Christmas

Christmas break started on Thursday for me, and yesterday I spent the day with my nieces and nephews. I always love spending time with them because it gives me hope in humanity. Today though, I started thinking about something.

My mother and I went to the store this morning to pick up a few things. The salvation army people were there, and there were posters about donating money to make Christmas great for people who need help. That made me think about Christmas.

Everyone loves Christmas as a young child, the joy about thinking about Santa and all the presents you will receive. The thing is though, even at that age, people are teaching children the wrong thing. Whenever I found out the Santa and the Easter Bunny were just mythical creatures, it caused me to question God, which still to this day, none of my questions have been answered. I have a younger cousin who is going through the same thing ever since she found out about Santa last year. Is Santa really the best way to teach children about giving?

Since Christmas is supposed to be about when baby Jesus was born, why was Santa Clause even made up at all? Shouldn't it be that maybe Jesus brings the presents? Why do we get presents on the day that baby Jesus was born? Shouldn't we do something that celebrates his image instead of indulging ourself on things that we probably won't even use after a month?

Christmas is being used as an excuse to get rid of selfishness. You are allowed to make a list of everything you want and not feel guilty about it. Then, we you do happen to feel guilty, you can donate to a cause that only campaigns around CHRISTMAS.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that there are people who are starving the entire year, not just at Christmas. I also think that there are homeless people, and people who are suffering the ENTIRE YEAR. Poverty happen 365 days a year, not just at Christmas time.

Also, for all American Christians who think that it's against Jesus to say "Happy Holidays," we live in the United States. This means that we have the freedom to ALL religions. That's what the United States is supposed to be about.

Jesus would not have said, "Merry Christmas," anyway. Jesus was Jewish, for that mean person who told me that Jesus was English, not Jewish, the other day at school. If a person is Christian, then they should be trying to follow Jesus. Let me assure you that Jesus would have indeed, said "Happy Holidays."

If you want to be a good person, don't just be a nice person at Christmas time. Be a nice person all the time.

People can be so mean. I just don't understand it at all. What's the point of making someone feel inferior just so you can feel superior? And if you are going to be mean to someone, at least have a legitemate reason to. A while ago these two people who are quite popular, are Christians, and everyone pretty much likes, did something to one of my friends.

Most of my friends are the ones who are different than everyone else. No matter how "weird" someone is, they still need a friend. The two people wrote him a letter from a "secret admirer." To this day, they still make fun of him and laugh about it.

I saw these other people making fun of the way someone walked. The person couldn't see them, but it's not the point. You have no idea what is going on in someone's life. Maybe they have a physical disability.

The thing is, no matter how many anti-bullying laws that are passed, nothing is going to make a difference. People are still going to do things just to be mean. It makes me lose hope in humanity.

If Michele Bachmann gets elected president, I am disowning the United States. I will find a way to move to Canada I don't think I could deal with this country any longer.

I was watching this video of her where she was answering questions from people. This one high school girl asked her was would she do for the LGBT community. Bachmann said that she would not do anything because all Americans should have the same rights. She said that by passing special laws for the LGBT community, she would be giving them special rights.

I can think of a lot of things in the US that do not distribute equal rights. For one, the fact that it is easier to go to college for an atheletic activity than it is for someone who is quite smart with a high IQ. That's not fair. There also aren't equal rights for religion, even though the first admendment says so.

If a Muslim woman and a Christian woman walked into a store where I live, the Christian woman would be treated like royality in comparison to the Muslim woman. As far as fame goes in the US, it doesn't fare equally either. Someone who can't sing but is very attractive, will become more famous than a rather average person who sings extremely well.

Also, Michele Bachmann said that she would make it so that Christians could pray in school. She said that Muslims were permitted to pray at school, but not Christians. THERE ARE OTHER RELIGIONS BESIDE CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM, thank you very much. And I also know that if a Muslim starting praying at the school I go to, they would be yelled at and cursed out.

As soon as someone makes it okay for religion and school to be interwoven, the US is going to decrease in a drastic matter.

Bachmann also stated that she wanted to do away with the federal education district. She said that school should be able to make their own rules, it should not be someone sitting in a desk far away who gets to do that.

Yes, voting is good, but that would affect me because where I live is primarily Christian and Republican. Most republicans are not for public education. A lot of Christians around here are not for science. There you go. The rest of my public education will be ruined.

Barack Obama for President!

I finished NaNoWriMo! I wrote 50,163 words in the month of November! I think that is the most I have ever written in my entire life. I am so glad that it is finally December. I love December! It is my favorite month besides January. Some things that decrease my faith in humanity that have happened over the month:

1) Someone called me stupid. I said, "I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you have come unarmed." Then they called me weird. "It's Shakespeare," said I. Then they asked me who that was.

2) I was in gym this morning and we were talking about words and there were these words that were homophones. I said, "Hey! Those are homophones!" Then someone else goes, "Why are you afraid of gay people?"

3) People sound so stupid when they try to talk in a fake accent. I mean, English people do not go around saying "Ello govna!" That would be like saying that because I am Southern, I go around saying, "Hey y'all, want some fried chicken?"

