2014.04.22: Bounty or Curse of the Endless Future

The future is a fickle thing, bringing either great fortune or fell curses to those it deems necessary. My hopes, of course, lie within the 'great fortune' side of the equation, as I hope to be a successful composer in the coming years. I wish for video game companies and motion picture studios the world over to hire me on to the great works of art, so that I may provide grand orchestral accompaniments to the future achievements.

2014.04.21: I Hate...

...the cold water challenge. I don't care what it's for, I don't even care that there's no real way to enforce the stipulations of the thing, it all seems like people are just wanting to force others to drench themselves in frigid water just so that they cam get $10 per challenge and a far larger pile of humiliation. Personally, I find it very unlikely that I will ever do it myself, and anyone who (likely rudely) tries to challenge me will find it futile as I will NOT pay.

2014.04.17: HECK YEA

I, for one, am incredibly excited to leave school. The continuous, never-ending cycle of dullness is at last coming to a close, and while I know that more such cycles are coming, I cannot help but feel elated that I will be free of the shackles of high school forever. Now I've a mind to make my way into college and exit from there someday in a grand tour de force, paving the way for my successful future.

At the same time, however, this is the closing of an important chapter of my life. I've made many friends here, be they young, old, or in between, and I will not see them again for some time after I graduate, most likely. It will be a bittersweet farewell, but I am confident that happiness will reign in the end.

2014.04.16: The Flip-Flopping Dilemma

I hate flip-flops with a passion. They seem more and more ubiquitous every day, and most often worn by those with feet that are...off-putting, to say the least. They offer little protection as well, and seem generally pointless. Even CROCS cover up more of someone's feet that flip-flops do! Not to mention that flip-flops are just poor knockoffs of sandals.

2014.04.15: Taxes Suck A Lot

Taxes suck, and everyone who practices the fine art of existing knows that well. Sometimes they just feel like a constant, possibly arbitrary drain on one's finances, and by sometimes I mean most of the time. In that regard, it could be said that taxes suck both figuratively and almost literally. Taxes may help to finance the government, which is important in this day and age due to the prodigious ongoing economic deficit, but it is due to that same deficit that the current tax system is becoming less and less effective. We need a system that allows for faster, easier, and more convenient tax paying.

2014.04.07: The End of Teenage Cellular Telephones

Should the scenario described in this post's title above ever come to pass, my life would be...unchanged. I've never relied on a personal cellphone, either asking for the phones of my older peers or using home phones. I do not text, I do not take selfies, I do none of the activities commonly associated with the modern-day smartphone-wielding teenager, as I was simply never capable of such.

2014.04.03: The Promenade

A promenade (or prom for short) is a formal school event revolving around a usually romantic dance featuring teenage to young adult couples. Dress is required to be formal, i.e. black tie for men and full dresses for women. It is usually held only for Junior and Senior classes, and is frequently followed by a late-night trip out called Project Prom.

2014.04.01: September of 1985

1985 was a rather important year in the world of electronics. On the electronic gaming front, September marked the release of Super Mario Bros. on the NES, while on the very same day of that month, Steve Jobs stepped down from Apple and formed NeXT, which lasted about a decade before it was re-absorbed into Apple. On a different note, earlier that month the wreckage of the Titanic was found. Not all was fortune however, as a massive earthquake hit Mexico that month and killed thousands, and wounded many more.

2014.03.31: Aglets REDUX

Aglets are small contraptions used at the ends of certain types of strings, most notable shoelaces, to bind them at the loose ends and keep them from unraveling. Without them, one's shoelaces would become unbound and slowly fray into a mess of threads and fibers that would be almost impossible to tie properly. Not to mention the bits of material that would very easily become ensnared in the loose ends of the laces.

2014.03.25: Safety, Not Satan

Safety is, obviously, the practice of keeping one's self and others put of harm's way and reducing any possible risks involved in an activity as much as possible, humanly so or otherwise. It is always important to observe proper safety procedures while doing anything at all. One thing that is vital to honing one's safety skills is a magical phenomenon known as common sense. Always practice proper safety and common sense, and one should make it through life with minimal harm done to themselves and others.

2013.03.24: How Very Extremely Nucleic

A nucleotide sequence, or nucleic acid sequence, is the order of nucleotides within DNA and RNA. Given how this sequence holds the information that governs the body and it's functions, it is also known as the genetic sequence. It can also be described as a sequence of letters, given how letters are commonly used to represent individual nucleotides.

