A Day In The Life

Work - Today was pretty much like any other day at work, except I got my clearance from the Department of Defense. Now I can officially authorize and handle "Secret" material. It's a weird feeling, kind of like an angel getting his wings, except it's me getting my 2 stars, and also I didn't do anything to earn them. Other than not joining a terrorist organization or plotting the violent overthrow of the United States government.

Woodfield - I had to stop by Woodfield to exchange/return a scarf and gloves for my sister. The stuff was from J. Crew, but for some reason my sister put it in a Express bag. So since I wasn't really paying attention, I just went straight to Express. I was supposed to look to see if there were any of that style of gloves to exchange (cause the ones she got had a hole in them), and if not, I was instructed to return them.

Of course, I am almost never in Express, and when I am, it's usually with a girl. I knew it would feel weird to be walking around that store by myself, but I seriously felt like I was sticking out like a sore thumb, like I was naked or something. And as I had no idea where the gloves might be located, I decided to ask one of the chicks working there. She pointed to the back left corner and said "go all the way to the wall, then they will be on your right. I looked at the back left corner, and noted that it was all underwear. "Hmmm...." I thought to myself, is she trying to make me look dumb by sending me to bra and thongs section?

But I went anyways, and the gloves ended up being kind of where she pointed, but not exactly. I was kind of pissed at that chick because it's hard to be looking around an area surrounded by bras and stuff without feeling weird. Maybe I am just immature, but still.

Anyways, I didn't find the same pair of gloves so I got in line to return the ones I brought. I waited for at least 10 minutes in line, and when I finally got to the counter and gave the girl the gloves and receipt, she looked at it for a second, then looked at me funny, and said "uhh these are from J. Crew." Sweet, didn't I look like a dumbass. And no wonder they didn't have that pair of gloves. I was in the thong section feeling red for nothing. So I was like "my bad" and scurried out of that store as fast as I could to head to J. Crew.

Finally I went to J. Crew. They didn't have the gloves either, so I returned them and put it back on my sister's J. Crew card. One stupid thing I noticed is that I still had to sign, and that she briefly glanced at my sister's signature on the card and compared it to my signature before giving it back to me. Since I signed my own name, there's no way the two signatures could have even remotely matched, but I guess she was already in the motion of giving me back my card so who cares. Why should I have to sign anyways, I'm putting the credit back on that freaking card anyways, it's not like it's going to me.

Dave & Busters - A friend from church is moving to Cali for a job, so we had a little dinner and party for her at D&B's. I used to think it was annoying that they were strict about people being 21 and over, or escorted and whatnot. But, now I think it is nice to not be surrounded by punk high school kids whenever I go somewhere. I swear, every place I go there are these loud annoying high schoolers, whether it's the movie theater, mall, Streets of Woodfield, Great America, EVERY DAMN PLACE.

I have to wonder, were we this obnoxious 5 or 6 years ago? I think the answer is a clear and emphatic no. In high school:

1) I was always doing homework
2) I didn't have a car until senior year
3) I didn't have money to burn

Now you see all these kids putting turbo kits on their Acura RSX's and racing around town till 2 in the morning. WHAT THE FLUX IS GOING ON.

Another nice thing about D&B's (in Addison) is that it has Daytona USA, the original. That is one of the best arcade games ever made, without question in my mind. Not many places still carry Daytona.

Home - Came home, my mom and dad were watching Lord of the Rings which me and Olivia rented last Sunday but havent returned yet. I thought that was funny, my mom and dad watching Lord of the Rings. That really doesn't seem like their type of movie.

Read some blogs before writing this one. Since Stork was writing about entropy, that reminds me of something that I was thinking about once. The concept of entropy basically says that things always move from a state of order to disorder, never the opposite unless energy is added to the system. The most common example to illustrate this is the order of your bedroom, it only gets messier and messier, not cleaner and cleaner, unless you expend energy to clean it.

This is one of the fundamental laws of thermodynamics (I forget which one exactly), which all scientists pretty much agree on. Modern science also subscribes to the theory of evolution as the origin of life, over the concept of divine creation. Now, if you think about it, the concept of entropy really should dispel the idea that out of nothing (or a pool of "life soup"), came bacteria, then multi-celled organisms, then plants and animals and eventually humans, all by the process of evolution alone.

Instead, one would have to think that some outside force must have been working and putting energy into the process of evolution to make it work. Remember, the laws of entropy require that disorderly states do not become orderly without energy being put in to the system.

My conclusion: scientists and supposed scholars contradict themselves when trying to disprove the existence of God by "scientific logic." I believe in the validity of evolution as a process, but I do not believe it means life came out of nowhere. Look at how complex human beings are, not only physically but also mentally. And even more complex and intriguing is the spiritual side, which I have no doubt exists in all of us. Can a series of random events, uncontrolled mutations of DNA really result in what we are today, even after billions or trillions of years? No, there must be some force acting that has driven us to become the highly developed species walking around right now. Basic thermodynamic laws tell us this much.

Hopefully, I didn't lose anyone there in my logic. It makes sense to me, but maybe only because I am dead tired.