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[Oct. 27th, 2008|09:18 pm] |
http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20081027.html
Obama used a Batman metaphor incorrectly...
EVERY MAN MUST KNOW HIS BATMAN
McCain doesn't know his computers and Obama doesn't know his batman. America's future is not bright.
(is so relieved that I can't vote yet) |
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| Can't ... wait... |
[Sep. 27th, 2007|08:48 pm] |
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There is one thing that I really hate about liking stories... They come out only a bit at a time. Don'tcha just HATE it when you're waiting for the next book in your series and its 7 MONTHS to the next release.
Well Im not really talking about books
Im talking about manga.
I get a chapter usually once a week. But you see...
It feels like arteries are going to pop within those seven days of waiting.
ARRRGGHHH
Tsubasa Chronicle!!!! XXXHolic!!!! Please update!!!
*convulses and foams on ground*
Man, maybe I should cut back... noooo
*sucks thumb and starts rocking back n' forth* |
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| Harry Potter Quiz -SPOILERS. |
[Sep. 19th, 2007|04:24 pm] |
From binsybaby's livejournal
The Books in Order from Favorite to Least Favorite:
1. The Prisoner of Azkaban & Goblet of Fire
2. Philopher's Stone
3. Deathly Hallows
4. Order of the Pheonix
5. Half-Blood Prince
6. Chamber of Secrets
7.
Number of Times You Have Read the Series:
Holu god. I have no idea. A LOT.
Favorite Chapter from Your Favorite Book:
Thats too hard. =(
Five Favorite Characters:
Weasly Twins, Luna Lovegood, Hagrid, Mad-Eye Moody, and Kreacher-Dobby Combo.
Three Least Favorite Characters:
Cornelius Fudge
Favorite Member of the Trio:
Hermionie
Three Favorite Magical Creatures:
Hippogriffs, Nifflers, Dragons.
Favorite Family:
Weaslys! Who else?
Favorite Villain:
Grindelwald. I seriously wanted to know more about him.
Favorite Death Eater:
Snape. He's kinda, sorta a death eater D=
Favorite Non-Hogwarts Magical Building:
Grimmauld Place. It had character.
Favorite Diagon Alley Location:
The Magical Creatures Store.
Three Favorite Spells:
Expecto Patronum, the fire one Goyle used, and secusempra
Three Favorite Potions:
Felix Felicis, i don't remember any others. (honest)
Favorite Unforgivable Curse:
The Imperius Curse. It leaves a lot of questions
Favorite Department of Mysteries Room:
"HA HA LOOK HARRY!!!! BRAINNNSSSS!!!"
Biggest Surprise:
When the Triwizard Cup turned into a Port key
Biggest Letdown:
The epilogue. I hate it when my favorite character's have friggin childrens! Oh and why the hell did you go after Lupin, Tonks? You had a newborn kid.
Favorite Mode of Transportation:
Floo Powder, Dragon, Broom, and Hippogriff!!!
Favorite Weasley:
Fred and George. Though they are techniqually two.
Favorite Order Member:
Sirius Black.. Why are you deaaaddd????
Favorite pet:
Crookshanks and Mrs. Norris. Okay, Trevor too.
One Character You’d Bring Back to Life:
Fred, I don't like the whole dying-young thing, man. He just started the fricken shop!!! and George NEEDS him!
Moment That Will Always Make You Cry:
Sirius' Death. ;_;
DOBBY.
Harry's Death march to the woods.
Favorite Hogwarts Room:
Hagrid's Hut.
Favorite Class:
Herbology. I love how they are always getting attacked by plants.
Favorite Teacher:
Lupin and Mad-eye I love'ed yous.
Favorite DADA teacher:
Look above.
Least Favorite Teacher:
The Astromony Teacher.
Favorite Non-Human Hogwarts Resident:
PEEVES. DAMN THE MOVIES FOR NOT MAKIN' HIM.
Favorite Hogsmeade Location:
Honeydukes
Favorite Triwizard Champion:
Harrrrry.
Favorite Triwizard Task:
The Mermaid one with the gillyweed
Which Character You’d Ask to the Yule Ball:
Peeveeeesss. We'd have a jolly time
Which Character You’d Like to Use a Love Potion On:
Me. Who else could I love?
Which Character You’d Like to Use Veritaserum On:
Dumbledore.
How Long You Have Been a HP Fan:
Since I was 6 or 7
Favorite Wizard Rock Band:
Weird Sisters. Thats the only one I remember.
Number of Midnight Releases You Have Attended:
None, actually. I really don't see the point. I just buy it in the morning.
