Stupid but fun links to fight finals stress

Paint a nebula: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/#
Little pond music dealie: http://www.seaquence.org/
Puppy Cam: http://www.apl.tv/puppies.htm
Kitten Cam: http://www.apl.tv/kittens.htm
Build a Squid: http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/build-a-squid/interactive
Pun Generator: http://pungenerator.org/

A start to my book possibly?

"So there it was. But maybe I should explain what it is. I don't really need to though. It's ultimately not that important. I'll just leave you hanging." As the man strode back and forth in front of the body, still beating but not breathing, he began to tell his story. "It all began with it though. But never mind that thought. I was standing there watching it, gawking at it, as it did what it was made to do. I know i'm being vague but just hang in there okay? It made it's appearance well known, shooting these strange balls of fire and smoke through the currently black sky and air. It rammed through everything it came across. Knocking it down with little effort or simply acting like it never existed in the first place." The hanging body began to gurgle. " Fine I'll cut you down, stop your whimpering." He blissfully took one single step and cut the body down. It began to breath again. Filling it's now collapsed lungs with air. " Are you okay? You don't look okay. Let me fix that for you." As the body lade there, still grasping for air, the man walked over, picked the body up and slammed it hard against the tip of his knee. As the bone broke, shattering into millions of tiny pieces breaking through the body's fare skin making holes like shrapnel from a grenade, the body began to breath in actual air. The back had been completely shattered, but in the progress re-opened the lungs allowing it to breath. "Now that's better. Not pain wise, but better over all because you'll live. Now it was coming closer to me every time it took it's steps. At first I was scared s**tless. Not knowing what to do, where to run, how to hide, but then I realized something, maybe it was just the right time. So I stood there, waiting for it to take me away and it did, just not how I was hoping it to." The body, now broken lay flat on it's stomach to avoid further injury to it's back. "It just sucked me up. Pulled me straight into it. And when I was inside I was met by pure white, I couldn't even see..." "You do know they're coming right?" The broken body spat out. "They're coming, and they're going to kill you." " That's hilarious, and rather preposterous."  "How do you find that funny?" "Who wouldn't? I mean really, what the hell are they gonna do to stop me? Shoot me? Stab me? Blow me up? What do you think they're gonna do once they get here huh? Say this, they kill me and they still fail because I would've already killed you. They don't kill me, I kill them, then I kill you. But I could compromise. They get here and I finish my story, I don't kill you and they kill me and you. That sounds a lot better." "You're a sick man." "I'm actually doing pretty well, no fever or symptoms that I can detect, thank you very much." As the man finished his sentence, they came in. Busting through every possible entrance. They stood up guns pointed at point waiting for the order. They stood, guns gleaming, bullets barking, muscles burning, teeth waiting for meat. But the order never came. As the bodies lay across the floor, blood oozing through holes of bullet wounds, all culminating to form a giant river of blood that lead to the large lake of blood. The man turned towards the broken body and said "Now where was I?"

West High Academic Assembly

             Towards the end of the previous school year, there was an academic assembly.  Freshmen received teacher recommendations and sophomores, juniors, and seniors had to have a 4.2 GPA in order to get a reward.  Those who were to receive an award were called out of class to move onto the football field before the rest of the school was sent out to the bleachers. During the assembly, nearly everyone was talking and not supporting their classmates.  Comments like "this is stupid" and "why are we doing this?" were frequent, and Twitter saw several comments over it.  A student posted, "Get those nerds off my football field."  Many of the comments were harsh and critical of the award recipients.  On the other hand, some of the people who got awards posted things like, "We're going to be your bosses some day."   Both sides said some incredibly offensive things to each other.
             The reality is that those people on the football field are still our classmates.  The "nerd" and "jock" thing only created separation and conflict between us.  The response to the assembly seemed so unusual to me.   Not even the friends of the awardees were clapping!
            There are two main opinions: the assembly is unfair to those who do sports, and the assembly is a positive way to reward those who do well in the area of academics.  I believe  those in opposition were frustrated with the assembly because they spent their time doing sports.  The amount of work and dedication it takes to be successful at sporting events is tremendous.  It is especially difficult to get A's in three or four high-level classes while juggling a sport on top of everything. 
            On the side of the so-called "nerds", they put their time and effort into their course work.  It is so similar to the "jocks", only their dedication is directed to a different area.  To many of them , they feel as if they should be recognized for being good at school.  Unlike with sports, there aren't huge trophies and medals to be won.  The assembly is the recognition for their hard work, instead of a trophy case. 
           In the end, none of it matters.   Every single person on that  field was a classmate who deserved  attention and respect.  They are our classmates, so we should still be supportive of them no matter where their strengths lie!  Personal feelings like jealousy, feelings like you are not treated fairly only separate us.  Why focus that much on the negative aspects of our humanity?  So much effort is made to gain equal rights for all people.  On this very blog, there are so many posts on this topic. We should love our classmates, whether they have a 4.5 or are an All-State football player.  No matter who it is, we need to support one another and boost each other up, not tear each other down.
       