4) Your blood is not blue! It is red. You have red blood cells, not blue ones. Your veins only appear blue because of a delusional appearance.

5) Britain and England are not the same thing. Britain is an island that includes Wales, Scotland, and England.

6) There is no such thing as a "sensory organ" in our brains that makes us yawn. We yawn because of it being an involuntary action that dates back to the early evolutional times.

7) Thanksgiving is NOT a Christian holiday. It is an American holiday, and we have freedom of religion here in this country, even though it seems as though that is not true. You are allowed to be Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Shinto, or athiest if you choose.

8) Buddhism is not a religion. It is a way of life.

9) People who have addictions are not necessarily freaks. They might not have that addiction by choice.

10) A nerd is not someone who is just friends with teachers. Nerds are typically friends of teachers, but that is not a requirement. Nerd have to be, you know, like smart and stuff. Well, and they kind of need to be excited about things.

11) Not all athiests hate Christians, in the same way that not all Christians hate people who aren't Christians. Stereotypes aren't cool.

I got my best time in PE today for the mile run! I got 9:42. I also did a push up! I've never been able to do a push up before!

Happy All Hallow's Eve! Today doesn't feel like Halloween to me at all, but then again, what does Halloween feel like? It is quite dreary outside today, though. It's raining and it's about forty-five degrees outside.

We watched this movie called 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' in my English class and got into a discussion about Halloween. Somebody beside me said that Halloween is just an excuse to dress up like idiots and eat candy. I'm not dressing up like an idiot and neither are any of my friends. I'm being Carl Sagan, my other friend is being Albert Einstein, and my other friend is going to be Amy Pond from Doctor Who.

By the way, did you know 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' is from Macbeth? I love Shakespeare! He's so cool.

Speaking of the weather, we're playing rugby in my PE class. I really don't like rugby. It's just not fun for me. I'd rather run a mile or play soccer. Anyway, she made us go outside on the football field so that we could practice or dropkicks. A dropkick is when you throw the ball on the ground, wait for it to bounce up, and then kick it through the goal posts. They are used for scrums and something else. Anyway, it was forty-three degrees and we were outside in shorts. I like the cold, but my hands were turning red.

For PE, we have projects. One of them was to make a CD full of music we work out to. My CD is full of songs about Doctor Who and quarks. I even have songs about anglerfish and monkeys.

Tomorrow is Nanowrimo! This will be my third year doing it and I really want to finish. I've kind of planned out my story a little. It's about a society that has lied about everything. I predict it will be fun.

All I see today are people in winter boots and campflauge. It's about fifty/sixty degrees outside. Yesterday, when it was even warmer outside, people were wearing heavy winter jackets. My dad said it was because of the weather change, but I wore a short sleeve shirt yesterday and I was completely fine. I guess I'm just strange, well I know I'm strange. I'm told that I am repeatedly. But, yeah, it's fine. Anyway:

1) I can sing the periodic table of elements. It's a song by Tom Lehrer. I memorized it this past summer when I decided I should do something useful with my time. Yesterday, I was at the hospital, visiting a family, and my Grandmother made me sing it to the nurses. They were surprised.

2) I have never watched any Disney movie. I didn't watch them as a child, and I have them all now, I just wouldn't prefer to watch them now. They slightly bore me. I mean it's fine if someone else likes them, I just don't understand why people still talk about princesses and talking mermaids. The Lion King might be acceptable if people actually read Hamlet first.

3) In PE today, we had a free day. Sometimes I bring my iPod, like I did today. One of my friends (the pagan/athiest/agnostic one) and I listened to Beatles songs all class long. We sang 'All You Need is Love' out loud. I was shocked at all the unkind looks we were being given. Is it so bad to sing a song about love and compassion? Somebody told us to shut up with some very unkind words because the Beatles were all drunk and high and they wrote their songs while they were high. The only song I know of the Beatles that might be like that is 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,' and that is just a theory.

My friend that sings the Beatles songs with me is having a Halloween party and she invited me and two of my other friends. One of them is going to be Jaques Cousteau, another Albert Einstein, and I am going to be Marie Curie. This is going to be such an awe filled day!

Seriously? Are football and other humans the only thing people can talk about? I mean, I understand the football part, but talking about other people? It's ridiculous. My conversations usually tend to be about religion, philosophy, books, music, people like Carl Sagan, and many more. I never usually talk about people or use that as my main conversation trigger.

Today, I was asking people their opinion about their religion. People really seemed to enjoy my questions. You know, because they all like to tell you how their point of view is correct. They all like the thought of being the one who helps you find the path to Jesus. When they ask if I'm Christian, it's just better to say yes, rather than to explain my point of view about the matter or religion. That usually seems to start an argument. Even the Dalai Lama said that if someone finds comfort in their religion, you shouldn't try to change that.

