LOL QUESTIONS

What's next?

"Is the El Camino a car or a truck?" case? 

Yeah guys, the modern media has no time for world disasters such as the L.R.A... Move aside, invisible children! People could now care less about the heart wrenching sob stories... It's go hard or go home in the entertainment category!

Because of our tragic and misguided media, I have decided to dedicate this blog to stupid questions that make you go "hmmm" in honor of our wonderful American news stations!

These questions include:

• Do vampires get AIDS? 
• Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip? 
• Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?"  
• Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?  
• Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?  
• Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie? (That would be epic)

Too sum this up fast... Why post this? Because I can see some of our media stations pondering these questions... That's why. Maybe I'm being over dramatic, but in CGI (Contemporary Global Issues) I feel so pathetic! I read some articles online, but that doesn't even scratch the surface of what we're learning. Before CGI, I knew some background knowledge about sub-Saharan Africa, but the amount you can learn in one day is amazing! I've come to the conclusion that I have a lot of respect for BBC news and that we're not up to par... at all. Looking at this issue a little deeper, I've realized that I really don't care if Bobby is dating Sarah. Entertaining, yes, but leave that to MTV and VH1. I'd actually like to hear about what's really happening in the world.

PS: Want some real entertainment?

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church

Funny how I think about my blog topic as soon as I finish this one... Hmm.
"Signs carried by the fans made reference to pop-culture including a Bender costume worn by a fan holding up the sign "Kill All Humans". Other signs included: "Superman died for you sins", "Odin is God", and "God loves Gay Robin".^"
"WBC burns the Quran and the doomed american flag." Oh, yes, he went there.

Concrete Jungle

With more and more technology, people are trying to invent nature instead of embracing what nature itself gave us. It will never work the way we want it to. We've tried replacing rivers with fountains, rocks with walls, and grass from carpet. Carpet does not stand up. Nothing created or invented by man can replace that given to us by God. Grass is not hurt by us walking on it. It does not hurt us when walked on. It does not need to be replaced every ten years. It does not have a warantee; it grows back. It's the natural solution for our soles... and souls.

"Humanity might be 'sitting on a ticking time bomb,' but Gore's home in Carthage is sitting on a zinc mine. Gore receives $20,000 a year in royalties from Pasminco Zinc, which operates a zinc concession on his property." Persuasive speaking gets you far, but backing up the actions gets you further. Not only is he entitled to his royalties, he also has the luxuries... a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Virgina... and yet he uses no carbon-neutral/green energy. Who knew someone who "talks so incoherently cedes so little"! Having a hybrid car, recycling, and using fluorescent is only part of the battle. In this case, we challenge the opponent with credibility. If we can't trust a well-known American icon for the cataclysmic events that is global warming, (reminds me of a bad scary movie) who says that trusting that insane theorist on 2012 is so wrong? (No, I'm pretty sure we're not going to die. We survived 2000, 6/6/06, and 7/7/07) Even the Bush Administration is on some kind of green energy!!



How ironic the world can be.



Lorax from Dr. Seuss and Carbon Man!



Sports Bashing is for Kidz

Hey guys, lemme point a few things out...
When horseback riding, you do not:
a) Sit there and the horse does whatever for you.
b) Yell "Yee-haw!!" and somehow the horse rears and you hold on.
c) If you decided to try out your rodeo "skillz" out you will crash and burn.
d) You don't just demand to turn and shout "Whoa!" and your horse does it... Sorry. 

I think we can call these rules "common sense," but still, people have the audacity to say that horseback riding Isn't a sport. "Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature." To get things straight, if you actually decided to ride a horse [correctly] and do more then a slow walk, you will realize your muscles are working depending on what you do. If you don't feel anything, you're probably doing something terribly wrong, or you're following the "common sense" list intensely; therefore, I have the right to assume you are on the ground. You learn to ride in stride with your horse and use almost every muscle to utilize every opportunity to help your horse or improve your turnout. Horseback riding in itself is considered a cardiovascular exercise.The total calories used per hour by a 150 pound person during horse riding were like those used during jogging (6mph) and cycling (9mph) (315-480 calories per hour). Yeah, you're definitely just sitting there on that horse, right? If the horse movies, you move, even unintentionally.