       

C'est l'été, juillet. Il fait chaud. Magasins de bonbons, les magasins de vêtements, librairie. Vert. rouge. bleu, jaune, orange, violet. Un Festival.

Manga and Anime

Japan has given us an amazing amount of fictional illustrations. Whether it is a motion picture or just a still filled with the feels. The stories vary and some make it bigger than ever becoming a household name like Pokemon for example while others fade into the obscure scene where it strives off those who explore the depths of the genres. Animations grow more popular and often times is the only reason people know of a series while the manga take time to read and cause heart break if the next volume isn't available after several months of waiting.

Which one do you prefer? Manga? Anime? Both? What is your favorite?

Have you ever heard of Iris Zero? If not then I recommend reading it, it's a beautiful story that I think needs a lot more attention even though it barely gets updated online, but the characters are fantastic and the story is quite something as well.

Adding a little Humor to the Blog

“If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to teach him to do some tricks. But only if you're serious about adopting the vulture.” -Jack Handy

Would you do it? What would be your vulture's name, I mean if you're adopting it then please at least name the thing. The little guy learned tricks for the bits of your friend after all.

Empire

Anybody watch the show Empire? if so id love to hear your opinions if not, i'd still love to hear them

On Compassion

Take a moment to reflect on the 3 people (the woman with the baby, bakery worker, and the mayor of NY) determine what you believer were their motives for interacting with the homeless.  Why do you believe that person did what he/she did?
Next pick to look at this person through Kohlberg's moral stages or with a gender approach.  What stage would you place this person on Kohlberg's list? Give text support to explain your reasoning.  If you use a gender approach how does this person fit or not fit into the gender expectation.  Use text support to explain your answer.

Link to article: http://www.darlington.k12.sc.us/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=24562025

Meninist

I know that the majority of the school has a twitter and I was wondering if anyone has seen the @/meninisttweet account? The account's a joke, it says so in the bio, but I was wondering what others reactions were to the tweets. Some of them infuriate me, and maybe I can't take a joke, but I might not be the only one.

Emotionally Unfair

Has anyone else noticed that adults kind of imply that kids and teens should never be/have no reason to be upset or stressed about anything? Maybe it's just me, but I always get that feeling. It's like adults expect the youth to constantly be happy and care-free (except when it comes to school, grades, jobs, your social life, and behavior, but you're not allowed to be too worried about those things). If you show even the smallest sign of stress or sadness they freak out and say things like, "You're too young to have problems," or "You have no reason to be upset," except NEWS FLASH teens are some of the most stressed-out people you will ever meet. Age does not exempt you from emotions. We are all humans who all have a wide range of emotions that can vary greatly.

The New Masculinity

We have all seen them before. Those guys at lunch talking about their girlfriends. The size of her butt, her rack, the way she moans. These conversations seem to always devolve into a debauched contest of who can say the most disgusting thing about their significant other. That is what our society calls manly. Men are expected to be athletic, domineering, and studly. They are told that it is cool to cheat, that it is cool to share nudes among friends, because how else can you show how successful you are as a men. The thinking seems to be "I've gotten more tail then you, I'm better than you."

Consider this, there are two guys. One is a intelligent, socially awkward, considerate young boy. The other is the star of the foot ball team, he is a partier and he loves sharing stories of his sexual adventures. We all know which boy will be considered cooler, but who is the real man?

This is a call for a new masculinity. If you are a guy who respects women, who sees them a potential friends rather than as potential scores, come out of hiding. Come out and change the world

Expecting the Unexpected: The Struggle of Being a Pretty Little Liars Fan

Okay, so last night was the PLL season 5 finale, also known as the Big A reveal. We found out who has been A for the past three seasons since the game was stolen from Mona when she went to Radley. Typical of PLL, even though we found out who A was, we still don't know who it is. Being the obsesser that I am, I was looking up theories about who Charles is and how he fits into the story line. If you saw the finale last night,  what'd you think of it? Was it worth the hype of being "the craziest episode" PLL has ever had? What are some of your favorite theories that you've seen or even your own personal theory?