2013.03.21: Three-Dimensional Anaglyphic Images of Anaglyphicness and 3D

Image from Wikipedia

A 3D Anaglyph is a stereoscopic image divided into layers marked with two colors, commonly red and cyan. When viewed with the appropriate eyewear, these images appear to have added dimension and depth, appearing to become three-dimensional instead of two. The effect is accomplished by the glasses allowing one to see the two differently-colored images at the same time, which makes the brain perceive the 2D image as 3D.

2014.03.20: The Origins of The Internet

There are two terms that are often used to describe the same thing, and it should be added that said usage is incorrect. There is a difference between then Internet and the World Wide Web, being that the Internet is the global network of connected computers that houses the World Wide Web, which is simply a massive collection of data. Donald Davies and Paul Baran independently invented packet switched computer networking in the US and UK respectively, their work eventually leading to the creation of the Internet, making their work among, if not the earliest points to which the history of the Internet can be traced back to.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davies

2014.03.14: The Man With The Machine Beard

I've been put to a bit of a challenge this day. While I cannot use any names, I am able to describe a faculty member from my school in the hopes that someone reading this from said school will be able to guess whom I speak of. Without further adieu, I present a very obvious description of another person.

His beard is a thing of legend within the pale brick walls of the school, said to be able to conquer any razor that challenges it. His glasses are stated to be all-seeing and infallible, a pair of lenses from which none may escape, from which none may know freedom. The man himself is both revered and feared across the entire school, from the lowliest children in kindergarten to the grown men and women of the senior classes. Ever since the arrival of the Bearded Master, the school has become more and more enriched with knowledge than ever before, as well as countless facial hair jokes.

2014.03.12: The Chaos-Bringer's Adventures #2 - The Evils of Boiled Asparagus

Soon after his encounter with the polystyrene planet of endless offenses to the god of darkness, Unicron's fell advent to a planet of strange green hues occurred. Despite the fact that space has little in the way of air to transmit scents, and how Unicron's body was robotic, he could smell a horrid aroma wafting off the green planet's surface. However, the chaotic god's hunger was not impeded by the smell, and he set to work devouring the hapless vegetative sphere. He regretted the decision, it now being too late to shift to his titanic robot form to destroy what he was eating, as it was a planet of naught but boiled asparagus. HORRIBLE!!! He made sure to down the entire planet quickly lest this foul taste linger in his metallic system, and sent out a piercing psionic scream to voice his disapproval. With such curious and offensive objects as the planets he's seen hanging within existence, it was no wonder Unicron desired to eradicate all of reality.

2014.03.11: TIME ITSELF

There are many denominations of time, both small and large, and many in-between. I've always wondered what some of the units of temporal measurement aside from seconds, minutes, hours, single years and the like are, and today I've come to an answer. There are measurements of time for periods of a million years (megaannum), a billion years (gigaannum), and more. People may not think of seconds as very large portions of time, but something on the scale of teraseconds, which is one trillion seconds, would equal out to almost 32,000 years. Ages, epochs, and eons are long periods, but it turns out that they are non-specific and only refer to periods within certain ranges of lengths. Time is very interesting.

2014.03.10: The Chaos-Bringer's Styrofoam Dilemma

An object of vast size hurtled throughout the cosmos, a sentient metal planet seeking other celestial spheres to devour. It's name, if any cared enough to know before their lives were silenced with the oblivion of their respective planets, was Unicron. The mythical god of chaos soon found it's next target, a large sphere of pure white. While it was uninhabited, Unicron cared not as it had been some time since he had last consumed something, and while he did not truly require any physical sustenance at all, he still felt a hunger within him. As the titanic horn-like mandibles flanking his central maw found their marks on the before untarnished surface of the white orb, Unicron realized something - it was a planet of Styrofoam he had targeted. It had become quite apparent with how easily his metallic mandibles had sunk into the surface, and with the scans that followed immediately afterwards. The god of evil would have laughed at the sheer preposterousness of the entire situation he found himself in if he wasn't so angered by it, finding himself devouring the polystyrene planet that much faster. He had no idea why anyone would find themselves motivated to create such a curious planet, and it only added to his desire to consume all of reality. Quite idiotic, truly, that this even had a reason to happen, the god mused to himself in a strange combination of sheer irritation and slight humor, as he continued on through the ether of space to his next meal.

