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The Movement

2009-04-05T16:57:00.000-07:00

Last night I had the craziest dream ever, it manifested out of my desire for greatness--I think. A little background: I'm a very ambitious person, sometimes it gets in the way. A lot of the time I'll think I'm better than other people and I'll talk down to them. I'm trying to work on it, honest. But the point is, I've always wanted to do something that people will remember forever. Invent something, cure something, or even lead a revolution/rebellion. Okay, that last one was a bit out there...Now here's my dream.

I had a dream that I saved the world. Not by brute force/violence, but by words. In my dream I inspired a group of less than enthusiastic teens to band together and resist the Occupation. The Occupation was about adults interfering with the workings of the "Teen World". See, in my dream everybody was a teenager. Nobody aged after a certain procedure when one turns 13. The adults were from the time before the procedure. They were envious of the youth, so they controlled and oppressed them.

In these town-hall type gatherings, I would give the most eloquent speeches about freedom, unity, and untapped potential. The Revolution wasn't bloody, but the exchange of words was very sharp. In the end, we defeated the adults using nothing but words. To quote FOB, "I was an arms dealer, fitting them with weapons in the form of words".

I woke up as everyone was chanting my name. Overall that was a pretty good dream. It felt good to be able to move crowds with words, to be able to change something. I felt important in my dream. I think if a movement was ever needed in our time, I could probably step up to the plate. Wow, that dream on inflated my ego...

Redemption

2009-04-05T16:44:00.000-07:00

I'm sure you've heard the phrase "Sell-Out" before. Well, I used that phrase to describe Fall Out Boy until I heard their new album "Folie a Deux".

When Fall Out Boy first started out, their sound was fresh and pure. It was full of originality...But when their album "Infinity on High" was released, they sounded different. FOB went mainstream to the extreme. Like many other fans I was deeply upset by the new direction the band took.

I felt that they sold out and betrayed their fan base! But then again, I have no influence whatsoever on the creative direction the band so my complaints were pointless. I think the biggest issue with bands is that when they first start out, the fans feel really close to them. But when they gain commercial success, we feel betrayed. Should we allow the musicians to stay poor in order for us to feel more connected to them? That's not very fair....

FOB came out with a song from their album "Infinity on High" which addressed the accusations of supposed selling out. The song was alright, but I wasn't exactly convinced--that is until "Folie a Deux" came out.

This new album's sound is much like that of the early FOB albums. I was so happy; I haven't stopped listening to it ever since. My favorite song from the album is " What a Catch, Donnie". In my opinion, FOB has redeemed itself and I'm going to stop bad-mouthing them in Biology.

Teaser

2009-03-22T13:55:00.000-07:00

S P R I N G B R E A K
I mega-loathe springbreak. Whoever decides when we have breaks is really cruel. To dangle the promise of freedom in the faces of eager kids is just malicious. Why in March? Its still freezing! Springbreak is only a week, that's hardly long enough time to enjoy the "spring weather".We should just add the week we get off for spring break to our summer vacation. Think about it, we could get out a week earlier. Whoa, I just realized that I'm making school sound like a prison. Actually, It kind of is...But thats a whole other blog. Well I'm going to go make the best of this little teaser break, peace.

When It Rains

2009-03-11T07:30:00.000-07:00

When it rains on this side of town, it touches everything. Everything seems to slow down, indetectable movement. Right now, I'm staring out my window, squinting past the rain. Why? Why did it have to rain today? Rain is so boring, so calm. I live for the hectic extremes in weather. It should either be scorching hot or bitterly cold. Not neutral rain. This type of percipitation should be outlawed for its uncanny ability to invoke depression. R A I N. Really Annoying Insignificant Nuisance. Hopefully, it ends soon....

Nicknames

2009-03-07T13:37:00.000-08:00

Nicknames--hate them or love them, you still have one. What are some of your nicknames? Mine include: Creepa, Iffy, Demarcus, Amadinejhad, and The Other Cookie. My friends can call me these thought-provoking names, but what do people call me behind my back? Hmmm....the ugly side of nicknames are the ones you don't know about. I have to admit, I call some people special nicknames behind their backs, but they're not mean. At least I don't think so. They're sort of a little reminder of funny incidents that they might want to forget. Nicknames I've given other people are: Cupcake, Booty-Do, Twanks, Litterbox, and Enjoyle. Aren't they just weird? Especially Enjoyle. Unnamed person mis-spoke at lunch and the weird word stuck as their undercover nickname. There was this one time when a friend of mine got caught calling someone by their undercover nickname [Poo-Poo] and the kid freaked out, until she told him where the name came from---he thought it was funny, but didn't want to be called Poo-Poo again. LOL. I should probably stop referring to people by these nicknames....

Info Please

2009-03-07T13:23:00.000-08:00

Today, I exerted a lot of effort into getting a friends phone number--mind you, I deserved it beacuse this person has been my friend for months, and I've never bothered to ask her for her number!

Here is the backstory:
I was on www.urbandictionary.com , searching through random definitions, when I came across one about a certain someone we all know very well. It was such a coincidence because Lexie and I were on that site yesterday in spanish and we were discussing the pros and cons of have your FULL NAME as an entry on there. Anyway, I found an entry about a teacher and I HAD to tell Lexie--here is where it gets frustrating.

I have a limited amount of contacts in my phone: I don't talk to some [place holders], and the others have no reason for having Lexie's number.
1st: I texted Kelsea and asked her to ask Rick to get Lexie's number from Jake. [she didn't answer back]
2nd: I texted Jesse and asked him if he knew anybody who would have her number--apparently, he still isn't over the hilarious prank calls he recieved.
3rd: I decided to cut-out Kelsea, and text Rick myself. [we had a bit of a tiff last year] He pretended not to know me, then proceeded to pretend that Jake didn't have Lexie's number. What?! They're dating, how does he not have her number!?
4th: Kelsea finally got back to me and asked "Why would I ask Rick to get Jake to give him Lexie's number? I have it"--I was completely side-tracked by that one. How did I miss that Kelsea would have Lexie's number?

So, after about an hour or so of aimless texts and half-hearted searching by third-party observers I finally got Lexie's number. We texted about the entry and debated whether or not to inform said teacher about the clever entry. Now, I'm going to reward myself with a cookie.

Pep-less Pepfest

2009-03-04T07:42:00.000-08:00

Our pepfests are the saddest events in the history of all things related to High School. Nobody cheers, as a matter of fact, nobody cares. Where's your school spirit? I think it died along with the out-of-sync choreography of our borderline okay cheerleaders.

We have an exceptional student body, combined, our cheers could probably rival the teeny-boppers at the Hannah Montana concerts. But we don't care enough. Maybe if there was some sort of incentive involved...How sad. In order for us to sincerely cheer on our sports teams, we have to get something in return. Teenage apathy never fails.

I can understand where some people are coming from when they say that the pepfest are boring. The cheerleaders aren't that good[no offense], their cheers are painful to watch and sadly,dance team only performs once in a blue moon. Plus, its smelly and you're forced to sit next to weird people who do odd things [like pick their noses]

Lets just get rid of the pepfests, sorry sports teams...

