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| 10 facts about dreams |
| 03.31.08 (12:15 am) [edit] |
10. Blind People Dream
People who become blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vivid involving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion. It is hard for a seeing person to imagine, but the body’s need for sleep is so strong that it is able to handle virtually all physical situations to make it happen.
9. You Forget 90% of your Dreams
Within 5 minutes of waking, half of your dream if forgotten. Within 10, 90% is gone. The famous poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, woke one morning having had a fantastic dream (likely opium induced) - he put pen to paper and began to describe his “vision in a dream” in what has become one of English’s most famous poems: Kubla Khan. Part way through (54 lines in fact) he was interrupted by a “Person from Porlock“. Coleridge returned to his poem but could not remember the rest of his dream. The poem was never completed.
8. Everybody Dreams
Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychological disorder) but men and women have different dreams and different physical reactions. Men tend to dream more about other men, while women tend to dream equally about men and women. In addition, both men and women experience sexually related physical reactions to their dreams regardless of whether the dream is sexual in nature; males experience erections and females experience increased vaginal blood flow.
7. Dreams Prevent Psychosis
In a recent sleep study, students who were awakened at the beginning of each dream, but still allowed their 8 hours of sleep, all experienced difficulty in concentration, irritability, hallucinations, and signs of psychosis after only 3 days. When finally allowed their REM sleep the student’s brains made up for lost time by greatly increasing the percentage of sleep spent in the REM stage. [Source]
6. We Only Dream of What We Know
Our dreams are frequently full of strangers who play out certain parts - did you know that your mind is not inventing those faces - they are real faces of real people that you have seen during your life but may not know or remember? The evil killer in your latest dream may be the guy who pumped petrol in to your Dad’s car when you were just a little kid. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces through our lives, so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilize during our dreams.
5. Not Everyone Dreams in Color
A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The remaining number dream in full color. People also tend to have common themes in dreams, which are situations relating to school, being chased, running slowly/in place, sexual experiences, falling, arriving too late, a person now alive being dead, teeth falling out, flying, failing an examination, or a car accident. It is unknown whether the impact of a dream relating to violence or death is more emotionally charged for a person who dreams in color than one who dreams in black and white. [Source]
4. Dreams are not about what they are about
If you dream about some particular subject it is not often that the dream is about that. Dreams speak in a deeply symbolic language. The unconscious mind tries to compare your dream to something else, which is similar. Its like writing a poem and saying that a group of ants were like machines that never stop. But you would never compare something to itself, for example: “That beautiful sunset was like a beautiful sunset”. So whatever symbol your dream picks on it is most unlikely to be a symbol for itself.
3. Quitters have more vivid dreams
People who have smoked cigarettes for a long time who stop, have reported much more vivid dreams than they would normally experience. Additionally, according to the Journal of Abnormal Psychology: “Among 293 smokers abstinent for between 1 and 4 weeks, 33% reported having at least 1 dream about smoking. In most dreams, subjects caught themselves smoking and felt strong negative emotions, such as panic and guilt. Dreams about smoking were the result of tobacco withdrawal, as 97% of subjects did not have them while smoking, and their occurrence was significantly related to the duration of abstinence. They were rated as more vivid than the usual dreams and were as common as most major tobacco withdrawal symptoms.” [Source]
2. External Stimuli Invade our Dreams
This is called Dream Incorporation and it is the experience that most of us have had where a sound from reality is heard in our dream and incorporated in some way. A similar (though less external) example would be when you are physically thirsty and your mind incorporates that feeling in to your dream. My own experience of this includes repeatedly drinking a large glass of water in the dream which satisfies me, only to find the thirst returning shortly after - this thirst… drink… thirst… loop often recurs until I wake up and have a real drink. The famous painting above (Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening) by Salvador Dali, depicts this concept.
