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Topic #33: If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? What is the worst job you’ve ever had? What did you learn from it?

If I could have any job in the world (and actually be good at it), I would pick an online entertainer, for many different reasons.

Many people waste significant portions of their lives and spend significant resources commuting to work. If I were to work online, I wouldn’t have to waste anything traveling anywhere to do my work. If I need to do something directly related to the Internet, I could go to a in-home office or a den to access my computer. If I need to actually produce content, I could go anywhere that has convenient access to produce content.

Once I actually start doing my work, I can essentially pick what I want to do on a daily basis. Most people have a set schedule for what they need to accomplish on a daily basis. Although I like structure and organization, I don’t like repetition and redundancy. If one day I want to put written work online, then I can sit down in front of my computer with a snack and start typing. If another day I want to put media work online, I can pull out a camera or camcorder and start shooting or filming. Even within the things I choose, I have more choices – I can pick the topic that I want to write about, and I can pick the style of video that I want to make. Once I decide what type of video to make, I can pick how much visual effects and editing I want to put into the video.

Another issue many people have is waking up in the morning to get to work on time. A lot of office jobs begin early in the morning, forcing people to wake up at 6 or 7 in the morning. If I were to work online, I wouldn’t have to wake up at any specific time, and I wouldn’t have to start working until I wanted to, or until I encounter something that would be interesting to put online. I generally tend to have more energy during the evening or night, so I can adjust my sleeping schedule to match my energy levels and optimize the work that I do.

Many people that work in offices or own businesses have to stay in one general area because of where their work is. If someone wanted to move to California, but their office job is in Chicago, they wouldn’t be able to live where they wanted to. However, if they worked as an online entertainer, they could essentially go anywhere they want and take a vacation whenever they want, as long as they bring their laptop or camcorder with them. Taking many vacations would actually be beneficial to their job as an online entertainer, as their fans would enjoy the variation and be able to experience different areas of the world with the entertainer.

Looking back at the prompt, I don’t think there actually is a worst job that I have ever had. All of the jobs that I had were either related to my family, were taken via a special invitation, or were done because I had a strong interest in what the job was about. I have never had to take a job simply because I had to make money; I am currently in university, and have received financial support from my parents for my entire life. There may be things within the jobs I have that aren’t the best, but I have still enjoyed the job as a whole.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

Fun fact of the day: I walked into the same wrong classroom for my criminal justice discussion three weeks in a row, today being my third week. I’m pretty sure you can see by now that me sucking at learning from my mistakes is a recurring theme…

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Topic #32: Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or something else?

Although I don’t necessarily always have a grave attitude toward everything in my life, I would still consider myself a pessimist. I found over the years of my life that being a pessimist tends to keep me more satisfied in the long run and has many other more positive effects than being an optimist would have.

If someone is an optimist, they expect the best to happen all the time. But as we all know, the best things don’t necessarily always happen to everyone all the time. These optimists are prone to failure at one point in their lives, and when they do fail, they will be put down because they don’t get as much as they expect to get out of the situation. Even when something average happens (as in, not the best thing that could happen, but also not the worst thing that could happen), optimists are prone to still feeling bad because they still could not accomplish everything to their expectations.

On the other hand, if someone is a pessimist, they always prepare for the worst to happen. Sometimes, the worst does happen, but as we all know, the worst things don’t necessarily happen to everyone all the time. Sometimes, this pessimist might get the best result possible out of a situation, which would make the pessimist ecstatic. Even when something average happens (as in, not the best thing that could happen, but also not the worst thing that could happen), the pessimist would still be expecting the worst, and the average result would still be better than the worst. Thus, overall, optimists are more prone to negative results than pessimists are.

Some people argue that being optimistic psychologically helps you be more happy. However, I believe that it is more of an issue of how individuals want to approach life. If they want to have a false sense of happiness all the time, even though they might not always be satisfied in the long run, then they should be an optimist. Instead, if a more realistic and logical approach to life is preferred, they should be a pessimist. I don’t even consider pessimism a negative thing, as preparing for the unexpected makes me feel more secure about many things, which translates to a sense of tranquility and happiness.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

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Topic #31: What’s one piece of technology you can’t live without? What technology do you wish would disappear from the world?

The answer to this question is a little obvious in my situation, but the one piece of technology that I can’t live without is probably the Internet.

The Internet has become one of the biggest parts of my life – I use it everyday for all different kinds of reasons, ranging from educational purposes to entertainment purposes to communication purposes. A big part of my university is online; I have to use the Internet to enroll for classes, get up-to-date information about the classes I’m taking, and download documents and other resources needed to succeed in those courses. The Internet is also influential indirectly, as I use it frequently to find other sources to do research to either complete the required coursework or learn more about the topics we’re covering.

A lot of people around my age spend a lot of time watching television, but I almost never do. When I was at my home town, I would occasionally be exposed to some television because my parents frequently and loved to watch television. However, now that I am in my own apartment at university, I don’t have a television in my room and I have no reason to have one. The only exposure I have to television is when I’m walking past my apartment’s lobby area where there’s a television on, or in my workplace. As a result, the time spent watching television for me has been cut down to several seconds a day.

As a substitute, I use the Internet for my entertainment. My direct replacement for television is online video websites like YouTube. I also have indirect substitutes like reading the news instead of watching it, and reading other comedic content online instead of watching comedy shows or dramas.

Finally, the Internet is one of the frequent methods I use to communicate with others. I generally tend to stay in my apartment when I’m not walking to class, in class, or at work. As a result, my person-to-person socialization time has been cut down drastically. Instead, I use email, instant messaging, and text messaging to talk with friends, co-workers, and other people that may choose to contact me for any reason. I also don’t like talking on my cell phone, and only take calls from family members or for urgent issues. Instead of text messaging from my phone, I text message from my computer or my iPod Touch via an Internet connection, which makes the Internet more important again.