-I'm kinda feeling sick after typing the first paragraph. Most of my activities aren't considered a sport in the ignorant minds that are my classmates. I'm sick of proving my point time and time again. Contacts sports aren't the only sports; people need to realize this. Sorry America, football, basketball, and baseball aren't the only sports out there. (HEY GUYS... SWIMMING ISN'T A SPORT CUZ IT'S IN THE WATER. LOL.)

Substance (Wow, I need better titles)

Substance is something we lack.
I figured with all these movies we'd be pretty well off in case of some kind of apocalypse.
Not like that's bad or anything.

Today we went and saw "Resident Evil: Afterlife" (Which was awesome!) but according to my dad, lacked substance. From my viewpoint, I can understand that. It was a bunch of guns and violence paired with 3-d effects, amazing camera angles, and the antagonist with a pretentious voice. When you go to a movie like that, you obviously don't go for a life lesson... So why judge?

You cannot begin to appreciate the stunning 3-d effects and the top notch CGI when you're so hung up on why that zombie had a sack on his head and how he managed to perfectly swing his over-sized axe with such precision. The movie had no plot other then scenarios that we hope we never get in because we don't have the courage, nor the insane reflexes, to do so. Isn't that why we like those movies, because we want to feed our brains in ways that so-called "substance" movies cannot?

Call me crazy, but somehow I don't get inspired off of movies like "Dreamer." My solution to all you picky people? Watch a movie with "substance" and "action." It's rocket science, right? Like "Slumdog Millionaire." That movie gave me nightmares for a week, because I thought some guy was going to grab me in my sleep and pour acid on my eyes or something. But hey... SUBSTANCE.

I'm starting to really hate that word.

Burgers (for lack of orginal title)

Today we decided to grill out.
My dad is a chef. My mom is a mom with good taste.
We like burgers.
I've had buffalo burgers, sea food burgers, even (dry) turkey burgers.
Nothing compares to the awesomeness that is the Greek burger.

After eating a Greek burger, I realized hey, maybe a burger with flavor actually tastes better! It's a shocking revelation, really. To be honest, the only reason I like Big Macs is because of the thousand island sauce... Otherwise I'd pass on the grease filled burger for something else. Like McDonalds fries. It's a better way to spend my calories, anyway. How could anyone refuse a delicious burger mixed in with sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese, olives, and oregano? It even has an effin' crispy crust. And to think my favorite burger came from like... Wendy's?

The simple difference between a good burger and a bad burger (in my humble opinion) is flavoring and cooking style. My uncle prefers to marinate his burgers and smoke them to a juicy goodness, but my dad takes the grill approach. Both are unsurprisingly amazing. I can only hope to reach their level of culinary expertise by the time I get to their age. They haven't doubted me yet.

All sarcasm and oogling aside, it’s incredible what one ingredient can do to a burger. Add oregano to a plain cheeseburger and the taste alters completely. Marinate a burger in a soy/teriyaki sauce mixture with sesame seeds and you get an Asian-inspired burger. Switch up the meats completely and you got a whole new playing field ahead of you. And to the kids who like grease burgers better than real quality food: get some taste buds.

...Cheerleading.

At high school level, the sport (See that? “Sport?” I’m talking to you, administration) that more people get hurt in then any other is cheerleading. Ignorant people say that it is not a sport, it’s “too easy,” or they base us on the slutty cheerleading stereotypes in movies. The fact of the matter is we lift girls that are around 120 pounds above our heads, hold it there, and then proceed to do another stunt routine, jump, or motion technique. We lift, we run, we practice, and we exercise.

Cheerleading increased my flexibility ten-fold. With the methods I learned, I advanced in other skills such as dance. Cheerleading, in general, helped me become more limber, improved my communication skills, and along the way I made a few good friends. A problem I’ve come across, though, is that people can pre-judge you. “Oh? She’s in tumbling? She must be awesome!” “Yeahhh, that chick’s in my gym class. She’s going to be bad.” In my case, since my Mom is pretty well known, I feel like I’m always expected to be as good as her or better. (Better? Who am I kidding?) I feel like I can say in any school cheerleaders are made fun of. It might be unavoidable, but it really doesn’t inhibit your experience as long as you look to the positives and try hard.

You can tell the difference between the people who put their heart into it at home and at practice or the girls who half it even at the practices. The reality of getting hurt is very real. Recently, one of my teammates flew a stunt and sprained her ankle. Another one flew and almost gave her base a concussion. The most important lesson to take home is that you should shake off every injury and get back in the game. As a cheerleader, you get wacked in the face, you get bloody and bruised. It is what it is: a sport.