today's antics... well... yesterday's
So we talked about several things today/yesterday/whatever... The first I would like to discuss is the whole idea of knowing something "by heart."
I would really like to know what the difference is in committing something to memory and knowing it by heart. Technically speaking, everything you know is known "by heart," simply because you know it... Then again, does knowing something by heart mean you know the whole thing word for word in the correct order/sequence? If that's the case, is it not true that you know the burger king slogan by heart, or maybe the jingle for some other company? Whatever the case, I suppose I'll go with the music idea that was mentioned today. Probably the very first song that I truly committed to memory because I was the one who wanted to know the song - like... flat out listened to it over and over again until I had it DOWN - was Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I know... but what can I say, I was in the third grade (I think?). Of course I knew twinkle twinkle little star, and all those good ones you learn in Kindergarten, but like I said, this was the first one that I wanted to know as opposed to learning... unless you count Do Wa Diddy on the radio or the Pokemon theme song... Anyway, after Maxwell's Silver Hammer there were a few more, I suppose, but that's the one that sticks out for the most part because it was pretty much the first. In more recent years, the majority of music that I have been committing to heart has been my own music. I write a lot of music, I've had several bands and am in the process of starting and leading several. I am the sole songwriter for all but one of those. I am also the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and harmonica player (when it calls for it). But I digress. All of the songs that I memorize are generally my own, and therefore have a special place in my heart (or at least they did at one point in time... some I now have condemned to Hell due to my hatred and/or emotional detachment from them), so I guess you could say I "know them by heart."
The next thing I would like to talk about that we mentioned in class is losing the game but winning the story. I'm going to be rather brief on this, because I'd simply like to mention the fact that it is also possible to win the game and lose the story. Correct me if I am wrong, but this is perfectly exemplified by one of the groups currently in the class with the game where, whether you are the good or evil character, the evil character always prevails. So in any situation, it can be a win-win, a win-lose, a lose-win or even a lose-lose.
The final and shortest of my discussions here will be of Pluto no longer being a planet... I'm sorry, but where did that guy get off saying that? I don't care what the books say, I'm still going to teach my children that Pluto is a planet and some moron said otherwise and, surprise surprise, people listened to that moron... I think this right here could sum up how everyone feels about that guy:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/115842/detail/
I would really like to know what the difference is in committing something to memory and knowing it by heart. Technically speaking, everything you know is known "by heart," simply because you know it... Then again, does knowing something by heart mean you know the whole thing word for word in the correct order/sequence? If that's the case, is it not true that you know the burger king slogan by heart, or maybe the jingle for some other company? Whatever the case, I suppose I'll go with the music idea that was mentioned today. Probably the very first song that I truly committed to memory because I was the one who wanted to know the song - like... flat out listened to it over and over again until I had it DOWN - was Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I know... but what can I say, I was in the third grade (I think?). Of course I knew twinkle twinkle little star, and all those good ones you learn in Kindergarten, but like I said, this was the first one that I wanted to know as opposed to learning... unless you count Do Wa Diddy on the radio or the Pokemon theme song... Anyway, after Maxwell's Silver Hammer there were a few more, I suppose, but that's the one that sticks out for the most part because it was pretty much the first. In more recent years, the majority of music that I have been committing to heart has been my own music. I write a lot of music, I've had several bands and am in the process of starting and leading several. I am the sole songwriter for all but one of those. I am also the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and harmonica player (when it calls for it). But I digress. All of the songs that I memorize are generally my own, and therefore have a special place in my heart (or at least they did at one point in time... some I now have condemned to Hell due to my hatred and/or emotional detachment from them), so I guess you could say I "know them by heart."
The next thing I would like to talk about that we mentioned in class is losing the game but winning the story. I'm going to be rather brief on this, because I'd simply like to mention the fact that it is also possible to win the game and lose the story. Correct me if I am wrong, but this is perfectly exemplified by one of the groups currently in the class with the game where, whether you are the good or evil character, the evil character always prevails. So in any situation, it can be a win-win, a win-lose, a lose-win or even a lose-lose.
The final and shortest of my discussions here will be of Pluto no longer being a planet... I'm sorry, but where did that guy get off saying that? I don't care what the books say, I'm still going to teach my children that Pluto is a planet and some moron said otherwise and, surprise surprise, people listened to that moron... I think this right here could sum up how everyone feels about that guy:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/115842/detail/
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