Yup

I got nothing to write about. Writer's block? I don't know. So we got some snow... I hate winter. Its overrated. How about the Vikings beating the Bears. Take that Chicago, yeah, in your face. Oh and now we are leading the NFC North, but we're still going to lose. Fallout 3 is amazing. Enough said. I just wanted to say 'good morning again.' Isn't that just adorable. I got a singers rehearsal at 7:30. Oh look its 12:12, that means 1 hour and 1 minute ago I kissed my phone and wished for peace on earth... HAHAHA no one ever actually wishes for that. I mean, peace on earth would be pretty sweet, but I'd rather have that special someone (Sam Ziola) like me, or a new car even though my car is new, but its mommy and daddy's. 281-330-8004 who Mike Jones up on the floo' because Mike Jones about to blow! I even got that number in my phone book. I'm listening to Slam by Midnight to Twelve right now and its pretty sweet. I don't know why its called Slam because its a love song. Oh wait nevermind I just heard him say slam in the chorus. Slam is the sound the door makes when she leaves because the door shuts. Why can't I grow a full beard? This little stubble is not manly what so ever. Slam goes the door, your walking out on me, and I'm left to think, watching the time go by. Am I at 200 words yet? It is 200 words right? Maybe its 150. For Art of Film I think its 500. 300 was a cool movie. Yeah is haey backwards, while Otto is Otto backwards. Makes you think doesn't it? So like I went to the Wayzeta vs Blaine 5A championship game on Friday. Jimmy Johns is really good. Vito for the win (FTW). Oh my god (OMG). For the Loss (FTL). If I Recall Correctly (IIRC). In This Topic (ITT). 'Why do birds suddenly appear every time I am near,' you ask? Because they are stalking you. What's up with that song anyway? If a bunch of birds are following me around then I would know that someone that loves me is close by. If this isn't 200 words I might just start crying. Hold on let me check.... OMG scariest thing ever I hit Ctrl + A, but I accidently hit the backspace button. I started to get teary. Wow that was close. So anyway 200 words.... Woah (Wow + Yeah)I have 419. Yeaw (Yeah + Wow, can also be Yeow) that is how you get past a writers block.

The Odyssey finale

The Odyssey is kind of disappointing. I was really hoping that the kin of the suitors would try to get some revenge on Odysseus for killing all their family members. And why did Zeus stop the violence in the end? Why didn't he stop the Suitor Slaughter? All he had to do was throw some lightning at Odysseus and ten-ish people would still be alive. It would of made more sense to stop it there because Odysseus is more of a bad guy than a good guy. He is unfaithful to his wife, kills many innocent people because they were on his property for a while, and is cocky. That's pretty much the definition of a bad guy right there. For me, I find myself not cheering on Odysseus. Rather I was hoping that he would die before he finally reaches Ithaca because Odysseus really doesn't deserve happiness. I don't get why anyone would really want him to be happy in the end, he was such an ass to everyone in the book. And what makes Odysseus so special that he can survive everything the gods throw at him? Sure, he did have Athena on his side but that one god and Zeus could of just told his daughter to do something else with her free time. Odysseus doesn't deserve that happy ending he gets in the end.

Film Noir le a bein

I finished "watching" Out of the Past today in class and I didn't like it very much, but I think Film Noir may have some potential. The problems that I had with Out of the Past is that the plot was too confusing. I didn't know what was going on for most of the time. At first I thought that the main character was part of the mob, but I was sadly misinformed when it's revealed that he is a private investigator. There are a couple of other things that I didn't like about Out of the Past that I won't get into. Although I didn't like Out of the Past, I see some potential in the other Noir films we will watch. The hardcore gritty vibe of these films remind me of Mob Movies and hopefully we will watch something as interesting as The Godfather.

The Odyssey #1.5

After cooling down a bit, I realized that I got a little off topic. This time I promise to stay on topic and will rant about our flawed school system. As I said, I hate the book. There is a lot you have to know before you even start reading. You need to know about Greek Gods and the whole history of the Trojan War. Another thing that I hate is how long a this book is. Something that could be summed up in a sentence is expanded for a good two to three pages. Also I hate the amount of names that thrown around. Most of the names we hear only once and have nothing to do with the plot of the Odyssey, even though we will have to read a three page history of the character that has nothing to do with the plot because Homer must have been running out of things to talk about. Lastly I don’t understand what is taking him so long to get home. Plenty of other Trojan Warriors got home fine, but not him. If I was a general and my men were constantly causing trouble, I’d let them mutiny against me while I sail home on a passenger boat. Simple as that.

The Odyssey #1

Personally I am a fan of ancient mythology. I love sitting down and wikipedia-ing about the Ancient Gods and Goddesses. In the past I thought that I would love to read The Odyssey on my own time outside of school, but now that I think back on it I realized how right I was. School does some amazing things to a person. We get an education, meet new people, make friends that we will have for the rest of their lives, but also put enormous amount of pressure of us to do the best they can, be categorized as a Foundations-Student or a Normal-student or as a Enriched-student, have 50+ year old teachers say they know what is going on in our lives and know why we act the way we do, our smartness defined as a simple A, B, C, D, or F. We are taught things many will never use in real life, and are likely to forget in the days and weeks and months to come, while no one seems to teach us how file taxes, pay taxes, deal with money, anything about dealing with a bank, or my generation's social security problem to name a few. No, we are taught that if AB = CD and CD = EF, then AB = EF. When will that come up in my future? College? Probably. After that though? Maybe I can get a tax break if I can prove that I know that AB = EF. School also takes people's genuine interests and turns them into chores. If someone handed me the Odyssey and told me "Have fun," I would read it. Not only that, I wouldn't read just to get through it, like I do in school, I would take in every word and enjoy every second Homer's words wash over my brain. In school, I'm handed a book and told "Pay attention to the minute details, if you don't like it I don't care, and there will be a 100 point test on it", and adults wonder why we kids turn to television, and adults wonder why no kids ever seem to read on their own time. Adults turned reading into a chore. I hate the Odyssey. I hate how a simple sentence is turned into 3 pages worth of torture. I hate having to read this with minimal energy after an 8 hour day, I hate having to reread the same page again because I couldn't get it the first time. I hate having to read the Odyssey because if I don't, I have no future. Bad grades leads to no college, and in today’s standards, no college means no future. No college means that I will have to work my ass off in some job I hate in order to retire. I hate the Odyssey because I am forced to read it with my future on the line. My future shouldn't be determined by how well I did on a test, or what my GPA is, or the years of college I've taken. My future should be determined by my will to learn, my interest in learning, and my dedication to learn.

Rant Over.