sure it looks good. But what does it really bring to anyone. I don't think it represents anything but this 'dream' that we as humans feel the need to fulfill. DUMB. Humans, all of us, are kind of dumb when it comes to love.
  
• Second key words "Range of... Emotions". Really?!? Emotion, makes sense right. Love one gigantic buffet of emotion. Literally every 'emotion' can be associated with love. Kind of a lame answer, and probably not the one that wikipedia was looking for. But this is My blog. Not wikipedia's.
  
• Afffection and Sexual Attraction. No other living organism on the planet has sex just to have sex. Okay i lied. the Dolphin Loves sex about as much as we do. Why do we love sex so much? Don't people know that babies come from sex? I was just curious if i was the only one that got the memo.
  

Moving on to sentence two.
The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction.

• Didn't the first sentence cover all of that? Different feelings + States + attitudes= Buffet of emotion. Pleasure = Sex.
  

Moving on again. Sentence Numero Tres.
This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

• This is where it gets gooooooooooood.
  
• Diversity of meanings: Everyone sees love differently. It is impossible to properly communicate those incredible "intense interpersonal attractions" the way they really are felt. Maybe thats where sex comes in. But from personal experience Sex feels alot better than Love ever could.
  
• "complexity of feelings involved" You're telling me sister. Complex feelings that constantly kick you in the proverbial nuts. Love. A four letter word. You know what they say about four letter words? Words like Shit. Damn. Fuck. Cock. Cunt. Dick. Piss. Love is also, to me, considered one of those four letter words. I hate love. wow, thats an oxymoron.
  
• Love is "unusually difficult do define" to say the least.
  

I think that The Feeling says it best in the second song of their debut album 12 stops and home. The track name is Never be lonely....

People in love get fast and foolish
People in love get everything wrong
People in love get scared and stupid
People in love get everything wrong

At least they're not lonely
At least they're not lonely
They'll never be lonely

B-b-b-baby
I think I'm going c-c-c-crazy
Why should I be sane without you (hahh)

They tell me to fight it
They can bloody well just try it.
I'll never be the same without you (hahh)

People in love get special treatment
People in love get everything wrong
People in love their hearts get eaten
People in love get everything wrong

At least they're not lonely
At least they're not lonely
They'll never be lonely

B-b-b-baby
I think I'm going c-c-c-crazy
And why should I be sane without you (hahh)
They tell me to fight it
But they can bloody well just try it
I'll never be the same without you (hahh)
(hahh) (hahhh)

never be lonely
never be lonely
never be lonely
never be lonely (never be lonely)
never be lonely (never be lonely)

Thats about all i have for my love rant.