1. You are paralyzed while you sleep
Believe it or not, your body is virtually paralyzed during your sleep - most likely to prevent your body from acting out aspects of your dreams. According to the Wikipedia article on dreaming, “Glands begin to secrete a hormone that helps induce sleep and neurons send signals to the spinal cord which cause the body to relax and later become essentially paralyzed.”
Bonus: Extra Facts
1. When you are snoring, you are not dreaming.
2. Toddlers do not dream about themselves until around the age of 3. From the same age, children typically have many more nightmares than adults do until age 7 or 8.
3. If you are awakened out of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, you are more likely to remember your dream in a more vivid way than you would if you woke from a full night sleep.
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| For those that love philosophy and ambiguity... |
| 03.27.08 (12:29 am) [edit] |
For those who love the philosophy of hypocrisy and ambiguity....
1. Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....
3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
7. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
8. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
10. Is there another word for synonym?
11. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
12. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk? (LOVE this one!!)
15. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
16. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
17. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
18. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
19. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
20. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?
21. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
22. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
23. Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?
24. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
25. How is it possible to have a civil war?
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| Quote Du Jour |
| 03.27.08 (12:28 am) [edit] |
"Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time."
Tallulah Bankhead
Hmmm. It's Saturday night and I'm home blogging... It doesn't look good. LMAO
But I'm running a fever, I have no voice and my brain is full of snot. What fun would I be anyway right now??? I accidentally took the non-drowsy version cold medicine, so I can't sleep now.
An old bf called me today. He said I sounded "really sexy" with my raspy voice. (I personally think I sound like Bea Arthur right now.) I'm sick as a dog and this cretin is trying for a booty call or phone sex. And why did I quit seeing him? Oh yeah, because he's a selfish horndog that didn't even ask if I was ok - just if I was dating anyone. He's a gem - must elaborate on him later. He has the title of "Worst Kisser in ManKind".
Those of you of the male persuasion - I'm not a hater by any means. You guys crack me up and entertain the hell out of me with the dating/mating game.
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| INTERESTING YET FUNNY |
| 03.25.08 (2:58 am) [edit] |
* You can become an engineer if u study in Engineering college .. U cannot become a president if u study in Presidency College !
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* You can expect a BUS from a BUS stop... You cannot expect a FULL from FULL stop.
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* A mechanical engineer can become a mechanic but a software engineer cannot become a software!
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* You can find keys in Key board but you cannot find mother in mother board.
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* You can study and get any certificates. .. But you cannot get your death certificate
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| Falling In And Out Of Love |
| 03.19.08 (2:57 am) [edit] |
When I say I love you I do
But this with you will not do
I need someone I can lean on
Someone I can count on too
Yes you are there sometimes
For that I am grateful to you
But I need someone there full time
And that you can not do
You told me once you loved me
That I could believe in you
I was there when you needed someone
Where were you when I needed someone, too?
The time has come for me to let go
Never to expect you to care again
People may come and people may go
But my love will never end
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| 21 Tips For Life With a Smile... |
| 03.19.08 (2:53 am) [edit] |
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ONE.
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO.
Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE.
Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR.
When you say, "I love you," mean it.
FIVE.
When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
SIX.
Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN.
Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT.
Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE.
Love ! deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.
In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN.
Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE.
Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN.
When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
FOURTEEN.
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
FIFTEEN.
Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson
SEVENTEEN.
Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN.
Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY.
Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
TWENTY-ONE.
Spend some time alone.
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| A real story |
| 03.17.08 (3:23 am) [edit] |
A guy lost his girlfriend in a train accident.... but the gal's name nowhere appeared in the dead list. This guy grew up n became IT technical architect in his late 20?s, achievement in itself!!.
He hired developers from the whole globe and plan to make a software where he could search for his gf through the web..
Things went as planned...n he found her, after losing millions of dollars and 3 long years!!
It was time to shut down the search operation, when the CEO of Google had a word with this guy n took over this application,
This Software made a whopping 1 billion dollars profit in its first year, which we today know as
ORKUT .