Favorite HP Website:
I need no website to fuel my HP fandom.
Most Ridiculous Potter Theory You’ve Heard:
The freaky yaoi couples people dream up.
Character You’re Most Like:
hmm uh um uh um Uh NOBODYYYY. Im ORIGINAL, bwhahahahahaaa!
House You Think You’d Be Sorted Into:
Hm. I'd like to think Ravenclaw.
Your Patronus Would Be A:
Wolf or an Opaki. Or it should be.
To You, Amortentia Would Smell Like:
Pine, Laundry detergent, baking bread, fresh clear water
You’d Use Felix Felicis To:
hm. I'd just use it on a regular day and just have fun with it!
The Job You Would Most Like to Try:
Curse Breaker for Gringotts!
Which You Would Rather See — a Sequel or a Prequel:
Prequel, I like the mauraders. I don't want a sequel, they have babies, ew. But I'd really want to know what kind of jobs Hermonie, Ron, Harry, and James and Lily have/had. And if House-elves got more rights.
The Movies in Order from Favorite to Least Favorite:
Hate all of them.
EITHER/OR...
Animagus or Metamorphmagus: Animagus. I'd be something, reaheellly cool
Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans or Chocolate Frogs: I hate Jelly Beans on principle, so Chocolate Frogs
Black or Lupin: Black. But YOUS DEAD.
CAPSLOCK HARRY or Emo! Emo Harry, he's got the hair.
Death Eaters or Dumbledore’s Army: Death Eaters. It wasn't a girly club.
Draco or Lucius: Draco. ^_^
Durmstrang or Beaubaxtons: Beaubaxtons, I don't like the cold.
Floo Powder or Broom: Broomstick.
Fred or George: George, i feel he needs more love.
Grimmauld Place or The Burrow: Grimmauld Place. Very cool place.
Herbology or Care of Magical Creatures: Herbology!
Hippogriffs or Thestrals: Hippogriffs. Buckbeak, yo.
Invisibility cloak or Pensieve: THE Pensieve. I want to see Dumbledore's and Snape's old memories
Mermish or Parselmouth: Parselmouth.
Occlumency or Legilimency: Occlumency.
Peeves or Nearly Headless Nick: Peeves! He's my DATE TO THE BALL.
Peter Pettigrew or Mundungus Fletcher: Fletcher
Professor Binns or Professor Umbridge: Professor Binns, But umbridge makes a better character.
S.P.E.W. or the Inquisitorial Squad: S.P.E.W ><
The Ministry of Magic or Gringotts: Gringotts. They got dragons in there.
Three Broomsticks or The Leaky Cauldron: The Leaky Cauldron has a better location, but I really want to try Three Broomsticks Butterbeeer
Werewolf or Inferus: Werewolf. Inferus' were underplayed.
Whomping Willow or Flying Ford Anglia: Whoompin' Willow has spirit.
Yule Ball or Quidditch Championship: QUIDDITCH |
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| Lyrics that I Love |
[Jul. 26th, 2007|09:31 pm] |
THe song is ehh but the lyrics are beautiful.
SWINGSET CHAIN - BY LOQUAT
There's a playground that we used to run on
The penny-drop that broke her arm
The monkey bars that you fell from
The swingset chain that stuck with my tongue
It's thirty below and we're far gone
If you plant yourself here I wouldn't miss you for long
But then comes the day when you leave town
I'm back to the way I was when you weren't around
If you want to know what that was like
I'll tell you first, it was way too quiet
It rained a hundred nineteen days of the year
I spent my time falling down the stairs
I know I can't tie you to a leash
But something tells me you'd go further than Greece
And then I'll have to figure out what to do
I'm kind of afraid I'm co-dependent on you
I'm freaking out that we've started breaking down
Before momentum picked up
Now all these doors are locked
The trees trick you 'cause they're always standing still
If time was really racing by
You could see it when you drive
There's a rooftop deck where we still hang out
A couple of bars where we're not allowed
The roller-skates that threw you on your face
The park on the hill which was our only space
The fog is fast and it rolls right in
About the time I struck my first fifth of gin
I really don't mean to complain too much
But this is turning me into quite the lush
I'm freaking out that we're running out of time
But to do what?
Should I stop and think of that?
Is there something I could do to slow it down?
Live in a day for once
Instead of watch it screaming by
You're a dandelion seed
That flies through the air
And lands randomly
Then disappears
x2
I'm freaking out that we've started breaking down
Before momentum picked up
Now all these doors are locked
The trees trick you 'cause they're always standing still
If time was really racing by
You could see it when you drive |
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[Jun. 8th, 2007|08:34 pm] |
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I love this poem.