Couldn't Stop Laughing

2009-02-28T12:27:00.000-08:00

Have you ever laughed at something/someone so hard that you actually felt bad? I was recently introduced to a website where people can post laughable situations they've been in. The website is www.fmylife.com
I think the people who post on here want others to feel sorry for them, but secretly want to give the rest of us a good laugh. Why else would you post a very embarrassing moment of your life on there? Here is an example:
Today, I was introduced to my boyfriend's family at their family reunion for the first time. As I sat on the couch, his 4-year old sister comes in and jumps onto my lap. For a moment I was happy to think his sister liked me, only to hear her say "You're fat! I like fat things." FML

Or better yet, this one:
Today, I was stepping out of the shower while home alone. I heard voices coming from the living room. I grabbed a bat to defend my self and ran into the living room. I slipped on my tile floor and smashed my TV with the bat. No one was in my house but I left my radio turned on. FML

This one makes me feel really bad--both for her and for laughing hysterically:
Today, I told my boyfriend that I'd be going on a trip to Europe. I assured him that I would never cheat on him with any european guys. He replied with, "Why would I be worried? You're not very pretty." FML

If you're feeling really down, I suggest you click the link and make yourself feel better by laughing at other people's lives.

All New Low

2009-02-15T13:53:00.000-08:00

You'd have to live a million live and suffer immense pain in each one to even sympathize with me today. I'd rather be burnt alive than relive the last half-hour. I'd rather be thrown from a speeding car, dunked in acid, stomped by a raging bull, and dragged across 1000 miles of razors. I'd take all of that and be grateful.

To truly understand this blog post you'll need background information. My parents, Stephen and Sarah, aren't exactly in the running for parents of the year. In fact they belong in a select pool of individuals who shouldn't have been allowed to procreate.

Stephen:
Vehemently refuses to conform to American society. He'd rather live like he was still in Sudan. (Forcing everyone around him to do so too) You might ask yourself "Whats so wrong with that?" You have no idea, but that's a whole other blog topic. Stephen ALWAYS overreacts and expects the impossible from everybody.

Sarah:
The obedient housewife. How many times have I stood up for this woman?! Never one to outwardly disagree with Stephen, Sarah always makes things worse. Her favorite torture technique is comparing her children to other people's children, then belittling everything that makes her children themselves. The same goes for Stephen, but this is Sarah's specialty.

I could easily ramble about how horrible life is with them, but I'm focusing on the one event that changed it all. The one event that can't be topped or undone. No, they didn't beat me, but I wish they had. It probably would have been easier to take then what they actually did.

Today started out like any other Sunday. Boring and empty. I decided to stay in bed and listen to my Ipod. Apparently, Stephen had been calling my name for some time, but I couldn't hear him. He busted into my room and demanded to know why I was ignoring him. I tried to explain, but I was wasting my breath--he wasn't even listening.

He tells me to go to the living room. Stephen decides that I stayed in bed because I'm lazy and that I don't want to be with the family. (Which isn't true, I already told you why). Now, I'm angry because I'm being yelled at for doing absolutely nothing. So I went into the kitchen, and I guess I had a dirty look on my face, which Sarah decides was directed at her (It wasn't). She scoffs, almost hisses at me. "Don't look at me like that." Again, I try to explain, but she isn't hearing a word I'm saying either.

I'm so angry that I'm on the verge of tears. They're out to get me, I haven't done ANYTHING they've already begun to verbally reduce me tears. The angry look on my face sets Stephen off. He decides we need to have a little talk. (These never end well) He politely asks what I want, where I want to go. I don't understand what he's talking about, so I stayed silent. He says "This is just a talk, I want to know what you really want, because you don't want to be in this family" It suddenly clicked. I'm being kicked out...(He threatened to kick me out the previous week for stating the obvious: he hates giving people rides)

Sarah walks in, she sits next to Stephen and chimes in "Good, I better sit in on this. She was giving me dirty looks in the kitchen." At that moment I wanted to lunge at her throat. She ALWAYS makes things worse. I was being Tag-Teamed by these two Nazis and I had no way out.

Stephen kept asking where I wanted to go because he didn't want in his house anymore. I stayed silent. He yelled about how he can't live in the same house as someone who doesn't smile, always stays in their room because they hate their family (I'm a loner, I like being by myself), & someone who is always gets angry when they're asked (TOLD) to do things (Am I supposed to be ecstatic about it?). He went on yelling about how I'm ungrateful and undeserving. He wasted his time raising a useless daughter who would amount to nothing. Sarah added in that I'm lazy and stupid. She went off on how Martha and Chol know how to cook traditional meals and that I was abandoning the culture.

The entire time my eyes were welling up because this was a one-way conversation. I couldn't defend myself so I stayed silent and cried. Then, they said something that nobody should ever hear. Words that carry more weight than anyone can imagine.

Like I wasn't even there, they discussed how much better their lives would have been if I had died in Kenya (I was really sick as a baby). They talked about how everyone would be so much happier and how everyone would think of them better because they wouldn't be hindered by an embarrassing/disappointing daughter.

The tears just started pouring out. I always knew I wasn't their favorite child, but to hear them wish out loud that I was dead is worse than death itself. And just they way they talked about it added to the sting, they were so casual, as if they were talking about the weather. Sarah casually suggested suicide.

Honestly, I considered it for a moment. Why not end it? It's not like they care either way! I would be free. Free from the stress, the yelling, and belittling. But then I would just be giving them what they wanted. And what about my friends? The only people I'm ever happy around. I can't take my own life--I have to much to live for.

I've decided to stay here. Even though that means I have to suffer as if I'm being burn alive every time they look at me. But on the bright side, just two more years and I'm gone. The second I turn 18 I'm never looking back. Stephen and Sarah who?

Disney: Creator of Future Train Wrecks and Over-Advertised Pop Stars

2009-02-08T12:39:00.000-08:00

Miley Cyrus: The latest cardboard cut-out from the disney channel line. Loved by all repressed "tweens". If I hear another Miley Cyrus song, I might just shoot someone in the face. My little sister insists on singing her songs 24/7. Have you ever watched her show "Hannah Montana"? Don't, it will turn your brain to mush. The entire cast of that train wreck is utterly talentless. I've seen 3rd graders in Christmas Plays with better acting skills than them. Can she even sing? If you pay attention you might actually realize that she doesn't sing; she yells. Ugh, I'm just really tired of her. Maybe she'll fade like most Disney children, or she'll grow up to become a tragic starlet like her predecessors[Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, etc.]
I probably should channel my disgust toward the evil media giant that is Disney. What happened to Disney? Once upon a time it use to be about the classic cartoons and quality entertainment. Disney has perversly cheapened entertainment and the poor child stars it lures into its vicious cycle of over-used laugh tracks and future train-wreckism. But I guess as long as parents are willing to empty their pockets for Disney, I'm going to stop complaining.

So Sad...

2009-02-08T12:26:00.000-08:00

I'm sure most of you have heard by now about Michael Phelps' incriminating photo. When I first heard about it I thought "Who cares!? He is 23 years old, and he just owned China. Let the guy enjoy himself!". Now he has been suspended for 3 months, and the 2012 olympic games are on the line. What?! Seriously, we need to get lives. Why do we hold celebrities to a certain standard that we would never impose on ourselves? If he was just some random guy, would you really care? One reason people are so upset by this, is that they considered Phelps' their hero/role model. I have a few things to say to people who put celebrities and athletes on pedastals, then feel crushed when they turn out to be human:
1. Really?
2.They're regular people just like you, you'd be better off looking up to your neighbor.
3. They don't owe you anything, there is no legally binding contract that says they have to be your role model and live up to your standards.
4. Look up to people you actually know...
I personally think that Phelps' has nothing to apologize for. We should probably apologize to him for being nosy and overreactive to his personal choices. Celebrities and athletes are human too, they just happen to be in the public eye and subject to our intense criticism.