Anti-rape Campaign AD

OK so i'm sure that if you have twitter, or use the internet in almost any way, you've probably seen these images, but if you haven't, I'll explain;

the first image is two glued pieces of paper glued together, which forces you to practically rip the pages apart to see the clear image, which then becomes the second picture, two women's legs spread apart. The caption for this is  "if you have to use force, it's rape".
Honestly I find this an extremely brilliant form of advertisement, considering rape is such a high occurrence here in the US and other countries, what do you think?

Stresses

This time of the year do you feel more relaxed? Do you feel more stressed out? For me, I'm more stressed. Fourth quarter. Summer is coming. Your grades matter the most right now. I feel that now is the time when I stress more over it because I want to be more relaxed because the school year is coming to the end, but I can't. If I slack off now, then my grades will slip, my parents will be pissed at me and I'd have to quit my job. Speaking of job, the hours pick up now because I work at DQ and more people like ice cream and so its more busy there. So, in that sense I have to balance my grades with my work while dealing with family drama. ALSO, I coach a volleyball team, so I have to think about that at the same time. All in all, spring is pretty stressful in my opinion. So many more opportunities become available and you have to get your priorities straight. So, what stresses you in your life?

Walk with Him

     I know too many people who waste their time. They spend their lives in a subconscious state of regret and misery. I know this because I used to do the same thing, lived my life like it was some nonliving plot of dirt. That was before I discovered the catalyst for the biggest change to have ever occurred in my life, and that was meeting God. My life has been changed for the better a hundred times over, and continues to grow as I accept His guidance and instruction.
      Separation from Him only leads to misery and a colorless life. I encourage everyone to seek Him and spread the word, the Word of God. You will see  a boom in yourself and the world that will suddenly gain color and vibrancy, tones of rich diversity will overcome you and you will be set free from the chains of a secular existence. If you don't believe me, just invite Jesus into your life and see for yourself.
   

I found this quote that I thought was pretty awesome and kinda relevant.

What's with all the hate towards socialism?

Is it any coincidence that the happiest countries in the world are the most socialized economically? This link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2696136/Why-people-Denmark-happy-Study-claims-Danish-DNA-king-pursuit-happiness.html  shows that Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden are the five happiest countries. What it fails  to mention is that all of these countries have modeled their economy around socialistic values. This article http://www.dsausa.org/what_can_we_learn_from_denmark shows that socialism could fix what we believe to be ailing our country, so why don't we just do that? Under that same Google search, I found this webpage as well, http://www.teapartypatriots.org/news/lessons-better-left-in-denmark/ and while this does bring up some good points on how the system that is in place may not help Americans, we can easily model our economic policy towards the good points of socialism, such as the great free healthcare, or the free college education. This could dramatically help Americans, especially the newest generations. Feel free to comment what you think about this. Turns out that links don't work very well with this, so you will just have to right click+open webpage to view them.

Energized Music

         
             It's game time here at Fort Zumwalt West High school, baseball is on the rise. What better way is there to get your self pumped up before a practice and or game than to listen to music of your choice. This time of year allows people to get out in the open and play the sport they love and desire. For me that is baseball. When we are going to an away game, nothing works better for me than to chill and listen to some hard hitting rap beats and or good bass amplified dubstep. What kind of music works for you guys and why?

Favorite Movie?

Just out of curiosity, I want to know what everyone's favorite movies are. Mine would have to be Shawshank Redemption.

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" -Mary Ann Radmacher

Gaming Rant

First I want to start off with the PS4 game Little Big Planet 3, the successor to the popular franchise of the PlayStation. A game that was rushed to be finished, a rush of crap. The game honestly doesn't work and getting through to the end is impossible because the controls are so down into the trash pit, that it can't be completed. Having re-bought the damn game makes it even more frustrating when it breaks even earlier in the process! To allow a game to be released in that bad of a state and the patches do nothing. The cut-scenes which are usually the flawless piece of any bad game don't even work, messing character sprites and the character's costume being changed to whatever it pleases. I'm not a fan of Sony to begin with, but I mean come on, make sure something is complete before stamping your junk all over it.