There Will Come Soft Rains
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
-- Sara Teasdale |
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[Apr. 1st, 2007|10:13 pm] |
Something on TV just came up that debated about whether people are inheritantly good or evil. We had a debate about it in my house and I remember that in Freshman year we studied 'The Lord of the Flies' creepy book, but very intresting unto itself. We organized a class debate we're we got assigned a side, 'good' or 'evil' and we had to back it up with evidence and references. (My group got 'evil') it was really fun, way more fun than english class this year. And then we had to write essasys on what we really thought on the subject. I went back to look at my essasy I made then and Im pretty surpriesed that I actually still agree with almost everything I wrote. I feel like putting it here, so aqui.
Human Nature in a Nutshell
Determining whether human nature is inherently good or evil is impossible, because none of us are born evil or good just with the free choice of performing good or evil actions. Throughout their lives some people debate constantly of stamping a label on humanity. In a nutshell, I believe humans are not born good or evil. How can we define ourselves where everybody’s ideas of good and evil are different? According to philosopher Thomas Hobbes people are generally quick to judge one another and use terms like ‘good’ and ‘bad’ for their own personal preferences. Nature develops through Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. This is not evil, but you cannot exactly call it good either. So even though humans feel they claim the right to define themselves as civilized and intelligent, we are still born with old instincts that have provided us with means for our species to survive. The instincts are primitive no more complex than the basic instincts of other mammals. Can you call instincts evil? You could say Selfish maybe, but not ‘morally bad or wrong’ –Merriam Websters. With our natural instincts also comes the thirst for power. Power comes with safety and control. The thirst for power comes in different degrees. Napoleon was an extremist, wanting to have the whole world under his control. Other people are only interested in knowing where their next meal will come from. Instincts are the only permanent key in our birth. Except good or evil deeds are performed by choice.
‘Good’ and ‘evil’ are really human terms. Much like the concept of time and the number zero. We believe that they are there but in reality, we can’t truly prove it. All of these are concepts. If human nature was purely good, why do we have wars and destruction? If human nature was purely evil, why do we bother trying to improve ourselves and why do we encourage love amongst each other and our environment? However, there is something we are all inherently born with. Which is, free choice to do and think what we choose with our own persona. What we do with the choices we make are the result of our influences from the past. An example of choice would be the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Eve had the choice whether to take the fruit or not, however the choice was made partially because of influence the snake put on her. Another example would be the suicide bombers in the Middle East. No baby is born evil only innocent and helpless, so neither were the people who committed suicide. However, the people holding the whip convinced the ‘terrorists’ that by killing themselves along with the civilians, it would raise their family’s status, and automatically guarantee themselves a treasured place in their heaven. So they performed their actions under the influence that what they were doing was the right thing. So their action was evil, killing off innocent, unarmed personas. Although, people often have good intentions, they try to perform them with a mental blindfold on. So people will jump like lemmings off a cliff because they were told to believe something, not aware that it might take themselves and other innocent people to a rocky doom. Not all people are like this, some people tend to question their situations. Though even if a person finds and understands their oppressing situation they may or may not take action to it. Others, people who have been told one thing all their life will also have a difficult time accepting a different view of things. People will try to convince themselves that the prior was correct, even if they do so irrationally. Influences affect the choices we make, even if our intentions were meant to be good.
Sometimes people have to make choices between performing evil or good deeds. Fred walks by the hardware store and sees the ‘ultimate object’. The Turbo Tool 3000. He imagines what he could take apart and put together with it. The possibilities are endless. Right now Fred is being conflicted by morals. Morals are what keep us all in check. A menagerie of things, parents, religion, school, society, etc influence people’s morals. All these things, are telling Fred that it is better to pay for this object instead of stealing it. But Fred has no cash. His morals are conflicting with his weaknesses. His weakness is the ultimate object and the knowledge of how his life would be better with the object. You see Fred’s dilemma. “The Human mind is neither good nor evil, its just people and people’s weaknesses.” If Fred shoplifted the Turbo Tool, maybe it was because his morals weren’t strong enough in the first place. Perhaps his morals were affected some way; maybe his older brother in 8th grade shoplifts, so why can’t Fred do it too? Or possibly, Fred just caved into his weakness because he’s a naturally weak-willed person. Maybe he knows stealing is wrong, but his craving for it conquered anyway. It could be a thousand different reasons. Fred is not an evil person, he’s never hurt or bullied anyone and he always irons his socks. He just made a bad decision. This is why religion, parents or even nursery rhymes teach morals, to help people create a stable society.