Lovely Weather

2009-02-01T12:31:00.000-08:00

Have you noticed how much warmer its been lately? I love it! But of course, it's going to inevitably get colder and crush my hopes of an early spring...
I went grocery shopping yesterday and all I needed was a light jacket! And I actually saw the sun for the first time in forever--we used to be amazing friends, back when he was around lol. We'll I'm going to go enjoy it while it lasts :)

Really?

2009-02-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

I was at Winterfest last night--it was pretty lame. The DJ, for some reason, kept playing songs that the crowd wasn't really responding to. People stood around for the most part.
Now, the reason for the title is quite shocking. So there I was, just dancing with friends, when I saw them. There was this...couple [for lack of a better word] and they were "dancing", if you could call it that. The act was so outrageous that people were gasping and pointing at them. This "couple" took grinding to a whole new level. I will not go into the details, but they were pretty much having sex on the dancefloor.
The only thing more shocking than their lack of shame, is peoples reaction toward it. Most guys were literally craning their necks to see, then encouraging the guy to keep going [REALLY?!]. Most of the girls had a look of disgust on their faces; I don't blame them, it was over the top.
This got me thinking, will this become the new standard dance act at these dances? I have no problem with grinding, because everybody does it. Its suggestive, but harmless. There probably be limits though. Try to keep it from being live pornography please!

Glued to the Tube

2009-01-20T16:49:00.001-08:00

I am addicted to TV, I didn't realize just how bad it was until I started planning out my week. Without really noticing it, I arrange my daily life around my favorite TV shows. I know, it's quite pathetic. I usually do all of my homework at 4 [it takes me anywhere from a half hour to an hour, depending on how much busy work is dished out at the local prison]. Next, I eat and shower, then prepare to watch TV. My schedule:
MONDAYS:
7:00-House
8:00-Heroes
9:00-Secret Life of the American Teenager
10:00-[any neglected homework]
11:00-Kyle XY [I rarely stay up this late, but Kyle is on at the same time as Heroes!]
TUESDAYS:
8:00-Scrubs
9:00-Law & Order: SVU
WEDNESDAYS:
8:00-Lie to Me
9:00-Real World [I'm a loser for watching, but it's addictive!]
THURSDAYS:
9:00-Burn Notice
FRIDAYS:
7:00-Everybody Hates Chris
9:00-Psych
10:00-Best Week Ever
TV is basically my brand of heroin. If my cable went out, I might actually die... I don't know what I'm going to do once Track season starts...but then again we only have a few meets and practices aren't that long. Wow, I just realized I'm another statistic--just another kid out of millions who prefers technology rather than physical activities to pass time. I'm totally okay with it. It's fun making pop culture references that only I understand.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly...

2009-01-13T14:36:00.000-08:00

I was just on USATODAY when I came across this article about Obama choosing a gay Bishop to give some sort of speech at his inauguration. G-A-Y, this three letter word seems to stir up controversy whenever it so much as leaves the lips of any random person.
Well, I looked at the comments and realized that they all had nothing to do with Obama or the article, in fact they were a continuous argument over homosexuality and its ongoing battle with religion. The commenters sort of polarized--one group was completely fine with it, the other wanted to force the fear of God into them and their supporters.
Personally, I'm Switzerland when it comes to arguments like this. But I am curious to know: Why is it such a big deal, to either side? People will be people, and we should just let everyone be...putting our personal biases into the way we treat people is no way to live.
I've also noticed that it's mostly the super religious people who have a problem with the situation. I'm not branding religious people as intolerant and overall ignorant, but the trend is hard to deny.
I also think that some Gay Activists should cool their jets a bit when attacking religious people or anyone who doesn't agree with them. People have the right to believe what they want, and they aren't afraid to exercise that right. For every Pro, there is a Con. For every birth, there is a death. You can't have one without the other and you can't expect and en masse sway belief without one going the other way.
As Americans, it is our constitutional right to practice religion, but please, don't use your faith to try to dictate how someone else should live their life. And just because you're advocating for a lifestyle that not everyone agrees with doesn't mean that you should alienate anybody who doesn't agree.
Tolerance, from either side, is a beautiful thing. Let's not perversely cheapen it by resorting to violence or slander against a person you disagree with.

Runner's High

2009-01-11T10:40:00.000-08:00

Earlier this year I made a New Year's Resolution to get fit--not only for my health, but because Track is coming up and I don't want to start out the season on horrible shape. Yesterday I decided to get right on that and exercise. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and I actually liked it! I planned it all out by time, not distance: I would run for an entire song straight [which is on average 3.5-4 minutes long] then walk for about a minute, run for two songs straight, walk for two minutes, run for three songs straight, then walk for three minutes. After the running, I worked on my upper body and all that cool stuff. Then, I did the running routine again except in reverse order. About half way through this I was about ready to give up: my legs ached, my lungs burned and I had a huge headache. But I kept pushing through until it stopped hurting...a runner's high. It was an amazing feeling, you should try it sometime. Endorphins rock. I think it's funny that you have to get through the worst in order to get to that feeling. Of course, when you're all amped up on your accomplishments, you forget about the inevitable pain you will experience the next morning...

Bingo

2009-01-11T10:31:00.000-08:00

It's true: old people LOVE bingo. Yesterday, Martha and I went to St. John's Nursing Home and chilled with the residents. It was pretty cool. First, we learned how to work the bingo ball-machine thing, then the reward process, and how to transport the residents. The scariest thing was transporting them from their rooms to the dining area where the games were being held. I pushed their wheelchairs REALLY slowly and tried as hard as possible to not hurt them, but of course there were a few bumped feet or banged up knees :( There was this one woman who I helped and she just made the experience a memorable one. She was very confused about the whole bingo process and so I pulled up a chair and sat next to her. I would point out the number if she had it and then she would put her chip on that number--we made a pretty good team. After many rounds without winning she began to give up. I felt really bad and I encouraged her to keep playing, that she'll get lucky in the next round. The whole time I was telling her this I just kept thinking "PLEASE, just let her WIN!!!"....She never won :( While we were waiting for our ride, one of the residents came up to us and said "You be sure to come back now, I really enjoyed your company". It felt really good that they liked that we were there. I definitely plan on making regular visits.

New Year's Resolutions

2009-01-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

New Year's Resolutions: Do they really work? Or are they just there as a reminder of what failures we were the previous year? Either way I still make a few each year. For 2009, my resolutions are simple and achievable. I want to be more outgoing, stop procrastinating, get fit, be A LOT nicer, and I want to be less apathetic. The last one might be a bit of a challenge because I am indifferent to almost everything--it's actually pretty sad. I should also volunteer more. I'm trying to become a youth counselor for my J10 project, it could be very interesting. I have high hopes for 2009!

RANTING LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS

2008-12-25T15:24:00.000-08:00

I RECENTLY SENT A MESSAGE TO KROC DETAILING MY DISSATISFACTION WITH THEIR POOR CHOICE IN MUSIC--THIS LITTLE RANT WAS ONE OF MY BEST ONES YET!

