Not Hearing those that disagree with you? O__o

Issue: Dissent


I had a lecture couple weeks ago about not listening to those who disagree with you and it really got my attention and I made sure I was going to post about it so here it goes. 


     I find it that people are really good at hearing what they want to hear and disregarding the rest. I'm not sure as to what or why the brain does this. Is it natural? I mean can we be self aware of it and maybe change, I believe we can, if we try. How hard would it be to TRY and listen to those who disagree with you? Why is listening so hard? It seems to me that people have a radar and some peeps have a very large radar and they will catch almost everything that comes up on it while others radar are quite limited and they don't catch as much. I'm not saying that the ones with larger radars are smarter because I have no evidence for that, but I can say that you can build your radar. 


      You can start with relevancy, we pick up things that are relevant to us. However you want to do that; read more, watch less, become religious. I don't know, I leave that up to you, but I urge you, no, challenge you to become more relevant. Yes. making yourself listen more I think makes you relevant, not only to yourself but others as well because after you have actually listened to a person instead of trying to think of some awesome rebuttal you can really formulate a real answer and maybe realize you both were talking about the same point and argued over nothing, and which in my opinion is the biggest waste of time. So next time you and a friend or foe get into a discussion or argument test yourself and see if you are actually listening or half-assing it. One point I forgot to mention is that listening and understanding have zero to do with actually agreeing with someone. 


Keeping it short and simple don't want to lose those short attention spans :) 


Music: Calvin Harris I'm Not Alone DEADMAU5 REMIX
Mood: Good and Happy. 


-Quincy

Si se peudes!

Yes we can,

This semester has been flying. And I have been trying to keep up with it. School is tuff, I thought my schedule was going to benefit me, but I look back and I don't think it was the best choice. 4 classes before noon? seriously Steven what were you thinking. The RA job is also as demanding as school. Keeping track of 33 residents and making sure they are all good. That can be stressful sometimes. Getting late night calls for lock-outs and what-not. ugh.

With November brings days light savings time yet I will be on duty at 2, which is actually 3 soo. yeah. not to happy about that. Were supposed to get an extra hour of sleep not stay awake an extra hour. wtf!

Currently working on my board for November and listening to Bob Marley.  Good Stuff.

Peace out

-Quincy

To Residents of Buildings 17-19

Steven here.

This is my personal blog where I like to talk about random stuff about myself. I will start writing to you through this blog. I'm not going to force you to follow me but if you want you can. I will be putting up events, programs, and anything else I find interesting and may concern you guys. I think it will be a fun semester and I look forward to getting to know all of you.

If you haven't taken that survey, here it is again, please take it if you haven't yet.

Please let me know what you think. Leave questions, comments, or anything else.
If you don't feel comfortable leaving a comment please email me at spatterson8@mail.csuchico.edu
or just come by my room. Apt #343 Building 19.
Also if you would like to call me my number is (530) 519-6307

You can find me on the internet below \/\/

Facebook. if you're interested.
Twitter. If you're really interested.
LinkedIn for business connections.
Tumblr for randomness.
Youtube My channel.



Yes, I know I spend way too much time on the internet. ;)

MUse Concert!!!!

Tuesday September 28, 2010. Muse will be playing with Passion Pit at the Sacramento Arco Arena and I will be there with two other friends!! So excited. I started listening to Muse when I was about 14. I have almost all their Albums. My absolute favorite is Absolution. Truly epic music. So yeah just wanted to let you all know. I will be posting up pictures from that concert so stayed tuned. Here's a taste of what they sound like LIVE!!!! Take care. 




-Quincy


ps. I bought tickets to the annual Bridge School Benefit The Line up is gonna be 


awesome!!! I'll talk more about that laters. 

New Job

Wow has the last 3 weeks gone by super fast. Well in that time, I've got a job, made new friends, moved to a new room, completed 3 weeks of school, and have started many projects. I am the new RA (Resident Adviser) at University Village. I also work 8 hours at the mail room and also will be TA for Tom Wilder in his BSIS 301 course 3 hours a week. So yeah gonna be super busy exactly the way I like it. So I have my housing paid for and will be making a little bit of money, woot! Things are looking bright. Have a great week y'all.

-Quincy

Update~!

Ahhh school starts Monday. Yay! Finally something for me to do besides looking for a job and contemplating the future of the free world. I have picked out a M/W/F schedule consisting of all business classes ranging from Finance to Supply Chain Management and shall we be walking the stairs of Glenn Hall repeatedly each of those days. I have to somehow manage to get up at 7 in the morning to get ready for my 8am class, and as I am writing this it is sixteen minutes past three....in the MORNING!! Oh well, I was working on my proposal for a concert in Chico as well as catching up on youtube videos as well as facebook, twitter, and this new site I've recently grown fond of Tumblr. Its a great way to post things like pictures, and audio files. I've even got my playlist I can play anywhere I go. It has a lot of my favorite oldies, from the 60's and 70's...rock and the like.

I recently found out an advertisement via Facebook where they use one of your friends and make it look like they initiated a chat session in FB towards you and show you a link that sends you to a "sign up and lose money" deal. That was quite interesting to witness because I do that all the time. I tell my friends on fb via chat that I just found something cool online and I think that they should go check it out and usually the person trusts me enough to click on a link in the chat box. So whoever is doing this type of advertisement is really tricky and knows a lot about FB. Just a warning to anyone who hasn't seen this before. Ask your friend a question or two to find out if it is really them or a bot of some sort.

Take care out there on the web.

-Quincy

Facebook Diet

As of August 15, 2010 I am taking a break from Facebook. I don't know when I'll return if ever. It is tiring to say in the least. I'm sure most wont even notice I'm gone but if you would like to reach me I will still be online just not at Facebook. I will have my twitter, tumblr, and blogger accounts active as they do not require so much attention and have utter amounts of time invested in them. In twitter I can post whenever and do just that leave a post. Tumblr is a good way to get with the old, I have rediscovered "the Oldies" and am loving it.

So as I don't have my facebook up it shall suffice to post to just tumblr as it is linked to my twitter and that makes life easy.

-Quincy