"a bunch of rocks"

While I'm sitting in the computer classroom today, rummaging through various blogs in every corner of the internet, I find one that particularly sparks my interest. Not for the actual text of the post, or it's comments for that matter, because they were related to ideas for people way more tech-savy than me. But the link that sparked their discussion is the same that sparks mine. The link to the original blog can be found here, but the picture I am talking about is here. Take it in any way you want, and may it spark whatever discussions/reactions you wish.

In my personal opinion, I find it incredible how many people feel impatient waiting for a few extra minutes for class to end, and I myself am certainly a culprit of this. But in the grand scheme of things, think about it. The time we spend in this world is way too short for us to not utilize it to it's fullest extent and appreciate every second of time we are given. And thinking about that, I am much less likely to complain.

Through finding this website, I'm compelled to finding more of these comics, so expect more links and posts about them!

oh, canada

So for the few of you that aren't aware, I'm basically obsessed with Canada.

People tell me, "You're crazy!! America is way better! We're awesome! God bless America!!!!!"

I understand a lot of people's love for America. Well hey, it's the country we live in! I can say that there are a lot of great aspects of America that I love, but what about the undeniable ones that many people don't? And honestly, I like America too! I just think Canada's better! Many countries don't like America. They claim that we get involved in everyone's business when we aren't welcomed, our government is corrupt, we only see one side of every issue in the media, etc. But, when it comes to Canada, what do they have to say? Even the most patriotic of my friend's only had to offer to this argument, "Well, Canada didn't create anything beneficial. [For goodness sake], even Canadian bacon is just heated ham!"

Actually, there are many great products that came from/were discovered by Canadians. Like the candy Smarties? Or how about the telephone? Zippers? Velcro? Zambonis? Basketball? Lacrosse? Hockey? Apple pie? Pictionary? Paint rollers? Kerosene? Instant potato flakes??? These are just few of MANY products from Canada. For a more extensive list, click here!


Not only do we owe a lot of gratitude for those inventions, there are more reasons to love Canada. They have the largest English population that never surrendered to anyone or withdrew from any war. So what if they don't have a strong military? So far, they haven't needed one? It was also rated on the GPI (Global Peace Index) 11th most peaceful country. Want to know where the good old USA ranked? 97th. To examine this list for yourself, click here

This is why I honor Canada so much. Even with it's proximity to the USA, it's been able to avoid all the corruption we've been nailed for. Canada and the USA are very similar in many ways, and they make great Allies. I find Canada a more peaceful, chilled out version of the USA. Plus, they talk really fun, eh?


People call Canada America's hat. Well let's think about it. Hats are cool and fun, and no one ever blames them! Go Canada!

waiting for the snow

It's almost one month till snowboarding season!!!!!

So I do a club called Snowbird.  I wait basically all spring and all summer and all fall for this time of year, and it's almost here!  The first Snowbird date is supposed to be December 6th at Alpine Valley.  Hopefully it sticks to that because i don't know how much longer i can wait!

Anyway, the reason I'm writing about this is because snowboarding is one of my favorite sports and i encourage everyone to sign up for it!  I believe it's about $60 to sign up and $50 every week you decide to go.  It's nearly every saturday and it's so much fun.

I just bought new gear and I'm pretty excited to take it out on the snow.  Hope to see y'all there! :)

homecoming $$

So it's usually the guys that have to cough up the $$ for homecoming, right?  That's what I thought too, until I recently found out that one of my homecoming groups is going all out on everything!  Now I find myself spending cash left and right for every little thing imaginable, and some things not-so-cheap.  On top of it all, I'm going to both Glenbrook North's and Glenbrook South's homecoming.  Not to say that I'm upset about that, but I can see the cringe in my parent's expressions whenever i bring up homecoming, because they already know that I'm going to ask them to open up their wallets once more.  You might think I'm overreacting, but let's just take a second to tally up my homecoming expenses at the moment.

• Two homecoming dresses 
• Two pairs of heels 
• Necklaces
• Customized homecoming sweatshirts
• Next-day breakfast
• Sleepover snacks
• War paint (for the activity) 

I'm also the kind of person to look for some ways to save money here and there, but even with that in mind, I'm still spending roughly $270.  Now, isn't it tradition for the guys to handle 

everything and all the girls do is enjoy the night? If that costs almost $300, I can't wait for turnabout! 

dyeing...

ok, so i went to the hair salon to inquire about dying my hair a few days ago.  i don't want anything drastic, like a platinum blonde or something of that sort. i simply want to dye it a shade lighter and a little auburn-ish. basically, something that people who didn't see me every 

day probably wouldn't even notice..

my appointment was on a thursday, but i had swimming then too, so i had to run right from swim practice to the salon.  so i walked in and sat down at one of their insanely comfy chairs, and the hair stylist came up and started talking to me. we started talking about the different methods and colors i could get my hair dyed/highlighted, and once i picked out my PERFECT color, she paused and then asked me why my hair was already wet. i explained the situation, and she looked at me through the mirror and gave a tsk-tsk. i sat there, puzzled while she goes on and on about how i can't dye my hair with that much chlorine in my hair, and that in order for the dye to penetrate through the chlorine, she would have to take an extra hour clarifying my hair, and since it was already around 7pm, she couldn't do it that day.  so now i'm stuck with my same old boring hair color until i can make another appointment, probably not for another week or two.. :(

here's a link to some of the advice people have given about dying hair with chlorine

election madness!

Presidential elections, eh? Pretty interesting stuff, if I do say so myself... I never took any particular interest in politics until this year, though.  Basically, i'm still a novice when it comes to anything political.  Regardless, I'm progressing!

Now, I'm not normally one to read the newspaper religiously, but one of my requirements for being in the Torch is to read the newspaper in class once every week.  Well, with less than seven weeks until we find out who our new president will be, all of the newspapers are basically saturated with everything under the sun about the political candidates.

So, I sat back in my desk and flipped open the opinion's section of The New York Times, and read articles promoting the favored candidates.  I must say, even I was intrigued with all the information that I didn't know before reading, and how much reasoning went into making the writers' decision of whom to vote for...

For example, in one of the articles, John McCain's cellmate, Leo Thorsness, wrote about his experiences being a P.O.W. with him.  Was i the only one who didn't even know that McCain fought in a war, let alone was a naval carrier pilot??  Personally, I gained a good amount of respect for him after reading the article, which showed from Leo's view how McCain truly represents leadership and gained wisdom from what I can only describe as his extremely difficult experiences.  Now, saying that doesn't mean that I'm now in favor of McCain over Obama, because I have to be honest; I'm Obama all the way!  But I still like being informed on the background of each candidate, and now I feel a little more at ease, trusting that whoever gets elected will at least make an honest effort to improve our country.