Hello, my name isn't really important but, I'd like to think that what I have to say is. I'm not really a fan of radio, personally I think it's a bit outdated, but it's something to listen to. This particular radio station isn't half bad, on a very good day. Well, I was listening to KROC not too long ago when I heard an amazing song, that song was "You Found Me" by The Fray, so from that day on I had the radio on ALL DAY EVERY DAY just hoping I might hear it again. For days on end I would listen to the same old tired songs and it just hit me--this radio station sucks! I don't want to hear all of this old crap, play something new, something good! How many times am I going to have to hear Britney or Akon before I go to town on my head with a powertool? Honest to god, the overexposure is ridiculous. I've done the whole "Rate the Hits" bit and it's quite obvious that you don't really take that into account when you're deciding what pathetic excuses for music to play. I don't mean to belittle what you do for a living, but OMG switch it up. It couldn't hurt to have some variety on the air--do you honestly enjoy listening to the same thing day after day after day? This radio station almost makes the risks taken with Limewire worth it. I'm sure I must sound like a crazy cynical person, but I love music and I just wish that this radio station would play something with a bit more substance than the average "Womanizer". [Don't get me wrong, I love me some Britney--in moderation] It's a shame that this message will probably go unnoticed, I think this [verbally edited until acceptable] rant might actually be some of my best work yet. Well, thanks for taking the time to read my message and I wholeheartedly hope that you understand what I'm trying to say.

R.I.P.

2008-12-14T15:21:00.000-08:00

On dec. 14th, my aunt, Rebecca Tulow died in a car accident due to faulty breaks. I would just like to extend best wishes to her family as they mourn her passing. The other woman in the car, Mary Kok, survived and is currently in the ICU at St.Mary's. I would also like to extend best wishes to her and her family. In the midst of this tragedy, I've seen just how quickly a community can come together and support one another. Thankfully, we can all move past this tragic accident together and work together to make the lives of the children left behind a little bit easier.

MY FiNGER!!

2008-12-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

today, dec. 8th, i have permanently scarred my left middle finger. during clothing class i was trying to backstitch on a pair of pajama pants we were making. i began to panic cuz i went to far with the stitch and i had to flip the pants and attempt a different backstich from the other side. well, most of you don't know this, but i am not the worlds greatest backstitcher, in fact i am horrible. the second attempt was going horribly and it looked like the machine was about to "eat" my fabric. i decided to pull my fabric back, but while trying to save my pants i made the dangerous mistake of not watching my fingers...with a loud, sickening crunch, the needle on the machine went through the center of the nail of my middle finger, twice! i quickly pulled my finger back, which broke the needle off the machine and left it in my finger. picture this: a bloody finger with a cracked nail and a needle sticking out of the side of it. sick isn't it? i stared at my finger for a quick second and started crying. by now people have started to gather around me and gasp at the horrible, mangled finger. next, the teacher walked me to the nurse and tried to calm me down the whole way there, but i just kept tearing up and looking at my finger. the nurse told me "i'm sorry, there is nothing i can do for you. i don't have the proper equipment to take the needle out. you'll have to call a parent to take you to the emergency room" i called. i waited for almost 30 min cuz my dad misunderstood the nurse and went to my sister's school. during my long, tearful wait i was comforted by many nice people. thank you. i went to the doctor, she took out the needle [blood was gushing out of my finger & it hurt like a mother!] and ordered an x ray to see if there were fragments left in my finger. there were a few itty bitty pieces, but she said it would not be worth it to rip my nail off, dig through my finger and possibly come back empty handed because the pieces are so small. now i'm on antibiotics for a week and i'll have to check in with her again in a few weeks. my finger is still throbbing so i'm walking around with it above my head to make it throb less and now i have to go soak my finger in warm, soapy water. bye!

when is enough, enough?

2008-12-06T15:20:00.000-08:00

how bad are things going to get before they get better? the economy, global warming, civil rights, and terrorism. the attacks on mumbai were devastating, i literally watched the news with a dropped jaw. how many of these terrible incidents are going to occur before we, as people, put a stop to it? my eyes were just recently opened to how apathetic people can be to the plight of others. one of my dad's friends was over and i asked him how he felt about the attacks. his response was quite unexpected. he said "good, i'm sure they deserve it" what could the innocent people have done to deserve such an inhumane attempt to execute them? he then said "why should i care about them dying, when nobody cares about the genocide in darfur, or the people suffering in south sudan?" i understand where he's coming from, but....they're innocent people. Just because many people are ignoring the genocide/suffering in africa doesn't mean we should ignore the suffering of ALL people. maybe if we care enough about other people, then somebody will care about the africans. sometimes i make other peoples' suffering, my problem. sometimes i am so naive, that i think compassion will save the world. how stupid is that? its a cruel world out there, and i envy/pity the activists who try to shed light on their cause knowing that their efforts will most likely go unnoticed, yet they keep on trying. i guess we can't expect much from each other, as people. hopefully people wake up and see that unless everybody is involved we cant solve any of the problems afflicting us.

laughably ambitious

2008-12-06T14:47:00.000-08:00

i've recently noticed that i am laughably ambitious. i tend to start projects with big goals in mind then i never get around to finishing them. for example, the butch dynamite chronicles--yea thats not happening :] today i started a story about a person who was a spy-type super agent who worked for the us government in a pre-apocolyptic world, [the calm before the storm kind of feeling]. the setting was centered around the "war" which is reminicent of the Iraq war, but in this alternate reality the war sparked mass paranoia throughout the world and the US was pretty much the "bad guy" of the story. we occupied the entire world and took the whole "global power" thing to a whole new level. we sent out spies, called patriots, to these countries to execute "coup de tats" within the foreign governments to create reluctant allies. we didn't have presidents anymore, we had Chief Wyatt "the enforcer" Leaghton. Leaghton was a super-dictator and his rise to power was actually a pretty interesting story. he gathered followers by preaching his outrage and opposition of the war and we won over the citizens of america. after the citizens forcefully booted the president they gave leaghton absolute power and he ran with it. he slowly yet surely strangled individual freedoms because they "posed a threat to the security of the american people". he began systematically lying to the people and he controlled the media so the people couldn't see just how bad everything was. the only people who were aware of the treachory were the people who worked directly for the government, like the main character. the main character then decides that she has to do something about it. she would rather be the unsung hero than the vigilante who gets credit so she decides to give the US's secrets [ Leaghtons plan to nuke countries deemed dangerous and inferior to his ideals and to create a brand of overly obedient citizens who are void of free will] to britain and their resistance program so that they can save the world. with the newly spilled secrets, the resistance plots a systematic demolition of the facade Leaghton has put up and ultimately return the free world to its citizens. the end. lol i don't think i'll ever finish this book, but its something to think about. I never really thought i was cut out for journalism, and the idea has been amplified by taking j10. i'm more of a fiction writer, i make up these amazing tales of morally grey, broken people who then save the world and in the process find themselves, or hilariously funny comedies that seem to have been written by a person under the influence of hallucinogens, but not really news stories.

MOViE CRiTiC?

