Various Rants II

I believe a good day of venting is in order. I've been in a really good mood lately, defining happy actually, to the point of tears. So here's some thoughts.

-- I hate when my parents leave, and don't tell me that people are showing up at the house. My mom just left with my little sister and two random guys from Aquatime Pools just showed up? My mom says to completely ignore them, but they probably now I'm here because I was singing loudly in a front room with many open windows. Oh well.

-- I'm currently drinking Powerade. It says ION 4. I don't know what it means. I don't think many people know what it means. I certainly know that no one really cares. I don't care. I just want to drink my Strawberry Lemonade Powerade, thank you very much. I don't care about its advanced electrolyte system with sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. I just care that the stuff tastes like Nerds. And I like that.

-- The OK button on the outside of my EnV2 no longer works. Nor do my "*", "0", or "#" buttons. Apparently, this happens to all EnV2s at some point, and I was simply out of the loop. I think that's a rather awful bit of design and planning on LG's part...don't you?

-- Our history teacher gave us an essay test today. She never told us what the question would be, just that it was about The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Turns out it was about his virtue system thingy...like she couldn't have told us that last week when she told us we'd be having a test. Fairness does not exist in junior year I've decided.

-- I bought a class ring. It's gonna be SICK. Silver with a music design on one side, drama on the other. Antique finish. Perfect.

-- I am the only trombonist in my school's jazz band this year. Did I mention I'm also the only girl? This year should be quite interesting...

-- On the front of the Crayola Crayon 24 pack sitting in front of me, there's a little blue ribbon with a checked off box next to the words "Preferred by Teachers." Why would anyone buy that? Why did WE buy it? Who cares what the teachers think? They're CRAYONS. They never even get used in class! They just put them on the supply list to get your hopes up about the year being maybe just a little fun, and then they crush your dreams. Maybe that's why teachers like them. They're a good tool to use when destroying the souls of children everywhere.

-- I've had the same background on my phone for the past...4 months?

FLO in Real Life

This morning, when I opened my internet browser, I was greeted by Flo, the car insurance enthusiast from the Progressive commercials.

Upon clicking her picture, I was introduced to the real Flo, Stephanie Courtney.

She's a comedian. That's all I really got from it. But hey, there was this video, that I personally enjoyed, and figured that if I enjoyed it, why deprive my small handful of readers? So here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZiMUJ8bqE

Ben Franklin's Life in a Nutshell

Recently I was forced to read 141 pages worth of the oh-so-exciting autobiography of Ben Franklin.

I got nothing out of it.

In my opinion, his life could very easily be summed up in the following way:

"I was in Boston. I went to Philidelphia. I met some dudes. We were friends. I went back to Boston. I did some writing. I met some more dudes. I went to London. Some dude named Keith did some jerky stuff. Oh well. I met some other dudes. We became friends. I learned some stuff about writing. I went back to America. I wrote some more. I met some more dudes. I talked to people about the war. I started a library and a fire station and some school. I did some electricity experiments involving lightning, however I'm NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEM IN THIS BOOK. I employed people to sweep streets and WAY overthought the whole process of eliminating the dirt. I wrote some more. I had a lot of money. Uhhh...did I tell you about my library?"

I regret to admit that I somehow managed to read this entire autobiography in just 2 days. Even dorkier? I had to read it out loud just to maintain focus. I read probably an average of around 15 pages an hour. Sad, yes I know.

Can I go to college now?

Various Rants I

As suggested by a friend, I am installing a "Random Thoughts" post, except I'm not calling it that. It's various rants. Obviously you can figure that out on your own. Because you can read. Or else you wouldn't even be on this site in the first place, correct?

Anyway, this is where I will share short bursts of thought on random things.

-- The phrase "This one time, at band camp," is entirely over used. That never really happens. Not in the experience I've had at band camp anyway, and as far as I know, it hasn't happened in anyone else's. Stop saying it. It's annoying to those of us who know how much band camp can actually suck.

-- I recently was told about a question on the permit test that asked which car you let go first at a 4-way intersection if there's a mail truck, fire truck with its siren on, and a police car with its siren on. Apparently, the mail truck, because it's a federal car. This, in my opinion, is stupid. You never know, those few seconds could be the difference between life and death in an emergency. I'm sure the folks down the street can wait for their bills and copies of Sports Illustrated. Personally, I'd let the fire truck or police car go. I don't care.

-- The new ABC Family series "10 Things I Hate About You" has caught my attention. However, I can't decide if I like it or not. I mean it's not bad, but it's NOTHING like the movie, which I LOVE. I mean this Kat is nowhere near as abrasive as the original Kat. This Bianca just isn't the same somehow. This Patrick is somehow too nice, not as funny, and not NEARLY as good looking as Heath Ledger was. Why they chose to make Chastity such an important character is beyond me. And where is Mandela's obsession with everything Shakespeare!? She's NOTHING like the original character, which sucks, because the original was awesome. Cameron is actually pretty good and his little friend's alright. And I quite like that the dad is the same guy as from the movie.

-- I saw a guy with gauges at the gas station the other day. Really big ones. Like you could fit two fingers through the hole in his ear lobe. It was a little disgusting.

-- Summer reading and summer work pisses me off. A lot. We only have 2 months of summer. This is our ONLY time to get away from the work. So WHY the HELL do we have to do work during the summer? We NEVER get a break. All of our supposed "vacations" require us to do some form of work. I'm sick of it.

-- The Jonas Brothers piss me off too. I mean they have talent, I'll give them that. They play more than one instrument and just that they CAN play instruments makes them somewhat respectable in my eyes. But they're entirely overrated. It drives me crazy. There are plenty of BETTER bands out there that should be bigger than they are, but the female teen aged population is far too obsessed with them. They aren't even that good looking. Good for them, they're "living the dream," but loads of other bands could too.

-- Age difference work in a really weird way. In relationships I mean. For some reason it's always ok for a guy to go for a younger girl. The younger, the weirder though, but they still do it. But if a girl ever dates down more than like one year, it's like a big no? However, that's only in high school and college and such. As soon as we're thrust into the real world, that's ok? And guys never have to worry. It's all just really overcomplicated and stupid.