Bloody Jack
The one and only topic that I want to write about today, is Bloody Jack, which is the first book in an ongoing series by L. A. Meyer... but, rather. I'd like to write about the most recent book in the series, My Bonny Light Horseman.
When browsing through the books at my local Chapters, there were many occasions where I'd see the book, Bloody Jack, and grab it to look at it more closely, but each time, I'd put it back, either not interested based on the cover (what can I say? I judge books by their covers, but using that very method, I've also come across many excellent books), or the description on the back of the book. But it seemed that every time that I went to Chapters, I picked up the darned book, so finally, I decided to give it a try; at least it wasn't $20. It was a very fortunate thing that I decided to read the book, because it's become my favourite series. I believe that I've read an awful lot of books, as I've been happily addicted to reading since the age of 8, and I read more than most of the other bookworms my age, so the Bloody Jack series had a lot of competition. There are many books that I will easily name my favourites: Saucer by Stephen Coonts, The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones, The Abhorrsen Trilogy and The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix, and all of the Harry Potter books (#3 in particular) by J. K. Rowling coming most prominently to my mind. But when I get down to reading them, the Bloody Jack series is my particular favourite. It also far outshines the other books in the 'poor girl becomes male sailor' genre, the books being so much more than just that.
Now, I've just 30 minutes ago finished My Bonny Light Horseman, and will do a short review. I've established that these books are my favourite, and this latest book (#6) does not disappoint. There were many times while reading the book that I would burst out with a snort of laughter, or jump up and pump my arms in the air with happiness. The story is written in a way that does not give too many foreshadowing hints, which I was glad for, because I like finding out the twists in the plot at the same time as our beloved Jacky. There was enough romance and action to keep me happy, and not too much description to muddle with the plot, which reflects on Jacky, the story-teller; she gets to the point. There was one line that I rather liked, although I'm probably just reading into it a bit much, but as soon as I read it, I struck a chord with me (I've no idea why...). The line is "'Well,' I shrug, all innocent, 'we all ride our little hobbyhorses, don't we, Mr. Peel?'" (Meyer 165) (Ah my grade 12 English teacher would be proud, me having MLA ingrained in my head now.) You read that line, and interpret what you will. ^_^
I'm off to bed, my mission for the early morning complete. I do have another blog entry on the way, that I started a few days ago, I just need to finish it... whenever that happens.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Politics, Roboform, and Unions and Strikes
It's been a long time since I last posted, mainly because I started my first year at university. I've barely had time to read my current book, The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne Duprau, let alone update my blog! But, since September 17, all of my university classes have been cancelled, so I've had time to catch up on my reading, and get ahead in my assignments, and now, I have time to update my blog.
Going in the opposite order of my title today, I'd like to start by why I've had so much free time on my hands. On September 17 the faculty at my university went on strike. The official stance of the student's alliance at my school is in support of the faculty, but I don't support them. But neither do I support the administration. I've heard so much information from both sides, that I don't really know what to believe, and I'd feel like a hypocrite if I supported one side without actually knowing all of the facts. So, although I want the faculty to be payed fairly, I also don't want my tuition to go up even higher next year, or to lose more money as the strike goes on... that is why I'm only supporting myself in this strike, because it's my tuition money that is currently flying away with the time we've been out of class.
While on the topic of strikes, I'd also like to make a quick note about unions. I can't speak about all the unions out there, but I can speak about those that are in my community. Unions started out with great intentions, and were badly needed at the time that they started, however, as time has progressed, the unions that I can observe have become very politicized, and strayed from their original goals. Militant unions don't necessarily help those that they represent, they actually seem to scare companies (and thus job opportunities) off. Many people from my community are a part of the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers), but those people who are not a part of the CAW refer to it as Canadians Against Working. If a lot of people have this view of the union, shouldn't the people running it stop, and wonder why so many people have these views, and wonder if maybe there's something that they should change? I think so. Just my 2 cents though... if you're part of the CAW, please don't hunt me down. O=)
While reading my computer's textbook, and it's passage on password security, it got me thinking about the security of my own passwords. I know that a lot of my passwords could be better, if only I had the memory to make them better, although they've served me well so far. But being a little concerned, and reading about the advantages of password managers, I decided I'd take the plunge and try out Roboform, a form-filling, secure password generating, password manager. I haven't had it for more than an hour or two, but I already feel better about my passwords, and now I don't have to worry about remembering some of my weirder passwords, Roboform's got me covered. I was relieved that it can also get rid of the problem of keyloggers, those viruses that remember your keystrokes and send them back to whoever is controlling it, because you don't type your passwords in. I was also impressed and interested in Roboform2Go, which is the same program, but on a jump drive. This way you could take your passwords with you to another computer, and when you leave, there are no traces of your passwords left behind you.
In Canada, we have yet another election going on. It seems like just last year people were queuing up at the polls to vote for Provincial Premiers... oh wait, that was last year. But the exciting aspect of this election, for me at least, is that I can vote in it! Woot! However, I'm not very happy with my choices in the election. When it comes to choosing an MP I'd like to vote for, that's an easy one, Liberal all the way! However, I'm not impressed with Stéphane Dion at all. Mainly because a few months before all of this election business, Stéphane Dion decided not to support and issue, or bill, or something in parliament that was obviously something that Liberals would normally support. However, if he had supported it, our fragile, minority government would have been overthrown, and the Liberals did not think that they could win an election at the time, so they held off on voting. This really burned me up, because the Canadians that put the Liberals in parliament put them there to make decisions based on their party's views, not based on party gains. They are there to do a job, to represent the Canadians that they are supposed to be representing. And in the end, really, they still ended up in an election that they aren't necessarily ready to win. Now on the other hand though, I do like Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, and for the most part, I really like their views. On the party's website, they have 6 main points to their platform. The 6th point is Good Government, and in it they make the point I was attempting to make about the Liberal party, which is basically the "MPs’ allegiance to parties instead of constituents". My only problems with the Green Party, are that I don't care for the MP in my riding, and that Good Government is the 6th point on their platform. I understand that being the Green Party, they care a lot about our environment, I do too, but I think that in order to fix our environment, we need to first concentrate on fixing our government. I think this needs to be at least in the 2nd place in the Green Party's platform, but preferably in the 1st place. I still have a few weeks to make my decision though, so we'll see what happens.
Going in the opposite order of my title today, I'd like to start by why I've had so much free time on my hands. On September 17 the faculty at my university went on strike. The official stance of the student's alliance at my school is in support of the faculty, but I don't support them. But neither do I support the administration. I've heard so much information from both sides, that I don't really know what to believe, and I'd feel like a hypocrite if I supported one side without actually knowing all of the facts. So, although I want the faculty to be payed fairly, I also don't want my tuition to go up even higher next year, or to lose more money as the strike goes on... that is why I'm only supporting myself in this strike, because it's my tuition money that is currently flying away with the time we've been out of class.
