what interests me

Hmmmmm...What interests do I have. Alot!

Stuff that interests me is stuff that makes not only myself have fun but also everybody else. Stuff I am interested in is things like basketball, football, soccer somettimes, things like that. I like stuff that makes everybody have fun becasue if you are the only one who likes it how would you be able to enjoy it. Im not saying that I only like things that everybody likes, it just for most things so I can be able to have the maximum amount of fun. But most of the time interesting stuff comes everyday so to say what you are interested in can be a list of a million things. In other times, Stuff that catches my interest is something that I am eager to learn about. But other than that I am just a regular, smart, and hyper kid who takes life as it comes by, Just live by what I know, and learn the new things that I learn and make it work within my daily life.

i love huckabees movie

I liked the movie a lot...even though I missed some of the movie I felt that I learned a lot from it. Some of the stuff that I like from the movie is that is was showing things that the main character does that we all do also in our lives if a little different. Like when he was eating cereal or when he was going to work or anything elese he was doing, it was showing that he was doing stuff that everybody does which made it meaningless.

Saying that, I feel that we live in a world that doesn't really make sense and isn't relly meaningful for the most part. I say this there is alot of stuff that goes on in the world that some of us don't know about and that doesn't make sense. Like in my life why do I do the stuff tthat i do everyday or even in the movie, why does he do all these things that he does? that's why in a way it doesn't make sense. And another thing that doesn't make sense is why people have got to the point where they don't even care what they do. LIke around my neighborhood, people do the most ignorant things that make me wonder just "why?"

One particular scene I liked in the movie was the blanket scene. Where Dustin Hoffman (Marco) had said "even though stuff may look different, it is still the same" I kind of agree with him because their are different humans and different types of cars, plants, etc etc etc, but at the same time, each of the things does what it does no matter how much you put it. A Ferrari Enzo sports car does the same thing as a Honda civic, it's just a different car, they both have 4 wheels, a motor, some seats, etc. The point that I ma trying to get across is that people are the same no matter how much you try to change it. The only thing that makes us different is our personal identities, and our exterior points.

I feel that the husband and wife were existence detectives. I say that because they really showed how he can find the type of person he is. They did everything they could, even by stalking him if they had to to get the answers they needed. Albert the main character really didn't know him self at all in the beginning, he was saying stuff like "Motherfucking cocksucker motherfucking shit fucker what am I doing? What am I doing? I don't know what I'm doing. I'm doing the best that I can. I know that's all I can ask of myself. Is that good enough? Is my work doing any good? Is anybody paying attention? Is it hopeless to try and change things....?" like that definitly showed that he felt no existence within him self.

So through my personal experiences and this movie, I still feel the way I feel about the life not makin sense and everything meaningless.

Comment on Marco's response to part 4

Marco, good post!

I really admire the comments you have to say! I like the fact that you feel that Banach wants us to the enjoy the "effort" of life. I say this because it true, we all will die someday and everything we did in our life WOULD be erased. That's why we enjoy what we do. I like the fact that you brought this point up because it made really think about the stuff I was doing in my life. It made me think "If I am going to pass away, what is the point of doing what I am doing in my everyday life?". Other than that, I felt that you did a good job on this response. You had a lot of thoughts and opinions in this response. You are a very good writer Marco. You have a gift of explaining something so little and making it into a big topic and also making it something that the reader can think deeper about. I like the way you write, you write to make a topic better not just to write it.

It was a great response and I loved the response that you gave towards Banach's response. Great work Keep it up !

Comment on Sam R response for part 4

Sam, nice detailed post!

I like the idea's and opinions that you have to say for Banach's lecture part 3 and/or 4. The idea's that you talk about, not only makes deeper about what Banach is trying to say, but how What I am thinking is right or wrong. When you said " Happiness may come from within, but most times it’s caused from our external world.", I thought the exact same thing. The only way that can make you find happiness within yourself IS if you are able to find it within. But most of the time you find your happiness with the outside world. So I thought I should bring that up because it was a statment that was able to see both sides of happiness, finding it with the outside world and your internal body. The way you write and the tone of your responses are just outstanding! You are a very vivid writer and you definitly know how to express your thoughts in the right way. You could express them in a way that can make someone think twice about what they think, and that is the beauty of it.

