So today I am going to try something new. I have see a few people do it on facebook, so in order to get a better understanding of myself (which Psychologist Erik Ericsson says is the most important thing in adulthood) I am going to list out 25 random facts about me based on what comes to mind.
Ready?
GO!
1. My name is James Richard Zucker, but I prefer to be called Jimmy, JimmyJames, or Lafleur.
2. I enjoy playing music. I don't know what my life would be like if I stopped playing music.
3. I really enjoy reading fiction.
4. I never finish anything I start.
5. I actually like school and learning.
6. I would like to travel the world someday and learn about different cultures. People intrigue me.
7. I have no idea what the future holds for me.
8. I am a Darwinist.
9. I don't talk a lot when I'm around my friends, but I love to debate when I get the chance.
10. I am a very lucky person.
11. My friends are awesome people. Especially when they come get me for a bike ride when I would rather sleep in, but they know I should go on the bike ride.
12. I like watching good television shows.
13. Ludwig Van Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. His 7th symphony is my favorite piece written of all time.
14. Erenesto Cavallini is my favorite Clarinet composer of all time. His piece "Adagio-Tarantella" is my favorite piece written for clarinet.
15. I think Psychology and Sociology are very different.
16. I think animals have just as much right to live free on this planet as Humans do.
17. I sometimes wish the internet had never been invented. I think the world would be a much better place.
18. The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson is the worse piece of music ever written.
19. Unlike the people who wrote my Psychology book, I do not believe Creativity can be defined.
20. I believe organized religion is the worse thing to happen to humanity. It has caused more War, Death, and turmoil than any other thing.
21. I like to gamble and test the odds.
22. I believe anything is possible.
23. I always try and help out others whether it's loaning a book or buying them food.
24. Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, and John Stewart are some of the funniest men ever.
25. I love living life.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
COLLEGE
just for my reference, here is the list of colleges I am considering going to.
Northern Illinois University
Illinois State University
University of Florida at Gainesville
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Texas at Austin
Coastal Carolina
... Wow just realized that's a lot. Hopefully I can narrow it down before fall...
Northern Illinois University
Illinois State University
University of Florida at Gainesville
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Texas at Austin
Coastal Carolina
... Wow just realized that's a lot. Hopefully I can narrow it down before fall...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Life, The Universe, and Everything 3
So the Black Hawks won the world series... or was it the super bowl? Or are they going to the super bowl? I don't understand why so many people jumped on the hockey train. You know I bet if Chicago only had one base ball team we be a lot better than either team is right now.
I hate sports fans. I like people who are loyal with what they believe in, but rubbing it in others faces and calling other teams bad is what terns me off. Now, I like the cubs. But I don't say they are the best, because obviously that is not true. So I am not going to say it. I wish more sports fans would be like this, then maybe I would enjoy watching games with other people more.
I hate sports fans. I like people who are loyal with what they believe in, but rubbing it in others faces and calling other teams bad is what terns me off. Now, I like the cubs. But I don't say they are the best, because obviously that is not true. So I am not going to say it. I wish more sports fans would be like this, then maybe I would enjoy watching games with other people more.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Zombie, run!
Today me and my friend AJ got the game Zombie, run for the Droid. It has to be the funnest game I have played for a cell phone. How it works is it marks down your position on GPS and then you enter in your destination. You can also set what kind of an outbreak you want (level of difficulty) easy medium medium hard or hard. Then you can set the speed of the zombies based on zombie video games/movies. (Night of the living dead, resident evil, and 28 days later.)
What happens next is a map of your city (or where ever you are trying to get to) comes up and the game randomly puts zombies on your map in various groups and locations. Now you have to get to your location without getting caught by these invisible Zombies. If you get eaten you die. You can stop and build up a barricade and rest for a few minutes if you need to.
Zombie, Run for the Motorola Droid gets an A+. It teaches you what you are going to need when the impending zombie invasion happens. It gets you in shape by making waling/running fun and you will want to do it because you do not want to die. It also shows team work as you have to stick together in a group. What is also cool is that they are in a beta of multi-player massive online so you can meet up with anyone else who has the game in your area. This is a great free game for the Droid and i highly reccomend it.
What happens next is a map of your city (or where ever you are trying to get to) comes up and the game randomly puts zombies on your map in various groups and locations. Now you have to get to your location without getting caught by these invisible Zombies. If you get eaten you die. You can stop and build up a barricade and rest for a few minutes if you need to.
Zombie, Run for the Motorola Droid gets an A+. It teaches you what you are going to need when the impending zombie invasion happens. It gets you in shape by making waling/running fun and you will want to do it because you do not want to die. It also shows team work as you have to stick together in a group. What is also cool is that they are in a beta of multi-player massive online so you can meet up with anyone else who has the game in your area. This is a great free game for the Droid and i highly reccomend it.
Life, The Universe, and Everything 2
Haven't had anything to review yet again so here I am posting some thoughts. Today I am going to be talking about the Psychologist B. Skinner, a complete moronic individual. Skinner believed that society could be conditioned or engineered in a way that we could create the perfect society. I think this the worse idea I have ever heard. People need choice and free will to decide what they are going to do. I just typed a paper about this so I am not going to go more into it, but I will attach the paper for anyone to read more about it. I am very angry right now that people actually think this. I need an Arnold Palmer.
Human Freedoms: No Illusion Here.