While on the topic of strikes, I'd also like to make a quick note about unions. I can't speak about all the unions out there, but I can speak about those that are in my community. Unions started out with great intentions, and were badly needed at the time that they started, however, as time has progressed, the unions that I can observe have become very politicized, and strayed from their original goals. Militant unions don't necessarily help those that they represent, they actually seem to scare companies (and thus job opportunities) off. Many people from my community are a part of the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers), but those people who are not a part of the CAW refer to it as Canadians Against Working. If a lot of people have this view of the union, shouldn't the people running it stop, and wonder why so many people have these views, and wonder if maybe there's something that they should change? I think so. Just my 2 cents though... if you're part of the CAW, please don't hunt me down. O=)
While reading my computer's textbook, and it's passage on password security, it got me thinking about the security of my own passwords. I know that a lot of my passwords could be better, if only I had the memory to make them better, although they've served me well so far. But being a little concerned, and reading about the advantages of password managers, I decided I'd take the plunge and try out Roboform, a form-filling, secure password generating, password manager. I haven't had it for more than an hour or two, but I already feel better about my passwords, and now I don't have to worry about remembering some of my weirder passwords, Roboform's got me covered. I was relieved that it can also get rid of the problem of keyloggers, those viruses that remember your keystrokes and send them back to whoever is controlling it, because you don't type your passwords in. I was also impressed and interested in Roboform2Go, which is the same program, but on a jump drive. This way you could take your passwords with you to another computer, and when you leave, there are no traces of your passwords left behind you.
In Canada, we have yet another election going on. It seems like just last year people were queuing up at the polls to vote for Provincial Premiers... oh wait, that was last year. But the exciting aspect of this election, for me at least, is that I can vote in it! Woot! However, I'm not very happy with my choices in the election. When it comes to choosing an MP I'd like to vote for, that's an easy one, Liberal all the way! However, I'm not impressed with Stéphane Dion at all. Mainly because a few months before all of this election business, Stéphane Dion decided not to support and issue, or bill, or something in parliament that was obviously something that Liberals would normally support. However, if he had supported it, our fragile, minority government would have been overthrown, and the Liberals did not think that they could win an election at the time, so they held off on voting. This really burned me up, because the Canadians that put the Liberals in parliament put them there to make decisions based on their party's views, not based on party gains. They are there to do a job, to represent the Canadians that they are supposed to be representing. And in the end, really, they still ended up in an election that they aren't necessarily ready to win. Now on the other hand though, I do like Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, and for the most part, I really like their views. On the party's website, they have 6 main points to their platform. The 6th point is Good Government, and in it they make the point I was attempting to make about the Liberal party, which is basically the "MPs’ allegiance to parties instead of constituents". My only problems with the Green Party, are that I don't care for the MP in my riding, and that Good Government is the 6th point on their platform. I understand that being the Green Party, they care a lot about our environment, I do too, but I think that in order to fix our environment, we need to first concentrate on fixing our government. I think this needs to be at least in the 2nd place in the Green Party's platform, but preferably in the 1st place. I still have a few weeks to make my decision though, so we'll see what happens.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Georgia Nicolson, Atremis Fowl, and The House of Many Ways
I've read an awful lot of books since my last reveiw, so I thought it was about time I picked that back up with a few of my more recent reads. Starting with my fabbity-fab-fab promise.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
I've now read all 9 of the Georgia Nicolson series, so instead of reveiwing one in particular, or each individually, I'll just do the series in general in one go. When I first saw the title "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging", I figured this book would be like all of the other girly books available. Something like Gossip Girl, or The Au Pairs... something that I would not be interested in. But when I found out that one of my more sensible friends had read it, I decided to try it out, and I was much more than pleasantly surprised. I fell head-over-heels for the series. Georgia's way of describing things, her crazy little sister Libby, her parent's nonchanance, and the easily despisable Wet Lindsay stole my heart. Not to mention the fact that most of it actually happened to Rennison, and the romantic aspects of the novels. One thing that slightly annoyed me was Georgia's inability to see that Dave the Laugh is the perfect guy for her, although it did make Georgia's occasional run-ins with Dave even better. It's also one of the reasons that I particularily enjoyed "Love is a Many Trousered Thing". I heard that "Stop in the Name of Pants!" would be the last book in the series, but I haven't seen any evidence for it, and the book didn't end any differently than any of the other ones, so, I cannot wait for the next one to come out! I have mixed feelings about going to see the movie however. I know that Loise Rennison helped write the script, and that it is only loosely based on the first two books, but I really don't want my mental images of the book to be muddled by the movie... although I hear it is really good, and when your 20 year old, gothic friend who is a boy wants to see it, you know it's got appeal. I have time to decide though, because even though the movie has been in theatres in the UK for a few weeks, there is no release date for Canada or the USA yet.
To see the trailers or check out release dates, this is the movies website: http://www.angusthongsmovie.com/
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer does it again! Another great addition to the Artemis Fowl series with The Time Paradox. Once the plot starts rolling, it doesn't stop, which makes it a book that's hard to put down, with cunning and wit that keep the reader loving it! I don't want to say too much about the book, because I think it's easy to reveal, but I can say that Artemis is as sly as ever, and lemurs (don't) abound!
The House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The third book in the series that started with Howl's Moving Castle, The House of Many Ways does not dissapoint. My main complaints though, is that, the main character, Charmain, got on my nerves a bit, she was so... snobby, and just as in Castle in the Sky, there wasn't enough of Howl and Sophie! I want more! Overall though, it really was an excellent book, with a fabulous ending that keeps you hooked 'til the last page of the book, and the annoyingly cute character of Twinkle that stole my heart.
I've read an awful lot of books since my last reveiw, so I thought it was about time I picked that back up with a few of my more recent reads. Starting with my fabbity-fab-fab promise.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
I've now read all 9 of the Georgia Nicolson series, so instead of reveiwing one in particular, or each individually, I'll just do the series in general in one go. When I first saw the title "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging", I figured this book would be like all of the other girly books available. Something like Gossip Girl, or The Au Pairs... something that I would not be interested in. But when I found out that one of my more sensible friends had read it, I decided to try it out, and I was much more than pleasantly surprised. I fell head-over-heels for the series. Georgia's way of describing things, her crazy little sister Libby, her parent's nonchanance, and the easily despisable Wet Lindsay stole my heart. Not to mention the fact that most of it actually happened to Rennison, and the romantic aspects of the novels. One thing that slightly annoyed me was Georgia's inability to see that Dave the Laugh is the perfect guy for her, although it did make Georgia's occasional run-ins with Dave even better. It's also one of the reasons that I particularily enjoyed "Love is a Many Trousered Thing". I heard that "Stop in the Name of Pants!" would be the last book in the series, but I haven't seen any evidence for it, and the book didn't end any differently than any of the other ones, so, I cannot wait for the next one to come out! I have mixed feelings about going to see the movie however. I know that Loise Rennison helped write the script, and that it is only loosely based on the first two books, but I really don't want my mental images of the book to be muddled by the movie... although I hear it is really good, and when your 20 year old, gothic friend who is a boy wants to see it, you know it's got appeal. I have time to decide though, because even though the movie has been in theatres in the UK for a few weeks, there is no release date for Canada or the USA yet.
To see the trailers or check out release dates, this is the movies website: http://www.angusthongsmovie.com/
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer does it again! Another great addition to the Artemis Fowl series with The Time Paradox. Once the plot starts rolling, it doesn't stop, which makes it a book that's hard to put down, with cunning and wit that keep the reader loving it! I don't want to say too much about the book, because I think it's easy to reveal, but I can say that Artemis is as sly as ever, and lemurs (don't) abound!
