I judge books by their cover. I’m not afraid to admit it. However, I will eventually read that book…if it seems like it’s worth my time or if I’m really that curious. I would want to get to know that book, learn what it’s truly about, and then decide whether or not that book is full of shit.
As a kid, I was never raised to go to church. My family isn’t religious, and I don’t believe in god (in a classical sense). Do I think religion is bullshit? I did, and thanks to some fanatics out there, I sometimes still do. I never had any intention to just write it off though, and being the curious kid I am, I took a some religious studies classes to try and learn a few things. Unlike most ignorant self proclaimed atheists out there who don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about, I wanted to actually take the time to learn why people believed in something that seemed so peculiar to me, instead of just assuming the worst. I wanted to know about all of the rituals that seemed goofy, but more importantly, I wanted to know why people were killing each other because of things they believed in. I won’t go into what I learned, but I will say that even though that experience hasn’t really changed my beliefs (which academically speaking, it wasn’t supposed to), I have some respect for some of the reasons people have religious views. I believe that at the end of the day, as long as you aren’t breaking any laws or pissing people off, if religion makes you a better person, then you should have the freedom to believe whatever the hell you want and not get persecuted for it.
On to the meat of this little rant. I’m going to try a little experiment. I’m going to start a Twitter. I honestly don’t know what all the fuss is about, but this phenomenon is sweeping the nation, so I’ll give it a chance. To me, it looks like a stripped down version of facebook status where people post what’s going on with them all the time. And really, who is that narcissistic that they must let everyone know what they’re up to all the time? Certainly, not I. I mean, this article detailing my future activities isn’t ironic at all, right? But really, if anything I’m almost the opposite of that. Everything I do has to be a secret. Since, it’s the summer and I’m bored already, and this is the Obama era where apparently some sort of change is involved, I will try and do the opposite of what I did before. I will set out to Twitter everything that I possibly can. I wanna see how this is anyway helpful to me, or to anyone following me. So make your own Twitter and we can all be twitter twats and see for yourself what all the hubub is about, or if you aren’t willing to take that step you can just simply follow me here and see how mundane my life is: http://twitter.com/bawa_hong. I also went ahead and snatched up the Tweetie app for the Iphone, so I’ll be able to tweet all my twiddle twattle tweets everywhere I go. If I find it useful then I most likely keep it, if it’s full of shit then I’ll get rid of it.
Bao-hoa out!
