How do I describe my last day of school? It was weird and hazy. I really wanted to start a food fight, but was talked out of it. Failing that, I really wanted to have a picnic, but nobody was in on the idea, even though I brought the food. Then I found out later that other people in my lunch period had served themselves a picnic, and I felt a little cheated and left out. Then I found out that it was purely among people in cooking class. Then I had a special lunch with my best friend. Tha
It was on the Wednesday of May 16, and I apologize in advance for what I am about to say. Normally I am calm and collected in my writings, as if I have everything all together. A person like me, with such a clear vision of the world, shouldn't be so blind when it comes to himself, and yet this is a fine example of how my reasonable and my emotional realities don't align. All my friends won numerous awards. Pretty much everyone got mentioned. Tons of scholarships were given out, and there w
Character is Key. Character is King. To follow up on my last entry, it is necessary to spend more than a brief paragraph describing the most important quality in any spouse. I believe that adults who choose to engage in the act of marriage should be ready for the supreme test of maturity that it entails. It is at this point where people have to remember that the most important thing they can look for is content of character. Let's face it. Marriage starts off exciting, but then gets bori
This entry was a school assignment, but its content has been edited from its original form so as not to break BZPower's guidelines on religion, which it had at first broken profusely. #1. Love of a higher ideal. We must be able to love all of the world beyond ourselves with all our hearts and all our minds and all our souls. Our belief in good will inspire the best out of us, and we will learn to love all of the world and follow our moral convictions. #2. Love of self. By loving creatio
Dear Blog, I just got done opening a couple dozen letters left behind for me after my graduation party. Before working on them, I got out a sheet of paper to write down who to sent thank-you letters to. I would also write down what to thank them for. Before going through these letters, I was depressed for various reasons, most of them having to do with relationships. I've always been a little awkward and have found it hard to feel that my friends supported me. I wanted to spend more time w
To the guys, ..........We're great friends and it's been good to be with you. You have been as fun as possible and so have I, and you've all treated me like any other guy. I like to feign happiness and pretend that it's enough, except for one unchangeable fact. ..........I'm not any other guy. I'm female. It's not that I have a crush on anyone, but because I'm a girl I think the world of you boys. I admire you because you're all slightly different from me in a way that I could never become,
This entry is dedicated to my mother. When she first found out she was pregnant, she immediately knew she would name me after her father, even though she had never once considered the name before. It just felt right. And I agree with her; it was the right name, not just a good name. My middle name was that of my father, and together they made one of those archetypal name combinations like Simon Peter. My father liked it, too, although felt a little insecure when his brothers told him it wa
A thought occurred to me about Starbuck. How does making the character female change the character? Now granted, there are subtle differences here and there, but really, what's the difference between a girl acting cocky and a guy acting cocky other than the way we perceive it? I cannot speak for the opposite sex, but I suppose that the sensation known as "feeling" is the exact same between the two sexes, although some feelings would come up more commonly in one sex than in the other. I mean
Dear Journal, Aristotle believed in a soul divided into three parts: the rational, the spirited, and the appetative. Later on Sigmund Freud would postulate the same basic idea, except he called it the ego, the superego, and the id. After reading this and The Screwtape Letters, I've come to understand human existance in a new way. The way I see it, our realities exist in our minds, and we exist in several ways. First, we are sensory. We physically exist. This is the first level of existen
Dear Blog, "Get out of your comfort zone!" Thus spake Mr. Tacke. People in later years would say "There's no track like Tacke Track," reminiscing on the good old days when he coached middle school track and field. His signature phrase drove us to the limits and inspired me into the mentality of what success in track is all about. He was a real character builder. He was ruthless and had little mercy, drilling us until we felt like dropping to the floor. Yet, he was compassionate and un
The Avengers sucked. Not that it was bad in and of itself, but it's totally not what the hype is making it out to be. Plus, it's not even a superhero film, and all I got was this espionage nonsense. It's only redeeming feature was that it featured Christopher Lee. Now let's see if if a title like this doesn't catch anyone's attention. Your Honor, Emperor Kraggh