The House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The third book in the series that started with Howl's Moving Castle, The House of Many Ways does not dissapoint. My main complaints though, is that, the main character, Charmain, got on my nerves a bit, she was so... snobby, and just as in Castle in the Sky, there wasn't enough of Howl and Sophie! I want more! Overall though, it really was an excellent book, with a fabulous ending that keeps you hooked 'til the last page of the book, and the annoyingly cute character of Twinkle that stole my heart.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Anonymous and Habbo Hotel
About four years ago, I saw a commercial on the Canadian TV channel, Much Music. It was for this neat looking website, called Habbo Hotel, an online, virtual hang-out for teens. After seeing the commercial I decided to try it out, so I typed in http://www.habbohotel.com/. This was actually a mistake, since the website the advertisement was for was the Canadian hotel, http://www.habbohotel.ca/. At the time, the American hotel wasn't open, so I was redirected to the UK hotel, which still remains one of the largest, and most up to date hotels. A few months later, I discovered my mistake, and became a member of the Canadian hotel... along with all of the other hotels at the time, including those that weren't English. But by then, the "damage" had been done. I met my best friend on the UK hotel, and although we don't talk every single day anymore, the fact remains, this friend has changed my life. Habbo is pretty much the only place I've met people online, which sets me apart from my real-life friends, because none of them have gone on Habbo, nor do they really meet, or make friends with people online.
Anyway, it seems that I've gotten a bit carried away. Mainly, I wanted to make the point that I still go on Habbo, even though most people who go on are 14, and I kind of have a soft spot for it. About a week ago though, there was a supposed "take-over" of the Canadian hotel. It involved people who make their Habbo's be black males, with large afros, wearing suits. They can often be found in the pool rooms of the hotel, blocking pool entrances, "flooding" the rooms with song lyrics (particularly The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), or comments on how stupid Habbo and the people who use it are. I don't mind this too much, as these "blockers" have been on Habbo for as long as I can remember (though less frequently), usually leave one pool entrance open, and there's a handy dandy "ignore" button. However, when they did the "takeover" these people took things a little too far. I don't think many people minded as much as I did, either because they didn't really get it, or they could care less, but the "blockers" were being rather racist and prejudiced. They called themselves "nigras", saying things like "we are nigra, we are proud". And of course, the most ironic thing, and the thing that got to me the most, they'd get together, and make a "swastigat". And some normal habbo's would join in, and help make a big swastika in the middle of a room, mainly made of black habbos. The irony killed me, but the ease with which the other habbo's viewed them making this sign of hate was making me furious! The habbo's were more upset when they blocked pool entrances! I don't think that I saw one habbo protest to the swastikas. The mods would eventually step in, and just clear out the room, but the "nigras" just went into other rooms and did it again.
Out of curiosity, I checked out Habbo Hotel's Wiki page, which linked to the Wiki page about the internet group, Anonymous, who seem to be the main culprit's behind the "takeover". During it, a few did shout out comments about "Anonymous". I read a bit about the group, and it sounded rather interesting, and like something that, if used in the right way could bring about a positive change in the internet, and those who use it. But the same aspect that makes the group appealing is also it's downfall. No one leads it, and it's every man for himself. It seems like any one can join. You make your own battles, and chose your own wars. Two different groups of people that claim to be a part of Anonymous, could be fighting the same war, with conflicting interests really. Anyone that acts anonymously on the internet could be a part of Anonymous. It probably gets blamed for more bad things than it's actually done, but some of the things it is accused of are pretty horrible.
Anyway, it's getting so late, I'm barely making sense to myself. I just wanted to get Anonymous out there.
About four years ago, I saw a commercial on the Canadian TV channel, Much Music. It was for this neat looking website, called Habbo Hotel, an online, virtual hang-out for teens. After seeing the commercial I decided to try it out, so I typed in http://www.habbohotel.com/. This was actually a mistake, since the website the advertisement was for was the Canadian hotel, http://www.habbohotel.ca/. At the time, the American hotel wasn't open, so I was redirected to the UK hotel, which still remains one of the largest, and most up to date hotels. A few months later, I discovered my mistake, and became a member of the Canadian hotel... along with all of the other hotels at the time, including those that weren't English. But by then, the "damage" had been done. I met my best friend on the UK hotel, and although we don't talk every single day anymore, the fact remains, this friend has changed my life. Habbo is pretty much the only place I've met people online, which sets me apart from my real-life friends, because none of them have gone on Habbo, nor do they really meet, or make friends with people online.
Anyway, it seems that I've gotten a bit carried away. Mainly, I wanted to make the point that I still go on Habbo, even though most people who go on are 14, and I kind of have a soft spot for it. About a week ago though, there was a supposed "take-over" of the Canadian hotel. It involved people who make their Habbo's be black males, with large afros, wearing suits. They can often be found in the pool rooms of the hotel, blocking pool entrances, "flooding" the rooms with song lyrics (particularly The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), or comments on how stupid Habbo and the people who use it are. I don't mind this too much, as these "blockers" have been on Habbo for as long as I can remember (though less frequently), usually leave one pool entrance open, and there's a handy dandy "ignore" button. However, when they did the "takeover" these people took things a little too far. I don't think many people minded as much as I did, either because they didn't really get it, or they could care less, but the "blockers" were being rather racist and prejudiced. They called themselves "nigras", saying things like "we are nigra, we are proud". And of course, the most ironic thing, and the thing that got to me the most, they'd get together, and make a "swastigat". And some normal habbo's would join in, and help make a big swastika in the middle of a room, mainly made of black habbos. The irony killed me, but the ease with which the other habbo's viewed them making this sign of hate was making me furious! The habbo's were more upset when they blocked pool entrances! I don't think that I saw one habbo protest to the swastikas. The mods would eventually step in, and just clear out the room, but the "nigras" just went into other rooms and did it again.
Out of curiosity, I checked out Habbo Hotel's Wiki page, which linked to the Wiki page about the internet group, Anonymous, who seem to be the main culprit's behind the "takeover". During it, a few did shout out comments about "Anonymous". I read a bit about the group, and it sounded rather interesting, and like something that, if used in the right way could bring about a positive change in the internet, and those who use it. But the same aspect that makes the group appealing is also it's downfall. No one leads it, and it's every man for himself. It seems like any one can join. You make your own battles, and chose your own wars. Two different groups of people that claim to be a part of Anonymous, could be fighting the same war, with conflicting interests really. Anyone that acts anonymously on the internet could be a part of Anonymous. It probably gets blamed for more bad things than it's actually done, but some of the things it is accused of are pretty horrible.
Anyway, it's getting so late, I'm barely making sense to myself. I just wanted to get Anonymous out there.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Book Reviews
In an uncharacteristic move, I'd decided to do a little book reviewing sooner rather than later. Of course, it didn't turn out that way in the end, as I didn't publish this when I wrote it, before I went away on vacation.
First up: DragonLight by Donita K. Paul
A good finish to a great series. Despite it being a Christian book (and series), I enjoyed the new adventure. Luckily I've been able to see past the allegory in the book, in reference to certain make-believe supreme being and their spokespeople, because really, they're great books. I found Gilda to be even more annoying in this book though, so I was happy for her redemption, although, as I said, I'm not really into the allegorical religious aspects of the book. I found the reference to Mary through Toopka to be particularly annoying, although I'm glad the mystery of Toopka was taken care of (I still can't get over how much she reminds me of my youngest cousin!). In all, a good book, although maybe not my favourite in the series. Now I'm looking forward to Paul's new series! (It's set in the same world, in a different time)
Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici by Carolyn Meyer
I didn't care for this book as much as I thought I would. The novel skipped along, at a fast enough pace to keep the reader pretty interested, but it moved along in an erratic way. One thing I'd hoped to find in this book was a little bit of romance, but I only got a tiny hint at it, which was rather disappointing, as it seemed that there were some good places to slip some in. The other main disappointing aspect of the novel was the ending. It was kind of rushed, and rather unhappy. I didn't really feel any closure to the story. The whole story was just kind of there.