The main question was about determining how a person goes to Heaven or Hell. Someone said that they didn't believe in Hell; God was too nice and too forgiving to ever send someone to Hell, even if they did the "unforgivable sin." Most of the other answers seemed to revolve around repenting your sins and following Jesus. One person said, "You can't be a bad person. You have to be a good person." Well, how broad. One baptist gave me a long list of things: go to church, ask for forgiveness, be nice to others, never sin, always say blessings, and pray often. I was going to ask my Jewish teacher her opinion of the matter but I didn't have time. These opinions above are protestant views.

My next opinions consist of: two athiests (one that believes in a higher power, just not a God), a Shintoist and a Catholic. The Catholic said that he didn't know about the above question (what determines whether you go to Heaven or Hell), but that he thought God was light, just light. Another friend of mine said that his answer made complete sense. It does, if you think about it. One of the athiests said that they didn't know, which technichally classifies them as agnostic but I didn't say anything. The other athiest said that while they believe in a higher power, they don't think that there is such a thing as Heaven or Hell. The Shintoist doesn't believe in a God (god), nor does she believe in Heaven or Hell.

A last friend of mine called themself a religion I can't remember what it's called, nor can I find it on the internet. He said something very interesting though. "I feel like all humans are perfect and are only looking at one field of view. Then, there are the few like you and I, the ones who see the truth, the ones who look out to the side." I thought that was an amazing response.

Meanwhile, I'd like to comment on the stupidest response I recieved today. It was from a Southern Baptist, and I recieved quite a lot of stupid responses from Christians. Most of these just blatantly annoyed me. "You can't think about it, because then God won't be true anymore. That's a sin! We shouldn't have no science either. It just proves God wrong and he doesn't like it!" Yes, the person actually said the double negative. She actually said it out loud and all. Like, with her voice very loudly, so everyone could hear her. My stress level tends to get quite high around Southerners who can't talk with correct grammar.

Let's return to the stupid response I recieved. So, if I'm a Christian, I'm not supposed to think about things? We're not supposed to study science either? What? I'm sorry, but I don't think that's what God (god, gods) wants. Why would he have given us brains if we weren't supposed to think about it. Now, not believing in science, that's even more ridiculous! No, we can't just get rid of it! If we do, I'm seriously abandoning the Earth. I will find a way to figure out where all the aliens are and beg them to let me and some of my philosophical friends live on their planet.

I'm not an athiest, I'm not Christian, nor am I any other Abrahamic religion. I would consider myself to be Buddhist, but I don't know if I qualify for that. I do think that Buddhists are the most correct in their theory of karma and reincarnation. Anyway, I once heard this British guy talking about the 10-pound note featuring Charles Darwin's face. The American dollar has "In God We Trust" on the back. He said that the UK trusts in a guy that actually existed, whereas the US just believes in God. I'm not saying it's not good to believe in your religion or your deity, but it's also not good to just trust in faith alone. My Shintoist friend, when I told her this, said, "Even if you believe solely in God, you still look both ways before you cross an extremely bust street."

I don't understand why people always talk about religion being boring and how people drone on about it all the time. I've been asking people their opinions about their personal religion all day and I have honestly had a great day! I find it quite interesting to listen to opinions other than my own. How else would our minds grow?

Also, I have one last point. In my science class, we were talking about Democritis, the guy who 2500 years ago, first theorized about the atom. My teacher said that it made her think that he must have not had a real job, and just sat around thinking. I do like my science teacher, but that thought just completely makes me shake my head. Thinking, if nothing else, is most certainly a "real job." Everything we do, everything we think, everything we write or read, was thought up by someone or something. I'm writing this, and the English language was made up by someone, as was the computer I'm on, and this website. It was all thought up first.

This picture, or rather quote, although I'm not an athiest (just an unknown religion) sums up everything for me:

Today, my friends and I had a normal discussion about the purpose in life and dying. I'm an existentialist, I've decided. I want to study theology and write things.

Life is as unfair as it can be. I've been told this for as long as I can remember. It's not fair that many people just get to be who they are and are well known for it. It's not fair that many people get to have a special talent and others don't. It's not fair that people are born rich and never have to work to get to a good point in life.

For many people, the purpose in life is to become famous or rich, preferably both. I too, had wanted to be rich and acquire fame. I don't want to anymore.

If you don't go into religion, one of the oldest people in the history of Earth that still has fame is Socrates. I don't even know that many famous people from before the sixteenth century. In 700 years, granted the Earth is still around, nobody will remember all these celebrities. They probably won't even remember Bill Gates. I doubt Carl Sagan, JK Rowling, or Marie Curie will even be remembered. People will even begin to forget William Shakespeare and Albert Einstein.

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." Steve Jobs

I feel like crying. About an hour ago, I learned that Steve Jobs died. He certainly changed the world in many ways, and I can only hope he will be remembered forever.

Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. You were an amazing asset to this world.

Holy mother of Shakespeare's fluffy grandfather. Can't we just all exist peacefully? Please? I walked into my class today to hear nearly the entire class cussing each other out. I personally think it's rude to do that in front of anyone. If you have to cuss someone out, at least do it at a place I won't be.

