Post by Puns McKenna on Mar 24, 2006 21:31:23 GMT -5
Living on the Edge
It might be interesting to live on the edge. Wouldn't it? But living on the edge of what? The edge of tomorrow? The edge of forever? Hmm... Wasn't there an episode of Star Trekā¢ called "City on the edge of Forever"? Yes that's right, that's the one where McCoy goes back in time through the Guardian of Forever and changes the past, stranding the landing party on the planet with the Guardian.
That's not the kind of edge I'm talking about though. The edge I'm talking about is much more real. Tangible if you follow my meaning. Living on the edge in common vernaccular means to live life dangerously, or more to the point, regardless of risks. It's kind of like skirting the edge of insanity and common sense.
What's that? Common sense isn't so common anymore? The devil you say! Well, I know I don't wear the rose colored blinders they issue you at birth. Mine got broke when I was about six and I never bothered to get em repaired.
So what's this fascination, you ask, with living on the edge? I'll tell you... Adrenalin. What?! I can hear it now. "What's adrenalin got to do with it?" Well if the facts be known, a large number of Good Ole Planetoid Earth's populace are Adrenalin junkies. Now I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but have you ever wondered what the big fascination with Adrenalin is? What is adrenalin? You want the dictionary definition? The medical definition? The psychological definition? Or how about we go with the Logical, deductive reasoning, human definition?
Ok so the dictionary definition, in paraphrase of course, is this: used to prepare levoratory epinepherine. Now the medical definition: A hormone secreted by the body that increases the heart rate and can raise blood pressure. The psychological definition: A hormone secreted into the bloodstream in response to fight or flight. It raises the heart rate and blood pressure to providing the body with the ability to fight or flee from a stressful situation.
Now we move on to the logical, deductive reasoning, human definition. Adrenalin is a hormone secreted by the body, when a person or animal is scared or angry. Stressful situations like falling from a tree, or jumping out of an airplane (Though why anyone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane is beyond me.), to driving at a high rate od speed down a winding road, produce high amounts of Adrenalin. And this is why people like to live on the edge. Adrenalin is addictive. Many people out there like to find the thrilling, sometimes life threatening, things in life. It gives them a jolt, makes them feel good.
Now we all like to feel good, I know, but do we really have to race that train to the crossing or jump off a bridge with a rubberband around our ankles to get it? I don't want it thanks. Anyone ever wonder where the Darwin awards came from? A bunch of adrenaline junkies going "Hey y'all watch this!" Riding in the car with the music blaring, wonderin if a cop's gonna catch me speeding is the closest you'll ever get this little human to "living on the edge".
So fight or flight, adrenalin high's, or cosmic creepy nuttiness, whatever your pleasure, just watch out for that day when the grim reaper comes knockin on your door sayin, "Lucy! You got some 'splainin to do!"
It might be interesting to live on the edge. Wouldn't it? But living on the edge of what? The edge of tomorrow? The edge of forever? Hmm... Wasn't there an episode of Star Trekā¢ called "City on the edge of Forever"? Yes that's right, that's the one where McCoy goes back in time through the Guardian of Forever and changes the past, stranding the landing party on the planet with the Guardian.
That's not the kind of edge I'm talking about though. The edge I'm talking about is much more real. Tangible if you follow my meaning. Living on the edge in common vernaccular means to live life dangerously, or more to the point, regardless of risks. It's kind of like skirting the edge of insanity and common sense.
What's that? Common sense isn't so common anymore? The devil you say! Well, I know I don't wear the rose colored blinders they issue you at birth. Mine got broke when I was about six and I never bothered to get em repaired.
So what's this fascination, you ask, with living on the edge? I'll tell you... Adrenalin. What?! I can hear it now. "What's adrenalin got to do with it?" Well if the facts be known, a large number of Good Ole Planetoid Earth's populace are Adrenalin junkies. Now I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but have you ever wondered what the big fascination with Adrenalin is? What is adrenalin? You want the dictionary definition? The medical definition? The psychological definition? Or how about we go with the Logical, deductive reasoning, human definition?
Ok so the dictionary definition, in paraphrase of course, is this: used to prepare levoratory epinepherine. Now the medical definition: A hormone secreted by the body that increases the heart rate and can raise blood pressure. The psychological definition: A hormone secreted into the bloodstream in response to fight or flight. It raises the heart rate and blood pressure to providing the body with the ability to fight or flee from a stressful situation.
Now we move on to the logical, deductive reasoning, human definition. Adrenalin is a hormone secreted by the body, when a person or animal is scared or angry. Stressful situations like falling from a tree, or jumping out of an airplane (Though why anyone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane is beyond me.), to driving at a high rate od speed down a winding road, produce high amounts of Adrenalin. And this is why people like to live on the edge. Adrenalin is addictive. Many people out there like to find the thrilling, sometimes life threatening, things in life. It gives them a jolt, makes them feel good.
Now we all like to feel good, I know, but do we really have to race that train to the crossing or jump off a bridge with a rubberband around our ankles to get it? I don't want it thanks. Anyone ever wonder where the Darwin awards came from? A bunch of adrenaline junkies going "Hey y'all watch this!" Riding in the car with the music blaring, wonderin if a cop's gonna catch me speeding is the closest you'll ever get this little human to "living on the edge".
So fight or flight, adrenalin high's, or cosmic creepy nuttiness, whatever your pleasure, just watch out for that day when the grim reaper comes knockin on your door sayin, "Lucy! You got some 'splainin to do!"