Friday, March 15, 2013
Finished with two minutes to go. Alright.
I'm sorry if I'm my blogs weren't that good! I tried to make them as entertaining as possible! I hope you enjoy!
Running friends are the best friends
No. They are.
I was running with my friend the other day, and it was a pretty intense run. We had already been running for about an hour straight (and neither of us are in our top shape) and we had got to this hill that's right before we start heading back towards home. So basically, it was home stretch. Now, I don't know if you've ever run before, but a whole bunch of bodily functions go crazy when you're really pushing yourself. After you finish a 5K race, you feel like something's gonna come out of every orifice. I realize that this is kind of disgusting, but if you're a runner then you'll get me. Anyways, back to the story. So we're running and we're both feeling our bodies going haywire, but of course we're not going to talk about it because 1) we're too tired and 2) because we both think that the other person will react with revile and disgust. So, we get to the top of the hill and I get there a little bit before she does and a just do a quick to make sure nothing came out of me. I know how this sounds, but you hear tale of people who start to-for lack of a better term-crap themselves in the middle of a run. When I first joined Cross Country, one of the first stories I heard was this girl who was running a race and she had a literal trail of liquid poop running down the back of her leg. I mean, she kept going because, I mean, at that point you got nothing to lose. But something you get a little paranoid because you don't know during a run if it's excrement or just sweat.
Anyways, she asked me what I was doing, and knowing her well enough that she wouldn't really care, I told her. And she quickly agreed with me how terrible it was. This one time, after she had finished a race, her friend went to congratulate her with a hug, and she was just like, "Gotta pee!" so she just went into the nearest port-o-potty and checked to make sure that nothing but sweat had come out of her. But yeah.
In summary: runner friends are great because you can talk about gross bodily functions with them and they will know your pain.
I was running with my friend the other day, and it was a pretty intense run. We had already been running for about an hour straight (and neither of us are in our top shape) and we had got to this hill that's right before we start heading back towards home. So basically, it was home stretch. Now, I don't know if you've ever run before, but a whole bunch of bodily functions go crazy when you're really pushing yourself. After you finish a 5K race, you feel like something's gonna come out of every orifice. I realize that this is kind of disgusting, but if you're a runner then you'll get me. Anyways, back to the story. So we're running and we're both feeling our bodies going haywire, but of course we're not going to talk about it because 1) we're too tired and 2) because we both think that the other person will react with revile and disgust. So, we get to the top of the hill and I get there a little bit before she does and a just do a quick to make sure nothing came out of me. I know how this sounds, but you hear tale of people who start to-for lack of a better term-crap themselves in the middle of a run. When I first joined Cross Country, one of the first stories I heard was this girl who was running a race and she had a literal trail of liquid poop running down the back of her leg. I mean, she kept going because, I mean, at that point you got nothing to lose. But something you get a little paranoid because you don't know during a run if it's excrement or just sweat.
Anyways, she asked me what I was doing, and knowing her well enough that she wouldn't really care, I told her. And she quickly agreed with me how terrible it was. This one time, after she had finished a race, her friend went to congratulate her with a hug, and she was just like, "Gotta pee!" so she just went into the nearest port-o-potty and checked to make sure that nothing but sweat had come out of her. But yeah.
In summary: runner friends are great because you can talk about gross bodily functions with them and they will know your pain.
In Other News
I got wait listed from UChicago! A whole of other people did, as well, and they're all complaining but I'm honestly just happy that I just got wait listed instead of just rejected! This will make it easier to transfer in next year maybe! Like, I would've been super happy if I had gotten into the school, but I always would've felt that I didn't deserve it. Because there's a whole bunch of other people out there who worked their butts off to get where they are and I'm not well of financially at all but I'm better off than a lot of other people! I'm just happy to get what I got!
A learning writer's quandry
Okay, okay, so I really, really, REALLY hate being told how to write something. Or to not being a sentence with a conjunction. Because I will do that all I like, thank you very much. It just really irks me when people tell me how to write. A lot of English teachers tell their students that there is only one way to write if you wish to write well. And it bugs me because that's nOT TRUE AT ALL. Write which ever way that pleases you and the way that you think most brings out what you're trying to convey. I mean, all the great authors barely adhered to these silly, superfluous rules. And that's what usually makes their work so good. Like, I've had to edit some people's papers over the years and they know that I'm an adequately good writer, so they expect me to just write their paper for them???? Like, I will edit and help you as best as I can but I'm not writing the paper for you. Like, when a sentence or part of a sentence is awkward or doesn't sound right I'll put "Rephrase" and then maybe put a suggestion if I can think of one in like 10 seconds. But then they're always like "Y DID YOU NOT JUST GIVE ME NEW SENTENCE?!!?!?" and it's just like "b/c i really don't know what u want/how you write." It bothers me, I'm sorry. I don't know, people should just always be able to do what they want however they want to. I curse the toes of anyone who says that someone isn't writing correctly! Unless they're wrting lyk this bcuz then thats axeptable.
