Blood

Oh my gosh! This kid is HILARIOUS! My friends told me to check this out and you should too. It made me crack up...

San Diego

So just got back from San Diego....(I mean HOW BORING!!!! Who would want to spend 3 days in 60 degree weather on the beach when I could've been in Seattle where it was raining?) Got to spend sometime with the fam and my friend Laura Ann.....saw Shamu...touched a bat ray...got attacked by a killer squirrel....I'm just excited I got to go get my rolled tacos and guacamole. BUT SERIOUSLY! I almost died. We were driving to San Diego from the OC and we stop at this viewpoint along the way. I'm minding my own business and Laura's taking pictures of the birds, when out of NOWHERE this psycho, bloodthirsty, rabies-infected demon of an animal runs and attacks me. I could clearly tell this beast was out to get me....I ran for my life (I had to push Laura out of my way...) and the whole entire time Laura is TAKING PICTURES of the devil squirrel, as if it were cute. BUT I knew underneath its fuzzy exterior was a killer. Don't worry I did get to San Diego in one piece. The rest of the trip went smoothly--thanks to MY superior navigating skills, though my mom refuses to believe. I did get yelled out, however, when Laura and I made fun of the Shamu show. I mean I have nothing against the whale, but the writers were a little cheesy....Just know guys, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU JUST BELIEVE! ; )

The Beginning

So...I was sitting here working on my IOP (Individual Oral Presentation), which in non-IB language is a really long, CRAZY important 15 minute presentation, and I'm kind of bored. SO what the heck? Why not write a blog....No one will probably read it anyway, but here is my page of comeplete randomness....

Here are my thoughts on life for today:

Well I'm writing my IOP on The Crucible, a play which was written by Aurther Miller. It was pretty much his crucade against the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 50's, but it's about the Salem Witch Trials. It's a really intersting play. You should all read/watch it. Anyways, it got me thinking about his themes in the book--like fear, greed, jealousy. All of which is totally applicable today...How far are we willing to go for money? Land? Power? Reputation? Would we brand someone a witch, and not care what if they were jailed and hung? Or perhaps, we would just be one of the people that stood by and let it happen. We knew it was wrong, but just let it happen so we could protect ourselves... Not sure where I am in all of this, but it's interesting... Just a thought.

"They first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me — and by that time no one was left to speak up."-Martin Niemoller