Zompf is born on Wednesday, December 20th 2006 at 3:27am

Clearly, this bloggy deal needed to happen. I now get to type out my zillions of random thoughts for my own selfish delight, as well as for the amusement of others. I just can't wait to read what comes out.

Zompf. phonetically challenging, yes. Its more fun when said in double units. zompf zompf. which I believe the url has been set at.

So what did I learn today? I started reading a book that pre-dates "Radical Honesty" by a decade or two called "Vital Lies and Simple Truths, the psychology of self-deception". By Daniel Goleman. He went to Harvard in the 60's, and wrote the book in '85. Bears Superbowl year. Reagan. Live Aid. Cold War. Pinks and Yellows.

Okay, lets get back on track. The first 19 pages were lame. Then on page 20, paraphrased of course, it goes...

"Perception is selection. Filtering out information (the job of our usually trusty cerebral cortex) is, in the main, for the good. But the capacity for the brain to do so makes it vulnerable to skewing what is admitted to awareness versus what gets sent to the recycle bin.

My paraphrase is far superior to his original text, I might add.

Dude goes on..."The ways in which our attention is biased has profound affects". "A person's given experience is what she agrees to attend to".

So this book is going to tell me what society is perceiving, as well as what exists in society's blind spot.

Its interesting, damn it.

I'll try to avoid quoting psychology texts as much as I can for both my sake and yours.

What else today? I did NOT leave the house. It was a "no-work" Tuesday. What did I accomplish in these 18 waking hours at home? I rehearsed Love Fool by the Cardigans, This Charming Man by the Smiths, and Blackbird a few times. Just the vocals. I rode my elliptical for about 15 minutes. Probably less. Made Craigslist posts such as indicating my desire to bargain for help with my itunes issues. http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/sys/251449613.html.
I made egg salad. I talked to a few friends on the phone, including Karen for the first time in weeks. Picked on my cat. That's about it. Should have went out with Justin. YEAH. Okay, off to bed now. Hooray for beds.