I've had people who remark to me saying that I'm afraid to cuss. No, I'm not. I have respect for myself and people around me.

The other day, I said that if I were to ever take over the world, I would get rid of nuclear power and guns. There are other sources of getting energy. I learned it in my geography class this year.

Someone said that we needed guns to get food. Ha. I don't get my food from guns. Even when we buy our food from the grocery store they didn't kill the animals with guns. In fact, I'd rather be a vegetarian (I was for six months) than kill my food with a gun.

I understand in some places guns might be needed to get food, but I live in an urbanized area. If I ruled the world, we would not need guns for food. I would take care of that.

As for nuclear power, why can't we use solar? I understand that some places don't exactly get a lot of sun, but they could use wind power. Doesn't anyone remember Chernobyl? Japan six months ago? I guess not.

This week at the school I attend, it's spirit week. Today is Nerd Day. I'm offended. They called it "Steve Urkel Day, AKA Nerd Day." Is that the best nerd they could come up with? He's a fictional character! What about Carl Sagan? He wouldn't have minded, I'm sure. Being called a nerd is a compliment, not an insult.

Nobody knows who Carl Sagan is. I've known about him since I was about six. They make fun of Stephen Hawking, they say Einstein said things he never said, and they don't know who Carl Sagan is. Those are three of the most intelligent people to ever be born on this Earth!

Yesterday, in my PE class, someone said something about the capital of France (Paris). This boy replies "But France is a city!" Can I just crawl away from humanity and live by myself with my cats? I'm so sad about humanity, I'm going to go read a book now.

Today, in my physical education class, we had to run a mile. Afterward, I had nothing productive to do. One of my friends and I spent the rest of the class picking up trash off of the ground, all the while thinking about how lazy people are. On the grass in front of the concession stand, there were gum wrappers and cans. There were two trash cans near the stand. Couldn't they have just walking about ten feet and throw their own trash away?

Next we moved to the bleachers and started to clean that up. That was even worse. There was a football game last night and people left their half full drink cans all over the top of the bleachers. They'd left half eaten candy all over the bleachers and there were flies and all kind of bugs all over it. Last night they sold boiled peanuts and nobody threw them away. They left them all over the bleachers. There was no where to sit because of that.

Then my friends and I sang the Canadian anthem (O Canada) and we felt better. I also made up a song about juice because juice makes nearly everything better. I can't tell people how much I wish I was from Canada. That's a really cool country, the coolest on the North American continent. I love Canada.

Last night I aquired a new journal/notebook and I'm getting all of my close friends and family to write in it. Once I get everyone I want to write in it, I'll include some of my favorite quotes as well. Nearly every person has written in it about my world (Kandosa, Kandocia, K/Candosa, not sure about the spelling just yet) and how much they love it.

After lunch today, I've had a Doctor Who quote stuck in my head. "Please save me from the monsters, please save me from the monsters." That's from the episode titled 'Night Terrors.' There's this little boy who says it over and over again. Sometimes I wish that life were as simple as distinguishing the monsters and learning how to get rid of them, instead of all the things that I find complicated.

Most people don't actually find life complicated. They find it easy. For example, I never learned to tie my shoes the normal way. When I was in kindergarten, I could never tie my shoes the way that other children did, so I made up my own way. The other day, while I was watching someone tie their shoes, I learned how to do it. It was so incredibly easy. I still like my way better, however.

One of my closest friends told me this quote: "Closed minds should come with closed mouths." Oh how I wish people abided by that. Today in my PE class which I have first period, I was discussing religion with one of the few philosophical people I know. I don't consider myself to be religious. I do believe that there is a higher power, but until someone can prove that their religion is correct and the only one, I'm not saying I'm one religion or not.

With my philosophical buddies, one of which is a strict Christian, the other is a Pagan, and another is like me, we were debating all religions. We got on the topic of getting to Heaven. My father once took me to visit a synagogue and meet the rabbi. I think it's completely strange to think that only Christians are going to Heaven. One peer remarked that if I wasn't a Christian I couldn't go to Heaven because the only way to get there was Jesus. Another peer said that I was stupid to believe what I believe. "There is scientific evidence that Jesus was real! Read the bible!"

One, I never said that I didn't believe that Jesus did or did not exist. I never stated my views on him. I never stated I was or was not any certain religion. Two, there is no scientific evidence that Jesus existed. It's a belief. Third, I did read the bible. I read it last summer, from cover to cover. The bible doesn't prove anything because in order for it to be real, you have to believe it. My philosophical friend even thinks that one day our 'God' might just be mythology. 2000 years ago the Greeks and Romans believed their gods were real.

You are raised by your parents or guardians, and therefore, you will most likely believe in the same religion they do. As you get older, you do have the right to choose your own beliefs, but most people don't. Most children are raised to not accept any opinions, but their own. That, is why the human race is getting worse, not better.

Gosh. I love discussing religion. I wish I could do it professionally.

Humanity has nothing to be proud of. We have ruined our planet, we kill people for no reason, and we exclude many people. There are people starving right now, people that fight for their lives (I don't mean soldiers) everyday, and people who continually are left out for no reason.

