Horses

This is an interesting topic. Of which, in the off chance my rambling even has an audience, let alone a horse-enthusiast audience, I would be very curious to see if any of this is correct or if this girl was just shooting the breeze.

We were out and about, engaged in a very intense conversation with people we had just met. Talking, naturally, about the things you are never supposed to talk about with people you just met. Yes, religion and politics it is. Religion and politics, led to ethnicity, discrimination, voting policies and segregation.

We were talking about if when voting, a certain minimum level of education should be required. Can you really require a college education to vote? High school? We never reached a conclusion or decision on this issue, although, we did decide something. We decided that America does a pretty damn good job of trying to make everyone equal. There just seems to be the pesky, but ever so natural, segregation that gets in the way.

This is where the zinger comes in -- one of the girls mentioned she works with horses. She said that horses, when on their own tend to gravitate toward the familiar. The brown horses to the brown. The white to the white. The black to the black. It is the mixed horses that don't fit in with the brown, white or black. Why is this?

Are we as a society trying to change nature's tendencies? Maybe it just isn't normal for everyone to mix and get along. I found it very thought-provoking and interesting. I never would have guessed that animals segregate according to their physical features. This is something I hope to see with my own eyes to believe.

If it isn't the natural "animal"tendency to be attracted to what is different, why is it that sometimes we try so hard in our society to do so? We are far from a perfect world - and maybe this example with the horse should teach us something.

When forced to get along to give rides we can stand each other's presence, but when left to our own devices we'd prefer to be with something familiar. There is nothing wrong with this. I am sure there are exceptions for horses too, just as there are exceptions for humans.

Nonetheless, I found it interesting. A good, sit-down and think about it topic.

The Perils of Reality TV

I admit, like almost everyone else, I get sucked into watching reality tv shows that are of little to no interest to me. It is a pleasant way to a) feel better about one's own life and b) relax and pass the time.

Anyway, the other night I started watching one that really peaked my attention, and afterwards filled me with afterthought and anger. Afterthought? Yes, I actually thought about the ridiculous situation for hours after viewing. *s* The show has to do with putting a near divorce couple in a house with a lawyer, marriage counselor, life counselor, sexologist... yadayada etc. The episode I happened to watch, in its entirety, had to do with a feeble woman who married a pathological liar.

In the beginning my heart really went out for this poor girl. She had been lied into dating, marrying and being with her husband. He had lied about his health, inventing a terminal disease and then going on an awesome 'goodbye' cruise; cheated on her multiple times and misused nuddie pictures of her. Not exactly your knight in shining armor - so a little wake up call on national television to serve as his therapy couldn't be all that bad.

When the show was over, I still sided with the girl. But then... not so much. First off, who in their right mind would actually still consider dating someone who invented dying of cancer to go on a cruise? Then he cheats on you, lies about it and does it again. It's called leaving him!

Fortunately in the world we live in divorce paperwork practically gets handed out with marriage licenses. You really have to be a very weak person not to leave the man and find something better.

It's not just this couple though. Why on earth would you go on national television to demonstrate your falling apart marriage? Get counseling without the cameras. Walking out on camera in little dresses and suits is not the way to approach your marriage. Goodness!

Nada

I thought that maybe if I waited a few days I would an exciting story to pass on. As it turns out, that is not the case. I could talk about the weather and how abnormally warm it has been for being October, but that just seems too basic.

The Trivial Life

Dictionary definition: commonplace; ordinary.

What we all strive not to be... commonplace. Who wants to be average, ordinary or normal. Gasp!
Yet, it seems the harder one tries to be different the more trivial his life becomes. No one wants to be that strange person who goes above and beyond social norms to be recognized.

As I write this sig other is searching for winter boots in oversized sweatshirt and underwear. (The underwear seem non-existent). Now this is good stuff! This is what makes life worth living. Not the act of looking for something, but no, the act of doing such a common task in a creative way!
Hence, I encourage searching for things in underwear. We'll determine if it helps with the finding of lost objects.

Here's to the search!