Afro Angel

Here I stand before you

Brown

Color of the mountains

Colossal as the earth

Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery

Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of mind

Here I stand before you, the color of the night

Frozen by the potential of me

An Afro Angel

Food Inc.

So I have an aunt who is a vegetarian. She claims that meat is unhealthy for people to consume and causes things like heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure etc. She gets these "facts" from various sources like books, magazines, and movies. In my opinion, this information is very misleading. What these herbivores fail to realize is that not ALL meats are unhealthy. Of course eating a Big Mac every day is going to kill you. But even red meats that are low in fat are more beneficial than harmful to people. The facts that these sources present to their audience are very misleading because they leave out key evidence. These studies are performed by animal activists and contain very strong biases. Watch a documentary made by chain like McDonalds and they would say the complete opposite. So that would mean that one of them is lying right? No. They just use key facts to support their arguments and leave out the ones that oppose. The key to being healthy isn't taking meat completely out of your diet, but eating the right ones. Meats that are low in fat and cholesterol are ideal. Also meats that have pesticides, steroids, and other chemicals should be avoided. But yes, fast food is completely out of the question.

The only reason some are trying to get others to stop eating meat is because they think it's "inhumane." They can't accept animals being slaughtered to be consumed. WELL, this is something that they should realize isn't going to change. At least animals die for a good cause. Where are these animal freaks when actual PEOPLE are being slaughtered? Where were they at when millions were killed in a genocide in Darfur? Where were they at when people were being murdered and raped in the Congo over Coltan mining? Did they boycott products using this coltan? Not at all. So don't donate to the "save an animal foundation," but rather to the "save a child from hunger foundation."

For example, my vegetarian sister today ate a pizza. Now let's compare a small cheese pizza with some grilled chicken from KFC. The small cheese pizza has 610 calories and 27 grams of fat. Whereas a grilled chicken thigh has 140 calories and 9 grams of fat. A drumstick has 70 calories and 4 grams of fat. In this situation, even though she is not consuming meat, her diet is still very unhealthy.

Inadequacy

Imagine if you needed to scream,
but found you could not do as much,
as though you were trapped in someone's dream
and really honestly, wanted to scream
but couldn't.

Imagine, if you needed to see
but found you could not do as much
and never knew garden from street
Always honestly wished to see,
but couldn't

Imagine, if you needed to hear
but found you could not do as much
could never appreciate
whispers in your ear.
always, always needed to hear
but couldn't

Imagine, if you needed to touch
but found you could not do as much
and could not feel the splendid shapes,
the warmth of hands, hair and such
always....always wanted to feel
but couldn't

(i didn't write this poem)

The Brain

So, as a resident in Graves Hall at Morehouse, my brothers and I often get into intense debates. I remember one of which being about a common belief that people only use 10% of their brains. I, of course, was the only one who opposed this. After some careful research, we came to the conclusion that I was correct and humans constantly use 100% of the brain. What people don't realize is how much is going on apart from conscious activities.

Another debate arose when I mentioned the fact that for males, 2 drinks (including beer) a day is actually healthy for an adult male. Everyone agreed that red wine was good for you, but god forbid beer. Some of the reasons this was supposed to be false is because of the number of brain cells alcohol kills. Well, after some more thorough research, it was proven that 2 beers a day is actually good for you. It was also discovered that alcohol doesn't even kill brain cells.

My accounting teacher in the 12th grade one day told me that every time you learn something new, you get a wrinkle on your brain. We ended up arguing back and forth for a good five minutes of the class because I begged to differ. I really couldn't believe that my teacher actually thought this was true. So, we hit the books and found out that this was indeed false. Wrinkles on our brain are developed through growth. The ridges (gyri) and crevices (sulci) are formed through the growth of the brain. A fetus has a very smooth brain but as it develops, the brain forms these gyri and sulci to be able to fit inside the skull. It is said that if unfolded, the brain would be about the "size of a pillowcase."

Crazy

House completely made out of glass.

Monkey See, Monkey Do?

I happened to come across this video about Chimpanzee research:

A great philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche is highly acclaimed because of his book, Beyond Good and Evil. In it, he discusses human nature. More specifically, their "need to obey." He relates the majority of people to a "herd" because of their habitual blind following.

This video is a good representation of humans and their tendency to imitate. I wonder why, even though the boy can clearly see that his actions are unnecessary, he follows through just because the adult before him did so.

Why is it that a being as primitive as a chimpanzee is able to realize what's going on and get straight to the point?

Welcome

So, if you haven't figured out by now, this is my blog.

Mine.

Kevin Porter.

And if you also don't know by now, it's gonna be pretty awesome.

So, stayed tuned, you might actually learn something. Or, you might get a laugh out of it. Either way... read it.