My fellow Americans I am here on the 14th of this month to declare myself as your next president. Thank you for electing me. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't know how to make you all act like civilized human beings rather than neanderthals like the citizens of America have acted like for the past 100 200 years. I have a challenge for all of you.
BE NICE!
How hard is that to ask? I no longer want to here the word "can't." I no longer want to hear that someone else brought you down. I no longer want you to feel that you're not good enough.
You were born with excellence inside you and my challenge is to unleash that inner awesome.
Be kind to others. Work your hardest. The glass is no longer half empty, it is half full.
There are a lot of problems in this country, but you all are the first step to creating a place where we can all hold hands and come together as brothers and sisters of Americas.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Daisy...Gee, I Think You're Swell.
Although there are many plot lines in The Great Gatsby, the one that stands out in particular is the love story between Gatsby and Daisy. The lyrics are simple, but connect to the storyline.
Example #1:
You got a thing about you
I just can't live without you
I really want you Elenore near me
Your looks intoxicate me
Even though your folks hate me
There's no one like you Elenore really
He can't live without her and loves her so much that he would go through changing his entire persona to get her. Since Daisy is an old money, her parents are rich. Jay Gatsby (rather James Gatz) is a new money and was not born into wealth. It could be inferenced that Daisy's parents do hate him because of his lack of money as a child. I might be totally wrong, but that's what my analysis points to.
Elenore gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy et cetera
Elenore can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind
Tell me that you love me better
Example #2:
I really think you're groovy
Let's go out to a movie
What do ya say now, Elenore can we?
They'll turn the lights way down low
Maybe we won't watch the show
I think I love you, Elenore, love me
He loves Daisy so much and the number one things he wants is her love in return. He soon realizes that the only way she will love him is if he possesses money.
Elenore, gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
Elenore, can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind?
Tell me that you love me better
One more time!
Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah
Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah-hah
Example #1:
You got a thing about you
I just can't live without you
I really want you Elenore near me
Your looks intoxicate me
Even though your folks hate me
There's no one like you Elenore really
He can't live without her and loves her so much that he would go through changing his entire persona to get her. Since Daisy is an old money, her parents are rich. Jay Gatsby (rather James Gatz) is a new money and was not born into wealth. It could be inferenced that Daisy's parents do hate him because of his lack of money as a child. I might be totally wrong, but that's what my analysis points to.
Elenore gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy et cetera
Elenore can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind
Tell me that you love me better
Example #2:
I really think you're groovy
Let's go out to a movie
What do ya say now, Elenore can we?
They'll turn the lights way down low
Maybe we won't watch the show
I think I love you, Elenore, love me
He loves Daisy so much and the number one things he wants is her love in return. He soon realizes that the only way she will love him is if he possesses money.
Elenore, gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
Elenore, can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind?
Tell me that you love me better
One more time!
Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah
Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah-hah
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Preach, Death Cab
My good friends Ben, Chris, Nick, Jason had it right with the thought of "transcendentalism". I've been fans of the band since eighth grade and was always under the impression that their album was called transcendentalism, but as of approximately 2 minutes ago, I realized that the album name is actually "Transatlanticism" which has nothing to do with transcendentalism. I hope this was an effective attention getter.
I'M A TRANSCENDENTALIST!!! Emerson's Self Relience screams me!
I believe in fate. I believe in destiny. That may not seem to be exactly what Emerson was trying to say, but I believe that it correlates. I believe that your destiny relies on the desicions you make. That's why you must rely on yourself and love yourself.
"Trust thyself": Follow your dreams and believe that you can do it! The only thing pulling you down is yourself.
Finally, I believe that people are inherently good. We are all born as babies. Environmental factors are a large contribution to cognitive development. You have no idea what this person went through as a child or what's going on in their life that makes them unpleasant now. Deep down everyone has the potential to be the best they can be; although, some were not the blessed with the flawless coming of age like many others.
I'M A TRANSCENDENTALIST!!! Emerson's Self Relience screams me!
I believe in fate. I believe in destiny. That may not seem to be exactly what Emerson was trying to say, but I believe that it correlates. I believe that your destiny relies on the desicions you make. That's why you must rely on yourself and love yourself.
"Trust thyself": Follow your dreams and believe that you can do it! The only thing pulling you down is yourself.
Finally, I believe that people are inherently good. We are all born as babies. Environmental factors are a large contribution to cognitive development. You have no idea what this person went through as a child or what's going on in their life that makes them unpleasant now. Deep down everyone has the potential to be the best they can be; although, some were not the blessed with the flawless coming of age like many others.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Declaration of InDEEPendence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one to separate from what has caused them pain, stress, and grief. A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the seperation.
We hold these truths to be self evident , that all water is equal, that all who endow in the water may not aquire as many skills as others, but among everyone thrust in the water are certain unalienable rights--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thou coaches shall no longer be the dictator of the individual swimmer's life--for the power of self lies within the fishes soul. Accordingly all experience hath shown that swimmers are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the strokes to which they are accustomed to.The history of the present King of the pool is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these youth. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has taken our freedom of spare time.
He has physically harmed all of his citizens.
He has altered the appearance of the upper body of all the people causing major disporportion and unattractiveness.
He has submerged a volatile aroma deep beneath the skin of his citizens.
He sits directly in our ears and doesn't come out no matter how hard we try.
He has forbidden oxygen of the lungs of many.
He has put every last one of his people at risk of death every day.
We (specifically I), therefore, declare independence from the water. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of life, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
We hold these truths to be self evident , that all water is equal, that all who endow in the water may not aquire as many skills as others, but among everyone thrust in the water are certain unalienable rights--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thou coaches shall no longer be the dictator of the individual swimmer's life--for the power of self lies within the fishes soul. Accordingly all experience hath shown that swimmers are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the strokes to which they are accustomed to.The history of the present King of the pool is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these youth. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has taken our freedom of spare time.
He has physically harmed all of his citizens.
He has altered the appearance of the upper body of all the people causing major disporportion and unattractiveness.
He has submerged a volatile aroma deep beneath the skin of his citizens.
He sits directly in our ears and doesn't come out no matter how hard we try.
He has forbidden oxygen of the lungs of many.
He has put every last one of his people at risk of death every day.
We (specifically I), therefore, declare independence from the water. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of life, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
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