Life is like a..wah?

So for some reason I've been particularly philosophical lately.

It might be because I'm actually taking and enjoying classes for my major this semester.

It may be because I finally got really into studying and actually thinking about what I'm learning a few weeks ago.

It may be because I keep watching these movies where there are all these life or death scenarios.

It might even be because I finally stopped caring about what people think so much.

But mostly I think it's because of my biology class.

Yeah, seemingly the most insignificant of all those I listed, huh? I thought so too. Apparently I didn't think as much as I do now (or just didn't pay a lot of attention) when I took my high school bio class. Because everything I've been learning (after I started actually paying attention again, of course) is extremely fascinating. It occurred to me (in a wave of amazement) the other day that I was once something similar to the tiny cells that I can view under my microscope. Talk about revelations.

And strangely enough, it feels like in learning about evolution and the growth of cells, I'm questioning my religion or something. Like, as a Christian, my whole life there seemed to be this stigma like evolution is definitely not what happened, and God made everyone individual and special. But in learning about this stuff in college, I'm realizing that I never really understood evolution before…but it makes sense. (on the other hand, the creationist view also has some good points...but both also have some inconsistencies. Something to think about) Also, the whole cell development process, like there are an infinite number of ways we can turn out, but it's partially based on the chromosomes we inherit from our parents, so it's sort of predetermined at least partly how we'll turn out; which I guess could fit into Christianity’s beliefs of everyone being created uniquely but also that God knows how he wants you to be, so has made you the child of certain parents, etc...

^Woah, yeah, the above delving into discussion boggled my mind a bit… there are just too many discussion points. See what I mean? It's making me think so much. But I really don't even have time to think about any of it, which is just awful. Thank God for other soul-searching, knowledge seeking, caffeine-guzzling college students like me who can have midnight discussions like I had last Monday. Although the next day was kind of a struggle (i.e. zombie-caffeinated haze).

Yeah… where was I going with all that? Oh yeah, thinking philosophically. Yeah, I think that's the main reason, although the others certainly contributed as well. Like the whole movie thing, I actually sat down to watch Transformers 3 and midway started having these incredibly philosophical thoughts... which to be perfectly honest I can't even remember now. But it was deep. And it was spawned from a movie about transforming robots that end up saving to world. Go figure.

Also, I had a nightmare last night for the first time in like forever. It involved a guy who had robotic snake-like claws strongly resembling those that try to attack Carly in the car in Transformers 3. Also, I just made this connection now after writing about Transformers…

Hmm.

~Dale B.