2008-12-01T14:35:00.000-08:00

i RECENTLY WENT TO SEE "TWiLiGHT" AND i MUST SAY, iT WAS BETTER THAN i COULD HAVE iMAGiNED! ROBERT PATTiNSON WAS EXTREMELY TALENTED AS EDWARD CULLEN, HE WAS REALLY DEDiCATED, DOWN TO THE PAiNED FACiAL EXPRESSiONS HE KEPT THROUGHOUT THE ENTiRE FiLM. THE CHiCK THAT PLAYED BELLA WAS ALRiGHT--i GUESS, BUT THEN AGAiN i COULD JUST BE JEALOUS! TAYLOR LAUTNER WAS AN UNEXPECTED FAVORiTE. WHEN i HEARD ABOUT THE CHARACTER 'JACOB BLACK' I THOUGHT "STANDARD NATiVE AMERiCAN" BUT BOY WAS i WRONG....[HE iS RiDiCULOUSLY HOT!]. OVERALL THE PLOT WAS GREAT AND THE iNTENSE ACTiON SEQUENCES ADDED MUCH NEEDED FiRE TO AN OVERDONE LOVE STORY. THiS FiLM OFFERED SOMETHiNG THAT iTS HARRY POTTER NEMESIS COULD NEVER DO, iT OFFERED RELATiViTY! ONE COULD PUT THEMSELVES iNTO ANY OF THE CHARACTERS' PLACE AND COMPLETELY BELiEVE iT....i WiLL PROBABLY SEE THiS FiLM AGAiN [PROBABLY 8 TiMES!] GO SEE TWiLiGHT! HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN JULY OF 2010!

NEW SERIES OF SHORT STORIES--coming soon

2008-11-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

I'VE DECIDED TO WORK ON A SERIES OF SHORT STORIES. THE IDEA STARTED OUT AS A JOKE A YEAR AGO WHEN I DREW 'SPENCER' COMICS. I GOT BORED OF HAVING TO DRAW OUT ALL THE SCENES, SO I SWITCHED TO WRITING. I'VE GOT CHARACTERS PICKED OUT AND THEIR SPECIFIC ROLES IN MY STORIES. THE MAIN CHARACTER IS butch dynamite. BUTCH EMBODIES THE COOL, EVERYTHING I WISH I COULD BE AND MORE. HE SAYS WHAT HE WANTS AND DOES WHAT HE WANTS. HE IS OFTEN SPORTING A HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE AND AN EARLY 90S HAIRCUT. BUTCH IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS BEST FRIEND, action jackson. ACTION JACKSON IS AN OLD, WASHED UP, FORMER WRESTLER WHO STILL LIVES IN THE PAST. ACTION AND BUTCH BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT, BUTCH IS THE EPITOME OF COOL, AND ACTION IS, WELL, THE OPPOSITE. I'VE RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN THE IDEA FOR A CHARACTER NAMED eli cash. ELI WILL BE THE ROOKIE WHO STILL LOOKS UP TO ACTION YET WANTS TO BE AS COOL AS BUTCH. IN EACH INSTALLMENT I PLAN TO WRITE THROUGH THE VIEWPOINT OF A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN OF THE CONCEPTS I PLAN TO WRITE ABOUT, BUT I'M SURE THE IDEAS WILL START POURING IN AS SOON AS I STOP BLOGGING THIS. WISH ME LUCK!

The American Dream Lives

2008-11-14T12:36:00.001-08:00

By now everybody has at least heard the phrase the American Dream well, have you ever believed it? I think the American Dream, once lost and forgotten, has been ressurected by the collective election of BARACK OBAMA. The United States, a country with, arguably, the most racial problems, has elected an African-American man as Prez! Now, I'm not promoting his win as a racial victory, in fact this election should not have been about race. But you can't ignore it, it's in your face all the time. I'm constantly being reminded that I am an African-American, but Caucasians are only reminded that they are Caucasian when they are in a room full of people of a different persuasion. I'm not posting this blog to rant about how mistreated I've been because of my race, because in truth, a lot of you don't really care. Back to the Dream, this historic election reestablishes the idea that anything is possible. It has given me new hope about my future. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what Obama has in store for our great nation. Sidenote, I'm not REALLY trying to endorse and force upon you my avid adoration and support for Obama, but I'm not going to hide it. If you were supportive of the other candidate, then good for you & sorry for your loss. He put up a great fight. I guess now we wait, hopefully Obama makes good on his promise of CHANGE for America and the whole world. :]

Fairy Flute-Man

2008-11-14T12:08:00.000-08:00

It was a foggy, Thursday afternoon and I was riding the bus. The boredom seemed to be a mutual feeling for everybody. As I stared into the emptiness, I heard the most beautiful song ever. Like a ray of sunshine, he played the flute. 'Twas no ordinary flute, it was made of bedazzled paper and only played one note. He wore a snow white toga with a gold brooch upon his left shoulder. He danced down the aisle; an old-timey folk dance. The passengers on the bus clapped along as they cheered and sang along. The lyrics depicted the beauty of the Sibley playground during spring. His presence uplifted the spirits of the defeated and hopeless youth. Soon, the entire bus transformed into a Greek courtyard filled with people dancing in great delight. As soon as I started to participate in the festivities, it all disappeared. I soon realized that it was all in my head. It wasn't real. I decided to go back to being bored and staring out the window. I will never forget the amazing Fairy Flute-Man that made my afternoon livlier.

ENVY GREEN ISN'T A LOVELY COLOR, DEAR

2008-11-05T14:56:00.000-08:00

I'LL ADMIT THAT I HAVE ENVIED PEOPLE FOR SOME CHILDISH REASONS. JEALOUSY. THE NAME ALONE SOUNDS DISGUSTINGLY HORRIBLE. I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THIS SONG WHERE IT KEPT REPEATING "I'M THE NEW CANCER , NEVER LOOKED BETTER AND YOU CAN'T STAND...(other lyrics)...WHISPERING WHEN DID HE GET ALL CONFIDENT?" IT DETAILS A SELF ABSORBED DIVA WHO IS CRUSHED WHEN SHE IS NO LONGER THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON AROUND TOWN. SHE GETS JEALOUS AND THE NEWBIE RUBS IT IN HER FACE. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT JEALOUSY HAS ENDED IN TRAGEDY 99.9% OF THE TIME? THINK ABOUT IT, THE BOELYN GIRLS WHO COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER, THEN ENVIED THE OTHER WHO SUCCEEDED IN MARRYING HENRY VIII. QUEEN MARY WAS ALWYS JEALOUS OF FUTURE QUEEN ELIZABETH, SHE ALMOST HAD HER KILLED BECAUSE SHE WAS SO JEALOUS WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN. NOW THE RELEVANT EXAMPLES THAT APPEAL TO OUR INTERESTS. R E A L I T Y T V. ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SHOWS HAVE ON THING IN COMMON, THE CONTESTANTS WANT ATTENTION. WHEN SOMEONE ELSE STARTS GETTING MORE ATTENTION ALL *** BREAKS LOOSE :] THERE ARE CRAZY GIRL FIGHTS, TOILET SCRUBBING WITH ONE'S TOOTHBRUSH, LIE SPREADING, AND ALL OUT FITS THAT ARE LATER PUT IN COUNTDOWNS LIKE "100 BEST REALITY SHOW FREAK OUTS". A WORD OF ADVICE--JEALOUSY IS AN UGLY THING, TRY NOT TO BE ENVIOUS OF OTHERS!

Fabled Foreign Tongues

2008-11-05T14:33:00.000-08:00

How cool would it be if you knew a language that hardly anubody else knew? I know what that's like and it's actually pretty sweet. I could be in a room full of people and say something in that language and only one person would understand what the heck I was talking about. That person is Martha. I think that being multilingual is a very interesting interesting thing. It may help you in future careers or just in general. If everybody could speak 3 or more languages it would make life a lot easier. America is one huge melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities. Language is one of the many things that make us human and if everybody made an effort to try to get to know 2 or 3 cultures that are not their own, then we could further ourselves as a cultured population. It would also encourage acceptance and curiosity. Or if you are REALLY creative, you could create a language of your own!