Unicron and Transformers belongs to Hasbro and Takara. I own nothing depicted in this post.

2014.02.28: Bieberworks

A man laying in bed, a maker of fine fireworks in particular, was struck by inspiration when he had least expected it. He rose from the sheets and set to work making his magnum opus, working on his masterpiece day after day and being sure no other eyes than his were privy to his toil. Soon the gunpowder creation was complete, the work in question being a massive rocket in the shape of singer Justin Bieber's head. He wasted no time in taking the Bieberwork, as he had come to call it, and setting it in a vast empty lot. He lit the fuse and mere moments later the massive firework made its heavenward ascent, soon exploding in the sky and releasing a grand multitude of vibrant colors that the entire city could see for miles. The sound was so loud that it reached every ear in the city, as well. The display showed a massive message of light: "DEPORT JUSTIN BIEBER!"

2014.02.27: The 90's

The 90's were as interesting a generation for music as others, for some more than others. Bands like Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers became huge commercial hits in this period, and some 90's era musical groups still persist to this day. There was definitely a different flavor in place as opposed to something like the 70's.

2014.02.26: It Sounds Like a Letter

Sweet tea is just as one would guess, tea that is sweetened. It is one of my personal favorite drinks of all time, as long as Mountain Dew isn't anywhere nearby. It is most definitely not to be confused with Mr. T if he's covered in something like sugar. Anyone who does not enjoy a good cup of sweet tea is dead to me.

2014.02.25: nagrO epiP ehT

The nagro epip is a tnemurtsni lacisum that makes silence by sucking the air out of the room through large special pipes. It is operated via a tongueboard, an interface much like a keyboard, except it is operated with the tongue. The nagro epip is not to be confused with the pipe organ, which is its complete and total opposite. hcaB naitsabeS nnahoJ has erased much music in the anti-repetoire of this tnemurtsni. It is truly a sad thing.

2014.02.24: My #1 Fan

A ceiling fan is a fan that is installed in the ceiling. It is a device that functions like any other fan, to facilitate the movement of air throughout a space in a preferably cooling fashion for anyone occupying that space at the time. It can also be used in a manner suited to distributing scents throughout a room.

2014.02.21: TUNA IN FOR OUR LOCAL BROADCAST

A fish is an aquatic animal that uses gills to breathe underwater. All fish swim through the water, as they cannot walk. Bring one above water and almost every time the fish will die, as it cannot breathe above water. These are very obvious facts about fish. Fish taste nice when prepared well, and often go well with orbs of fried cornmeal batter. The blogger really likes to eat fish.

2014.02.20: Makes My Head Spin

A tornado is a special type of storm characterized by an extremely violent rotating column of wind, formed during particular types of larger storms. Larger tornadoes can cause massive property damage and loss of life, and are thus feared by many. Some people choose to chase tornadoes, sometimes seeking to enter a tornado and research their insides.

2014.02.18: YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME TO THE COOLER

ICE is the result of a liquid substance reaching or going below it's freezing point, at which point it solidifies, usually crystallizing as well, into a solid form. The most common sort of ICE that people think of is water ICE. ICE is very COLD, and is excellent to use on someone one may think is a bit too passionate and/or energetic, and needs to CHILL OUT. Some may even believe that the ICE AGE killed the dinosaurs, although this is very unlikely. If someone is acting strangely, or saying rather inconsiderate words, they may have their head caught in a formation of ICE. You can only be COOL and CHILL to others if you have ICE. Try not to be incarcerated for anything, or else you'll find yourself in THE COOLER.

2014.02.14: Who Is Ms. Paula?

I'll tell you who she is, you imbeciles. She's only the most incredible being in the entire school, able to wipe out entire armies with an aside breath. She lives deep in the sea in Poseidon's undersea palace, which she conquered in a grand siege that resulted in the death of a deathless being. She's so hardcore that even the most awesome metal bands bow in both respectful reverence and unbounded fear to her. THAT IS MS. PAULA, YOU UNENLIGHTENED IGNORAMUSES.