Having freedoms and having choice to decide our own future is a very important part of society. Psychologist Skinner thought that society could be conditioned into doing whatever society wanted. The effects of society would be horrible. People would not have the process of wondering the outcomes of a certain decision. Instead everything would be decided ahead of time to make sure they become what society thinks they are supposed to become. This way of controlling destiny is eliminating natural selection in letting the best survive. This idea of engineering a society would also eliminate any need of religion. People will no longer think that god set a path for them to follow since someone would have already done that. Religion and worship is a very important part of any society as it gives people something to hang on to and believe in during the worst of times. Finally, if a mistake is made and someone is unable to fulfill what they are “supposed” to do in society, then that person is no longer useful in society. So what would we do with that person? It is completely unethical to let someone else control the destiny of another person. That is what natural selection and survival of the fittest is for.
Human behavior is completely based on choice and different than the way the rats exhibited behavior. Everyone has a choice on what they want to become. For example, I am a musician. My family has never exhibited a member who was a famous musician. Most students join band because their parents want them too. I joined because I wanted to on my own because I wanted to associate myself with those kinds of people and continue to work with those kinds of people today. It was my choice and no one else’s to associate myself in band. The rewards may not be as good as say taking a career in engineering or computer science, but I still liked the rewards of being a music performer and educator more than anything else so I decided on my own to pursue that as my future career.
Behavior is completely based on how an individual wants to act in society. They say a child of an alcoholic is likely to become an alcoholic. However, the fact that I have seen the children of several professional non alcoholic parents become alcoholics shows that we have a choice in whether or not we want to decide to start drinking alcohol and decide when we have had too much. I am taking this class based on my own personal choices. This does meet a requirement that I have to take, but I could have chosen a different class like a sociology or anthropology class that would meet my need as well. Instead I was interested in Psychology so I decided to take the class. Another example of how we decide our own behavior is the hippy movement. In the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s a group of people decided to break away from societies norms and do what they wanted. They did not have the best of lives, but they still preferred that way of living instead of following everyone else and what their parents wanted to do.
Human Freedoms: No Illusion Here.
Having freedoms and having choice to decide our own future is a very important part of society. Psychologist Skinner thought that society could be conditioned into doing whatever society wanted. The effects of society would be horrible. People would not have the process of wondering the outcomes of a certain decision. Instead everything would be decided ahead of time to make sure they become what society thinks they are supposed to become. This way of controlling destiny is eliminating natural selection in letting the best survive. This idea of engineering a society would also eliminate any need of religion. People will no longer think that god set a path for them to follow since someone would have already done that. Religion and worship is a very important part of any society as it gives people something to hang on to and believe in during the worst of times. Finally, if a mistake is made and someone is unable to fulfill what they are “supposed” to do in society, then that person is no longer useful in society. So what would we do with that person? It is completely unethical to let someone else control the destiny of another person. That is what natural selection and survival of the fittest is for.
Human behavior is completely based on choice and different than the way the rats exhibited behavior. Everyone has a choice on what they want to become. For example, I am a musician. My family has never exhibited a member who was a famous musician. Most students join band because their parents want them too. I joined because I wanted to on my own because I wanted to associate myself with those kinds of people and continue to work with those kinds of people today. It was my choice and no one else’s to associate myself in band. The rewards may not be as good as say taking a career in engineering or computer science, but I still liked the rewards of being a music performer and educator more than anything else so I decided on my own to pursue that as my future career.
Behavior is completely based on how an individual wants to act in society. They say a child of an alcoholic is likely to become an alcoholic. However, the fact that I have seen the children of several professional non alcoholic parents become alcoholics shows that we have a choice in whether or not we want to decide to start drinking alcohol and decide when we have had too much. I am taking this class based on my own personal choices. This does meet a requirement that I have to take, but I could have chosen a different class like a sociology or anthropology class that would meet my need as well. Instead I was interested in Psychology so I decided to take the class. Another example of how we decide our own behavior is the hippy movement. In the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s a group of people decided to break away from societies norms and do what they wanted. They did not have the best of lives, but they still preferred that way of living instead of following everyone else and what their parents wanted to do.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Live, The Universe, and Everything
Decided to post a life post today. Jeff wants to bike to the gulf. Anyone think this is a good idea? We have a plan. We're gonna have a car wash to raise money to put our name out there and get sponsored and then we will get a lot of money from this idea according to Jeff. Then we bike to the gulf and clean up wild life and we will forever live in fame.
Me Jeff and Dylan are the only ones who want to do this. I think it is a great idea, it might take a little work but we will get there. BP really pisses me off and I am willing to do anything to help out at the gulf.
Anyway, below is a link to sign a petition so that the government can seize all of BP's assets. SIGN PLEASE!
https://secure2.convio.net/pep/site/SPageServer?JServSessionIdr004=crb7ph9q69.app209a&pagename=SeizeBP
Me Jeff and Dylan are the only ones who want to do this. I think it is a great idea, it might take a little work but we will get there. BP really pisses me off and I am willing to do anything to help out at the gulf.
Anyway, below is a link to sign a petition so that the government can seize all of BP's assets. SIGN PLEASE!
https://secure2.convio.net/pep/site/SPageServer?JServSessionIdr004=crb7ph9q69.app209a&pagename=SeizeBP
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is one of the very few places I have ever been where even if what I'm doing there doesn't turn out in the best way I still have an amazing time. I went last weekend to see the Chicago Cubs game and it was the perfect day.
Their food is really good. Some might say it is over priced but in the end it is completely worth it. The hot dogs are so delicious I can easily say they are the best I have ever had.
The cubs won as well. Certainly this does not happen often but they did this game. The environment of Wrigley Field is awesome. It doesn't matter how many screaming fans are surrounding you and what they are saying. I wouldn't leave early even if there was no way the cubs could win a game.
I give Wrigley Field an A+. The food is great and the environment is awesome. Even if I go and the cubs loose I still have the time of my life. So head on down to the friendly confines and pick up a hot dog or two and sit back and watch the chicago cubbies.
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