Well that's all I'm going to say for now, I think this post has gone on long enough, as it's been a few weeks since I last touched it.
For my next book reviews, I have a fabbity-fab-fab subject =)
In an uncharacteristic move, I'd decided to do a little book reviewing sooner rather than later. Of course, it didn't turn out that way in the end, as I didn't publish this when I wrote it, before I went away on vacation.
First up: DragonLight by Donita K. Paul
A good finish to a great series. Despite it being a Christian book (and series), I enjoyed the new adventure. Luckily I've been able to see past the allegory in the book, in reference to certain make-believe supreme being and their spokespeople, because really, they're great books. I found Gilda to be even more annoying in this book though, so I was happy for her redemption, although, as I said, I'm not really into the allegorical religious aspects of the book. I found the reference to Mary through Toopka to be particularly annoying, although I'm glad the mystery of Toopka was taken care of (I still can't get over how much she reminds me of my youngest cousin!). In all, a good book, although maybe not my favourite in the series. Now I'm looking forward to Paul's new series! (It's set in the same world, in a different time)
Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici by Carolyn Meyer
I didn't care for this book as much as I thought I would. The novel skipped along, at a fast enough pace to keep the reader pretty interested, but it moved along in an erratic way. One thing I'd hoped to find in this book was a little bit of romance, but I only got a tiny hint at it, which was rather disappointing, as it seemed that there were some good places to slip some in. The other main disappointing aspect of the novel was the ending. It was kind of rushed, and rather unhappy. I didn't really feel any closure to the story. The whole story was just kind of there.
Well that's all I'm going to say for now, I think this post has gone on long enough, as it's been a few weeks since I last touched it.
For my next book reviews, I have a fabbity-fab-fab subject =)
People are crazy. That's all I have to say. Well, actually, not quite. I'm very happy to hear that long-time women's rights activist Dr. Morgentaler is to receive the Order of Canada. On the CBC's news post, I'm glad to see that the most recommended comments were full of praise. However, as I worked through the comments, as I expected, there were tons of negative, pro-life comment. You'd think that if a woman is mature enough to have a child, then she must also be mature enough to make the decision, and choose to have the child. People on the site talked about a woman's responsibility to control herself, but condoms break, and the pill isn't 100% effective; you could be completely responsible, and still end up pregnant. And then there's also rape victims. One commenter said that abortion was a torture device, devised completely by men, so they could rape and have no consequences. This made me laugh and gag at the same time. I don't even want to know how the commenter got so deluded. Would it not be torture to have to carry a reminder of a rape for nine months? And what if the victim were to keep the child once it was born (because if they put it up for adoption the rapist still has no such consequences)? Abortion has been a great help for thousands of women. It will be a very sad day if the pro-lifer's get their wish, and abortion is again made illegal (in Canada that is).
Another reason I say people are crazy... I was watching a video about the importance of separation of church and state, and out of curiosity, I read a few of the comments. Big mistake. Oh the internet, where the idiots roam free.... this is what one commenter had to say (it's a good laugh ;] ):
Wow. Let me pick 3 particularly funny ones that I might be able to respond to without laughing too much...
1) "it always the secularist trying to ban my guns" Hahahahaha! I don't really get this one. There is no place in the bible that has any mention of guns... there were no such things! Whether you want to ban guns or not has nothing to do with religion (however they can easily be tied together by intelligence, but that's for another time).
2)"teach my kids about ass fucking" Again, wow. Just because a true separation of church and state would mean equal rights for homosexuals, does not mean this! It's just funny someone would think this....
3)"ban talk radio" This has nothing to do with the separation of church and state unless the radio show is government funded and has to do with a particular religion.
Anyway, I think I'm done my rant for the moment. On to some entertainment.
Right now I'm reading "On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God" by Louise Rennison. It's the second in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. I adore this series! It's so cute, and light and fun. I've been saving this one and the 3rd in the series for my upcoming vacation in 2 days, because to me, they're the perfect vacation books. Georgia's sister Libby is hilarious, and I particularly enjoyed Georgia's comment about her mother, "...she just tutted and adjusted her bra like a Russian roulette player. (Or do I mean disco thrower?)" The idea that this instilled in me cracked me up.
On the musical front, I just got MGMT's (pronounced management) new CD, Oracular Spectacular. It's such a neat, different sound. It really sets them apart. My favourite songs are Electric Feel, Kids, and The Youth. Electric Feel is the perfect dancing song, and whenever I hear it I get the urge to get up and jump around. Another good song to note is "Say" by Low Level Flight. I like it even better than their song "Change for Me" (which is similar to Say).
I've also just got Guitar Hero: On Tour, because Nintendo DS is the only platform that I have that I can get Guitar Hero for. It's so addicting (but also kinda painful for my hand). It introduced me to Bloc Party's song Helicopter (is it weird that whenever I write out "Bloc Party", I think of Bloc Quebecois?).
Anyway, I really should be off to bed. Next time I hope to write about some of the many books I've read since (and including,) DragonLight.
(Maybe I can begin ending my procrastination... well after my vacation that is ;] )
Oh, and Happy Canada Day! =D
Another reason I say people are crazy... I was watching a video about the importance of separation of church and state, and out of curiosity, I read a few of the comments. Big mistake. Oh the internet, where the idiots roam free.... this is what one commenter had to say (it's a good laugh ;] ):
I love how secularist always say stop pushing the religion on everyone. But why is it always the secularist trying to ban my guns, teach my kids about ass fucking, give 12 year olds rubbers, trying to lower sentences on child fuckers, control the media, push their propaganda in every movie, ban home schooling, ban talk radio, raise taxes, etc.. If most secularist were libertarians, I would listen. But they are not. I am not for religious theocracy. But I am not for secular dictatorship either.
Wow. Let me pick 3 particularly funny ones that I might be able to respond to without laughing too much...
1) "it always the secularist trying to ban my guns" Hahahahaha! I don't really get this one. There is no place in the bible that has any mention of guns... there were no such things! Whether you want to ban guns or not has nothing to do with religion (however they can easily be tied together by intelligence, but that's for another time).
2)"teach my kids about ass fucking" Again, wow. Just because a true separation of church and state would mean equal rights for homosexuals, does not mean this! It's just funny someone would think this....
3)"ban talk radio" This has nothing to do with the separation of church and state unless the radio show is government funded and has to do with a particular religion.
Anyway, I think I'm done my rant for the moment. On to some entertainment.
Right now I'm reading "On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God" by Louise Rennison. It's the second in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. I adore this series! It's so cute, and light and fun. I've been saving this one and the 3rd in the series for my upcoming vacation in 2 days, because to me, they're the perfect vacation books. Georgia's sister Libby is hilarious, and I particularly enjoyed Georgia's comment about her mother, "...she just tutted and adjusted her bra like a Russian roulette player. (Or do I mean disco thrower?)" The idea that this instilled in me cracked me up.
On the musical front, I just got MGMT's (pronounced management) new CD, Oracular Spectacular. It's such a neat, different sound. It really sets them apart. My favourite songs are Electric Feel, Kids, and The Youth. Electric Feel is the perfect dancing song, and whenever I hear it I get the urge to get up and jump around. Another good song to note is "Say" by Low Level Flight. I like it even better than their song "Change for Me" (which is similar to Say).