The guy's name is ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN. Yes its named after him only. Today he is paid a hefty sum by Google for the things we do like scrapping. He is expected to b the richest person by 2009.
ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN today has 13 assistants to monitor his scrapbook & 8 to monitor his friends-list. He gets around 20,000 friend-requests a day & about 85,000 scraps!!!
Some other Cool Facts abt this guy:
* He gets $12 from Google when every person registers to this website.
* He also gets $10 when you add somebody as a friend.
* He gets $8 when your friend's friend adds you as a friend & gets $6 if anybody adds you as friend in the resulting chain.
* He gets $5 when you scrap somebody & $4 when somebody scraps you.
* He also gets $200 for each photograph you upload on Orkut.
* He gets $2.5 when you add your friend in the crush-list or in the hot-list.
* He gets $2 when you become somebody's fan.
* He gets $1.5 when somebody else becomes your fan.
* He even gets $1 every time you logout of Orkut.
* He gets $0.5 every time you just change your profile-photograph.
* He also gets $0.5 every time you read your friend's scrap-book & $0.5 every time you view your friend's friend-list.
"Moral of the story?"
LOST U R GIRLFRIEND? U CAN MAKE BILLIONS!!!!
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| the interviewer and the smart boy |
| 03.17.08 (3:16 am) [edit] |
Q How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A . Concrete floors are very hard to crack!
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Q. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built.
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Q. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands. (Good one)
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Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find! an elephant with one hand.
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Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs , He sleeps at night.
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Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that.
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Q. What looks like half apple ?
A : The other half.
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Q. What can you never eat for breakfast ?
A : Lunch and Dinner.
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Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?
A : It caused a revolution.
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Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid
ONE EXTRA SHOT
Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question.
Think well before you make up your mind!" The boy thought for a while and said, "my choice is one really difficult question."
"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.
"What comes first, Day or Night?"
The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, "It's the DAY sir!"
"How" the interviewer asked,
"Sorry Sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"
Always Keep Smile Because I've never seen a smiling face that was not Beautiful!!!!!
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| LIFE |
| 03.13.08 (10:30 pm) [edit] |
In night while sitting under the moon
i thought wats life
and the answer i got was....
life is all about happines or joy
and sadness or sorrow....
wen we are happy we feel top of the world
wen we look at the clock on the wall
we feel why its running too fast and
want the moment to stop their.....
but
wen we are sad only us in trouble and noone else
wen we look at the clock again on the wall
we feel why its running to slow and
"why only me God???" are the only words left with us
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| Cracked pot |
| 03.13.08 (10:28 pm) [edit] |
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A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the House, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of it's own imperfection. And miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to
deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full
value from your efforts," the pot said.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw. So I
planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house?
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life.
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| First love is |
| 03.13.08 (1:16 am) [edit] |
First love is like playing with fire:
Aglow with pain and glory.
Tell me, my dear first love,
Whether I'm burned into your heart.
The fire in your body,
The glory of your touch:
Ah! my dear first love,
Never, never leave my heart!
Although the fire is distant,
The pain is always near.
My dear first love, please listen:
I hold you in my heart.
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| WATER BRIDGE IN GERMANY |
| 03.13.08 (1:14 am) [edit] |
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EVER SEEN A WATER BRIDGE?
Water Bridge in Germany... What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and
West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city
of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
To those who appreciate engineering projects Water Bridge Germany
Taking six years to build and costing around half a billion euros, the massive undertaking will connect Berlin's inland harbor with the ports along the Rhine river. At the center of the project is Europe's longest water bridge measuring in just shy of a kilometer at 918 meters. The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.
The water bridge will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. Shipping can often come to a halt on the stretch if the river's water mark falls to unacceptably low levels.
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| A Friend Promise |
| 03.13.08 (1:12 am) [edit] |
When times get tough and you feel down,
good friends are hard to come by.
But down worry when I see you frown
I'll be right by your side.
It may be a boy that breaks your heart
I promise, the pain will fade away
But don't you worry I will do my part
To be there for you every day.
