Like A Rolling Stone...

Gosh, I love Rolling Stone. I look for it in the mail and I can't wait to read the newest from my favorite writer. I have to say, this blog really doesn't match the magazine, but it's a nice outlet to have between issues or when I'm just browsing on my computer. There was lots of cool stuff to read, tour dates to check, artists to learn, but I like the stories the best. I scrolled down quite a bit through standard music-y stuff, and then I saw an article on Bob Dylan. It's from only two days ago, but there have been so many since then, I was shocked. It was a little segment on how Dylan made a quick pit stop while on tour at Neil Young's childhood home. I guess the current owners get a lot of visitors, but what's crazy is that this guy didn't recognize the star at first. It's frikin Bob Dylan, dude. I can just imagine coming home from Wegmans, turning the car off, and seeing Bob Dylan on my front porch. Wowza. So yeah. This blog is cool, but I'd rather have paper in my hands.

Shut Up Heart

We are all stupid. Not a single one of us has our head on our shoulders when we're in love. It's this crazy, indescribable, tummy turning feeling that makes us all lose every bit of common sense our mothers enstilled in us from birth. But I'm sure there have been studies on how we fall in love, what parts of our brain we use, what excites, etc. That's the easy part. But when we know that a love has run it's course, when our heads are trying to convince us it's over, why can't we let go? If the human body is a map of advanced activity, shouldn't we be holding the compass? Where research needs to be done is in falling out of love. WHY CAN'T WE FALL OUT OF LOVE? Why must our "hearts" rule our heads? And if our bodies do let our love die, what happens? Do parts of us die to only to be rebirthed by a new love? Do those excied parts of our brain need to pop a prozac? The experiment that needs to be done is on unwilling victims of love. Those who pine for a best friend, a married man, a teacher, a cousin(ick sorry). There must be a way for your head to quiet your heart. There MUST be a psychological explanation to how(mostly) and why we fall out of love. We're supposed to be rational. But as much as we can protest and reassure the outside world that we've moved on and we're over him/her, there is often times still that feeling, that gut love that you just want to release. How is it released? Is there a set time for how long it should take? Are there drugs for it? Can you read something or do something? Let's put psychology to use for those who just want to move on, for there are many more of them than people afraid of tigers, or crowed spaces, or whatever.

Science in the Future

It's all about treatment. There are countless medical journals and magazine articles on prevention, heck there's an entire magazine dedicated to it. But no matter how hard we try to prevent those things in our lives, they always seem to creep up on us. The future will be about finding comfort for the afflicted. Those videos made it clear that we are very well on our way. I believe people are instinctively nurturing and sympathetic, and the the ultimate goal of a human being is to be independent and have a purpose. Science in the future will attack diseases just as severely as they attack our bodies. We will study the anatomy of the human and aim to mimic the natural "fighters" we each have. Also, technology through computers, as seen in the videos, will provide growing outlets to patients with bodily restrictions and brain damage. Ultimately, I believe we will find a less expensive and more accessible way to communicate with those who are currently without speech. Also, if this country and world can see the benefit of stem cell research and application, and bans are lifted, huge leaps will be made. These undifferentiated cells are the key to a scientific and medical revolution in the future.