Now to my beloved Nintendo, yeah there has been a lot of things that have irritated me because of them. I mean I love the games such as Smash and the remake of my favorite LoZ game Majora's Mask, but the amiibos, Mario Party 10, and the New 3DS really strike a nerve. First the amiibos need more product, they're better than Skylanders and Disney figures so why not produce more instead of having to import them all the way from Japan just for a character who wasn't even an exclusive. Before I get too pissed about that, what about Mario Party 10, the worst of the series. Playing as Bowser is fun, playing as Spike is mildly creepy, playing in a bloody map that is from point A to point B without being able to screw over the other players is the worse! Being stuck with the bloody fools is miserable and where is the star, I don't want these ministars, I want that star that says "Ha you got it, pay (Some odd number here)." I hate Mario Party 10, the minigames are crap, the levels are crap, everything about it is quite bad. The New 3DS is the 3DS they should have started us with, I would love to get a New 3DS except it costs the same as the others and comes without a charger. Thanks Nintendo, love you too. </3

Microsoft, why must you produce a good game after every two bad?

Steam/Valve . . . . I honestly have no gripe with them, except allowing FNAF trilogy
and just a load of very bad and poorly done games.

Gender roles? Can I have Pizza Rolls instead?

As I get older, I start becoming more and more aware of the things that are wrong in the world. There's so much controversy that you almost have to hide from technology to catch a break. It seems that gender roles are becoming a huge debate recently and I thought I'd throw in my two cents. 

In many divorce cases the women tend to gain custody of the children more frequently than the fathers, even if the fathers are better equipped for taking care of their children. Gender roles, of course, are the main cause behind this. Us females are taught from a young age how to care for children and a family, so these judges rule in the mothers favor. Even if the father wins custody of his children, he's at a distinct disadvantage because men are rarely taught the same things as women. When was the last time you saw a parent give their son a baby doll? 

What are your thoughts on this topic? 

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=3a7132d0b6d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Toronto has amusement parks, beaches, zoos/aquariums, and festivals. It's also the largest city with about 2.8 million people living there. Toronto is one of the most visited places.

Je aimerais visiter Toronto parce qu'il ressemble a un endroit amusant d'aller. Il a egalement beaucoup d'endroits ou aller et a voir. Ils ont assui des festivals et des parcs d'attractions qui ont l'air de plaisir a aller. Ce est aussi un belle ville.

channing tatum is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexyyyyyy

Slut Shaming

So it's 8:30 on a Sunday night and while most people are glued to the TV watching the Oscars, I'm fighting with my boyfriend about feminism. I had an issue with the way he approached me about societal views on women a couple days ago, teenage girls in particular, so I confronted him about it tonight. So now, he keeps trying to shove this "You know it's harder for guys to get girls, so they should get praised for getting with a bunch of them," idea down my throat. He actually just made a comment like, "If a girl has sex with a bunch of guys, that's disgusting. I'm sorry if that offends you but its most definitely a popular opinion." So me, thinking on my feet, completely reversed the roles in the same exact sentence and sent it back to him. Now he's taking this all as a big joke and decides to go on telling me how outrageous I'm being. Is he being ignorant, or is it just me? Thoughts?

why do students have to pay for lunches and inmates get free lunches

I was looking around and I found out that the next post (this one) is the 100th post!

So, I feel like I should ask what you've gotten out of this and how do you feel about the blog?

The best review of 1984

In George Orwell's 1984, Winston Smith is an open source developer who writes his code offline because his ISP has installed packet sniffers that are regulated by the government under the Patriot Act. It's really for his own protection, though. From, like, terrorists and DVD pirates and stuff. Like every good American, he drinks Coca-Cola and his processed food has desensitized his palate to all but four flavors: sweet, salty-so-that-you-will-drink-more-coca-cola, sweet, and Cooler Ranch! His benevolent overlords have provided him with some war happening somewhere for some reason so that he, and the rest of the population, can be sure that the government is really in his best interests. In fact, the news always has some story about Paris Hilton or yet another white girl who has been abducted by some evil bastard who is biologically wired by 200,000 years of human evolution to **** 12-year-olds, but is socially conditioned to be obsessed with sex, yet also to feel guilty about it. This culminates into a distorted view of sexuality, and results in rape and murder, which both make for very good news topics. This, too, is in Winston's best interests because, while fear is healthy, thinking *too* much about his own mortality is strictly taboo, as it may lead to something dangerously insightful, and he might lose his taste for Coca Cola and breast implants. The television also plays on his fears of the unknown by exaggerating stereotypes of minorities and homosexuals, under the guise of celebrating "diversity", but even these images of being ghetto-fabulous and a lisping interior designer actually exist solely to promote racism and homophobia, which also prove to be efficient distractions.

For some reason, Winston gets tired of eating recycled Pop Tarts and eating happy pills and pretending to be interested in sports and manufactured news items. But, in the end, they fix him and he's happy again. Or something.