DRAMA....LEAVE IT IN THE THEATER

2008-11-05T14:21:00.000-08:00

HAVE YOU EVER JUST WISHED PEOPLE WOULKD STOP BEING SO DRAMATIC. SOMETIMES AS I WALK THE HALLS OF ALHS, I COULD SWEAR I WAS AT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS! THE DIVAS AND PRIMA DONNAS OF THIS GENERATION ARE ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR. JUST THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A FIGHT ON THE BUS. IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED TO KNOW WHO THEY VOTED FOR. ONE PERSON--LETS CALL HER MISS THANG BECAUSE SHE BELIVES SHE IS ALL THAT...AND THEN SOME. WELL MISS THANG WAS ASKING PEOPLE WHO THEY VOTED FOR AND ONE GIRL DIDN'T LIKE IT. LETS CALL HER DITZY DAISY. WELL DITZ TOLD THANG TO SHUT UP AND STOP ASKING PEOPLE WHO THEY VOTED FOR. THANG THEN PROCEEDED TO THREATEN DITZ WITH VIOLENCE. AS THANG WAS GETTING OFF THE BUS SHE ATTACKED DITZ WITH HER PURSE. DITZ THEN WENT AHEAD AND STARTED FIGHTING BACK. THIS WAS THE ULRIMATE CARICATURE OF A GIRL FIGHT. LOTS OF HAIR PULLING AND SCREAMING. I ATTEPTED TO BREAK UP THE WHOLE FIASCO, BUT I ENDED UP GETTING HIT! WHO EVER THOUGHT THAT DITZY DAISY WOULD FIGHT DIRTY--OR THAT THANG WAS SUCH A VIOLENT PERSON. IT MUST BE THE WATER AROUND HERE.....

VILLAINS

2008-10-29T13:56:00.000-07:00

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A FAVORITE VILLIAN? MY FAVS ARE THE JOKER IN THE LATEST BATMAN MOVIE AND SYLAR/GABRIEL FROM THE PHENOMENON THAT IS "HEROES". NOW, THESE CHARACTERS MAY BE THE TYPE WE ALL LOVE TO HATE OR, IN SOME WEIRD CASES, RELATE TO. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD A RUN IN WITH A real VILLIAN OF MALICIOUS PROPORTIONS?
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD FOR A MOMENT. NOW THINK BACK TO THE YEAR 1944. IMAGINE BEING TERRIFIED FOR YOUR LIFE AS YOU STRUGGLE TO BREATHE. YOU ARE IN A CATTLE CARE WITH 80 OTHER PEOPLE. IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CONFUSION, YOU STILL FIND THE STRENGTH TO REMAIN CALM AS YOUR UNCERTAIN FUTURE GROWS CLOSER WITH EVERY SQUEAKY ROTATION OF THE WHEELS ON THE TRAIN. SOON YOU FEEL THE DEATH TRAIN SLOW AND THE HARSH VOICES OF THE SS, ORDERING YOU THROW OUT YOUR DEAD, AND HAND OVER ALL OF YOUR VALUABLES. THE SS ARE SCRUFFY LOOKING MEN, AS YOU LOOK INTO THE EMPTY EYES OF ONE, YOU ARE STRUCK ON THE TEMPLE AND YOU BLACK OUT. THANKFULLY, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HAS TAKEN CARE OF YOU AND LED YOU INTO THE ENTRANCE OF A CAMP...AUCHWITZ-BIRKENAU. UPON ENTERING WITH A LARGE MASS OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, WERE BEING LED TO A FEIRY DEATH IN THE CREMATORIA, THE SS CALLED FOR TWINS. JUST AHEAD THERE IS A MAN, AN SS. HE IS DRESSED IMPECCABLY WITH A HINT OF A SMILE BEHIND HIS BEAUTIFUL, YET STRANGELY COLD EYES. WITH A WHITE GLOVED HAND, HE DIRECT THE MASSES TO THE LEFT. TO THE CREMATORIA. YOU FOLLOW THEM....UNTIL THE MAN SEES YOU. HE ORDERS THE SS TO BRING YOU TO HIM. HE SMILES AS HE SUBTLY HIDES HIS INTEREST IN YOU. HE ASKS YOU IF YOU ARE TRULY JEWISH. YOU ARE CONFUSED, WHY WOULD THIS POLITE MAN ASK YOU SUCH A QUESTION? YOU ANSWER YES. HE IS CURIOUS BECAUSE OF YOUR PERFECT ARYAN LOOKS. YOU HAVE GOLDEN BLOND HAIR WITH DEEP BLUE EYES. THE MAN ORDERS THE SS TO TAKE YOU TO THE BLOCK WHERE THE TWINS WERE BEING KEPT, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT A TWIN. YOU HAVE JUST COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF DEATH HIMSELF. JOSEF MENGELE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST MALICIOUS HACK TO HAVE EVER HID BEHIND THE TITLE OF MEDIAL PRACTITIONER. THE ANGEL OF DEATH HAD TAKEN A KEEN INTEREST IN YOU, AND FOR THE NEXT TO YEARS YOU ARE SUBJECTED TO THE MOST INHUMANE EXPERIMENTS EVER CONDUCTED IN THE NAME OF FRAUDULENT SCIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE JOSEF MEGELE PERFORMED EXPLORATORY OPEN HEART SURGERY ON YOU, WITHOUT ANESTHSIA, YOU UNEXPECTEDLY SURVIVED. HE INJECTED CHEMICALS IN OUR EYES AND TRIED TO CHANGE THEIR COLOR, THIS PROCEDURE LEFT YOU BLIND FOR WEEKS. YOU WERE CASTRATED, AGAIN WITHOUT ANESTHSIA. FINALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTS AND ENDLESS BLOOD DRAWING YOU BEG FOR DEATH. THE ANGEL OBLIGES. YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY EXPOSED TO TUBERCULOSIS, THEN THE DOCTOR INJECTED YOU WITH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO CURE YOU OF THE DISEASE, 3 DAYS LATER YOU DIE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM YOUR OTHER SURGERIES AND THEN THE TB. NOW, ARE YOUR EYES STILL CLOSED? ARE YOU SCARED? THIS EXPERIENCE WAS MILD COMPARED TO THE OTHER SITUATIONS OF MENGELE'S TWINS. IT STILL AMAZES ME TODAY THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO SUCH EVIL, THEN TRY TO JUSTIFY IT IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE. JOSEF MENGELE FAILED AS A HUMAN BEING, HE DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE CONDSIDERED HUMAN. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, MENGELE ESCAPED PROSECUTION FOR WAR CRIMES BY GOING TO SOUTH AMERICA, WHERE HE LATER DIED OF A STROKE WHILE SWIMMING. TO THIS DAY THE SURVIVING MENGELE TWINS LIVE WITH THE HORROR OF WHAT WAS DONE TO THEM. I SUGGEST YOU READ "CHILDREN OF THE FLAMES" IT IS A BOOK WHICH CHRONICLES THE EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY MENGELE AT BIRKENAU AND THE LIVES OF THE SURVIVING TWINS TODAY. YOU SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT MENGELE'S WIKIPEDIA PAGE--THE HEINOUS CRIMES EXTEND FURTHER THAN JUST TWINS.