But perhaps its your parents that made you cry
They are the ones who have you upset
They don't mean too make you have tears in your eyes
And on that i am sure to bet
And some times you just feel down and out
Just need a friend to on whom you can rely
Don't worry we can talk about
Whatever’s on your mind
You can call me even if it's late
Or if I'm studying for a test
Even if you know, that I am on a date
To help I will do my best
Because you’re my friend you can rely on me
To get you through those bad times
As long as I can have the same guarantee
That you will be there for me
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| Lindsay Lohan Has Some Advice For Little Sister |
| 03.10.08 (10:49 pm) [edit] |
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Lindsay Lohan is doling out words of wisdom for her increasingly public little sis Ali, telling her to "keep her head on straight."
She also advises the 13-year-old Lohan whose reality TV show will debut on E! this summer to, "stay away from the clubs."
She adds, "I wish her the best of luck," during a new interview with Extra.
After three trips to rehab and two DUI arrests, Lindsay is looking to get her own career back on track.
“I’m part of a film that Jack Black is involved in that is starting around April, hopefully," she said. "We’re getting the cast together now."
Her icon Ann-Margret "is a part of it," Lindsay adds. "I'm very excited! I just really respect her."
Lindsay is collaborating on a new hip-hop album with Ne-Yo.
“It’s more of a dance vibe," she says, adding, "This one I do want to tour with."
Overall, Lindsay tells Extra, “Everything’s great. Everyone’s happy.”
Source: Us Magazine
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| Britney Spears Stalker Details Revealed |
| 03.10.08 (10:48 pm) [edit] |
It was previously reported that Britney has been receiving mysterious packages from a potential stalker. Now OK! Magazine says they have new details about what's got Britney's people running to the FBI.
"It started about six weeks ago with just letters being sent once a week," a source who has seen the packages tells the mag. "And then it quickly escalated to larger packages that now arrive two to three times a week — always to the same L.A. address, but never to one of Britney's homes."
"The first thing you see when you open the box is a huge, lavender-colored, battery-operated sex toy," says the source. "Still with the price tag on it." The sex toy was accompanied by two letters, one printed, one hand-written. Both letters were threatening and pornographic.
"The handwritten one is on note paper and it's written in a crazy, all-caps chicken scratch."
The package also contains a photo of a middle-aged white man with stringy, greasy hair. His eyes are cut out of the photo and he is squirting a yellow fluid into his mouth. Some believe the photo is of the sender of the package.
"It's like something from a bad movie," says the source. "If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't believe it."
The package with a return address in Minneapolis, Minnesota are given to Britney's security team and then to the FBI.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's names are also written on the outside of the package.
Britney is keeping to her regular routine amid the weirdness. She went shoe shopping yesterday afternoon and later stopped by Millennium Dance Complex.
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| Definitions of Designations |
| 03.05.08 (1:19 am) [edit] |
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1) Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month
2) Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.
3) Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
4) Client is the one who doesn't know why he wants a baby.
5) Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
6) Resource Optimization Team thinks they don't need a man or woman; they'll produce a child with zero resources.
7) Documentation Team thinks they don't care whether the child is delivered, they'll just document 9 months.
Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS to produce a baby.
And lastly?..
9) Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the Right baby
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| Friendship Is... |
| 03.05.08 (1:17 am) [edit] |
Friendship is not important with whom you have it…
Friendship is… how deep you have it,
Friendship is not how much you know….
Friendship is… how much you care,
Friendship is not how much you make happy…
Friendship is… how much you share sorrows,
Friendship is not how many times you reach your hand…
Friendship is… how many times you touch the heart,
Friendship is not how precious thing you give…
Friendship is… how much sensitive things you offer,
Friendship is not an achievement…
Friendship is…one beyond your destination,
Friendship is not just sharing the joy…
Friendship is… love in sharing the tears,
Long live our Friendship…..
Ever ending one… To YOU
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