I don’t think there’s a particular piece of technology that I wish would disappear from the world. My original intention was to say any advanced weaponry like guns, because if they were never invented, people would not use them at all and many innocent lives would be spared. Some people might argue that if guns weren’t invented, the police and other law enforcement officials would have a difficult time maintaining order, but if criminals didn’t have access to guns, police would not have to worry about using guns of their own.

But when I thought about it some more, I realized that in situations where many unarmed people join up to form a riot or rebellion, police need the extra help from advanced weapons. Even if many people are unarmed, if they are attacking in massive numbers, it is difficult to contain them. Thus, I decided that all the technology that we have now should stay as a symbol of our historical advancements through time.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

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Topic #29: If you could live forever, would you? Why or why not?

My desire of wanting to live forever or not is heavily based on the conditions. Obviously, if I am going to get ill and disabled when I approach 100 years of age like most other human beings do, then no, I would not want to live forever. Many people with severe illnesses or disabilities want to end their life as quickly as possible, but cannot because of laws that make suicide or assisted suicide illegal. I would not want to be in this situation when I am old, then realize that I have to live for an eternity with the particular illness or disability because I chose to live forever.

However, on the contrary, if I were able to live in the same health that I am in right now, then yes, i would choose to live forever. There are many things that I am curious about right now that I could find the answer to if I were to live forever. In addition, if I were to remain in the moderately good health that I am in right now, I would have an eternity to accomplish anything that I want. One of the biggest problems people face is the lack of time. When trying to complete all their responsibilities and desires, most people run out of time and cannot live life to the fullest of their desires.

If I knew that I could live forever, I could theoretically become one of the smartest people in the world in a couple hundred years because of how much I would have experienced in my life time, and how much time I would have spent studying more things. Although I would still have to finish my university education within the next three years and either pursue more education or a job, my mental advancement doesn’t have to end there. Even when I do have a job, I would not feel hesitant or doubtful about continuing my studies while I’m working because I would know that in my eternal lifetime, almost everything that I learn will eventually become useful. In addition, if I were to stay in the same mental health as I am now, I would not experience memory problems like most older people do.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

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Topic #28: If stranded on a desert island, and could only bring one music album with you, which would it be? What is it about this music that never gets old for you?

If I was stranded on a desert island and I could bring only one album with me, I would most likely not bring a music album, but a therapeutic album. Although there’s a handful of good ones out there that are supposedly proven to work, I generally use Brain Sync.

I don’t know how effective it really is, and I don’t know if I’m getting results out of it simply because I’m expecting it to work, but Brain Sync seems much more beneficial to me in the long run than does a regular musical album. The Brain Sync set comes with a handful of different tracks that send waves and subliminal messages to the mind. For example, the Deep Sleep track helps an individual fall asleep, stay asleep, and sleep deeper by sending pulses through stereo headphones that help the brain enter a more rested brain wave state. It also has subliminal messages of peace and relaxation, making the body feel more rested.

On the opposite end, the Pure Focus track helps an individual stay awake and alert. The pulses that a listener would hear helps the brain enter a more conscious state of mind and allows it to stay in sharper focus. All of this is done behind the mask of white noise, such as the sound of the ocean.

Because situations in deserted islands may be dangerous or brutal, any extra aid to help the brain function at its peak capacity would be helpful. Going back to the two previous examples, the Deep Sleep track might help someone enter an induced state of rest so they are concerned less about the potential threats of the deserted island, and can get a full night’s sleep. The Pure Focus track might allow someone to concentrate enough on a particular task that may help him or her survive and increase the chances of success.

Seeing as this isn’t a particular type of music that requires preference, and is just pulses and natural noise, it’s difficult for it to ever get old. By definition, someone would start disliking something if it is repeated so much that the pleasure the mind feels from experiencing the particular thing gets numbed and dulled down. Because Brain Sync is used for its benefits rather than its pleasure, I find it difficult to believe that it can ever get old.

Video of the Day

This video is actually a direct message to a friend of mine, and I’m pretty sure that a majority of my readers aren’t going to understand it, but I decided to throw it up on my blog anyway so it gets more views. Because more views is good.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

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Topic #26: What’s your idea for a perfect Sunday? How would it differ from a typical Sunday? If it’s Sunday where you are, what kind of day is it so far?

A perfect Sunday for me, or any perfect day in general, would consist of not having to worry about getting anything done throughout the day. I would be relieved of all responsibilities and not have to be concerned about fulfilling any requirements during the day. Instead of spending the day doing things that I am expected or need to do, I would do things that would ultimately have no value of me in the future. For example, I might spend the entire day watching YouTube videos, sleeping, eating, and programming new things for my website (even though adding more stuff to my website would end up being beneficial in the long run).

I don’t think that it’s possible for me to experience a perfect Sunday (or any other perfect day) because of how many responsibilities I have. Because of the attention I have to put into various things like academics, work, and other involvements, fulfilling particular responsibilities is always in the back of my mind, and when I have free time, I always think about how I can finish something I have to do.

A typical Sunday actually involves more tending to responsibilities than any regular weekday because I have no classes and can use a majority of the day to stay in my apartment. Generally, I use my Sundays to catch up on work that I didn’t get to finish during the weekdays or try to get ahead for the following week so I don’t have such a difficult time later on. Today is another typical Sunday – I spent a majority of the day reading documents and textbooks for my classes, reviewing things I did in my classes during this past week, and reading ahead for things I have to finish in the next few days.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 10

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0