Monday, September 14, 2009

Decieving humans is easy


When I was working in Maine this summer, I was sitting in the hamick while four other of the nine man 'croo' sat on the couches and slept. The summer had started out cold, we constantly had fires blazing to keep the guests warm. On our limited time to relax we look outside, and its snowing? It was snowing in July. Now everybody knows snow in July is highly unlikely, unless you're in the mountains, but our minds are a weird thing. Three of us rushed outside, it was cloudy like it does when it snows, it was cold like it was when it snows, and it looked like snow. We were baffled, did not know what was going on, until I caught one in my hand, and guess what, it didn't melt. Nope, so curoisty go the best of me, so I tasted it. AGH, it was not snow, no sir, not snow at all. It was ash, from the fireplace in the dinning hall that is located next to our bunkhouse. Tasted horrible, our hopes were dashed, cause who doesn't love snow?!?!?! Well I look back to that day and decieving humans is easy, but many do not fall for those 'stupid' moments. Their minds work more like, "snow in July is impossible, the upper atmosphere is too hot when the sun shines over the northern hemisphere like it does over the summer". I guess it illustrates peoples imagination. So I compared the people, the two that stayed inside were not fun, nope. They ruined the simplicities and it was obvious they had no imagination, compared to the three of us who imagined snow in the summer.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Gap Year? Whats that!



Here in the USA, a gap year is unheard of. 'You want to take a year off to travel and relax? Why, are you dumb?' This ideology is so misguided. The opportunity to travel for kids is a widely accepted thing, except in the USA. The protective bubble is raised around the country and kids are not experiencing the world. No wonder people think Americans are so narrow minded, its because they are. My friends across the pond travel all across Europe for vacations and just because they can. They experience all different cultures, different people, and different religions. The USA is called a 'mixing pot', but xenophobia still grips most of the US population. The only way Americans experience the other cultures is through TV and films, a biases view.

So why not take a year, a semester a week off and travel somewhere crazy? Why not experience another culture and let it open your eyes? It will make you a better person, it will make you more adapt to college life, and you can succeed in life.

So lets all travel!!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Animation is real

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