Sunday, March 29, 2009

Music and People

Does anyone ever find they associate songs with people? I do. I already know some others do because you always hear of people who were in a relationship having a song that makes them think of the person. However I am referring to those aside from the deep romantically emotional relationship connects for the most part here.
I think it must be natural to have a mental connection between a song and person for is not music emotional. The same way a picture can make people think of an event or a smell; music works in a similar pattern. Music can remind people of an event that is connected to it like a obon song to an obon or gongs to a festival or performance that featured them.
I am curious about mental connections that are not tied to a specific memory though. For instance I always think of an elementary school friend when I hear Santana's "Maria Maria" or how I think of a certain teacher I had when I hear No Doubt's "Spiderwebs" however I have no idea why. Maybe there is a memory at the core of these connects that I don't really remember now yet I still wonder how many others have these seemingly arbitrary connections.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Reasons to Have an Afro vol.3

5.Helps make you memorable
6.Gives you a conversation starter with older people

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Reasons to Have an Afro vol.2

3.Instant Pillow
4.Makes it easy to find you in a crowd

Friday, March 6, 2009

Reasons to Have an Afro

1.Great for all weather- keeps heat when cold,
2.Let's you meet people more than once.-they sometimes won't recognize you without one(letting you not reveal to them that you forgot their name)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Two hands for Burger!

Burger commercials are starting to annoy me. I can't believe how many show people eating a burger with both hands-even some small enough to eat with a pinkie and thumb. The reason I think this annoys me is because I actually really like burgers (and anything sandwich-like). Most big chains however have the worst burgers. Burger stands are almost uniformly better than franchises. Of course there are exceptions however I would stand by the statement.
Somehow I ended up writing a quick poem about the ads.

Burger Ad
Pointless ad,
You of illusions and images with faults.
We may partake,
due to convenience's sake.
Don't take credit.
You have no idea, how long I considered walking away from it.