It's something we all should be ashamed about. All 6.96 billion of us humans are alike in the fact that we were born on this planet. We shouldn't make anyone feel worthless just because of the way they choose to express their self.

Yesterday, in my English class, we got into small groups and discussed characters we had created. Neither one of my characters were perfect, nor were their lives. It was a fantasy/science fiction story and everyone in my group thought it was weird. I changed my story because of it, and I'm left with realistic fiction. Let it be known that everyone in my group likes Harry Potter. There's just a point I'd like to make.

Thirteen years ago, if J.K. Rowling would have told people that she was writing a story about a young wizard who'd lost his parents and finds out about the hidden wizard world, they would have thought she was crazy. Now she's the first author to become a billionaire because of her writing.

There are plenty of other potential authors out in the world who could be just like JK Rowling. There are plenty of authors out in the world, who are bestsellers and have great novels, that my generation has never heard of. I'm quite aggravated at being called weird. Who are these people who are allowed to judge me on whether I'm weird are not? Do they work for God?

I honestly can't understand why anyone would want to be 'normal' in this world made up of mostly self-centered humans. I'm glad I'm not a normal human who doesn't think twice about ruining the environment they live in. Someone once told me I was going to go to Hell because I believed that there is life out in the universe. Obviously, people can believe what they want, but they shouldn't tell me what to believe. That's why it's called a belief.

I asked a few of my friends if they knew who Carl Sagan was. Two people out of about eleven did. Most of which, were people in my honors classes with me. I think this picture says a lot. One of my friends just asked me, "Is that the dude that is on that alien show?" No, just no. Carl Sagan was a GENIUS. My stress level about this subject is so high, I had to put at least one word in all capitals.

Whenever I first received my glasses, I looked at the world around me in awe. I'd been looking at the world through a tinted view; throughout my entire life, I had never seen the moon correctly. Thinking everyone just saw it the same way I did--blurry and disorderly looking--I dismissed it as just being something in the sky.

The night I was outside, gazing around, wondering how I could have missed the pure beauty of the things around me, I happened to look up at the moon. It was not blurry; It was actually clear! That was when I was at the mere age of eleven. One night about a year ago, I was outside again. This time I was now used to the crystal clear vision I had with the aid of my glasses. For some unknown reason, my glasses slipped down my face a little. Looking up at the moon, I could see about half of it clearly, while the other half was very blurry, much like how I used to perceive how the moon looked. I was reminded once again how it felt to realize what the world really looked like.

I contemplated about the world that night. What if we were all looking through a tinted view? I had no earthly idea how the world looked before I put on my glasses. If we were really looking through a tinted view, how would we be able to tell?

Another time, I was riding in the car on the way back from my Grandma's. Loads of cars were passing by us and as I glanced at one of them, I was reminded of the fact that over six billion lives were just like me; we're all humans of this planet. We are have our own lives, things we do, family members, obligations, but we all share the Earth. Then there are all the people who have been on the planet but are deceased. They're just like us.

I'm positive there is something we are all missing, all 6.96 billion of us. There is something that is obvious, but none of us can see it because we're not looking through our glasses. The universe is infinite, numbers are infinite, discoveries are infinite, and I believe whatever we can't see is infinite, or either growing at a rapid rate.

In my geometry class, my teacher was talking about sudoku. Technically, the word is pronounced soo-doh-koo because in Japanese the vowel 'u' is pronounced like the double 'o' in loot. The vowel 'o' is pronounced like 'oh.' Most people pronouce it soo-doh-koh. One of my friends who sits behind me is studying Japanese and I tried to learn some of the basics of the language this past summer. We corrected the class, and this girl who sits beside me said, "We speak American. We don't live in Japan."

One, we don't speak 'American.' We speak American English. Two, the word should be pronounced the same, even if we're not in Japan. It kind of annoys me whenever I hear most of the US say Vincent van Gogh's last name like 'go'. It's actually not pronounced like that, but they will correct you every time.

My geometry teacher also was talking about how our generation needed to keep America from being stupid and to stop it from getting bombed. Hah, too late. Honestly, America does need more thinkers, but a certain kind of thinkers. He also said that there was no bad president. Mhm, yeah sure.

I sort of think I was born misplaced. I don't belong in the South. I wish I would have been born somewhere like Vermont, or even Canada. I would love to live in Canada! They have nice, cold weather there. I love cold weather. It's nice. I don't think there are mosquitos in Canada, either.

There's another poster in this classroom that says. "The only place where success doesn't follow work is in the dictionary." Again, that is true, but it can also be false. It all depends on what you count as success. I could say that being successful means sleeping all day. I'm certainly sure that most humans wouldn't count sleeping as working. It's all about counter examples. I actually learned that in geometry.

People also keep bringing up that the world is going to end in 2012. Well, a few months ago, I spent a few weeks researching that. The Mayan calendar is divided into sections; all that is happening on the Winter Solstice of 2012 is that we are changing sections. The calender doesn't say that the world is going to end at all. Catostrophic events have been known to happen when they change, however.