2014.02.11: BOURDS AXTANDAD (A fictional tale)

A man had a pet bird, which is admittedly a rather boring way to start off this tale. He also had a large array of extension cords to use for powering his myriad electronics. One fateful day the bird escaped it's cage and by pure chance found it's way to the main mass of extension cords, all of which were plugged in, and saw to it that the cords received a thorough pecking. The bird, of course, died due to the shocks it received...only for the electricity to reanimate it mere moments later. The newly risen zombie bird wasted no time in devouring the eyes and brains of its owner. It would then proceed to spread undeath among all the world's birds, and became the sole ruler of the Earth. On this depressing note, this tale ends.

2014.02.10: Jorick HarriHarrisonson

At day, he is but a pawn shop owner named John Richard Harrison with combed black hair and a goatee. But at night he rules the entire world with an iron fist, and is known as Khan Noonien Garrison. He is a despicable despot who purchases peoples' items at incredibly high prices and works in secret on his superhuman army, with he himself being the superhuman leader. And no one knows how to stop him.

2014.01.31: INSERT 80'S MONTAGE HERE

Exercise is the act of putting one's self under some form of stress in order to strengthen the body to withstand future stress. Anyone is capable of exercising, and it is central to good physical health. Obviously, every successful athlete in any sport is well-acquainted with strenuous exercise. It is good for everyone.

2014.01.27: BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 Antarctica is the name of the South Pole's main landmass, and one of the seven main continents of the world. Due to the extreme cold, it is much less populated than the other continents, having no permanent human residents and holding only several thousand people at a time during a given year. Most of the temporary human population is contained within the antarctic research stations. All other life present on the chilly continent are animals such as penguins and tardigrades.

2014.01.24: COLD ORANGE FROZEN PRODUCT ICE

The oddly-named orange sherbet is a frozen confection related to ice cream. As the name would entail, it is indeed flavored after the orange citrus fruit, in addition to a creamy taste one would expect from an ice cream derivative.  Many places like to serve it in small foam containers.  The author enjoys orange sherbet greatly.

2014.01.22: Annoying Ads

Not counting the people who use at least a halfway-competent ad blocker or better, such as Adblock Plus, one will find that annoying ads and popups are practically ubiquitous on the internet. There's little hope of avoiding them without special software, and oftentimes they only exist to annoy innocent web surfers. Sometimes ads can even be malicious, hanging around with their advertising appearance while sending malware and viruses to computers in secret.  Ads online do have their uses, but for the most part they are nuisances at best.

2014.01.21: The Ground Beans

Coffee commonly refers to a drink brewed from ground coffee beans.  It is a useful provider of caffeine and is normally drank by people who are waking up in the morning, as to provide a boost of energy for the coming day.  Many people like the beverage, while many others do not on account of the unique taste.  Perhaps the don't like the caffeine, however.  Whatever the reason, it can be an acquired taste for some.

2014.01.20: Classmate Character Description

There is a person in this class wearing a coat who I know for taking certain body-type classes outside of school, and frequently bombs the rest of us with said knowledge in anatomy class.  He has multiple buttoned pockets on his coat and is pounding the keys on his keyboard as we speak.  I am not at liberty to say his name, however.

2014.01.17: NICOLAS CAGE

Nicolas Cage is a strange example of a successful actor.  Having starred in many movies of varying quality (from such classics as Face/Off, to the Ghost Rider movies, to the National Treasure movies), many are at odds to say whether he's good or bad as an actor.  Perhaps it would be best to say that his performances vary on the work in question he plays in, being generally good or bad depending on the quality of what he appears in.  He's quite notable for making wide-eyed, often open-mouthed expressions.

2014.01.16: I Mustache You a Question

A mustache is any facial hair worn upon one's upper lip.  It comes in many mustachioed styles, including the awesome handlebar and famously funny porn styles.  A mustache can say a great deal about the one sporting it, painting them as a man's man, a wimp, and anything in between and beyond.  It is best accompanied by a beard and sideburns.

2014.01.13: Shiny Steel

Armor is a sort of protective that covers the body to varying degrees to guard the wearer against attack.  It comes in many shapes and sizes depending on the time period, and is traditionally made from hardy materials such as tough metals.  It is about as old as civilization.  Notable examples include the plate armor worn by knights of old, and modern armor worn by law enforcement and military today.

2014.01.10: Letter #20

The letter T is no more or less special than some other letters, despite it being attributed to many things, such as being the common reference to a famous black actor, or sounding quite similar to the name of a brewed drink that is popular the world over.  It is merely a horizontal line that stands upon a vertical line to make the shape of a letter, that is in the end all the letter T is.  No more, no less.

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