Killing Mind

The other night my mind was abuzz with new information. In the one night I found the blog of an old friend, now working on Macs within Google. That then lead me to the eclectic blog of a most brilliant individual I had the pleasure of briefly meeting in San Francisco one year. One of his recent posts revealed some very interesting developments in a technical domain I can't wait to get stuck into - microprocessor development.

Soon I was reading tutorials, downloading software, diverting to Ruby On Rails material, and dreaming up a million ways to change the world.

By some quirk of hyperlink clicking however, my driven, enthusiastic thirst for more information was halted as this page came into sight.

Somehow the exhibitionistic lark of an anonymous girl caused an immediate mental impasse, and I was halted with the thought: I just want to kiss a girl. For all the enjoyable and engaging stimulation I find in the world, there is one element that rules them all. Sexual affection.

It makes sense then, that to challenge the mind and generate debate, there is nothing quite like an unusual take on sexuality to get people's instincts firing. I quickly followed a link to this article where the Chicago Reader reports on a lady who has purchased a Real Doll modelled on herself, and is using the doll to extract all sorts of responses. The article itself is interesting, not only in the way it is written, but particularly in the emotions it invokes in the reader. The real gem of the article though, is the comments section that follows.

Allowing the unchecked reactions of readers to reach the published page of the article means you have everything from the predictable:

"As a feminist, it's so refreshing to see art that is challenging and innovative get recognized."

to the provocative:

"The only [thing] this body of work challenges is my patience."

from the basal:

"Am I the only one turned on by all of this?"

to the hilariously candid:

"It's stupid because I'm not having sex with it."

A peruse through the comments to this article offers an extraordinarily revealing (and entertaining) presentation of human reaction and emotion. Highly recommended after 4 or 5 scotches.