Holy Saint Francis, today is Jon Richardson's birthday! Happy Birthday, Jon Richardson. It's a shame that wikipedia doesn't have a picture of him. I first learned about him when he was on this show with David Tennant and Catherine Tate. He is one of my favorite comedians! Tomorrow is World Tourism Day; Happy early World Tourism Day! I actually made this week continent week. Last week was religion week. Today is Asia day. Happy Asia day.

Why can't people read? A ton of my Facebook friends are posting that rumor about how Facebook is going to start charging. It says on Facebook's login screen that it will always be free. That's what wrong with the world. People apparently can't read.

I started reading one of Ursula K Le Guin's books today. It's very interesting and I'll probably spend a lot of time at school tomorrow reading it. I have geometry and it's kind of a little boring to me. At the beginning of the year it was highly interesting; we were talking about different dimensions and Euclid.

I just found a bucket list I made last year. The first thing on it is to learn Romanian. I'd forgotten about that. There was a time in my life when I used to be obsessed with Romania. I think it was when I was in the fifth grade. Learning Romanian would be really fun. I go through all types of stages where I learn about different places. There's been Romania, Australia, Denmark, China, Italy, Peru, Scotland, Japan, India, and probably the most recent, Lesotho. This past summer I memorized all the countries of the globe. Well, at least most of them.

Europe and Asia were pretty easy. Africa was a little difficult; I still haven't managed to memorize South America. That's a shame. That probably should have been the first continent to memorize.

As for life, I have decided that I'm going to spend it doing what makes me happy: writing. I might never write a best selling novel, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that my life is actually fun at some point. My current plan for college is to major in philosophy and writing. Perhaps I'll get a minor in Latin because I love Latin. I took it when I was at the REACH (Reaching Exceptionally Able Children) Gifted and Talented program. I haven't exactly, ruled out medical school, either.

So far there are four careers that I would be satisfied with: writer, neurologist, psychiatrist, and a philosophy professor. My nephew is my inspiration to become a neurologist because he passed away from a disease called Arnold Chiari Malformation. I would like to become a psychiatrist just because it seems interesting and you can help people. I've always wanted to visit a psychiatrist and just talk to them for hours.

If I ever get to a point in life when I have a good amount of money, I plan to spend it starting this school I've already started planning out. Any left over money would go to charities such as Arnold Chiari, Spina Bifada, Alzheimer's and the epilepsy foundation.

I have friends that often joke about what it would be like if I were ruler of the world. We would call the planet Kandosa and speak Kandish. The truth is, though, that I don't think just one person can completely change the world. It will take a lot of people who are all doing the right thing.

In November, many members of the writing community are joining together to participate in a worldwide project. It's called NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. You can participate if you are thirteen years of age or older. The goal is to write fifty-thousand words in a month. You cannot write any of your story before 12:01 on November 1. I tried it last year, but I couldn't manage to finish. This year, however, I'm prepared.

At my school there aren't any clubs I'm particularly interested in joining. There isn't even a book club. There's a club called the Live Green Club, but it hasn't been started up yet.

A few friends of my friends and I have gotten together and started a writing club. We have yet to find a sponsor, but hopefully it will be started within a month. We have planned out many of the things we plan to do already. We're going to write a collaborative story, a script for a movie, a script for our favorite television show, and write letters to our most inspirational authors. One person even came up to me and asked me about the club on Friday. Perhaps there are even more people who love to write just as much as we do.

Doctor who was incredible last night. On BBCA next week there's going to be a season six marathon leading up to the finale. I have a theory that the Doctor is still on this place called Demon's Run and it has been his ganger since the ganger appeared. The ganger and the Doctor supposedly swapped shoes. Rule one: the Doctor lies.

I just finished reading A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Douglas Adams is another brilliant person to add to my list of geniuses. I still can't fathom why people don't believe in other life forms in the universe. The universe is constantly expanding and chances are, the universe is teeming with other life, we just haven't managed to have the technological advances required for contact. That is why the government should continue to allow funding scientific research.

There's a new Doctor Who episode tonight and I expect it to be extraordinary. The season finale is next Saturday, and then I have to wait until December for the Christmas Special. I'll probably write about the episode after I watch it tonight. Matt Smith, the actor who plays the Doctor is going to be on after Doctor Who being interviewed, so I might write about that as well. I remember this one time when he got interviewed by this person named Candace and it made me feel really cool. I actually think I'm going to go watch Doctor Who right now because it's Doctor Who Saturday!

Today there was this sign that said 'no boxs.' That's just like the time we were at an American football game and the Tennessee Volunteers were playing. There was this drunk guy there and instead of holding a sign that said 'Go Vols,' he had a sign that said 'Vo Gols!'

Pottermore: I am a huge Harry Potter fan. JK Rowling is inspirational to me and in my opinion, she is one of the most fantastic authors on this planet. I've read all the books and seen all the movies except the very last one. I don't like movie theaters. I registered on the sixth day of the early registration process and I'm supposed to get early entry into the beta Pottermore website. The site opens on October first to everyone and I have yet to get my email. I'm a little upset about that, seeing as there is only a week left until October.

