My life as a wimpy person

When I was growing up, I didn’t see many movies that my peers saw.

Antz? Nope.
Mulan? Nope.
Hercules? Nope.
Lord of the Rings? Nope.

I thought all of those sounded like awesome movies, but my parents wisely made me wait until I was older. I say wisely because I am a very easily-scared and impressionable person.

I’ve never seen a horror movie before, but I saw part of one on Monday. I’m taking a class on Monsters in Literature, and my teacher saw fit to show us 20 minutes of the movie Resident Evil. I spent the entire 20 minutes taking notes and jumping at sudden movements and noises.

It wasn’t as bad as I expected. Of course, I still hate zombies and violence and horror….and blood is kinda freaky, but I lived. I would NOT want to see the rest of the movie, though.

Violence.

Blood.

Suspense.

Isn’t it great?

Brains are in the eye of the beholder

For awhile now, I’ve been wondering if I’m left-brained or right-brained. Or dead-brained. So I asked my family, thinking they would tell me the truth.

Sister: No, you’ve never been creative enough to be right-brained.

Mom: Reason and logic? YOU?

Dad: *eats lunch*

…in retrospect, I probably shouldn’t’ve asked during lunch. Maybe then I wouldn’t have ended up with a tie vote.

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So, I left lunch downhearted, sure I would never find my place in humanity. I researched ways to make my stronger brain more apparent, and then I stumbled across THIS article. It’s called “Why the Left-Brain Right-Brain Myth Will Probably Never Die“. UM. EXCUSE ME?

What exactly do you mean by “myth”, sir? Is everything I’ve ever heard about the brain false? Well, according to this article, the main reason we believe in left/right brain is because of a test done on people whose brain-connecting cords were cut due to epilepsy procedures. They found that the right and left sides of the brain functioned differently and processed different information.

So……what about people whose brain-connecting cords are intact? Apparently we just function with our brains as a whole, and some people are better at art than others. That makes me feel better about myself, even if this article turns out to be total untruth. I appreciate the new perspective anyway 🙂

BRING IT, MONDAY!