First Encounter

It was 7th of November 2006, according to your time measures. We were entering the atmosphere of earth for the first time. The planet was shining and letting us in, with open arms. And it looked much more alive than what I heard before. Much, much more...

Well when I say we, it’s me and euhm.. my pet (I can’t put it into words, but his full name is something like : http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/play/port_lofi.cfm/sound_iid.251660 though I can call him.. Joe, to make it easier). Well he looks like the land turtles on earth, except that he can control the spacecraft. Anyway.. we were already in a little fight, about going
first to our little base (because I was hungry.. and that was a good reason) or to have a little “Welcome to Earth” tour (just to see some airplanes?.. Can you believe that?). Well, the reason I brought him with me was because of course he was my friend, my companion.. but more importantly, my co-pilot! Well I could see that he was a little upset about the final decision (of mine), but we both knew that it had to be like that. It wasn’t our first fight of course, and after all those years we know each other, we know that we both get moody afterwards, and don’t talk for a while, giving each other some space. Still, I left a post-it (well well, I am getting to use the American accent more) on the fridge, saying: “First things first!”, just to make sure I was understood. And went inside to sleep for 23-24 seconds before we landed. It was a long trip and I had seen enough of the beautiful view which made my stomach ache, reminding me the distance, the distance between me and home...

This sleep would bring my strength, my wisdom back.

It was just the noise of the clouds passing by us when I closed my eyes, and the gentle touch of the helium and carbon dioxide molecules on my tired skin. I was slowly.. gone…

Well guess what I saw when I woke up with a mind blowing silence! The shuttle was standing still on an airport, the lights were turned off, and Joe was already down for aprx. 11 seconds, for “a little exploration walk” – That’s of course how HE defines it afterwards.

It took me sometime to spot him in the crowd and bring him on board, but when I did, I am sure I didn’t look happy at all, and I drove away, burning some rubber!!

It’s been a while after this first encounter of us, with humans.. Everything is ok between me and Joe now. But I realized that we caused some disturbance, seeing it on the news with titles like: UFOs at Chicago O’Hare Airport.

See more : http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=1004 http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=1001

I believed that this was a good time to apoligize and give some explanation.
We apoligize for the disturbance we caused. Although I appreciate the ability of humans being imaginative and getting prepared according to the worst case scenarios, I would like to happily announce that it was neither a weather phenomenon, an alien invasion, nor any religious issue, was just a cute-little fight between me and Joe :) .

With our apologies and best regards,

Tux .. and Joe

For some funny videos about this, see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAP1Wcip9qw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WK9O1--GPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKZXnmiUTgA

The Human Zoo

Today I learned a new phrase, “surfing on the internet”! I really like the human style (what you call “irony”) in replacing the literal actions with the unreal but “cool” ones. The more interesting thing about is that it fits perfectly. I mean.. going through the cables within all these reflections (which still gets me nervous sometimes) and getting a part of your body a little later because of modal dispersions in the end .. being painful and joyful at the same time.. well you know all this stuff.. but the point is, it feels indeed like surfing!

And I think I am getting to like this “irony” concept.

Anyway, it is not “surfing” that I want to talk about. I want to talk about a recent, and quite interesting news I came across while I was surfing on the internet. See below:

London’s Human Zoo!! - A new exhibit at the London Zoo—appropriately titled “Human Zoo”—displays eight people scantily-clad in fig leaves prowling the grounds while zoo keepers treat them like animals.

See for more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4184466.stm)

I have to say I was a little disappointed when I saw this. Although I know there are a lot of people who knows that we (I mean also “my species”) are not animals, it is heart breaking to see that there are still some of those who believe the idea that “human beings are animals”.

I want to give some examples supporting the truth of "that difference" at this point. Not all of these are of course the major reasons of your different nature compared to animals, but more the details that you miss most of the time. So here we go:

1. Humans entertain themselves with board games.

Self-explaining. Have you seen even a monkey playing a board game? C’mon .. I am sure they would prefer hunting or having sex to playing board games. :)

2. (Refering to the news above) Humans have a sense of ethics, which make them cover themselves with fig leaves.

Well do you know any animal that is worried about such things, like ethics? Well .. I don’t!

3. Humans build cities.

The documentary “Planet of the apes” is not reflecting the truth I have to say .. Maybe you should update your knowledge about that.

4. A Major difference in my opinion - Humans (most of them at least) believe in God.

They believe in that they are created by God, who made them more intelligent, so that they can choose good or evil.

5. Animals behave with their instincts.

While on the contrary, humans think twice before choosing the most appropriate behavior.

The list can go on and on ..

The important think here is that you must realize that, sorry but.. you are not animals, yet! It is true that you, and also we, were once animals, but that was long long time ago. We have to get over this and move on, try harder and harder to see those days, the days when we become animals again!

It will sure take a lot of time, but we (and especially we) have to work harder. One of the reasons of my business-trip :) here on earth is actually the fact that you are performing amazingly well lately on the long journey of becoming animals again, and I have to admit some countries deserve much more praise at this point. We have to learn some lessons from you and adapt them properly to our culture.

I might actually start collecting detailed documents about (one of my favorite advancements of human civilization), the atom bomb, which I am sure will take us years ahead, especially about using our instincts as efficiently as possible.

And please.. somebody stop those nonsense acts like, “the human zoo”!

By the way, I found an article that differentiates humans and animals in a parallel way to the statements above. I actually didn’t read it completely, and rather had a quick look, but the article definitely defends the idea that “humans are not animals” so that I am sure it is a brilliant article, which you might find interesting and useful:
http://www.catholicherald.com/bonacci/05mb/mb050908.htm

Hello!

I have always liked this word since I learned to speak English.. well.. to speak (by the way I have to say that my English is still not that good, but it is sure improving). It was the first word I learned, and is usually the first word I speak of when I start a conversation. Well ok.. it might sound a little boring and unintelligent to use this word, just by itself, and.. often. But I have to say that it doesn’t get any better when you use it like “Hello dude” or “hello mom” or.. “hello earth!”. Plus, we are not (as many of you insist on believing or assuming) necessarily more intelligent. We are just different. Which is actually the reason of my “trip”.. to earth (I hate changing the work-related words into something else just to fool myself to keep my motivation.. but I do it anyway.. just to be able to say “at least I am being honest”.. hm). Actually the purpose is indeed to learn something, something from you. And apply it to patch the holes in our society, for a better and more understanding environment, with vision and.. bla bla bla ..

Believe me you would’t want to learn about the social problems of an “alien” community.. especially when you have enough of your own to ponder about. And actually the reason I am blogging is not to tell something about us, or our high-tech public transportation vehicles (well I have to admit that we do have them.. and they are nice indeed ;) but actually to tell you about .. you! And why am I doing this?? Well let’s say it is a part of the amazingly-unbelievably-fun-and-amusing-and-at-the-same-time educative-so-what-can-you-ask-more- trip of mine.

Coming back to “hello world!” or more precisely “hello.. with cream on it”… It sounds more.. but it doesn’t sound better. The magic with this one-word is that it creates the bond, the interaction. It’s like throwing the stone into the water without knowing what kind of circles it will create when it hits. Although it is effected by your throwing skills, the results are mostly dependent on the situation of the water. And even though you see no circles, or it is the first time that the water sees the stone you are throwing (see : http://www.planetpals.com/hello.html ) still you hit it, and you start “something”! Or.. at least I feel like it..

As a summary:

Watashi no baka! (thanks to my Japanese friends)

or in other words,

Hello! :)

.. damn, used a smiley with it..