Are there insects hanging around your locality? Do they creep you out?The most common human response towards insects is revulsion combined with fear. Is it possible that the very creatures that horrify and annoy us can ever seem pleasant? Read on...... I recently read a delightful essay by Robert Lynd who speaks on the general view of humans towards insects... You guys must already be feeling bored and might want to close this page. I felt the same way when I read the introduction of this essay by someone else..but when they say "Don't judge a book by it's cover", they mean it!! I felt it was yet another essay on how we should love nature, and yeah, all that is fine,... but HELLO, we're extremely busy and don't want a bunch of people who like wasting their time looking at large, rugged brown tree trunks and admiring them to advise us on how we should love our surroundings! But this essay came as a total surprise and I was taken aback. It's a very humorous and fun essay which criticizes humans and insects alike. The approach towards a topic that would make people want to sleep is really unique and makes you want to read all of it once you've read the very first line. It is definitely a relatable essay which expresses how nature is capable of delighting us as well as irritating us, depending on the surroundings. It describes the earth as a 'partially civilized planet' which is quite true. We humans claim to be civilized but aren't we the ones doing the most uncivilized deeds among all the other living things? The writing is satirical and intelligent. It's humour makes it a wonderful read, but at the same time, it sticks to it's motive of enlightening us on how nature is a part of us, all we need to do is look at it in that way! (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, see?) The best thing about the author is that he realizes very well that we cannot always spend time in nature, all he wants us to do is appreciate the moments which we get to spend outside being a part of nature and enjoying it's various resources. The essay makes us realize that every sound of nature reminds us 'selfish' humans about our childhood, about our innocence, and most importantly, about US. In the midst of our busy lives, it helps us relate nature to ourselves, as we are a part of life, a part of the uniqueness and the intricate beauty of life. Think about it, a living human being has so many processes going about inside him/her. All these processes are intensively linked to each other and the mechanism of these 'flawless' processes make us wonder at the infinite wisdom behind our creation, it makes us 'intelligent' humans appreciate all the different and unique forms of life created without "OUR HELP", so we can't even take credit for it! And yet, we utilize all these resources, sometimes "exploit them" without any appreciation. And THAT'S SAD! The essay is funny, realistic, relatable, emotional and TOTALLY READ-WORTHY! You don't wanna skip it thinking it's too long, because it might just take five minutes ( very entertaining five minutes, to be more precise). If you still aren't convinced, maybe you should read it and find out for yourself! Honestly, if you don't read it, you would be deprived of some awesome-ness! So here we go.. The hum of insects - Robert Lynd Hope you like it! Do tell me how it was!!!!! MELEAGRIS FlammableFluid
I'm sure many people will have different views on this topic, but a blog is about one's own opinions (DUH), so I'm going to be writing about what I personally think. I'm also pretty sure that I'm right (tee hee)... And my answer to 'Is first impression truly the best impression?' is NO. I have reasons of my own to defend my answer which will explain as to why I thinks so. Firstly, the first impression that we have of a person could be anytime, maybe when the person is in a really awkward situation, bad mood, maybe when they're really mad or maybe when they're really sad. Basically, they're in situations where they might not be on their best behavior. And it's pathetic judging someone when he/she is not what he/she is like usually... What if someone did that to you? Secondly, on a first meeting, people are not very likely to give away what they actually are like. When you think about it, would you really judge a person based on your first impression about them even after you see how different he/she is in your next meetings with them? I don't think so. Thirdly, what if the person changed after the first time you met him/her? The person might have become better/worse, maybe due to some experiences which he/she had. It would seem really stupid of us to consider first impressions in those cases. Another reason why I don't think first impressions work is because one might end up hurting someone because of them. Sometimes, we do hurt people unintentionally. We might blurt out what our first impression on someone is ( by mistake, of course) and if the person in question gets to know about it, he/she might get really hurt. And we would seem like the bad ones if the person isn't actually like that!! A lot of people who did not know me well enough and had formed an opinion about me thought I was extremely rude and had loads of attitude. But actually, I'm just not comfortable meeting new people. But now, those very people are my closest buddies. Ironically, people whom I liked and trusted from the very beginning turned out to be the bad ones, those who might adore you when you're around and badmouth you in public. All this did hurt me a lot but now I'm over it and usually don't make opinions on people very soon. When I meet someone I don't know, I usually don't have any impression about them, maybe because I think that I'm never going to meet them, or because I don't have the time to form any opinions about them in my mind, and sometimes just because I don't want to repeat my mistakes. Sometimes, in first meetings, when I've spent enough time with the person that I can judge him/her, I do form opinions (it's human nature), but I also tell myself that the person might be completely different from what I'm thinking. In this way, I'm free of guilt. Yes, there might be times when first impressions count, maybe when you're giving an interview and need to be as amiable as possible. And I'd totally encourage you to do that. But in situations where all this isn't important, and you weren't your usual self, don't worry! Because: 1) You might not meet those people ever again, so WHO CARES! They're very likely to forget you!