I've also just got Guitar Hero: On Tour, because Nintendo DS is the only platform that I have that I can get Guitar Hero for. It's so addicting (but also kinda painful for my hand). It introduced me to Bloc Party's song Helicopter (is it weird that whenever I write out "Bloc Party", I think of Bloc Quebecois?).
Anyway, I really should be off to bed. Next time I hope to write about some of the many books I've read since (and including,) DragonLight.
(Maybe I can begin ending my procrastination... well after my vacation that is ;] )
Oh, and Happy Canada Day! =D
Friday, June 20, 2008
Gas Prices, High School, and Change
I've got a lot of things I want to talk about, the first being the insanity of the pain at the pumps. I've gotten a few chain emails about protesting gas by not getting any on a certain day, or only getting it from the small businesses. They're nice ideas, but they don't make much of a difference. Watching the news this morning though, it seems that the gas companies will eventually get a taste of their own medicine, because as the idiot box said, for the first time in years, the amount of people driving has gone down. The numbers range from something like 1.4% to 2.6% in different parts of the USA, and more and more people are finding alternate methods of transportation. The car companies will also help us, because they're feeling the pain at the pumps as well. Large truck and SUV sales are plummeting, and the Big 3 are losing buyers to the smaller, cheaper, more efficient foreign cars. It seems as our economies are sliding downhill, and gas and food prices are rising, the world we've known for the last while will be changing dramatically. I can only guess what the world will look like in 10 years... 5 years even. All I know is that it's going to be different. It's somewhat exciting at the same time to, it's like watching the future from so many of the books I've read unfold before my eyes.
Anyway, back to a more personal matter (even though I said I wasn't going to do a lot of personal stuff), today is the first day of the summer holidays for me. My last day in high school was yesterday for my Chemistry exam. I must say that I'm really sad to be leaving it already! Those four years flew past. I'm going to miss all of my teachers, and friends that are still there/going away. High school may not have been the best time of my life like you see in the movies, but it was really great. I made my 3rd and 4th best friends in high school (and lost touch with them), I discovered my love for history and biology, missed some opportunities, got my first and second jobs, and trying not to be too corny, I really found out a lot about myself. And now, I'm off to spend another 4 years, at another school. I don't really want to think about university right now though. It's a little overwhelming... I can't imagine what I'd feel like if I was moving away for school! Who knows though... maybe I'll end up moving in with my dad when I go though, because I'd save a lot on gas with the commuting, and I wouldn't have to worry about crazy step parents... oh wait, never mind about that last comment. But change... change is scary. I just got comfortable with high school, and now school as I've known it since grade one is changing. I'm going to be meeting all sorts of new people, and living a new type of life. I really hope that I meet some new friends (though I'm not getting my hopes up again), and that I'm ready for the transition, because everyone has done a great job of scaring the hell out of all of the soon-to-be freshmen about the workload.
That's all for me for now though. I'll get to my other big topic (Parents) another time.
I've got a lot of things I want to talk about, the first being the insanity of the pain at the pumps. I've gotten a few chain emails about protesting gas by not getting any on a certain day, or only getting it from the small businesses. They're nice ideas, but they don't make much of a difference. Watching the news this morning though, it seems that the gas companies will eventually get a taste of their own medicine, because as the idiot box said, for the first time in years, the amount of people driving has gone down. The numbers range from something like 1.4% to 2.6% in different parts of the USA, and more and more people are finding alternate methods of transportation. The car companies will also help us, because they're feeling the pain at the pumps as well. Large truck and SUV sales are plummeting, and the Big 3 are losing buyers to the smaller, cheaper, more efficient foreign cars. It seems as our economies are sliding downhill, and gas and food prices are rising, the world we've known for the last while will be changing dramatically. I can only guess what the world will look like in 10 years... 5 years even. All I know is that it's going to be different. It's somewhat exciting at the same time to, it's like watching the future from so many of the books I've read unfold before my eyes.
Anyway, back to a more personal matter (even though I said I wasn't going to do a lot of personal stuff), today is the first day of the summer holidays for me. My last day in high school was yesterday for my Chemistry exam. I must say that I'm really sad to be leaving it already! Those four years flew past. I'm going to miss all of my teachers, and friends that are still there/going away. High school may not have been the best time of my life like you see in the movies, but it was really great. I made my 3rd and 4th best friends in high school (and lost touch with them), I discovered my love for history and biology, missed some opportunities, got my first and second jobs, and trying not to be too corny, I really found out a lot about myself. And now, I'm off to spend another 4 years, at another school. I don't really want to think about university right now though. It's a little overwhelming... I can't imagine what I'd feel like if I was moving away for school! Who knows though... maybe I'll end up moving in with my dad when I go though, because I'd save a lot on gas with the commuting, and I wouldn't have to worry about crazy step parents... oh wait, never mind about that last comment. But change... change is scary. I just got comfortable with high school, and now school as I've known it since grade one is changing. I'm going to be meeting all sorts of new people, and living a new type of life. I really hope that I meet some new friends (though I'm not getting my hopes up again), and that I'm ready for the transition, because everyone has done a great job of scaring the hell out of all of the soon-to-be freshmen about the workload.
That's all for me for now though. I'll get to my other big topic (Parents) another time.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
It's been a long time since I last wrote, and I want to give this blog a new, better spin. Instead of writing about my boring day to day life, I want to use this blog to review books, talk about electronics, make comments on politics, religion, culture, the world, and just generally rant and rave ^_^
Just some brief info to start off. I like reading fantasy/fiction/science fiction/political thrillers mainly, and a lot of them would be categorized (at least by Indigo) in the Fiction 10-12 area, although many overlap into the Teen Fiction section too. In the religion department, I've got some mixed feelings. I'm not sure if I'm and agnostic or an atheist, but I'm definitely one of those and Jewish. I'm also Pastafarian. Politically I'm a liberal/democrat. I'm also just about to graduate from high school (in exactly 2 weeks and a day) and begin university in the fall. I like reading, computers, astronomy, meteorology, and a lot of other things too, like the subjects of this blog.
For starters on the book aspect, I've just started reading Dragonlight, the fifth and final book in Donita K. Paul's wonderful DragonKeeper Chronicles.
Oh, and on the music side, I'm loving The City Drive's new song "Behind Closed Doors", and I was excited to hear Ludo's "Love Me Dead" on 89x this evening.
Just some brief info to start off. I like reading fantasy/fiction/science fiction/political thrillers mainly, and a lot of them would be categorized (at least by Indigo) in the Fiction 10-12 area, although many overlap into the Teen Fiction section too. In the religion department, I've got some mixed feelings. I'm not sure if I'm and agnostic or an atheist, but I'm definitely one of those and Jewish. I'm also Pastafarian. Politically I'm a liberal/democrat. I'm also just about to graduate from high school (in exactly 2 weeks and a day) and begin university in the fall. I like reading, computers, astronomy, meteorology, and a lot of other things too, like the subjects of this blog.
For starters on the book aspect, I've just started reading Dragonlight, the fifth and final book in Donita K. Paul's wonderful DragonKeeper Chronicles.
Oh, and on the music side, I'm loving The City Drive's new song "Behind Closed Doors", and I was excited to hear Ludo's "Love Me Dead" on 89x this evening.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
So to follow up on my last blog, I never got a call from the JCC, but my chances of getting in counseling that late were slim anyway. No new hours at Pet Valu, and now I won't even be working there for a while after this Thursday. I'm a little lazy, so I'm going to paste in my blog from my MSN Space. Oh and by the way, I went on a 7 day cruise from Vancouver to Seward, Alaska from July 28- August 5 (when I got back at like 5am). It was awsome!
