Arm Yourselves! A Resource Project for Self-World Awareness

Still not a classic linguist, but damned if I don't call it as I see it.. Life Lessons in Bejeweled Blitz..

Over the years, I don't find it odd, that most things in life could be explained in math. It's about the only, absolute truth that we have, but I'm not going there, today. Although I will digress into a somewhat a tangent of that, in Bejeweled Blitz. The original, Bejeweled became uber-popular back in the day, I think around 2001? But, I only recently started to play on Facebook, due to it's popularity on there, and well - sometimes you just have to go where the people are, to "connect". As in this case, with joining the herd, I've become pleasantly surprised with the variety of people I am competing against, for the high score. Moms, dads, friends, and my sister? I don't ever, normally compete against these people, in anything. I just find it kind of refreshing.

But now that I've been playing for about 2.5 weeks, the new game smell is wearing off. But I've also come to realize that there are some real life scenarios, in this simple game of matching gems, for points. I relate each, 1 min game, to a life on this planet. To start, you've been given a certain random set of gems, as you were born into this world, into a family, your environment, your world, is your set of gems. As time ticks by, you begin to realize there are opportunities to match some gems, make some money, wash some clothes, cook a meal, general daily tasks. And as you begin to close out some "tasks", other bigger opportunities are recognized, when you see the option of matching 4 gems at a time, BAM! you combine this to make it a single project, to tackle, like getting married, having a baby, buying a house. But again, those combined gems, are now single opportunities, that are only potentials, and not necessarily realized - They are wants and wishes.

Some may become overzealous, and become too fixated, on those particular opportunities (wants/needs), that time continues to expire, and they are only able to poorly move along with the next basic or obvious tasks at hand. Some people die a sad and regretful life. Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

Moving right along, a limited amount of games/lives, are offered the 5 gem line up, which in the game clears all the gems of a single type, off the board, thereby relates to real life, with something pretty big, perhaps, landing that career job, kids finishing college, or emigrating to another country, etc. Nevertheless, the honeymoon always ends too soon, and you got to keep on trucking, until all time expires. Otherwise you just die, in time – not really accomplishing anything, but taking up space.

And then, there are those games, that as you clear off some gems, as the new gems fall down, they automatically just clear, when they fall into place? Well lucky strides, or a good periods are bound to happen. And for those, people, whose gems always matching up, would be maybe of the like of people, Keanu Reeves and Tiger Woods.

Oh yea, and poor choices and indecision, is also in the game/life. Although, If you plan ahead too far, and stick with your plan, without ever slowing down to refine and adjust your plan, you could be missing out on a lot (of points, taking that 3 gem, instead of the 4/5 gem). As with real life, finding that balance, is probably the toughest life-lesson.

But in most games, if you are in good spirits and able concentrate enough, you are usually bound to catch a wave and stride along, and so you are able to make the most of what the gems you are dealt with. But it seems the majority of the time, you just have to keep your head down, and keep pushing through the menial tasks (clearing 3 gems), to get to the big goals. Sometimes, you see opportunity, but never take it because you are waiting/looking for something better. You can go through the whole game/life, and stress the whole time, and have semi heart attacks as you start to hear the pulsing noises at 15 secs left. Or you can go through the entire game/life, maybe never really amount to anything huge and large, but at least you had fun doing it!

I like to use pandora.com for my online music - because it's lightweight and convenient. I don't have to carry around an Ipod or other mp3 music device to everywhere I work, and it also means that don't have to bring all my cd's or sync my ipod either, etc.. And it's also a fun way to discover new music..

Today - I was listening to "A Perfect Circle Radio Mix" and it put in Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, and Modest Mouse - I love them all - and then - it really surprised me when it also threw in a Chris Tomlin song version I never heard before~ HAHA! Sweet! I just had to share..

3 piece Dewalt Rapid Load Countersink Set vs 4 piece Wolfcraft Screw Setter Set

The comparison between these two sets of countersink drill bits are based only on the studying of, the specifications and appearance of physical manufacturing. I'll be using this comparison to choose which one I will return, and which one I will keep and use. I bought one set from Home Depot, but then having to go back to Home Depot again, I went to a different location, and found the second set, and decided to buy that one as well in order to figure out which one I wanted to keep.

Using an alternative option to sitting around and watching TV or eating, I've found the opportunity to customize an easy starter carpentry project to not only, get the wood working skills going, but to also use my 3D modeling skills for a simple piece of utility furniture to house the dreaded mountain of shoes at the entry, and display my 20 gallon aquarium of fancy guppies, who've been inbreeding for 4 years now... (eyes looking up and around)

What do you think?

Well now, finally got a new mission statement up, will still need more improvements, but it's something to go-by for the moment.

haha - need more content now.. :)

Not that you don't already have enough websites to go to, my hope for this, Arm Yourselves! blog/site/project/whatever, is so that there would be a (possibly another) space on the internet where people can come and see some of the good things happening around local or international. While my previous post was more tragic, and not so good, this site is also about awareness and options. We always have options!

But again, as the days go by, the site will continue to evolve. My next step, I suppose would be to update the 'Mission' of the site.. :)