Wow, it's been FOREVER since I've been on here. I guess I was ashamed I didn't stick to my Einstein challenge.
Well, I return with a bang!
I have prom coming up this weekend, and I could not be more excited. I literally think if I was I'd be passing out multiple times per day.
I practiced hair on one gal pal of mine on Saturday, and another this afternoon. Kinda crazy, the hairstyle I was going to do on myself got transferred to the friend today!
I also decided that provided I have the funds necessary, I'm going to buy a set of press-on nails for prom. They're called Impress and I'm hoping they'll be as wonderful as the reviews have predicted. If not, I have a friend who will do tuxedos on my fingers... Honestly, I like the idea of that but I know my nails will be decimated from the actual polish.
I signed up for a sight called Influenster today, and apparently, being an influential blogger is a way to earn badges to get noticed... Unfortunately, it only applies to me if you only read the noun.
Regardless, this is an interesting way to address the fact that there is a REAL WORLD out there, and I can't get a job yet, so I guess free products are a nice touch.
Honestly, that's probably what this page will turn into, with the occasional philosophical observation on life.
Wish me luck..
Allons-y!

Einstein (11/27)

"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are others crazy?"
Well, after recovering from the violent laughing fit, I spoke to an inanimate object as if it would transmit the message back in time so good ol' Albert could hear me say "Definitely you man, but don't worry. The best people are."
As for my more intelligent response...
Einstein looked at things in a very different way than others. Being a grown man in a conformist society with this opinion probably didn't help his assumption that he was crazy.
Crazy in the more recent sense isn't anything to be ashamed of unless you want to conform to the norm. In his time though, it's a truer meaning of the word. Crazy for him would have been a negative adjective. 

In my opinion, Albert Einstein was exactly the way he needed to be, regardless of what the norm expected.

Einstein (11/26)

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices aquired by age eighteen."
So, my first reaction: Does that mean every adult has common sense but no child does?
That CAN'T be right.
Second reaction: Does that mean I can ignore what I've come to know as my common sense as just go with my first impulse at all times?
Not if I don't want to get myself KILLED!
Third reaction: Einstein just meant regarding people! NOW I get it!
Hopefully you immediately jumped to the third conclusion, unlike me. My mind often diverges, so I've come to love the phrase "But I digress.."

Einstein (11/25)

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."
With every quote I analyze, I see more of the disgust Einstein had for the way people allow themselves to be led through life by the other members of society.
To Einstein, life was about discovery and learning, and about each person finding his or her own way to interpret how things work and why they do.
As beautiful as that idea may be, I'm not sure it's within the capabilities of the average human. I'm entirely supportive of everyone being able to do what they want and being free to mess up on their own, so long as their means of finding happiness do not harm others.
I also think that those lines of thinking are what formed the USA. When the founding fathers endorsed Jefferson's words with their signatures- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. " Declaration of Independence- they were defining the purpose of the government: to protect the rights of the people. Not to provide for them throughout their lives, not to make sure everyone has everything they want, but to protect the natural born rights of the citizens who have given their agreement to be protected and to not violate the rights of others.
Perhaps it is the growth of the control of communication that has dulled the individuality in people across the country. America is coming out of an incredibly difficult stage: conformism.
But good news for my generation: we're too hard-headed to let it continue on with us.

Einstein (11/24)

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination."
Can you tell Einstein was an advocate of the active imagination?
When it comes to the people I consider brilliant, knowledge is generally the main factor, not imagination. However, I know so many people whose art is astonishing, be it written, drawn, painted, or on stage.
One friend is such an amazing actress, but her passion isn't even acting, it's hair. She's incredibly talented with hair as well. By the general standard, she's also quite knowledgeable, and consequently considered intelligent.
I think that perhaps it isn't her knowledge or even her multiple talents that make her truely intelligent though. It's her drive. She's capable of many different things, all desirable as careers, but she wants to be an esthetician, specifically a hair dresser. Generally, that isn't a job admired or high sought, but she knows that she loves doing hair and she's going to do it because she loves it. I think that shows more intelligence and foresight than most other people I know.

Einstein (11/23)

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning."
This quote confuses me. I can't figure out quite what it means because I don't know what he means by questioning... Questioning what? Are we questioning our actions? Our dreams? Our connections? Or simply the way the world works?
My analysis of this quote is directly related to my comprehension of it.

Einstein 11/22

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere."
I love this one, too. I pride myself on being pretty logical generally, but every since my first time reading this quote I try not to approach life just logically, but with imagination. Sometimes you have one starting point and one end point. During these times, logic and sequence are useful tools. However, even in math there are times when thinking outside of the box will get you the best answer, or to the answer the most quickly.
Imagination is always fun in artist projects, especially on stage. I love improvisation activities, where you have to act with nothing but a prompt. These activities give me such a thrill, and if I could do it professionally, I would. Unfortunately, the chances of that are minuscule, so I'll just continue with my other dream: astrophysics.