It's such a sad thought! It's almost school time! I'm kind of excited, but also not excited. I'm really nervous to find out about my schedule, because the most I've ever had to change on my schedule before was getting rid of band in grade 9, and adding it in grade 10. But for this year I really hope my schedule will work out okay, and that the guidance people looked at my comments. I'd really like Biology and Math in first semester, and Physics, Chemistry and my spare in second. And based on that, I also know that the only music class is first period, second semester, meaning that my English and History will be in first semester as well! What a hard semester that'd be! But that's the way it's gotta be! Please?
So anyway, lots has been going on and will be going on. Lets see.... Last Friday I saw Accepted with my dad. What a cool movie! I like fun movies like that, so I've decided that I'm gonna get it when it comes out. Then that Saturday we were going to go to the Woodward Dream Cruise, but instead we had a going away party for Jaimie and David, who are moving to Spain soon. They slept over all weekend so I was stuck on the couch... my air matress got a rip from stupid Lucy. Then this Thursday I have an eye doctor's appointment to get contact lenses! I'm so excited!!! And as soon as that's done, it's my last day at work for a while, so everyone visit me there!! 3:30-6! You see, the mall is like dead now. One day they didn't even bother turning the lights on down at the Pet Valu end of the mall! And the music isn't always on anymore. Then on Friday I'm going to be seeing that movie Invincible, based on a true story. Since I saw the previews I've wanted to see it! And it comes out on Friday. Then the next day, the Saturday my dad's gonna take me to Hot Topic for some back to school shopping. I have a gift card to use there, and some extra American money from my cruise. Monday, August 28 I'm going to Toronto with my mom to visit family, and hopefully we'll see the second Pirates of the Caribbean then too. The Saturday before school starts I'm getting my hair trimmed and thinned. Sunday, September 3 is Pete's birthday, then on Tuesday the 5th school and House start. I'm doing more these three weeks then I did all July (minus the cruise).
Anyway, I'm off now, I'll try to write a bit more often. Stay in school!
It's such a sad thought! It's almost school time! I'm kind of excited, but also not excited. I'm really nervous to find out about my schedule, because the most I've ever had to change on my schedule before was getting rid of band in grade 9, and adding it in grade 10. But for this year I really hope my schedule will work out okay, and that the guidance people looked at my comments. I'd really like Biology and Math in first semester, and Physics, Chemistry and my spare in second. And based on that, I also know that the only music class is first period, second semester, meaning that my English and History will be in first semester as well! What a hard semester that'd be! But that's the way it's gotta be! Please?
So anyway, lots has been going on and will be going on. Lets see.... Last Friday I saw Accepted with my dad. What a cool movie! I like fun movies like that, so I've decided that I'm gonna get it when it comes out. Then that Saturday we were going to go to the Woodward Dream Cruise, but instead we had a going away party for Jaimie and David, who are moving to Spain soon. They slept over all weekend so I was stuck on the couch... my air matress got a rip from stupid Lucy. Then this Thursday I have an eye doctor's appointment to get contact lenses! I'm so excited!!! And as soon as that's done, it's my last day at work for a while, so everyone visit me there!! 3:30-6! You see, the mall is like dead now. One day they didn't even bother turning the lights on down at the Pet Valu end of the mall! And the music isn't always on anymore. Then on Friday I'm going to be seeing that movie Invincible, based on a true story. Since I saw the previews I've wanted to see it! And it comes out on Friday. Then the next day, the Saturday my dad's gonna take me to Hot Topic for some back to school shopping. I have a gift card to use there, and some extra American money from my cruise. Monday, August 28 I'm going to Toronto with my mom to visit family, and hopefully we'll see the second Pirates of the Caribbean then too. The Saturday before school starts I'm getting my hair trimmed and thinned. Sunday, September 3 is Pete's birthday, then on Tuesday the 5th school and House start. I'm doing more these three weeks then I did all July (minus the cruise).
Anyway, I'm off now, I'll try to write a bit more often. Stay in school!
Friday, June 16, 2006
Okay, I only have seven minutes to write and publish this. I'm bored out of my mind currently, though I should be looking over my math stuff. We're having a quiz next period, if I get 8, 9, or 10 out of 10 on it, I'll get 2 bonus points towards my exam next Friday. I've just completed my computers exam which was in class yesterday and today, I played my band exam yesterday in band (did fine), and the rest of my exams are next week! I can't believe the school year's like done!!!! :o
I may be counciling this year at Camp Yomi at the local JCC. I went there when I was little, and at the time didn't like it, but looking back, I have fond memories. I probably would've liked it better then if the Jewish girls weren't such snotty bitches. Anyway, I should be finding out in a call this evening, though I probably won't be able to. If I don't work there, I'll work at Pet Valu like normal, but maybe more/different hours.
I might as well go now. The bell's gonna ring at any minute. TTFN!! Wish me luck on the quiz!! :P
I may be counciling this year at Camp Yomi at the local JCC. I went there when I was little, and at the time didn't like it, but looking back, I have fond memories. I probably would've liked it better then if the Jewish girls weren't such snotty bitches. Anyway, I should be finding out in a call this evening, though I probably won't be able to. If I don't work there, I'll work at Pet Valu like normal, but maybe more/different hours.
I might as well go now. The bell's gonna ring at any minute. TTFN!! Wish me luck on the quiz!! :P
Thursday, May 25, 2006
There's not much going on with me today... it feels. It's Thursday, so I have to work... it's supposed to rain off and on all day, it hasn't rained much though today, so hopefully it won't rain while I'm walking, rain while I'm at work, and stop around 5:30 when I go outside to bring the garbage out usually. I probably won't go for a bike ride tonight... we'll see how tired I am and how much my feet hurt, and if it's raining. Oh and I need to practice the trumpet today, 'cause I desperately need to, and we're playing for some kids from a local grade school tomorrow durng fourth period. Ahh I can't miss 4th again! I've missed to much of math, and totally bombed my last test.
So far in math we've had 6 unit tests. My marks were 72, 89, 74, 82, 85, and 64. Before the 64 my math mark was approximately 80%... now after this test it's approximately 78%... this sooo sucks! Last year I had something like 72% in math, and this year at mid-term i had a 77%... And now I brought an 80 down to a 78! =( I need a high math mark to get into university... especially grade 10. Hopefully I'll be able to redeem myself in trigonometry, our last unit (though we'll have a few tests).
While on the subject of my school subjects, in English we're reading Shakespeare's As You Like It... I don't like Shakespeare... although I'd probably like this one if it was written in English! None of us even understand whats going on! For the most part when we read it in class I read my own book and flip the pages of As You Like It when the rest of the class does.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, we're getting a heater for our pool! I can't believe it! I'm pretty happy about it, only the reason I didn't go in the pool a lot last year didn't have to do with the temperature of the water, but the bugs in the water, and having company going in the pool.... I hate swimming alone! I just won't do it... it's no fun at all.
Hmmm, what else... American Idol! Taylor Won! I'm phyced! My dad and I knew America wouldn't be stupid, and that he'd be the American Idol! Yay! He definetly deserves it. Soul Patrol!
Kay, anyway I'm gonna go read now. TTFN... Toodles!
