English Draft

…our head spins and we think, ”Would [I] have done the same?”

We learn from such stories because unlike the character on paper, we [are sometimes privileged to] know more, and can clearly see the repercussions that every decision could make.

After reading dozens of books and stories, sometimes situations come along that are exactly like those depicted. We think back, what did the character do? And what happened to them?

Reading adds years of experience in the span of an hour. We learn a bit about how life works. Of course there are no wizards or trolls or talking polar bears in real life. But the real message is there; if we know where to look. It’s in between the lines.

More often than not, books are written to tackle certain issues. For instance, Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written (to handle the issue of slavery.)

Sometimes the author is gracious enough to spell out things for us, thereby sparing us the tedious task of dissecting the words to find the nuggets of wisdom carefully engraved in them.

(I don’t mean to end this piece with a cliché, but it just seems so fitting to say,

Reading gives knowledge, and with knowledge comes power.)

Harry Potter and Lyra Belacqua

I’m sure this has happened to you a couple of times when you were a child:

You’re sitting in your room, huddled in your bed, reading the new issue of your favourite fantasy book. And then an adult walks in and snatches the book right out of your hands. “Why are you reading this rubbish? You won’t learn anything from this. Here; read this instead.” You stare in horror as the adult then pulls out a science (or a math) textbook, which they then place into your trembling hands.

I beg to differ. I think children should be allowed to read whatever reading material they want. It trains their imagination

(You are now a blog post)

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THE STORY BEHIND THIS:

I'm cleaning up the old files on my school laptop... erasing the useless stuff and archiving the useful ones, shit like that.

Then I came across that. And I knew I just had to post it. I mean, it was practically a message to my future self (aka: the Me now).

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Today I went to a Karate class.

It was awesome.

The teacher was Malaysian. I like him already.

Definitely coming back.

Now I must leave. I switched this computer on just so I could watch The Daily Show.

I'm tired. I spent nearly two hours today running around a football field chasing a ball.

[EDIT: And in my tiredness I completely forgot to post a quote. If I'm so tired why'd I come back then? Well I'm a creature of tradition and shite like that. Don't even get me started on what happens when one disturbs my daily walk of meditation.

I'll just pull off a quote from the top of my head.]

Do you have any idea how fat you actually are - do you?? No you don't! Because your face is an island trapped in a sea of flab!!
-Dylan Moran

My mind scares me.

Nuggets

I have loads of homework.

So naturally, I'm overflowing with blog postings and such.

My Philosophy teacher said the other day (regarding communism)

People set a goal. "There, we'll go there," they say. And it's a beautiful goal. But what happens is, as they walk towards that goal, they hack down everything and everyone that stands in their way. So in the end, they change. They're not the same people who started out on the journey.

Technically he wasn't our teacher, so much as a substitute, but who cares? The man's brilliant. I hope he stays forever.

Hmm, I know I came up with something else today. I just can't remember it right now.

This is why I need to have a pen beside me at all times.

But anyway, that quote stirs up something deep within me.

It speaks truth.

Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi is a beautiful song. Or a piano piece, rather. Beautiful.

Why must I have these philosophical moods whenever I have to do homework?? Every single time. Damn. It would be fine if I were doing my actual PHILOSOPHY homework, but no!

Actually, I like it. So I shouldn't be complaining. But still.

Right. I can't think of anything right now. I'll be back later, I guess.

Quote is above.

Even in Death is one bloody good song too. Shame on you if you haven't heard it yet.

A Sword

I bought my first sword today.

Yay!

It's not sharp, but that's cool. Because giving me a sharp sword would be a very, very bad idea.

Also, Pirates of The Caribbean was on TV. All 3. I know I complained about movie 3, but it's actually not that bad when you watch it again. Mainly the giant woman thingie. I get everything now.

And what was the name of that background music during the whole leave-Jack-behind-and-let-the-Krakan-have-him scene? That was oddly familiar. I think it was used in HxH, as an accompanying theme to The Zaoldyecks. Therefore, I must have it.

Pictures of the sword shall be up tomorrow. Maybe. I'm not making any promises.

The pen may be mightier than the sword. But the pen cannot chop your enemy's head off.
- The Crazy Authoress

The Show That Shall Be...

I am so tired.

I feel like just dropping onto my bed and sleeping. Sleep the rest of the day away. Until tomorrow. Or even next week.

The worst part is that no matter how tired I am in the afternoon, I can't fall asleep until after 11 pm. It's madness.

What was I gonna type here?

Oh yeah. CSI.

I love that show. I really do. It's one of the shows that I really really treasure.

But now the #1 reason for me loving the show is leaving.

First the GSR part disappears. Fine. I handled that pretty well... Okay, so I lamented about it for a couple of weeks, but feck if anyone cares.

But Gil... now Gil is gonna go away.

Not fair.

William Petersen, you better have a good explanation.

I can't be everywhere, and they banned human cloning.
- Gil Grissom

Today

First day of school today.

Same old shite. Class schedules, disgruntled students with half their consciousness still trapped in the vortex of Vacation, new teachers, first years obviously lost inside the campus grounds.

But my class from last year is still mostly intact, which is good. We lost 3 people, and gained 4. I also met an exchange student from Italy. I shall be keeping an eye on her.

Oh, and I'm very relieved that I won't be teaching Japanese this year. That's one responsibility off my back. Yay!

Ever since I started that Church of Aragorn, things started to look up. Maybe I'm onto something here.

Although, I checked Demonbaby today, and it's on hiatus. I screamed, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Sadness.

Who else will do the (articulate) ranting for me, Rob? WHO??

And I've still got anger issues. That has to be sorted out. Preferably in the near future.

Oh and I borrowed The Hobbit today, from the school library. I said I'd read it today, but I mostly relaxed and dealt with paperwork when I got home... so. Ah well.

Oh, and the supposed 'heirs' of The Knight Templars are suing the catholic church for $150 billion. For 'assets seized by the catholic church seven centuries ago.'

I must say - I support their cause. But they're doing it wrong. They look like nutters, using that approach. They should've sued for pain and suffering instead. Although, would that work? I don't know.

Good luck to them.

To err is human; to forgive highly unlikely.

PS: I forgot to mention that Stupid Classmate is still in my class! So we might be blessed with more of her Words of Zen soon.