(If that's what worries you) 2) You might meet them enough times to prove that you're actually a whole lot better than what they thought. 3) They might still have the same impression of you after a lot of meetings, but those sort of people aren't WORTH IT! You might also want to be careful while judging people the first time you meet them, because you don't want someone to do the same thing with you! Thank you for reading! HIGHLY APPRECIATED!! MELEAGRIS P.S Do follow ;)
Well, I recently got a bob cut and now, that I'm used to it , I know pretty well about it's advantages and disadvantages. I have thick, straight hair so I was really apprehensive about getting a bob, because I've seen most people who have a bob with really fine hair. Anyway, that did not discourage me so much so as to not want to get myself a bob. I just convinced myself and my hairstylist was also really encouraging. So, I decided to go for it. And, I have to admit, I made the right decision. My bob is a traditional box bob. I wasn't ready to brave the asymmetric or A-line bob. I got it cut really short, because it's starting to heat up in the region I live in, and I just wanted a short hair cut. Firstly, I'd like to talk about the disadvantages of getting a bob cut, which are very few in number: 1) You cannot braid, wear a bun, or tie it up into a long ponytail. 2) You don't have long hair unless you buy extensions or a wig. And sometimes, you just need to wear hair styles which suit long hair. 3) It's really awkward going all short after having your hair long. But, don't let that discourage you from getting it cut!!!!! Because the advantages are a lot more important, and aren't we all optimists??? So, now I would like to go about the advantages of getting a bob cut, which are : 1) It's a really low- maintenance hairstyle. All you might have to do is probably curl it inwards from the bottom because completely straight hair DOES NOT WORK for a bob.A bob is the most manageable hairstyle, except for maybe a pixie cut. 2) You CAN let it down! Since it's a really short haircut, you don't need to worry about heat, sweat, etc which makes most people tie it up. 3) You can wear really cute hair clips, something which you don't usually use for most of your other hair styles. 4) It's a really elegant hairstyle for work, a super cool one for wearing outside, and a great one for school. 5) It makes you feel a whole lot comfortable, because you don't need to keep fixing you hair, tying it up, re-braiding it, bobby- pinning it, etc. 6) Nowadays, loads of cool hairstyles have come up for people who go for a bob, so it's not like you're never styling your hair. 7) A bob cut is a style statement itself. So you DO NOT require to style your hair, but you can if you want to. 8) You can wair extensions if you want to wear hair style in long hair, although I don't do that because I'm just too comfortable with wearing my own hair and I love my short hair. 9) It'll grow , whereas long hair can NEVER become short unless you cut it! So you can never wear short hair if you have your hair long! I'm also putting up a video from a channel on Youtube so that you can see the various ways with which you can style a bob!
Sometimes I wonder how to reply to amazingly stupid questions. As the person awaits an answer, I take to marvel at the extreme stupidity of the person who asked me the question. Usually, I fail to formulate an answer with the right combination of words so as to level with the genius that I face, so I stay silent. I then decide to take refuge in a simple action - just pat them on the shoulder out of pity with a sad expression on my face - which says it all.
But usually, I just stay silent because : 1) I do not want to hurt them 2) I cannot reply out of shock 3) I do not know how to answer the question, because in most cases , the person is extremely stupid and I don't know how to explain the answer to the person. So all I do is stare at them with widely opened (beautiful) eyes and then turn away and pretend not to understand. The funny thing is that I adopt the same technique when I'm on the other side of the table. In situations where I know I'm completely wrong and there is no way I can defend my action (like when I lose an important document that I'm supposed to hand in to my teacher), I just give the person/persons a wide smile (my best smile) so that they get confused by my amazing smile, their heart melts and all they want to do is give me a great big hug. But they don't want to in most cases even though I intend for them to. They're just extremely taken aback by my audacity of smiling hard when I've made a big mistake, they get confused and wonder as to why I'm smiling and forget the matter for a few minutes, and that's when the situation is in my hands. On rare occasions, however, I do give a small explanation and stare at them brightly, and then follow it up with a smile, which gives me the same results. Which works just well too. According to me, every person should experiment with this, because most NORMAL human beings fall into such situations. MELEAGRIS :) Keep visiting ;)
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