School/Summer

Summer is fast approaching, and my plans are coming closer at hand. This would be a great thing, I should be totally excited! I am excited, but a little bit scared. You see, I forgot to fill out the paperwork needed. This effectively turned my laid-back weekend into a hectic scramble in a cloud papers. But right now, I cannot focus on those things. You see, I am at school. School does not allow for other thoughts, other than homework. My really important, super urgent paperwork that decides my summer will wait. Instead, I will study a foreign language and write so many papers I can’t see straight. Thanks homework, I love you too

Studying, Part 2

Everyone thinks that the act of stretching ear lobes and piercing noses is a new fad. Since it has made a recent resurgence, it must be something new. This thought could not be farther from the truth. The stretching of someone’s ear lobes has been practiced since pre-history. Archaeologists have even unearthed mummies of mammoth hunters who feature animal bones in their ears. Probably the most famous example of piercings and stretching comes from our own backyard: America. The Native American tribes of the Americas had long standing traditions with these practices, and maintained them until white culture overwhelmed these peoples. Any early sketches or portraits of Native chiefs and leaders show just how “fashionable” these great men would be in our modern culture.

Studying, Part 1

So I am helping my friend Bronwyn study. I know it sounds crazy, me helping someone study, but it’s true. She is researching Victorian women for her senior seminar paper. Since her normal study space isn’t very quiet, she comes to the library here at North Greenville University to type, brainstorm, and do research. Well, we planned on doing research. Our actual path soon deviated from our planned route and led to colonial America. Usually, we end up discussing the Cherokee and Shawnee Indian tribes and the impact they had with the settlers on the frontier. With both of our heads combined, we come up with some pretty crazy theories.

My Dusty Stack of Knowledge

Books are an amazing way to store knowledge. It allows you to record your thoughts for years to come. If you’re lucky, they are preserved for many, many, years. This is on my mind because I am now the owner of several books from the past millennium. I think reading really old books helps to expand your mind in a different way than books today do. These old “reads” not only give you the knowledge inside them, but they make you think in the way people did a hundred years ago. They were written in the time of inventors and innovators. Today everything is about electronics and making things more compact. Back then, America was still a young nation. We were still fighting the Indians, learning about some strange inventions called the “telephone” and “automobile”. People were real, they cared about things, and this is reflected in their writing.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes are scary. Not only are they scary for those involved but for those who watch from across the globe. The more populated area the earthquake hits, the scarier it is. Another scary aspect of earthquakes is that there are usually aftershocks that do even more damage. A while back, when there were earthquakes in South America and other places, a friend of mine had a dream. In this dream, there was a giant snake inside the earth rolling around. The more the snake thrashed the more the earthquakes happened. The snake laid still and there was a voice saying that “This is not over.” Call me paranoid, a conspiracy guru, whatever. I think dreams are ways that God speaks to us, and shows us very important things. Some dreams don’t make sense, but this one? I think there is something important here.  

How nice

I was watching Saturday Night Live last night, when I recognized one of the actors. I had seen him on different movies before, but always in very small parts. That is when I remembered where I knew him from. This dude had gotten his start on Wild’n’Out! I thought about this for a while, and realized how truly special America is. In what other country are those who excel at insults paid huge amounts of money and fame? We are so focused on the negative and critical things about others that we have made putting them down into an art form. We have television shows such as Wild’n’Out and Yo Momma. It is really interesting to wonder if these America created these shows, or these shows created America. Well I got to go, I’m missing my favorite Wild’n’Out right now.  

The Last Lost Continent

I felt your sickness

Brush against my arm as I walked by you,

Heard your voice but…

 Couldn’t tell that it was you.

And I slowly watched your sickness slip away

Into a place that I once feared,

 But I….

Was not afraid this time.

So I gave chase and found it finally,

 Slowly feeding from your head

 And from my friends

 And from my family,

So I grabbed it by the neck.

For every lover you have ruined

I dug my nails into its flesh,

And every life that you have taken,

Slammed its head against the brick.

Its blood poured out onto the pavement,

I stirred it in with dirt and spit.

I will take a part of you.

I made mortar from the mix.

Tore every organ from its body,

broke its bone and fashioned bricks.

I lay the mortar in-between,

I made a throne for Hope to sit.

 Too long you’ve torn us into pieces,

Firmly held onto our wrists,

Today I bury you and me.

 I swallowed every inch of it.

-          The Last Lost Continent, La Dispute

Yum

Mexican food is one of my favorite things to eat. To many people, it is their favorite form of ethnic food. Americans in general enjoy Mexican cuisine. This is evidenced by Taco Bell and Del Taco. What other international food has their own fast food chains? I think this is due to its simplicity. Not much changes when it comes to the menu of a Mexican restaurant. There are several basic ingredients: meat, cheese, beans, tortilla, and vegetables. Any of these can be combined to form a Mexican dish. You want a taco? Take a tortilla with meat, cheese, vegetables and beans. You want a burrito? Use a tortilla filled with meat, cheese, vegetables and beans. Do you prefer nachos? That’s pieces of tortillas covered with meat, cheese, vegetables and beans. Mexican is by far the best form of cuisine.