On the Florida State/Clemson game, Clemson's head coach just said, "I couldn't be more prouder!" This is what I put up with in the South. It's called grammar, Mr. Coach.

Speaking of grammar, I love it. I was the only person in my class who actually said they liked it. Everyone thought I was being sarcastic. Is it a 'sin' to love grammar? It agitates me when people speak incorrectly. I just want to yell at them. Last year, people even used to call me The Grammar Queen.

I have a poster of President Obama when he was inaugurated in my room. It is the first thing someone sees when they walk into my room. I had a friend over one day and her mother was here. She walked in and said that President Obama shouldn't get paid because of how the unemployment is in the US. I wish people would learn how the government works before they open their mouths. President Obama can't do anything without the help of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.

Holy Saint Francis. I love Shakespeare. How can anyone not love him? He's the best part of literature. Without him, many stories would not exist today. He is the basis of many songs, movies (that I don't watch) and obviously books. I had an English teacher last year who didn't like Shakespeare. That's just, I mean, that's just, that's just blasphemy! I don't understand. Yes, his plays might be a little difficult to understand, but if you just read them with a little bit of common sense you can understand it. If you couldn't then nobody would know what Romeo and Juliet was! For the love of Gallifrey. That is one of the most talked about plays in English!

There's this quote on the wall in my classroom. "In life there are no make-up exams. Choose carefully." That is true. If you wanted to be technical though, you could say that there aren't any make-up exams at all. I mean sure, if you miss your exam, you can make it up, hence the name 'make-up exam,' but truthfully once you miss that very first exam, you've already altered your life. See, THAT is the kind of thing you learn from watching Doctor Who!

Another thing, and I'm going to criticize myself, I hate when people put words in all capitals. It just looks so...strange to my brain that always, well most of the time, thinks grammatically. That's why I hate when people don't spell out numbers. It annoys my brain. If I were ruler of the world, we would only use numerals in mathamatical equations and occasionally in science.

Two subjects I really enjoy talking about: religion and philosopy. My own Grandmother called me crazy because of some of the things I say. It's alright though. I may be crazy, but at least I'm not willingful ignorant.

Quote: "Concientious stupidity and willingful ignorance are the two most dangerous things in the world." Martin Luther King Jr.

• Buddhists do not 'follow' Buddha. The Buddha is not a prophet, he was a human, just like you and I are. People always fail to recognize this. In other news, I have started contemplating everything. What is the answer to life and everything in general? Forty-two. When will the world end? When the humans destroy it. Why are we here? To find our own personal pursuit of happiness. What is the worst thing in the world? Human ignorance. How will the world end? This one is a little hard. I think it will end in fire, but by some sort of nuclear power.
  
  

• Everyone else in my class is playing computer games while we have free time to do what we want, in my Digital-In-Tech class. I'm writing a post for this blog. What does that say about the human race? I suppose it has to do with the fact that I just enjoy writing. Yet, computer games will get you no where, except if they are Doctor Who because that is the greatest show in the world. I learn a good deal about history and occasionally science. I would love to be a part of it one day, but I'm American and the only thing I might be able to do was write, but they will always have more brilliant writers than me, i.e. Steven Moffat. The only other computer game I can justify is any Sims game. I play Sims 3, which I can play for hours on end. Hank Green said something along the lines of how he thought it was interesting that people actually want to play a game about people. I agree with everything he said, and I think that Sims games teach you about life.
  
  

• My English teacher gave us one of the best assignments I've ever had; we get to create two characters. A lot of people are complaning about it, but to me, it's a lot of fun, and it's easy for me to create a character. I've actually already finished. The only thing I had trouble with was finding different genres of music, but that's because I don't really like music all that much. I don't like music that much, either. People often can't believe that I haven't seen classical children's movies such as: The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, etc. I counted it up the other day and I believe I have only been to the movies about eight times in my entire life. I read a lot, so I feel that justifies everything.
  
  

• Actually I could be classified as a "technofobe". I don't like to go to the movies and I don't like to talk on the phone or actually use it. I absolutely detest television and I only watch it two hours a week, Saturdays for Doctor Who and occasionally Tuesdays to watch Glee (how American of me). I mainly only watch it because of Darren Criss, who was Harry Potter in A Very Potter Musical. I watch Doctor Who for the obvious reasons that I explained above. I do however get on the internet quite a lot. That disqualifies me from being a technofobe, I believe. I spend a majority of that time on YouTube watching the Vlogbrothers. They in turn make me more intelligent, so I believe that should cancel out the bad effects of YouTube.
  
  

• Now that I come to think of it, I'm classified as weird. Well, I've always known that, but I've been accepting and embracing it along with my nerdiness. Who wants to be 'normal' with the way the members of the 'normal' human race are? I don't. I think it's better to embrace yourself rather than be an idiot and pretend to be normal. That's just ridiculous. I read history books for fun; I watch videos to become more awesome; I like writing so that I can create worlds; yeah, I'm not normal, but I think I'm just unique, so it's alright.

