September 10 - René Descartes

Good morning, solar system.

So a couple little things before I get to the main part - I am tired and sore and dead and I don't have two days off until next Saturday (I have Sunday off on its own) and I am kind of sad about it, but there's not much I can do about it. So moving on.

I updated my tumblr with two new things last night, one is a set of song lyrics and the other is just a silly little picture of some stuffed animals. And a notebook. So if you want to check those out, there is a link to my tumblr on one of the pages over there >>>>
(its on the one that's not named "checkpoint banners" or "the place where the blog posts live")

I have been having weird dreams lately. I don't remember much of them, but... weeeird dreams. And one of the ones I had last night, I have had almost the exact same dream before... possibly earlier on in my sleep. It was really weird, because in my dream I could remember how everything had happened before and I don't know if that means that I actually had the dream once before or if it means that my dream self has a really vivid and convincing memory or what.

I accidentally didn't talk to my mom in almost three weeks. But she e-mailed me today and then I was sad and then I sent her a big long reply and I told her about my blog. And I need to e-mail my grandmother and sister at some point too (yes, my grandmother).

Now the main part!

Google tells me that a person named René Descartes once said "I think, therefore I am" which is a pretty famous saying. Personally, if I could make one adjustment to it (since I hear that's what one does with famous sayings) I would say "They think, therefore we are."
I was thinking today about how if you act a certain way in high school, then a lot of people might just assume you are gay. And then they might just mention it to a friend or two like "Hey, that kid over there is in my math class he's always so loud and excited" or whatever. Then before you know it, the whole school "knows" you are gay even though you're actually not. But as far as all those people are considered, it's true. Kind of like Schrodinger's cat.
Something you do isn't cool until other people find it cool, and something you say isn't funny until someone thinks it's funny. So there's a question. Are we the people we see inside of our own heads? Are we the people our friends tell us we are? Are we a giant ball of peoples reactions to our actions all stacked on top of each other and taped onto the side and glued in place? Are our actions what define us, regardless of how people react to them. Or are we the mind and soul behind those actions.

Thoughts, please.