Random Ramblings of the Fictional Sort

“Books, my dear, are a very serious matter”, he said gravely while taking a novel from the shelf. “People should never underestimate the power which lies between the pages of a good book. Traveling without taking a single step. Influencing minds without physical presence.

What thoughts and imaginings start to leak out when one is reading! Oh, and the hopes and dreams that are inspired afterward!”

He paused, engrossed by his own thoughts, then slowly and deliberately he continued.

“So, my child, keep reading. Never stop.”

The Rules-

1. always post the rules

2. answer the questions the person who tagged you gave you and write 11 new questions

3. tag 11 people and link them to the post

4. let them know you’ve tagged them

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I won’t tag people but I’ll leave my questions for you to answer here:

QUESTIONS FROM ME TO YOU:

1. What are you looking forward to this week/month?
2. What is the one thing that you feel needs more consideration from other people?
3. How would you rate this week so far?
4. Darcy or Sir Knightly? (Jane Austen reference if you aren’t familiar with Sir Knightly… then the question becomes Darcy or Wickham)
5. What was your first fandom?
6. Is there someone you’d like to say sorry to?
7. Is it night or day when you’re answering this?
8. Your favorite time period? (Victorian, 1920s, 80s, etc.)
9. If you were trapped underground how would you react?
10. Get the nearest book or newspaper and look at the 2nd sentence of the 2nd paragraph on the 2nd page. What does it say?
11. Why did you get out of bed this morning?

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QUESTIONS FROM wu-tang-smilin-dem0n

1. What’s your greatest ideological fear?

Making the wrong decisions.

2. Do you love anyone (doesn’t have to be romantic - could be like a family love type thing) and why?

I love so many people, mostly family and friends, because they have come to mean so much to me in their own different ways. :]

3. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

I’m actually teaching now :))

I’ve taught Creative Writing and Animation Writing in the past 6 months. This coming term I’m handling Animation Introduction. Though… I’d prefer to mentor rather than teach. 

4. Time or Money?

I would have said Time almost by instinct but realistically… Money. I’m not a greedy person but having money means I would spend less time making it therefore more time with my loved ones as well as an earlier start to putting up businesses/production houses, producing movies, help publish books, travel, and etc.

5. What’s your favorite genre of books/movies/anything?

Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-fi, Detective, Slice of life

6. If you could live in any country, what country would you live in?

Philippines, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Paris, New York, The Shire… oh wait… just 1?

7. What’s your fatal flaw?

I’m prone to analysis paralysis.

8. If you were a demigod, whose son or daughter would you want to be (it can be out of ANY mythological gods or goddesses in ANY religion/culture)?

Can Mother Nature be considered a goddess?

9. How do you envision the future of the world?

I would love to think it could become more emphatic, loving, understanding and less judgmental.

10. If we get to a point where robots are highly functioning A.I. do you think robots should have the same rights as humans do?

This is a toughie… especially since I watched Blade Runner recently and it kinda touched this subject and of humanity.

I don’t have a firm opinion on this so it may change but I do believe that humans should still be the priority. If humankind cannot benefit as a race with the modification of these robots then why pursue it in the first place? Besides maybe space exploration, I cannot imagine how replacing the human element would be beneficial to our society. Today though technology has advance, it has also become a common commodity… Making it expendable —- For example, we take for granted the ease of communication we have available. Look at how easily we change cellphones or talk/chat internationally. Yes, there are also benefits but from what I’ve noticed… when people have it too easy, we become spoiled and sluggish. 

I’ll stop myself now because I’m suddenly starting to have reflection which, if not checked, may become a term/thesis paper. I also kinda went off topic.

In fewer words, I believe robots should have “rights”  if the possibility becomes reality but I hope the day does not arrive that we put more trust in a robot than our fellow human beings.

11. What has the past year for you been like?

It’s been a rollercoster of emotions attached with the realities of growing up.

I have never known victory to be bittersweet until recently.

Bittersweet.

Take courage in failure because it leads you closer to your goals.

If you don’t want to risk everything… you may not want it bad enough. Which makes me wonder… what do I really want?