"Starbuck doesn't act like a girl." So said my sister halfway through the first episode of the Battlestar Galactica revival. My thoughts: Says who? No really, who says that her behavior isn't girly behavior? Obviously, there must be some standard that a person like my sister must compare Starbuck to in order to quantify her girliness and come up with a distinct measurement. Yet, who defined the standard for girliness? If I may take a moment to quote the ever-so-wise Kermit the Frog: "
So I'm about to have play practice very soon, and I decided earlier this afternoon to go out and buy cookies and donuts, enough for everyone to have some. Now, the director's been criticizing the crew to death and giving them all a hard time. As a part of the cast, however, I realize that even though I agree very strongly with everything that the director has been saying, it is not my place to join in criticizing my peers. My role is to support everyone else. In the past, trust me, I have be
This was a picture I drew up when I was a freshman. It's name at the time was "Serenity", which not creative of me, but on the other hand it did describe the exact impression that the art piece gave me. Meanwhile, I'm not a fan of going back and renaming portraits, and I try not to get too unusual with the names. "Serenity" was created using India ink and a style known as cross hatching. My intention with the portrait was to catch a calm, serene image of an animal and emphasize it by provid
Recently I bought off of Amazon.com a red bow tie and a white bow tie. Of course, they're also hand-tied, so they're not those little clip-on toys. Since I already have a lack tie, I'd say that my bow tie collection is officially underway. What I really need is a bow tie in school colors to really gain momentum. And I also bought white suspenders. I already have black and red suspenders to go with the other two bow ties, so just to make sure I had a pair fr each tie I got these. They're a
You know what? For once I brought the donuts to the lunch table and I shared! Who says that old dogs can't learn new tricks? It's actually a very good feeling and I think I'll do it again next week. Though I might warn people not to be sharing just because it feels good. That leads into the thinking of committing to things not because they are right, but for some other reason. See the little trap there? Back on topic: I have mixed feelings to everyone's reactions. On one hand, they wer
The future of my V-Cube 7 is in your hands. The stickers are beginning to wear off and it won't be long before I must buy a new set from Cubesmith.com, and when that happens, I might as well start a custom color scheme. What we're looking at here is something that's quasi-grayscale. Below is a list of the colors that interest me, and it is up to you, yes you, to help me decide what color combination is the most aesthetically pleasing and stylish: Grayscale set White Black Gray Tan Copper Go
Today I dressed up as Inspector Gadget. He was the only thing to come to my mind since I hadn't planned anything ahead of time and I had to make do with the regular clothes that I already have. Fortunately, I buy some rather interesting clothes. Take, for instance, a cream colored fedora and trench coat. Even though the Inspector didn't wear one, I put on a bowtie because it gave the outfit the feel of a children's cartoon. What was really cool was that everybody could get who I was. I kn
This poem came to mind when I was looking back at some old ideas that Aristotle had about the laws of motion. I decided that I would write a poem about it that could be sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", although if I were to ever make a video of it I'd make a split screen and add in a harmony to make it more interesting, because the tune is only interesting for one stanza. Meanwhile, if you happen to have the eleventh edition of Paul G. Hewitt's Conceptual Physics, this contai
There are certain movies that you simply cannot make sequels to. I can only imagine how bad these sequels would be. Titanic 2: I once looked up Titanic on Google Image search and found a parody poster of this. Hardly any description is needed to advance the humor of this ridiculous idea. Although the poster did include the catch phrase "Jack is Back". Schindler's List 2: The Alternative History of Minor Events that are Minutia Compared the Main Event: If it's a really good and noble movie
Like all of us, I have been called a hypocrite. It's part of life. Both the accusations and the fact that I am a hypocrite. Everyone's a hypocrite somehow. Still, what often nags me is the way that it gets used in debates. In my mind, hypocrisy is not the same thing as having flawed reasoning or an imperfect argument. That's what I call logical inconsistencies. What comes to my mind when using the word "hypocrite" is a person who preaches a belief without believing that it applies to the
I'd like to thank Dokuma for the idea and for not putting a copyright on it. For this week's theme, there's really no choice, given the current events stirring at the hearts of the community. This is to be dedicated to BIONICLE. Your Honor, Emperor Kraggh
Okay, I'll admit that she's pretty spiff and we've been in some pretty nice conversations. And she looks like Sarah Palin, Tina Fey, and some other famous person. But that doesn't mean that I'll... Okay, I will jump on the bandwagon. Nukaya is awesome. Everybody make blog entries about it. Now. And I believe this aptly sums her up: Your Honor, Emperor Kraggh