So far in math we've had 6 unit tests. My marks were 72, 89, 74, 82, 85, and 64. Before the 64 my math mark was approximately 80%... now after this test it's approximately 78%... this sooo sucks! Last year I had something like 72% in math, and this year at mid-term i had a 77%... And now I brought an 80 down to a 78! =( I need a high math mark to get into university... especially grade 10. Hopefully I'll be able to redeem myself in trigonometry, our last unit (though we'll have a few tests).
While on the subject of my school subjects, in English we're reading Shakespeare's As You Like It... I don't like Shakespeare... although I'd probably like this one if it was written in English! None of us even understand whats going on! For the most part when we read it in class I read my own book and flip the pages of As You Like It when the rest of the class does.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, we're getting a heater for our pool! I can't believe it! I'm pretty happy about it, only the reason I didn't go in the pool a lot last year didn't have to do with the temperature of the water, but the bugs in the water, and having company going in the pool.... I hate swimming alone! I just won't do it... it's no fun at all.
Hmmm, what else... American Idol! Taylor Won! I'm phyced! My dad and I knew America wouldn't be stupid, and that he'd be the American Idol! Yay! He definetly deserves it. Soul Patrol!
Kay, anyway I'm gonna go read now. TTFN... Toodles!
Monday, May 08, 2006
People rely on the bible too much. Especially for things that weren't thought of or relevant in the times that the bible was written. People ask if the bible supported immigration. Umm, that shouldn't influence your feelings on the topic, whether you support it or not. And if it does, and you were to use the bible as support in an argument, then you better be Amish or something like that. You can't use it as an argument if you don't follow the other aspects of it. That means women can't wear pants, and you can only wear one material, etc etc. There was an awsome 'story'/article thingie for this. I'll see if I can find it sometime. Anyway class is almost done. Toodles.
I got my laptop! I'm so happy! I'm surprised my grandfather came through! I can't wait to go home tonight and use it!!! Only problem is I don't know if I will be able to get the TV on it. It has media center, but TV isn't on the main list, it's in settings though. I click it and it says that there's no TV tuner and it's not connected. I know it's not connected, I may need to buy a connector. I'll be okay if that's all I need, but if there's no tuner... And there's no radio tuner either. That's not that bad though. I connected it to the internet last night, and I downloaded the new MSN, all it had was Windows Messenger. I sure hope I'll be able to get TV on it! I'm shocked at how huge the screen is! It's a widescreen too. I'll have to download my games on it, but I think I'll do that this weekend at my dad's, with his high-speed net =D
Hmm, what else. My mom brought me out to a county road, I got to higher speeds. It was an 80 km/h road... I went 60 km/h for the most part, but my mom let me go up to 75 km/h once. I did pretty good =D barely any other cars.
We're probably going to Target next weekend! Yay! My mom and step-dad haven't gone to the states since my step-dad stopped working there like 4 years ago! I have some American money that's like been burning a hole in my wallet since October! =P
Anyway, I'm off. Wish me luck with the TV tuner! One website says it should have it =)
Hmm, what else. My mom brought me out to a county road, I got to higher speeds. It was an 80 km/h road... I went 60 km/h for the most part, but my mom let me go up to 75 km/h once. I did pretty good =D barely any other cars.
We're probably going to Target next weekend! Yay! My mom and step-dad haven't gone to the states since my step-dad stopped working there like 4 years ago! I have some American money that's like been burning a hole in my wallet since October! =P
Anyway, I'm off. Wish me luck with the TV tuner! One website says it should have it =)
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Canada is overlooked too much. We're just like the United States, only better but not a super power. Unlike the States we didn't wipe out two cities with nuclear weapons, and we didn't go to war with Iraq, but we did send peace-keeping troops to Afghanistan. Unlike the States we supply sufficient health care to all of our citizens, poor, needy, rich, and average. But like the United Staes we have great freedoms, leading science and medicine, arts, promise, and better diversity among our people (mosaic in Canada, melting pot in America). We are more open-minded about gay marriage (it's legal here), and if one person gets shot, the whole country hears about it, because it's so rare, while in the States shootings happen on a daily basis, and I can never walk down a Detroit road at night comfortably. I'm sure it's not as bad in other areas, but because I live so close to Detroit it's their news I watch, and it's Detroit's streets that I walk down to go to a baseball game. In Canada it's not your right as a citizen to carry a deadly weapon. Because of this, we also don't need guns to protect ourselves from maniacs who do, because not too many people have them. Just people like cops and hunters.
That's why I'm proud to say that I'm Canadian.
That's why I'm proud to say that I'm Canadian.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
For me, sadness is like a heavieness. I weighs me down in my shoulders and cheeks. It'll do that untill something distracts me, such as someone coming to the door about the census. After that I want to dwell, still, on whats bothering me, because it's still on my mind, but it won't weigh me down... I feel like calling someone...
It's true, that your mind can repress memories, in my case a conversation was repressed with getting a laptop. The conversation was on Sunday, and I'd completely forgotten about it 'till a phone conversation today, and the Sunday conversation was brought up. If the person having the conversation was at all mature, or put together well, they wouldn't have involved me. I wasn't included in the conversation, it was between the woman I just mentioned and one of my Aunts. I was sitting right beside my Aunt, and it wasn't meant not to be overheard, but I tried to think of something else because it hurt my feelings alot. Who talks about someone who's sitting beside the person you're talking to? The woman is jealous of the attention I get... she's acting the way I should be acting with her being like this. It's not like we've ever really been peachy, there's always been jealousy between us, and she can be a real bitch sometimes, not just to me... I observe alot.
As I was writing above, I want to call someone, but there's no one really to call. The only person I've told is my mom, and there's not much more to say with her. In class we're reading The Catcher in the Rye, and a lot of my classmates hated/hate the book, but I'd really like it if we didn't get really hard questions on every single chapter. I think one of the reasons I like it so much is because the more I read, the more I can relate to the main character, Holden. Holden is really depressed alot, and finds alot of things and people phony, but also, throughout the book he always wants to call someone, and I'm like that. Though I only really like talking on the phone to family. Also, Holden has really intricate trains of thought, and it's easily started off onto something almost completely different than the trigger-thought; I do that alot.
Oh yea, I'm supposed to be getting a laptop! I've like always wanted one! Can't wait!
Anyway, I'm off. Ta ta.
It's true, that your mind can repress memories, in my case a conversation was repressed with getting a laptop. The conversation was on Sunday, and I'd completely forgotten about it 'till a phone conversation today, and the Sunday conversation was brought up. If the person having the conversation was at all mature, or put together well, they wouldn't have involved me. I wasn't included in the conversation, it was between the woman I just mentioned and one of my Aunts. I was sitting right beside my Aunt, and it wasn't meant not to be overheard, but I tried to think of something else because it hurt my feelings alot. Who talks about someone who's sitting beside the person you're talking to? The woman is jealous of the attention I get... she's acting the way I should be acting with her being like this. It's not like we've ever really been peachy, there's always been jealousy between us, and she can be a real bitch sometimes, not just to me... I observe alot.
As I was writing above, I want to call someone, but there's no one really to call. The only person I've told is my mom, and there's not much more to say with her. In class we're reading The Catcher in the Rye, and a lot of my classmates hated/hate the book, but I'd really like it if we didn't get really hard questions on every single chapter. I think one of the reasons I like it so much is because the more I read, the more I can relate to the main character, Holden. Holden is really depressed alot, and finds alot of things and people phony, but also, throughout the book he always wants to call someone, and I'm like that. Though I only really like talking on the phone to family. Also, Holden has really intricate trains of thought, and it's easily started off onto something almost completely different than the trigger-thought; I do that alot.