I really liked your post and in the future, I hope I could read more! Great work!!!

Part 3 and Part 4 of Banach's lecture

Banach Brings up excellent but questionable points in this lecture.

He talks mainly about how people can't be free unless they brings their own desires and needs that will not only help succeed for themselves only but for amm men as wel. When Banach states that " To be free, then, I must follow the golden rule and act only as I would have others act." I disagree with that totally. To me I feel that to be free is to have your own decisions made with out outside influences and people creating you. I also think to be free is to be able to do what you want when you want. So when Banach made that statement I felt that there was no golden rule to follow because How can you be free if the decisions you have to make, has to benifit everybody? You are an individual and you should have that RIGHT to choose whether you want YOUR decision that YOU decided to make, help others. Also when he made the statement and said "When I act freely, the only things that can affect my action must be things that I share with all free agents." I felt that it wasn't being free. Since we are "free", shouldn't we have the right to make decisions that would help others? Us having to make decisions that are apon everybody in order to be free is wrong and I don't agree with it in no way.

Banach also brings up another topic that hit me. He talks about we have to want freedom for everyody not just ourselves. He say's that we can't be free if all we care about is ourselves being free rather then everybody being free then we aren't free at all, it's being selfish. But again, I have to disagree with that. We are INDIVIDUALS right? We should have our right to make sure that WE only are free before anybody else? Thats what confuses banach, He say's that we are individuals, but then he say's that we can't think about only ourselves, we have to think about every body. When he states that "To be free, We must desire the freedom of all men", it really makes me wonder why he thinks that way. It makes me want to ask him "How is having desires of other people being free, ACTUALLY MAKING ME FREE?" I don't think that there is answer for that. It's like saying me wanting people in around me to be free in order for me to be free. If my desires doesn't require their freedom then I am not free. That doesn't make sense, which is why I disagree with Banach on this point. It sor of makes when think like " How can my desires be for everybody to be free if I don't even know 100% what is means to actually BE FREE?

Banach Say's " To be free we must take on the responsibilty of choosing for all men, we must desire and work for the freedom of all men, and we must create ourselves within the context of the relaionships and obligations we have to other people"

.......this isn't right.

When does our own personal choice for our own freedom come into place? We only live one life, and we all want freedom, so why should we be forced into making decisions for other people's lives? That being said, will we ever be free? I think Banach statement isn't right at all because everybody wants to be free. And if everybody is choosing for all men, then who we listen too? Which is the right desire's to go by? I just think Banach feel's freedom should be individual's wanting freedom for other people not just theirselves.

In the end, a question was brought up asking " Do you think we ae FREE?"

I do think we are free in a way because at the end of the day we have to right to do what we want , we can make any decisions we want. But because of the the Rules and Laws that we have in the world that we live that we go by, it sort of limits our freedom of actually "doing what we want" in a way. Saying that, it also makes me think that we aren't free because we as individuals will always care about our own needs and care about our own desires and freedom. And to Banach that would mean we aren't free and we don't act "freely".

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Maggie Nice post!

I can clearly see that you have alot to say. When I was reading your post, I can definitly see that we have alot of stuff to say in common. Some of the things we have in common is the subject of how people let other people determine their live rather than themselves making that decision themselves. One quote that you said in your response made a think extra hard. When you you said "Banach thinks that the outside influences act like expectations that we have to live up to but we always have a choice to live up to these expectations or not.". It was so good I had to re-read it about 3 times. I understand what you mean you say that. Banach does think the people around us are influences against what we want. I like the fact that you brung that point up. It show's that you know exactly what he his trying to tell his readers.

You really know how to express your thoughts into writing. You are good at showing your emotions and how what you are saying is right in a way. I like how you bring up specific quote's that Banach says and analyze it. You know how to explain a quote really good and you have good opinions and thoughts about it.

For your future post I suggest that you try and create some of your own question's that you have about his writing if you haven't done so because it can help you. question's can give your reader a better understanding on what you are thinking and what argument you are trying to persuade.

Overall it was a nice post. Nice job!

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Sam I don't Know what it is about your post but I am always commenting on it. I think it is becaue the way you think about things or because you have alot of interesting points and questiongs but I like it alot.



