stars, plasma, ions, chemistry..

now this is unexpected,
for me to do a new post the next day

in any case,
I was reading up on a game(n wikipedia) which had loads of relations to history,
like the Third Crusade, Damascus, Templar Knights, etc
so yes, I did loads of right-click-open-in-new-tab

there was this page about Doomsday
coming December 12, 2012
the end of the world,
related articles include astronomical significance,
historical countdown etc
which led me to right-click again
so I could read about astronomy-related things

back to the game, which takes place in Jerusalem and Damascus,
I saw some pictures of cities in Syria.
made me think, "I should go there some time."
there are alot of historically important locations there,
and the very thought of being able to stand in front of these sites, as well as seeing it, makes me think, "Wow...Something actually happened here so long ago. And to think the building is still standing. Very, very intriguing and wonderous."

It'd be spectacular if we could -feel- the great weight of importance of places in history
Don't you think so?
Which brings me to my next discussion,
even though it is totally unrelated to history

here we are, in the present.
and so many events happened so long ago,
things we never witnessed,
great people whom we've never set our eyes upon,
etc etc etc

and when I started reading the tabs about Aatronomy
it made me think about the whole universe.
the planets, the orbits, the sun, the Milk Way,
and how many light years it takes for ANYTHING to happen
It suddenly dawned upon me how insignificant we are, as individuals,
in this Great Flow of the universe.
As humans, we are only a very, very miniscule part of everything
And yet, when you think about YOUR own existence as a person in society,
everything each of us have experienced is, in some way, important to ourselves.
this sounds confusing,
but my point is,

our existence itself is miniscule compared to that of the universe
but because we are living organisms, and perhaps because we are human,
our intelligence and consciousness enables us to realize/believe in our own individual importance in society.
it makes us humans conceited and self-centered, doesn't it? just because we are able to think.

but I think it is more important to always remember,
that we are in fact,
very insignificant individuals as compared to the great flow of events in the whole universe

our lives are so short,
a mere hundred years as a maximum for each human.
what is a hundred years compared to ten light years?

all in all, the bottom line is, I repeat,
we are only a small part of a Great Flow in the universe.

anyway, on to my next topic,
I read about suns and stars as well,
wow, there's just alot of information on these things
my head could blow, but its really interesting
like magnetic fields, solar flares, etc etc etc.
anyway, I read this -
A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together by gravity.

plasma...what's plasma? *right-click*
yeah, and I read and read and read,
and I realized,
SHIT I NEED TO REFRESH MY CHEMISTRY.
and yes, I'm definitely going to have to do that soon -_-;;

posted July 27th