Thoughts on Doodlejump and other observations

DoodleJump is a fun game for the iPhone in which you play the role of a tiny snout-nosed alien hopping endlessly upwards on a series of diminishing and changing platforms all while avoiding aliens and blackholes. It is a fun time-killer and as everything seems to, it makes me think about life. One thing I realized is that there really is not point. You're not saving a princess or defeating an evil force, or even trying to collect a certain number of things, simply trying to rack up a high score and once you've got that high score the only thing to do is to defeat that previous high score. In some ways I think this is a good model for life. I should strive for the highest level of success, whatever that is, and then once I have reached that platform, go at it again and strive for a higher platform. The more often I strive for the highest platform the better I will get at avoiding the obstacles I will face and jumping strategically. It's a way to live life folks. Strive and strive again for that high score.

Another thing is that when you are trying to get a higher score, you are always jumping with a platform in mind. Jumping to a specific platform. If you fail to pick a platform to jump to you will either land back on the one you were at or fall to your death. This is like in life when people just move and move without goals. Move with a mission and you will get that high score.

The final thought I had is, I am pretty sure this character in the game can't look down. This I'm sure could be applied to not looking back in life, but mostly I just think of how frightening it would be to jump up, thinking you are going to land on a platform, except just keep falling. God that would be terrifying

Now onto a random likes and dislikes session.

Likes:
-overhearing one good looking girl talk to another good looking girl about how attractive a third unseen girls ass is
-seeing fully dressed Mannequins being transported on a trolley and freaking out because you are sure they are dead/passed out children
-Tacos Guaymos Carne Asada Burritos with a Tecate

Dislikes:
-Being in a cold room wrapped in blankets fearing getting up to go to the cold shower
-How iPhones don't just return to the article you were reading after responding to a text
-Overhearing horribly awkard and personal conversations when people don't know you are working in the next room
-A Capitol Hill native warning me that I may see gay people holding hands/kissing with the possible mindset that it may frighten my fragile Iowa mind. (we got gay marriage, you don't Washington TAKE THAT)
-When someone on the street asks you for spare change or something and you are willing to give it but honestly don't have any and you feel bad because you had nothing to give them but also because you think that they assume that you are lying.

and here's a big one that's been bugging me lately. This is almost in direct response to another blogger's blogs, and if they read my blog I am sorry if I offend, but would love their response to my frustrations to follow.

People who limit their enjoyment of things by denying the reality that is all around them. This person is a fairly conservative Christian, alternative interests aside. But they have written that they dislike certain films/shows etc because they are about sex or divorce or infidelity. To me this just seems like they are denying that these things exist. I have seen films that are unpleasant to watch, but good films, because they handle something out there that is real and does exist. Sex/Divorce/bad relationships happen in today's world. A LOT. and to not represent that in film and media is to deny it's existence. Media is here to show what goes on in our world and to comment on it how the creator see's fit. I am not going to turn of American History X because I don't like racism or neo-nazism. I am going to watch it and see what it has to say on the subject. Things like this frustrate me. In some ways refusing to watch movies about disturbing and unpleasant but true things is cowardice because you are refusing to face reality. If you do not face reality and see it for what it is, there is no way to change it into something less disturbing, or to learn to accept what you used to believe was disturbing as something else.