Labels
We live in a society where everything and everyone must have a label. Young. Old. Popular. Loner. Intelligent. Stupid. Straight. Gay. Empathetic. Apathetic. Just plain pathetic. We like to put people in their little boxes and we like to organize them. I like to think that this gives people a sense of control over others. If we know something about someone else, something that when talked about is like a shooting a bullet into their soul, we use it to our advantage.
Have you ever thought something when you were younger? And then all of a sudden you read something like it in a book, or see it in a movie or on T.V.? That happened to me when I started to watch Game of Thrones. In the series, there's this family of nobles: the Lannisters. All are said to be rather blessed with good looks, wits, golden hair, and they possess a vast fortune. However, one was born that didn't get much of anything... well, except for the wit as sharp as any sword. Tyrion "The Imp" Lannister. Born as dwarf and having his mother die birthing him, he was an outcast. His noble name saved him from a worse fate, but he was still scorned by society; especially by his own family. During a conversation with Jon Snow, the bastard son of the Lord of Winterfell, he gives him the same advice I gave myself as a young child, he just puts it a lot more eloquently. "Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you." In other words: embrace you what makes you different. Don't hide from it. People will always try and use it against you, but if you turn their weapon into your armor, then they can never harm you. I think that this is an important lesson for people to learn, especially young people. Shame that this is in an "adult" book.
Have you ever thought something when you were younger? And then all of a sudden you read something like it in a book, or see it in a movie or on T.V.? That happened to me when I started to watch Game of Thrones. In the series, there's this family of nobles: the Lannisters. All are said to be rather blessed with good looks, wits, golden hair, and they possess a vast fortune. However, one was born that didn't get much of anything... well, except for the wit as sharp as any sword. Tyrion "The Imp" Lannister. Born as dwarf and having his mother die birthing him, he was an outcast. His noble name saved him from a worse fate, but he was still scorned by society; especially by his own family. During a conversation with Jon Snow, the bastard son of the Lord of Winterfell, he gives him the same advice I gave myself as a young child, he just puts it a lot more eloquently. "Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you." In other words: embrace you what makes you different. Don't hide from it. People will always try and use it against you, but if you turn their weapon into your armor, then they can never harm you. I think that this is an important lesson for people to learn, especially young people. Shame that this is in an "adult" book.
Unbelievable: a Belated Post
Sorry, that I never really made this blog post for the assignment, but better late than never.
There's a lot of unbelievable things in this wide, wide, minuscule world of ours. One of the most unbelievable is that there's so many people on this chunk of space rock. I mean, there's about 7 billion people on this planet. That's 7 billion who are falling in love, out of it, being born, departing this world for the next, going to work, begging on the street, and just doing things that humans do. I just think that it's amazing to think about.
However, an unfortunate thing that is unbelievable is the way that people can treat others. I know that this sounds rather cliche or something that's over said, but it's true. We have this amazing club at our school: Blue-Gold. It's devoted to helping those born with disabilities and to make them feel like there's nothing at all that makes them negatively different from everyone else. This is true, and our schoolmates carry our their duty with nobility and integrity. However, sometimes their nobleness is limited to only being kind to those that they do actually deem-albeit subconsciously-"lesser humans". I'm not saying that this makes them a terrible person. I mean, we all kind of do it. And it doesn't matter what we think subconsciously-in my opinion-as much as it matters what we say and do concerning that subject. Getting back to the point, some people don't treat everyone with the same respect and kindness that they show their buddies. They say that we are all equal, then doesn't everyone deserve that same kindness? Being nice to someone with Downs, and then being rude to someone who acts a little differently or likes weird things just isn't right. It's a bias. If you're rude to someone for days on end, and then do one nice thing for them, your heart shouldn't swell with pride. It's a lot easier to make the cuts, than to heal them. I just think that we all need to think about how we define "equality" and be more careful with how we treat others.
There's a lot of unbelievable things in this wide, wide, minuscule world of ours. One of the most unbelievable is that there's so many people on this chunk of space rock. I mean, there's about 7 billion people on this planet. That's 7 billion who are falling in love, out of it, being born, departing this world for the next, going to work, begging on the street, and just doing things that humans do. I just think that it's amazing to think about.
However, an unfortunate thing that is unbelievable is the way that people can treat others. I know that this sounds rather cliche or something that's over said, but it's true. We have this amazing club at our school: Blue-Gold. It's devoted to helping those born with disabilities and to make them feel like there's nothing at all that makes them negatively different from everyone else. This is true, and our schoolmates carry our their duty with nobility and integrity. However, sometimes their nobleness is limited to only being kind to those that they do actually deem-albeit subconsciously-"lesser humans". I'm not saying that this makes them a terrible person. I mean, we all kind of do it. And it doesn't matter what we think subconsciously-in my opinion-as much as it matters what we say and do concerning that subject. Getting back to the point, some people don't treat everyone with the same respect and kindness that they show their buddies. They say that we are all equal, then doesn't everyone deserve that same kindness? Being nice to someone with Downs, and then being rude to someone who acts a little differently or likes weird things just isn't right. It's a bias. If you're rude to someone for days on end, and then do one nice thing for them, your heart shouldn't swell with pride. It's a lot easier to make the cuts, than to heal them. I just think that we all need to think about how we define "equality" and be more careful with how we treat others.
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