It wasnt until yesterday that I found out I'm taking the SAT's on saturday. That was actually pretty surprising to me, because I've pretty much put colleges completely out of my mind after finishing the apps however long ago. I've decided that I dont really need to study that much, though. I just need to look over some vocab words to make sure I know them. I never studied for the first SAT I took, and when I studyed for the second one, I got a worse score. I figure that I'll at least do a little bit better this time because I'm taking a math course that delves really deep into math theory and will at least help me do some shortcuts on most of the math problems. I'm hoping for >1400 this time around.

I'm reading this book right now called "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". The title, although it sounds weird, is very logical. Basically the thought is that as life continues on and on, all we have of our past is distant, separated memories and that when those memories loose the context in which they were they also loose their weight, or pertinence to the world. Thus, at the end of our lives, when all we have left of ourselves is our memories, we realize that our whole being has an inherent lightness.

Anyhow, I've long realized that people on a single level are not that complex. Its actually really easy to predict what a particular person will do under a particular circumstance if you just observe that person for a relatively small period of time. When you think of how predictable humans are, though, you also have to ask to less obvious question: What makes a person who he/she is? Luckily, in my many days of posting, I have answered that question: their past.

But the past isnt very discrete. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" makes it very clear that the past can never be understood, not even by the person who experienced it. Life is meant to be lived in the present, but for various reasons you cant ever really know someone unless you know their past.

Only you cant.

So can you ever know anyone?