Oh yea, I'm supposed to be getting a laptop! I've like always wanted one! Can't wait!
Anyway, I'm off. Ta ta.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Some random thoughts:
Nothing material is truly priceless. You may think that maybe a human life is priceless, or a culture’s history, but it’s not. People can put a price on anything. Ransoms, hits, selling artifacts on the black market. There's always some odd billionaire out there who'd buy old nick-nacks. The only priceless things there could be are emotions, memories, thoughts- things like that. So, yeah, that may be a priceless artifact, but some billionaire will put the right price tag on it.
There's a feeling I've had, I think it's a sort of adventure feeling. It's a tightness in your stomache, like your parents just left the house, your alone wondering what you want to do while walking around the empty house. Another time I get that feeling is very weird. When I over-hear people you wouldn't expect to be talking bad about you doing just that. I also get home-sick when that happens though, because at least at home, if someones going to talk about me in a bad way, they do it jokingly in front of me, or knowing it's within ear-shot, to make sure I hear; it's all in good fun.
Nothing material is truly priceless. You may think that maybe a human life is priceless, or a culture’s history, but it’s not. People can put a price on anything. Ransoms, hits, selling artifacts on the black market. There's always some odd billionaire out there who'd buy old nick-nacks. The only priceless things there could be are emotions, memories, thoughts- things like that. So, yeah, that may be a priceless artifact, but some billionaire will put the right price tag on it.
There's a feeling I've had, I think it's a sort of adventure feeling. It's a tightness in your stomache, like your parents just left the house, your alone wondering what you want to do while walking around the empty house. Another time I get that feeling is very weird. When I over-hear people you wouldn't expect to be talking bad about you doing just that. I also get home-sick when that happens though, because at least at home, if someones going to talk about me in a bad way, they do it jokingly in front of me, or knowing it's within ear-shot, to make sure I hear; it's all in good fun.
Grade 10 Literacy Test is coming up. Starting tomorrow, second period is all review for the Lit test, and lucky me, I have english period 2! Haha... but lots of people don't, so they'll be missing tech, science, math, etc. It's a big test too. If you don't pass, you can't graduate from high school untill you do. The test is next Wednesday.
My step dad had a surgury Monday. Even though they didn't cut him open, they gave him anesthetics, so it still counts. They put him under, and moved his arm around in all of the ways he's currently not able to since an accident 2 years ago May. He's at home recuperating, and in a lot of pain. He was in pain during the surgery too because they couldn't put him fully under, so hear could hear them talking, and knew what they were doing, and the doctor said that occasionally my step dad would have a grimace of pain on his face. Hopefully the pain will go away soon, and he'll regain the movements he'd lost in his shoulder. For now we wait and medicate.
Music Fest is coming up too, it's next Friday. The band is going in it... I'm nervous. I'm the only trumpet, and I have a lot of solos. There are also a lot of notes I can't play [well] in the three pieces we'll be playing. We're playing As Summer was Just Beginning (our best song), Bright Blue Water (our worst song), and Royal Air Force March Past (in the middle). I think I'm going to embarass myself when we go, and they'll probably mention that lone trumpeter when they tell us how we did... ah well, I am the lone, quiet trumpeter.
Anyway, I'm off to do other things. Ta!
My step dad had a surgury Monday. Even though they didn't cut him open, they gave him anesthetics, so it still counts. They put him under, and moved his arm around in all of the ways he's currently not able to since an accident 2 years ago May. He's at home recuperating, and in a lot of pain. He was in pain during the surgery too because they couldn't put him fully under, so hear could hear them talking, and knew what they were doing, and the doctor said that occasionally my step dad would have a grimace of pain on his face. Hopefully the pain will go away soon, and he'll regain the movements he'd lost in his shoulder. For now we wait and medicate.
Music Fest is coming up too, it's next Friday. The band is going in it... I'm nervous. I'm the only trumpet, and I have a lot of solos. There are also a lot of notes I can't play [well] in the three pieces we'll be playing. We're playing As Summer was Just Beginning (our best song), Bright Blue Water (our worst song), and Royal Air Force March Past (in the middle). I think I'm going to embarass myself when we go, and they'll probably mention that lone trumpeter when they tell us how we did... ah well, I am the lone, quiet trumpeter.
Anyway, I'm off to do other things. Ta!
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Okay, I got the Pumas on Friday, but they weren't the greatest... The problem is that the heel curved up, and it hurt my heel- that's just not cool. So I wore them around the house for a while, and made my decision. Today, my dad and I went to the mall, and went into Champs. I looked at two pairs of shoes. There were another pair of Pumas, and a pair of Adidas. The Pumas were called Alpine Trail Racer (top), and the Adidas were Manama (with Goodyear soles)(bottom). I liked them both! They both felt better than my current shoes. The Pumas did up easily, and fit great, real tight, but not uncomfortable, a supportive tight. They also had lots of arch support. The Adidas not only tied up with laces, but had a velcro strap across the top. The Pumas gave your step an extra perk. Anyway, it was an immensley difficult decision because 1) I suck at decisions anyway 2) they cost the same, no weighing my decision on that 3) my dad was Adidas all the way, no help there and 4) the Pumas looked awsome. I made the decision based on when I was sitting, a different one on each of my feet, the Puma's arch was more noticeable, so I said Adidas. My dad had them hold them. We went to Footlocker, returned my previous pair of Pumas, and then went and bought the Adidas. They're nice to walk in, and they look neat. I still really like the Pumas, but I figure when I get a new pair of shoes I'll look those ones up.
Anyway, I'm gonna go play some games. Ta ta to you all!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Yesterday wasn't that bad. There was nothing to put away because my bosses are training a new person to work there. I think that her name is Sherry... she used to work at Munks, but Munks closed, so she needed a job, and has a lot of experience with pet stores. At least I won't have to get her crickets for her anymore!
So since everything was put away, we cleaned fish bowls. Lots of them. I did at least 8.
Last night was also parent-teacher interviews, so after my mom picked me up from work, we went to the interviews. First was my science teacher, who said I was doing great with an 88%. Next was my English teacher, who said I was right where I was supposed to be, at 76%, and was shocked when my mom told her that English was my lowest mark. Last was my math teacher, who, as we walked down the aisle towards him, stood up and made an 'A' shape above his head (think of YMCA), and said that if he'd had known we were in line he could have stood up and given us (my mom) the signal, and we wouldn't have had to wait the 25 minutes we did. He was very positive, and I'm doing great in the class.
Sometime this weekend I'm going to my dad's house, and we're gonna get my Puma's :)
Anyway, the bell's going to go in a sec, toodles!
So since everything was put away, we cleaned fish bowls. Lots of them. I did at least 8.
Last night was also parent-teacher interviews, so after my mom picked me up from work, we went to the interviews. First was my science teacher, who said I was doing great with an 88%. Next was my English teacher, who said I was right where I was supposed to be, at 76%, and was shocked when my mom told her that English was my lowest mark. Last was my math teacher, who, as we walked down the aisle towards him, stood up and made an 'A' shape above his head (think of YMCA), and said that if he'd had known we were in line he could have stood up and given us (my mom) the signal, and we wouldn't have had to wait the 25 minutes we did. He was very positive, and I'm doing great in the class.
Sometime this weekend I'm going to my dad's house, and we're gonna get my Puma's :)
Anyway, the bell's going to go in a sec, toodles!
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