AWW SHUCKS, YOU DROPPED YOUR FETUS

2008-10-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

THAT IS A TITLE I GOT FROM AMANDA AND MARTHA. THEY'RE UBER RANDOM LIKE THAT. I WAS AT A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT TODAY AT MAYO. WE LOST 3 OUT OF THE 4 GAMES WE PLAYED. NOT BAD, I GUESS. WELL BEFORE OUR 4TH GAME WE WERE CHILLIN IN THE HALLWAY WHEN AMANDA DECIDED TO GRAB ME AROUND THE STOMACH AND SPIN ME. IT WAS FUN, THEN RACHEL DECIDED TO DO IT TO ME TOO, ONLY RACHEL WASN'T AS STRONG AS SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS. SHE TOTALLY DROPPED ME, MID-SPIN IN THE AIR RIGHT ON MY HITTING ARM AND HIP BONE. IT HURT LIKE A MOTHERLESS. SHE SAID THE FUNNIEST THING "OH, I THINK I BROKE HER" SHE SEEMED GENUINELY SORRY, THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HORSEPLAY BEFORE A GAME :] SO NOW I'M THE FETUS....THAT WAS DROPPED....AWW SHUCKS, THAT SUCKS LOL

Genuis? I think so...

2008-10-04T09:44:00.000-07:00

LAST YEAR, I WROTE A POEM ABOUT STILL PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

Averaged a "C" at an Ivy League
Its a wonder he got there, with all the stupidity
We voted for him once, but a second term?
a message to all voters, here's a lesson learned
His decisions on Iraq led to mass confusion
Leaving the U.N. with feelings of non-inclusion
Many of the elite left his administration
Cause for shame, dishonor, even humiliation
History will look upon him and frown
The man will never live his legacy down
Everything he has done has been stupid or wrong
But on the brightside, a few months and he's gone
Eventually a conclusion to our horrible delusion
The solution is simple--substitution
"Who is he?" you wonder, lets have a look-see
Hes the epitome of a caricature of presidency

Yes, I did actually write that myself. Maybe I should send it in to one of those pundit entertainment shows and possibly score myself and internship as a writer in the future--psshh, yea right! lol

RUSH TO THE POOR HOUSE

2008-09-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

I HATE HALF-HEARTED ATTEMPTS TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF PPL DID DECIDE TO PLAY WITH MONEY. WALL STREET JERKS DON'T DESERVE TO BE "HELPED" THEY SHOULD BE HOMELESS FOR ATLEAST A YEAR. BUSHY WAS DENYING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG! WHAT AN IDIOT, NOW HE IS GOING TO TAKE 700 BILLION OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO COVER UP HIS INDECISIVENESS AND LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND BAILOUT HIS GREEDY FRIENDS. IF THAT ANCIENT, CORRUPTED, COPYCAT (MCCAIN) IS VOTED INTO OFFICE I WOULD HAVE TO JUST DIE. HE IS JUST LIKE BUSH! WE CAN'T JUST PLACE ALL THE BLAME ON BUSH, HE WAS PROBABLY JUST A PUPPET, AND THE PUPPET MASTERS WERE DICK CHENEY AND KARL ROVE. DID YOU KNOW THAT BUSH IS SELLING BILLIONS IN ARMS TO TAIWAN? WHICH BASICALLY MEANS HE IS TRYING TO PISS OFF THE CHINESE. IS HE REALLY DOING WHAT I THINK HE IS? METAPHORICALLY, HE IS POKING THE ANGRY, AWAKE BEAR WITH AN ELECTRIC CATTLE PRODDER. HE TRYING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP EVEN MORE THAN IT IS SO THAT THE NEXT PREZ, WILL HAVE A NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE JOB OF CLEANING IT UP. I HOPE THAT HISTORIANS WILL DEPICT HIM AS THE GIANT,INCOMPETENT, IDIOT HE IS.

HEROES=LOVE

2008-09-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

I LOVE HEROES, ITS THIS SHOW ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE ABILITIES. THEIR DIFFERENT STORY LINES OCCASIONALLY CONNECT WHEN THEY SAVE THE WORLD TOGETHER. THE FIRST SEASON WAS ABOUT SAVING NEW YORK FROM A NEUCLEAR BOMB THAT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE MAIN ANTAGONIST(GOOD GUY) OF THE SHOW, PETER. PETER HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB OTHER PEOPLE'S ABILITY, HE DOESN'T ROB THEM OF THEIR ABILITIES, HE JUST COPIES THEM. WELL HE GOT RADIOACTIVITY FROM TED, WHO WAS KILLED BY THE MAIN BAD GUY SYLAR. SYLAR TAKES ABILITIES, SOMEWHAT LIKE PETER, EXCEPT HE HARMS THE PEOPLE. HE CUTS OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS EXPOSING THEIR BRAIN, THEN HE DOES HIS THING. SYLAR'S ORGINAL ABILITY WAS TO BE ABLE TO "SEE/HEAR" HOW THINGS WORK IN THE BRAIN. HE THOUGHT HE WASN'T SPECIAL ENOUGH SO HE SET OUT TO BE THE MOST SPECIAL--BY TAKING AWAY EVERYBODY ELSE'S ABILITY. MOHINDER SURESH IS A GENETICIST WHO DISCOVERED GENETIC MARKERS THAT ALLOW HIM TO FIND OUT WHO HAS ABILITIES OR WHO WILL. IN THE THIRD SEASON HE DISCOVERED A SERUM THAT "GIVES" PEOPLE ABILITIES. IT WOULD TAKE ME forever TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO YOU. BUT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, EACH SEASON HAS A DEFINING STATEMENT WHETHER ITS "are you on the list?" or "save the cheerleader, save the world" I WONDER WHAT IT WILL BE THIS SEASON--CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT!