Great recent post!! I like how you mentioned a specific question that made me think alot. it was "If being real is what freedom consists of, according to definition, then wouldn’t you say we’re all fake?" That question made me think alot. I felt "Since we are being something that other people want us to be, ARE WE BEING FAKE?" I thought about it and I felt that we actually are being a alittle fake. If we want to be something and instead we are being something that other people want us to be then we aren't being want we want to be, intead we are letting people decide our lives.

I like the fact that you bring up good point't on how you feel about the whole way of people not creating their own lives and how they let other people decidev that for them. I agree with you on that one. People need to realize that you are the only person that is living your life, which means YOU are the only one that should be making the choice of what you want to do. Like you said "We are molded by the people around us", there isn't other way to put it. You said it in those 8 words. I quoted this because this one of many things that you said that really hit me and that me stop reading and say wow.

For your next post, I suggest that you answer more of your questions. I say this in a good way not a bad way(so don't get offended lol). I want you to answer your own questions more becasue you always have omething thoughtful and strong to say about things like this. I feel if you answer more of these outstanding questions you have, it can give the reader a better understanding then they already do on what you are trying to portray.

But other than that you post was unbelievable and I look foward into reading more of your post! You constantly keep me thinking and that is what I love about your posts! keep it up because you are doing great and your writing is phenominal!

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!! =]

Response to Banach lecture part 2

Do I really feel alone in this world? I feel I cant talk to nobody about what is on my mind. I can't even understand my on thoughts really so how alone really? I don't understand my emotion's, pains, or feelings, so where does that leave me in this world. I understand Banach's point of each of us having own "island of subjectivity". Its like we have some kind of secret island that we are only able to find the coordinates on the map. No one knows how to get there except us.

Banach suggests this, and I agree with him.

People in the world around us can "do what they want to my body, manipulate the objects or pictures on me on my mental TV screen, but they can never touch or control the real me". Its absolutely, 100%, impossible for someone to literally go inside you and feel your pain read your feelings. The most they can possibly do to you is destroying the personal belongings around you. And when he said that, it convinced me in a way where I can't communicate with nobody at all.

When people ay they can't do this or they can't do that it really fusturates me sometimes. I think for people to say they can't do this or that, it jut shows that they arent pushing theirselves to their farthest limit. "No matter how I try to avoid it, I am free to do whatever I choose." People don't seem to realize that if you want to actually do something and you put your mind to it, then you can do it. It's just that simple. People try to be something their not, and that be some of the reasons they don't think they can becertain things. Its your mind that keeps doubting your ability not people around you. We, and I speak for everybody including me, try's to do things that other people think is right instead of following their own dreams. we have to make the "Source of our nature and values our own internal decisions rather than the picctures of ourselves that appear in minds from external sources." We can't let these outside feelings get in our head and take over what we really want to go after and become.

Even though I agree with him deeply, I also have to disagree with him in some ways. In certain situations, people do go through the same situation. Like if I was to have a family problem like my mother being beating by her husand. If someone was to have the same family problem as me, they could undertand how i'm feeling about it and how it affects. I'm not saying that that person will understand 100%, but they will have some kind of idea on what I am going through. So in some cases people have other people to talk to in the world when they need it, thats why we aren't 100% alone in this world. But what if it was a ibling that had the ame experience as you? Are you and that sibling abl to know where eachother is coming from?

People do have freedom. People can do what they want. If someone wanted to rob a bank or kill someobody, they will do it. Even though it is against the law to do these actions, it's not going to stop people's action's. They can get penalized for it but at the end of the day, THEY DID WHAT THEY WANTED. Thats why people make decisions how ever they want and when they want. law's only can control them, but since it's an internal thing, there is but so much you can do to that persons mind.

But the question is, can we ESCAPE our freedom? I think not. How can you escape your freedom? How can you esccape what you are intitled too? How can you escape the fact that you can make your own decisions? "In choosing to identify ourselves with some externally determined object we are choosing none the less". Anything you do in life is made by a decision. It's that simple.

Period.

