One Week Only!

Wow, I can barely believe that in barely over one week, we will start elections! Soon we will have a new president! Yay!

Sorry, I just really wanted to say that, considering it's SO true. Anyway, I really want to go to Souplantation -- I'll ask my mom...

Bye!

A Hufflepuff by Intellectual Standards

What the crap is this? I mean, who writes this stuff?! Man, people are stupid.

'Gryffindor' readers are eager and energetic and will devour the latest Potter book in one sitting, but quickly move on to new things.

Does he mean readers who CONSIDER themselves Gryffindors, or just people who . . . are Gryffindors . . . in the . . . books . . .? I mean, god this guy must have been hired on a whim or something. People really are idiots sometimes. This guy is obviously trying to be intellectual when really all he comes off as is an ignorant a-hole who has never read the books and only know about the four Hogwarts houses, and so thinks he can relate to the HP fans by tending to their OBVIOUS need for . . . okay, this a run-on sentence, and I don't know how I'm going to finish it, but you get my point right?

The less committed types will now begin deserting Harry Potter, jeopardising sales, he said. . . . . . He doubted JK Rowling's books had the staying power of an author like Roald Dahl, and predicted: "It could come back into fashion but I think it could be like many fads and just fade away and people will look back and say 'Why did we ever read this stuff?'"

Why did we ever READ this stuff? You hacking IDIOT!!! Ever heard of LORD OF THE RINGS?! STAR WARS!??? TELEVSION?!?!?!?!!

I'm going to stop now before I blow a gasket. No, seriously. I have a gasket right here. I will blow it up. No, I will.

Oh, and did I mention? HARRY POTTER 6 IS STILL DELAYED 9 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing!

This is great for people like me.

And this is great. It's a game where you can try to guess people's age. It's so fun, and I'm pretty good at it.

English sucks

Oh yeah, and I've decided to switch the controversial english project topic again. I was thinking about going for anti-gay-marriage, but every time I tried to look for a site supporting reasons why gay marriage was bad, the school's computer system blocked it. So, I figure I'm just going to stick to good ol' global warming. Plus, if I go with global warming rather than Gay marriage, there's a lot less higher chance of me getting shanked at school.

Anyway. Yeah.

Weirdly familiar . . . ?

Okay . . . another fire?!?!? Are you freaking KIDDING ME?!?!?!? I have just about had enough of this whole "fires-burning-down-San-Diego-lets-evacuate-for-a-week-end-of-the-world" pizazz. No, really. I've had enough. Did we not have ENOUGH fun last year around the EXACT same time? (No seriously, we evacuated on October 22 of last year for the previous years' fires.) But if you want to hear something really freaky, well here it is. Last year, around this time, me and my parents got on this little Harry Potter movie kick where we were watching all of the old HP movies in a row (i.e., Sorceror's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, etc.) In fact, the night before we evacuated I stayed up till about 11 o'clock watching Prisoner of Azkaban because it had been announced that we had no school the next day. Well, my mom and I just started watching Chamber of Secrets last night, and I only just realized that. I seriously have cursed SoCal in its entirety.

Not that I'm not totally psyched about it, what with the failing economy and all. Oh, you know what the best part was? Watching George Dubya fly over our city in a helicopter, saying he was helping the citizens when really he just delayed us an entire DAY of getting into our homes. God bless him!

Alright, so it turns out I'm changing my "controversial topic" in English from the advantages of marine parks to the mistreatment of livestock in the KFC industry. However much I love meat, and I am NOT a vegetarian/vegan, I still believe that animals raised for slaughter should be treated humanely.

Oh yeah, and my pet rat has this major tumor that's like literally starting to come out of her stomach . . . it's not pretty. And apparently, the surgery to remove is not complicated, but it is $450. So .. . yeah.

Oh YEAH. And I have to get up early tomorrow to meet at my school to take group pictures for the color guard.

Oh well.

The Controversy -- it burns!!!

So, in English tomorrow we're going to start this big project on a "controversial topic." As most of my friends will tell you, I am sort of a. . . politically incorrect type-a-gal, but I managed to pick a topic that wouldn't get me killed by fellow students, and that I was pretty passionate about.

Marine parks! That's right. Till I was about 8 years old, I used to visit SeaWorld practically every weekend. I was obsessed with dolphins, and I dreamed of becoming a trainer one day. (I no longer desire to pursue that particular carreer, but marine animals and the park itself still holds a special place in my heart.)

Most people will tell you that keeping whales, dolphins, seals and other marine animals in captivity is cruel, but I feel that showcasing their talents (many forms of which have been proven that animals sometimes teach themselves on their own for fun, is a good way to teach people about their lifestyles, and to raise awareness for endangered animals. At SeaWorld, many of the animals, such as manatees and dolphins, have been taken from the ocean after being seriously injured. After curing and healing them (often times from otherwise fatal injuries), they showcase them in exhibits and/or shows since they can no longer care for themselves in the wild.

I won't go into extreme detail here (it's only a blog) but that's what I've decided to write about. Peace out!

Ellen and Saturday Night Live

I had the wonderful privilege of being able to see Paris Hilton on the Ellen Degeneres show . . . boy is she an intellectual giant.

But I also think this Mary Poppins spoof from last week's Saturday Night Live is worth seeing. You can view it here.

The Longest Word Ever

Due to some interesting reads from my friend's blog and the wonderful thing that we call "Google" (thanks, Maddie!), I have discovered that the longest word ever put into Oxford's Dictionary is "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis." Yep. It's real. Apparently, the official meaning is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs. However, it is more commonly knows as, "I breathed in some crap and now I can't breathe." Or maybe it's smoke inhalation -- who knows, really?

It was really interesting because I downloaded the little audio clip that Wikipedia offers of the pronunciation of the word. It was quite entertaining as it was voiced by who I'm sure was a very intellectual, brilliant British man who simply had nothing better to do on a Saturday morning. But guess what? I've just created the longest word, which trums the Pneumono thing! Watch . . . . "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis-ness."

How awesome am I?

Internet Phenoms: A new way to waste time!!

My dad recently showed me this really funny guy -- he won like the Ventriloquist of the year Awards (woo... hoo?) with his puppet, Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Check it out -- I love the "Verizon wireless guy" joke the best. Watch it here .

Also, my friends have recently introduced me to the wonderful-ness of "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog", which can be viewed here.

Esta muy emocionado!!!

Hey! This is my first blog! How frakkin’ sweet is this? Givin’ a shout-out to my buds who also have blogs . . . hi, Megan. Hey, Ben.