Tipsy People Shouldn't Speak

2008-09-21T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hola!! This friday was the homecoming game and it was quite the event. The Albert Lea tigers lost 34-35 to the Mankato East Cougars. I had to stand the whole time cuz we got there late and the old people proceeded to occupy ALL the available space. After the game my friends [ Shotta, T. Jones, Rivera, & Jesse] and I went to the dance. We have been looking forward to this event for weeks and it was finally here! but guess what, it was THE LAMEST dance ever! The free stuff and lights and confetti, and the fog were all cool, but the DJ was lame. He would stop after every song and talk for like 5 min! Speaking of the songs, he pretty much only played weird song that you wouldn't dance to, i probably only liked about 5 songs out of all of them. The whole scene looked like it did from the pics they showed so i guess that was the only upside. Okay, now we're getting to the part that relates to the title. After the dance, we realized that we didn't have a ride home! Amanda and I were staying at Martha's because we had a volleyball tournament at 6 a.m. the next morning. Did i mention martha lives by the courthouse? Thats a few miles from the school! We had to walk home at 1 a.m.! it was amanda (T. Jones), Martha (Shotta), Jesse, and these 2 boys, who we really didn't know. Lol we all thought that we were going to be ticketed for being out passed curfew (10:30) but surprisingly we didn't, in fact we were passed by a couple of cop cars on the way home. Now, we've walked atleast 2 miles and we're near a bunch of bars. We decided to take a shortcut through what looked like the empty parking lot of the bar. but to our surprise there was a bunch of drunk guys in the parking lot and they saw us. we stopped and thought about going around the building cuz it probably not a good idea to hang around drunk people at 2 a.m. alone. they started talking to us and one of them said "Hey ladies!, are you guys here to drink?"and we started laughing cuz he was REALLY drunk. another guy said "Oh look, they're not here to drink, they're probably like 12 years old" another guy said "yeah, they're probably coming back from homecoming" and the guy who said we were 12 said "don't mess with them, they're 12. you know what that means, trouble" the first guy then proceeded to ask us how old we were, Martha decided to tell them we were 13 [we're 15]. By now Amanda has dipped! she sprinted around the building and disappeared, Martha and I walked on the sidewalk around the parking lot, a safe distance from the drunks. The first guy just wouldn't leave us alone--he kept saying "you guys aren't 13, look at the chick in the blue shes like 5'9"!" I didn't say anything I just kept laughing and martha kept insisting we were 13. The guys weren't that old, they were probably in their 20s and they were pretty cute :) Now we've passed the bar and were about a block from martha's when we heard the guys yelling "How old are you really?" from their car. Amanda was just coming around the corner when the guys slowed down to our pace and kept talking to the 3 of us. It was starting to get really creepy and we couldnt turn onto martha's street in case they thought about following us, so we walked passed it. By now martha was getting frustrated and she was yelling at them to just go. eventually they got the point and left, but it looked like they were going to come back, so we decided dip over to these trees and hide out for awhile. Lol :P Now we were on martha's porch but martha forgot her key at home!! a few lights were on and we opened the screen door to see if it was locked and it was. we went around back to see if we could crawl in through her window but it was locked from the inside. we had no choice but to knock on her door and hope her dad didn't open it. the lights mysteriously were turned off when we got to the front. we knocked on the door and it was opened slowly--we could just barely make out a figure with a baseball bat. Martha started saying "wait, dad its me martha" and he turned on the lights and we all started laughing cuz he would have killed us. He though we were burglars trying to break in cuz we walked around the house a few times and jiggled the doorknobs. That was the end of my interesting friday night.

What Calamity??

2008-09-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

goodafternoon peoples of the world! ooookay.... I've just come to the conclusion that I have gone about this blog thing all wrong. I started too strong, now I fear that I will have nothing to talk about in the future. Lets compare this to running the mile. I've just sprinted the first mile and i'm already drained. The last lap will be a fight to finish. But in this case it will be a fight to stay interesting :) now I'm sort of jinxing myself but oh well, i'm sure i'll think of something. STAY KRISPY!

NEW FACE OF FAILURE

2008-09-10T16:06:00.000-07:00

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMETHING SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON THE RIDE HOME FROM VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE. MY BUDS SHOTTA AND T. JONES TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS RECENTLY. IT WAS A STORY ABOUT TEENS SEXUALLY ABUSING THE ELDERLY AT A NURSING HOME. NOW, I'VE ALREADY HEARD THE STORY BUT JUST HEARING IT AGAIN MAKES IT WORSE. HOW CAN ANYBODY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I GUESS THEIR WAY OF JUSTIFYING THE ACT WAS THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. THE OLD PEOPLE CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES! I WONDER IF THE PERSON RUNNING THAT NURSING HOME HAD ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THEY DID SOME HALF-HEARTED DAMAGE CONTROL BECAUSE I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY LAST YEAR AND NOW IT'S REARING ITS UGLY HEAD. SOMETHING WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WITH THESE PEOPLE--I THINK THEY SHOULD DO SOME TIME BEHIND BARS. IT'S ALMOST AS BAD AS ABUSING CHILDREN. IT AMAZES ME THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO COMMIT SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES. PERSONALLY, I FEEL THAT THIS STORY NEEDS MORE ATTENTION--THE PEOPLE HERE SHOULDN'T KEEP MUM ABOUT SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE. SURE, THEY DON'T WANT TO AIR THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY TO THE WORLD, BUT THEY BROUGHT IT UPON THEMSELVES. HAD THEY HANDLED THIS CORRECTLY AT THE MOMENT IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE COME RIGHT ON OUT AND JUST TELL THE TRUTH;IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DRAMATIC DEFINING MOMENT. THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE HAD SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS AND APPLAUDED THE BRAVERY OF THE NURSING HOME FOR TELLING EVERYONE. THEN AGAIN, I LIKE DRAMATIC ENDINGS TO DRAMATIC EVENTS AND NOT EVERYONE FEELS THE SAME WAY. I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND THAT THE NURSING HOME REDEEMS ITS REPUTATION, AND FINALLY, I HOPE THE VICTIMS FEEL RELIEF/CLOSURE.

Mad As Rabbits

2008-09-09T16:46:00.000-07:00

I THOUGHT THE TITLE OF MY FIRST POSTING ON HERE SHOULD BE A BIT CATCHY. LOL PLUS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WELL IT'S A TUESDAY EVENING AND I AM BORED OUT OF MY MIND. WHILST EDITING THIS THING I WAS ASKED THE RANDOM QUESTION "DO YOU THINK FORKS ARE EVOLVED FROM SPOONS?" I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD AT FIRST BUT I ANSWERED IT ANYWAY. IT GOT ME THINKING "WHY IS EVOLUTION SUCH A HOT TOPIC?" I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS PROOF, I MEAN SERIOUSLY. ANIMALS EVOLVED, WHY IS IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE DID? AFTER ALL WE ARE TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED ANIMALS. OVERLY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THESE DAYS... THEY JUST CAN'T ACCEPT LOGICAL REASONING, BUT THEN AGAIN IF EVERYONE ACCEPTED LOGICAL REASONING WE WOULDN'T HAVE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE! LOL I MUST BE A TERRIBLE PERSON-MAKING FUN OF RELIGION LIKE THAT. I WONDER IF EVEN THE MOST DIE-HARD BELIEVERS DOUBT THEIR FAITH EVERY NOW AND THEN--THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. HOW DIFFERENT WOULD LIFE BE IF THERE WERE NO RELIGION? THERE WOULD BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF PROS AND CONS. I THINK THE PROS WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY MORE WARS OVER RELIGION. JUST THINK ABOUT IT, SOME OF THE MOST BLOODY WARS WERE OVER RELIGION-THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYMORE BICKERING BETWEEN THE FAITHS CLAIMING ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. A REALLY BIG UPSIDE IS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THESE STRANGE CULTS THAT HAVE PEOPLE BELIEVING RIDICULOUS THINGS--OR SUBJECTING THEIR CHILDREN TO ABUSE BECAUSE THEIR LEADER TELLS THEM IT'S THE WILL OF WHOMEVER THEY BELIEVE IN. ANOTHER UPSIDE IS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T EXIST. WE COULD FINALLY ELECT SOMEONE FOR WHAT THEY STAND FOR, NOT WHICH RELIGION THEY BELIEVE IN; DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT WE WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT ELECTING BARACK OBAMA IF HE WAS A MUSLIM? THAT IS REALLY SAD. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT LESS HOPE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BELIEVE IN. I REALLY CAN'T TELL IF IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HUMANITY OR JUST PUSH US FURTHER TOWARDS BEING MORALLY BANKRUPT, ACTUALLY COME TO THINK OF IT, WOULD OUR MORALS CHANGE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE RELIGION? WOW, THIS IS A TOPIC TOO BIG TO DISCUSS ALONE. I'M VERY SATISFIED WITH MY FIRST POSTING--I'M GOING TO GET A COOKIE BECAUSE I DESERVE IT, THIS IS AMAZING. (GEEZ, I SHOULD SHOW SOME HUMILITY)