Comment on Jenise's Response

Jenise nice first response! I definitly like how you start off your response with providing the reader with an example of you and your friends having a argument about something ang how you were the only person who understood what you was saying. It was an excellent way to connects to Banach lecture and to start your reasoning. When you mentioned the quote where Banach said "When you think of it, each of us is alone in the world. Only we feel our pains, our pleasures, our hopes, and our fears immediately, subjectively, from the inside," I toatally agreed on what you were trying to say. Since we are the only people that can feel our pain or emotions and have our own experiences even if they are similar to others, it is sometimes to hard and complicated to understand and tryto explain to others. So that was a great point that you brung up because that was one of the keys of the lecture.
I like the way you portray your ideas and reasoning in this response because you have a tone where you are trying to ask a question about what he is trying to say and at the same time giving the reader a better way of thinking on the way Banach is trying to "sell" his point. I can tell you understand what he is saying, it seems to me like you are taking his side on us being alone in this world and then again you are disagreeing with him. So in a way your in the middle of it. You agree and disagree.
Overall, this response on the first part of his lecture, was thorough, detailed, and well explained and I clearly thought you got your point across on each side, agreeing with him and disagreeing with him.
Well done Jenise! Ihope to read more on what you have to say on this topic!

Comment on Sam R. response

I like your response very much ! I think it has alot of detailed opinions and evidence in it, and it shows that you put alot of effort into what exactly the point you wanted to get across.When you stated "So basically only we know ourselves. If someone’s feeling a certain way, the closest we can get to understanding them is by having a similar experience. Otherwise if they tried to explain to us how they feel, we won’t have any idea relative to how they’re feeling." I felt that we were exactll onthe same page. I undertand and very much agree with you when you staed this because we as individuals, are the only people who can know exactly how ourselves feel. Only the people around can see how we are feeling by sharing the same experience as us and only having an idea of what we are feeling. So that was an excellent point that you stated.
Throughout this spectacular response, your tone that you say your detailed reasoning is more of a "I can relate exactly what he is tryning to say" type of way. In some parts it feel's like you are in fact Hannack and you are exaplaining to the reader on why ourselves are the only people that can know 100% how we feel and no one one the outside world can't.
I enjoyed your response on Hannack lecture and I definitly look foward into reading more of your responses on his lectures!

BANACH HW #1 9/16

Individuality is when there is something about you that separates you from another human being. I feel that each person that lives on this earth has something that is different about them that makes them stand out from other people around them or even other people in the world. Especially if it is something that happened in there life personally that you can't see on their exterior body.

When Banach says "absolute individuals" he means that people are 100% independent. I totally agree on what he is trying to say. I feel that each person that lives on planet earth is fully independent because of the fact that everybody goes through different experiences. Even if they are similar, every body's situation is handled differently, therefore, you can't ever determine how someone is feeling. I also agree when he says that each person is an absolute individual because the only real thing you can get from a human being is their exterior. That's the only thing that you can judge. I say that because you can never know how someone can feel unless they tell you or your god. And when Banach follows up and says "Each of us is trapped within our own mind, unable to feel anything but our own feelings and experiences" that right there sums up what I am trying to say. So when he says that each person is an absolute individual, i agree because people don't know how someone feels since that is an internal issue that they face.

" What can the absolute freedom of absolute individuals mean" says Banach

Hmmmmmmm.....

I feel it means that humans live there own life, they have their own experiences, and they can judge anybody they want. To have their Absolute freedom, it's having the right to choose what you want to do or having the choice to say or do what you want. like specifically speaking,
you can have the choice of sharing out your judgments on somebody or having the choice to keep it to your self. When you as a person that can be judged only on the outside, you have the freedom to do as you please. (except to violently hurt somebody of course or do something to break the law unless you really don't care about consequences)

I wouldn't say that he is right about us as individuals being alone in this world, but I would say that I agree with him when he says that people don't know how other people are feeling internally. I agree with this part of his statement because if you think of it like someone being sad. How would you know that this person is sad if they don't express it on their external body? how would you know the experiences that they had can ever be similar to anybody else's? How do you you know how they are feeling about someone or something if they don't mention it? These are reason's why I can believe his theory about individuals being "alone" in this world. But if he was right about us being alone in this world, that we won't be able to perceive the world around us, and that we weren't able to connect to people, it would most definitely concern me. If we couldn't connect with anybody, how would we be able to express our feelings when we need somebody to talk to? How would we be able to see the world around us? most importantly, How would we live LIFE? To me, if I didn't have those things in my life I would most likely feel like I am a individual that can only talk to his self. It would feel more like a deaf and blindness put together. we would not exist to no one.