Politics and Life of a High Schooler
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
My Brain: A Glimpse
So I was scolded today for not writing here often enough, so here I am, writing. I do not have too much to say though, so I will type as the spirit moves me. So I was walking to school today when I saw some people. I was like "yo g, hows it hanging?" Theys be all up in my face after that though, and went all Jillvonia-Davis-style on my ass. Then I punched my assistant principal in the face because I have no IQ. (If you do not go to Wayland and are reading this, ignore those last few sentences).
So I came to a conclusion today. Mandy Moore was infinitely hotter back when she was in the "Candy" video than she is now. You know the one, where she would move her mouth WAY more than necessary to say the words. She was so hot back then. Now she is less hot.
I like the board game Risk. It is very fun. The only problem is it takes approximately 4.382 years to finnish one game, and that is without set up time. And also, no one actually knows the rules to it, so no two people play it the same way. Like WTF mate? Risk and Monopoly. I doubt anyone has ever actually finished either of those games, and if they did, it was over the course of several weeks and the Banker won because he was cheating. Thats a promise.
While I am on the subject, don't you just love people who only talk to you when they want something from you? Like they are all like "oh hey Alex want to give me a ride to DQ and buy me ice cream?" and then the next day you like try to talk to them and they are all like "um, hello, what is your name? Have we met before?" Its like, oh yeah, you are cool, wait, no, DIE!
Hmmmm.... I think Ben Blum has a girlfriend. I find that interesting. I'll have to ask him about it.
Senior prank 2004: better or worse than the "you've been tea bagged by 2002"? Discuss amongst yourselves. IQ-wise, I have to say that 2002 wins, simply because their prank was retarted but did not involve people getting arrested. But seriously, how dumb a prank is this? Writing in soap "2004 rules" on the windows? Yep, you sure are clever Leard. Nice work Dylan. You're a genious Tichnor. And didn't they know that pulling a fire extinguisher out of its case sets off the alarm and alerts the police and fire? I mean, seriously, this was all around one of the dumbest "pranks" I have ever heard of. I sure as hell hope my grade doesn't do something this retarted next year, for the sake of our own legacy.
If you were to "smoke the dog" except with a dog which already acts like what a stoner dog would act like if such a thing existed, how would the dog react? I am curious.
I am getting really jittery and shaky now, and I am not sure why, but it is making typing challenging and is kind of frightening, so I think I will have to cut this post short a bit and try to go fix my body. So I think I am now out.
Sra, I hope you enjoyed the politics-free entry
JMAL
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Some Thoughts
Hello all. It has been a while. I sort of feel like writing, I also feel obliged to update, being that it has almost been a month since my last post. I have been asked a few times to update, also, including one "some of us hang on your every entry", and after that, I truly must oblige. However, this will be much more a stream of thought entry, for I have no inspiration right now or any topic worth writing about.
So, now I will think of things to write about, since I really do not want to be doing homework right now. Today is Sarah's birthday. Happy Birthday to Sarah.
Tenet, the director of the Cia retired today. Its a shame. He claims it was for personal reasons, but nothing has changed to make this a personal decision. A lot of information was released this weekend saying basically that there were some major problems with the CIA pre-911 and pre-Iraq war, and he is would have taken the hit for that if he were still around. The official reports will not be released for a few months though, so he will be too long gone to blame him anymore, and you can not blame the new guy for something that happened before he was in charge. It is too bad though, he was good for the CIA, seven long years of dedicated service and improvements to the organization.
Would anyone care to explain to me how Bush keeps doing this though? He fucks up and someone else takes the blame. He was the one who made Iraq an issue, not any new intelligence. He made it an issue, then looked for the intelligence. Some of the intelligence that they "found" has been very clearly proven to be innaccurate, and now we went into Iraq because of an "intelligence failure". Do people really believe this shit? Ok, so we had some bad intelligence. We have a lot of bad intelligence. Bush decided to act on this faulty intelligence, not the other faulty intelligence. Bush pushed and pushed, and if you didnt support him than you were against national security, you were not patriotic, you did not respect 9/11/01, and you were the scum of the country, the very people we were fighting against. The intelligence was not his (I'm giving him te benefit of the doubt on that one, though, it appears as though all of the bad intelligence came from one person, and it is not unreasonable to think that this one CIA agent may have been placed their by, oh say, Karl Rove), but the movement to go to war, the urgency of going to war, and all of the things I mentioned in the previous sentance were 100% the Bush Administration. But all the blame goes to the CIA, and Tenet has to resign because of it, Bush is scott free.
And who the hell made up all this bullshit about John Kerry is the one who flip-flops? If people would actually research the "facts" that they are sighting, they might, poo poo poo knock on wood, gain some actual knowledge. "I voted for the Patriot Act before I voted against it". Yes, wonderful job to the Bush Administration for finding a truly idiotic thing for Kerry to have said. And it is true, Kerry should have thought a little more before he phrased his statement that way. But there is a reason he voted for the Patriot Act before he voted agaisnt it. But Americans don't give a shit about the facts. They like stories and stupidity. They aren't fans of this so-called "knowledge". Let me tell you all something, and to everyone who this is news for, next time learn more before you form an opinion: Kerry voted for the Patriot Act, the Republican majority in congress CHANGED WHAT THE PATRIOT ACT SAID, then Kerry voted against the new bill, which happened to have the same name as a bill he had voted for earlier. Now, those words in capitols mean somthing. What they mean is that Kerry did not "flip-flop" at all, he was voting against a new, changed, different bill. When Bush was vehemently opposed to setting up the now famous senate 9-11 commission, for months he opposed setting up the committee, and then eventually gave up when he realized that he could oppose it no longer and became a supporter of the formation of the commission, now that is a legitimate "flip-flop". Too bad it happened to the wrong candidate.
Moral of the paragraph: read, educate yourself, then make opinions.
School is almost over. Can not wait for summer. Trying hard to not have to take a final on that thursday, and that argument is actually coming along pretty well, but I'm not yet sure if it will succeed. I hope it does though. That would be incredible.
"Just keep going through the motions."
College would be nice right about now. But no. We have "school" first. We have "classes". We're still "juniors". Damnit. Oh well, at least we are one year closer than the sophmores.
Why has the weather been so messed up this week? It rains, becomes 75° and sunny, then it rains again, then back to the 75°. Except, that is all within the same hour. I don't understand. I feel like we are on the set for "The Day After Tomorrow".
Ok, I'm about out of time now. Somewhat stream-of-thought-y. I appologize for the angry rant up towards the begining. But i needed to say it, and it was quite fun to type. Life's been good for me lately. Hope all you "Blog" readers enjoyed the entry.
peace out thugs
JMAL