What drives the murderer into pulling the trigger? What makes a total stranger comfort the child who scraped their knee on the sidewalk? What drives people? Insecurity? Love? Comfort? Rage? Is it through their influences in life? Is it their natural character? Is it ambition? Do any of these things make us truly evil? But what is evil to one person isn’t evil to the next. What is moralistic to one person is completely nil to the next. It cannot be precise like Math equations. We choose to perform actions but overall, it is our choice to perform these actions for whatever we reason we might have. Nonetheless if the action is good or evil is to the eye of the beholder and created by man, thus, artificial. |
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| English Rant- or proof of dorkness. |
[Nov. 7th, 2006|12:58 am] |
I hate theisis statements. I really, really do. Besides paragraph structure and stuff I've always gotten points off from my thesis statement. "Your thesis is not strong enough" "this paragraph is not mentioned in your thesis" "your conculsion doesn't restate your thesis" And then my head explodes. Sometimes I think all English teachers do is look at your thesis statement and paragraph structure. Content is a last prority. I hate essasys in themselves. They do not make sense to me why anyone in life would ever, ever need to write an essasy for any reason. Stories, yes. Reviews, yes. Critiques, yes. But why essasys? I mean once you get out of college who honest to god is going to read your A+ 1000 word essasy comparing and contrasting the size of dingo manibles? Well, someone does. I have no idea who, but someone definatly does. Or why are writing them? Essasys like struture and format. I guess I will never be able to achieve an 100% on an essasy for the pure reason is that I ramble. Forget structure! If I want to jump around from middle to beginning to end, Let me! Things sound better if you write what just pops out of your head. Okay, thats not true. But I wish it was. ANYWAY TO THE POINT! I wrote a thesis today.... a good thesis. DINGINGINDING Mr. Slachta was all like "WHOOA" When he finished reading it. I am now thesis master. Don't worry young english apprentices, I had to struggle to. When I first wrote that theises it was a paragraph long. So I rewrote it to shorten it. the second one I wrote was 1/3 of a page long. So I scratched and scratched at my rubbery brain, and I came up with GODS THESIS. Where as my rough draft thesis's had the class mocking at their longness, now is astounding their innards with its new croppness originality, I recieved praise from teachers and students.
I am awesome. There is no other reason.
I was basically jumping off the walls this morning because of THE DILEMA> Last night at 9:00 pm I was all like CRAP I did not do my maths homework. So I say to myself hmmm, I might be too tired to do my maths. So the rotting part of my brain goes "Lets drink a small mocha then to keep us up!" And my body goes "OKAY! WE LIKE FATTY MOCHAS" so we go to the refridgorator. The maths are finished at 9:30pm. I do all I can to go to bed. Even stuff I don't usually do. Like hair detengeler. Who needs that when you go to bed? Apparently its supposed to do SOMEthing in the morning. So I did a lot of stuff I didn't usually do. I couldn't help it, I was too awake, happy, wiggly. I had to move. Eventually I force myself into bed. My cats immidiatly pin me to my mattress by sleeping on my butt. I close my eyes and snuggle up to the warm blankets. At last, sweet sleep. But I can't stop. I gotta wiggle, fidget, move, thing endlesss about things that are pointless at 100 MPH, think about Bio hmk. I am that boerd. OH NO WHAT TO DO. MUST MOOOVE. So I get out of bed and try to do a lot of things, writing, drawing, computer-ring. I end up going to bed at 4:00 am. Then I have to wake up at 7:00 am. Crap. What to do? Im a human slug I have no couciousnesss or brain power left for math class first thing in the morning, I will not be able to bike to school this sleepy, so what do I do? I have another mocha. So on 3 hours of sleep and caffenine I have probably oe of my best school mornings. I never do well my first two blocks. never. I am ALWAYS sleepy then, too sleepy for anything. No not today I CAN DO ANYTHING, hyper!! Do mathwork! Why sure I can do math work! Oh english work now! Sure I can write super-thesis! Run 3 times around the earth, well of COURSE. But then the after effects come. Instead of finally waking up like I usually do at lunchtime, my cousiousness shuts down. I cant talk or move, I am sleepppyyyy. Too sleepy to even notice that I accidently bought 1$.30 pee tasting lemon sports drink instead of an 0.80$ water.
I wanna have caffine every morning now. Maybe even the afternoon too. But MAN that means Im going to grow up to be one of those coffee addicts who depends on the stupid drink to survive. My adulthood does not look good. But it does look like its full of iced mochas and frappacinos. |
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