I am disgusted with human intelligence. To make myself feel better about this situation, I thought I would talk about some of my most influential geniuses in history.

Albert Einstein: This one is sort of obvious why. Albert Einstein influences me personally because of his determination to solve problems. He didn't care what anyone else thought; he did what he had to do to solve his problems. He occasionally even got things wrong and laughed about it. He wasn't good at everything either, just science, mainly physics. He was better than average at math but he didn't really care about it until he got older. People laughed at him all the time, but it never stopped his thinking process.

Carl Sagan: I will start this paragraph off with a quote by Carl Sagan. "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." The quote just about sums everything up I was saying about Einstein. Carl Sagan is a genius because of his witty quotes, his phenomenal books, his quest for knowledge. He also wrote one of my favorite books, titled Contact.

Harper Lee: She wrote one of my favorite books that not many people can understand, although it is on a perfectly understandable level. The fact that she could write that great of a book automatically clasifies her as a genius, most authors can only dream of writing a book that is so meaningful.

JK Rowling: She is another one of my favorite authors. I believe that she was also the very first author to become a billionaire. Although, I don't believe that happiness can be achieved through money, I think that it's incredible for her to do that. Harry Potter is written in an amazing use of writing. It will continue to be around for ages, and will always be a part of my childhood.

Steven Moffat: This man is an utter genius. Doctor Who is excellent because of him. Not to say that it wasn't excellent before, I just prefer Steven Moffat's writing to Russel T. Davies. His use of a plot continues to amaze me every single Saturday night. Doctor Who is a brilliant show, and it needs tons of twists to make it that way. Steven Moffat can almost always achieve this.

I wish someone would invent a knowledge bomb, sort of like the reality bomb from Doctor Who, but not really. When the bomb would go off, it wouldn't kill anyone. The bomb's fumes would be inhaled by everyone and all ignorance would vanish from the world. I'm not sure, but that might actually decrease the number of problems the world has.

Of course it couldn't do anything about the environment, nonrenewable resources, or the innocent people who were wrongfully killed. But (my English teacher says that you can in fact start sentences with a conjunction) it could stop a good bit of judgement in the world. Without people judging other people, I believe the human population would be ninety nine percent better.

Numbers: I don't like when people just put numbers down in anything other than my math class. It makes me feel bad whenever someone writes or text messages actual numerals. An example: Meet me at 2 tomorrow. I would say: Meet me at two tomorrow. It makes me angry when teachers use the numerals as well. Using just the numerals makes it seem as though the person doesn't know how to write the number out. Although, considering where I live, they might not actually know how to write the word.

I am ashamed of the US tonight. Well, I have been for a while. There are many reasons for this. The first and most important is the fact that two innocent people may be killed tonight because of our perfect government. The second reason is American stupidity.

I was sitting in the car one afternoon while my Mother was inside McDonalds (how American of us). The radio was on and it was George Washington's birthday. This man on the radio says, "Let us wish a Happy Birthday to the first president of the United States, George Bush!" Why do we have so much pride in the US if some of us don't even know the history?

Another time in class:

American 1: Asians are cool!

American 2 to Asian 1: Hey, Asian 1, you're Asian!

American 3 to Asian 1: I thought you were Chinese?

Not to mention what happened today.

I enjoy books. I generally enjoy being around them; seeing a great book collection makes me extremely happy. Most of the time I go to my school library in the mornings when I get to school, and at lunch. I prefer to be around small amounts of people, so I dislike being in the commons areas with the entire school population. The librarian said I'd been "going to the library too much."

Excuse me? How exactly, Oh Genius Library Person, can you visit a library too much? Maybe if you actually thought about it, it's a good thing I go to the library. One day, I might be a bestselling novelist, and then I can tell everyone how you banned me from the library. Brilliant.

In other news, I was studying and my Grandmother was watching television when this commercial came on. "Find out later tonight what the nerdiest country is that no one wants to visit!" I would love to visit that country.

I live in a relatively small city in the South-Eastern United States. Here, you can be an outcast for many creative reasons. One of the most interesting to me is religion. I don't consider myself to be a Christian; I believe in God, but not in the way Christianty teaches. Currently I am trying to read as much as I can about all religions of the world.

Yesterday I checked out a book titled Islam from my school library. I recieved all kind of strange looks from people. One fellow peer even remarked, "I'm not touching that book, they ruined our country." Did they? Did they really?

I'm pretty sure that the US government ruined the country, not a few Muslim extremists. Apparently though, some people here think that any one who is not a Christian is terrible. Scratch that, most people here think that. Although, if they knew anything about Islam at all, they would know that Islam teaches about being peaceful.

For the record, I think that if you're Jewish, Islamic, Christian, Hindu, or whatever your religion is, you should still try your best to learn about other religions. There is a huge difference between learning about a religion and practicing it. If you read a book about the history of Poland, that doesn't make you Polish, it just increases your knowledge about Poland. It's the same thing with reading books about religion.