The Dreaming Tree

My favorite song is The Dreaming Tree by the Dave Matthews Band. It is not all that popular, but it has been my favorite song since I was really little. I remember, I was about 7, and I'd always beg my brother to play the song. He didn't really like it (most people think it's too long). I guess I was a weird little kid. The song made me imagine a terrible world like the one explained in the song. I thought it could never be real, but I know now that it can. I imagined the man and woman in the song to be a prince and a princess... they didn't live happily ever after though.

Perfect Day

I dont know what my perfect day would be like... I've never had one.

I think it would be just me, Ester, Teeda, Cheeka (who is 14 and still fairly healthy), and Blue. I don't like people all that much, and I'd love to see my pets that have died (or been sold). I guess, I'd spend the day in the outdoors. It would be early Autumn and sunny. That sums it up, I think.

Laptop

http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-EC1457u-11-6-Inch-Display-Laptop/dp/B0031RG0VM

I really like this laptop. It's light. It's got a lot of battery life. I will just list all of it's lovely qualities.


-Intel® Pentium® Dual Core
-Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
-Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
-Microsoft® Works
-Intel® GS45 Express Chipset
-EC: Ultraportable Style
-4GB RAM
-Extended Battery Life
-11.6" HD Ultrabright™ LED-Backlit Display
-Gigabit!
-500GB Hard Drive (Desktop Sized Hard Drive: pure awesomeness)
-Integrated 802.11b/g/n Wireless
-Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader
-Wi-Fi Certified
-Multi-Gesture Touchpad
-Integrated Webcam
-Kensington Lock Slot
-HDMI (High Definition Viewing: again, Awesomeness!)
-Gateway PowerSave Solution (Energy Efficiency =)
-Dolby Sound Room
-Energy Star
-1-Year Ltd. Warranty/Parts & Labor
-Norton Security (BAM!)

Are you in love yet?

The Akinator

the akinator.com is sort of like 20 Questions. Except, he couldn't guess The Rainbow Fish. And Why is he called the Akinator? What does that even mean? It makes me think of Clay Aiken. Annnnywho... you should check it out. http://us.akinator.com/ =]

Sweet

I love cake... and pie and cookies, and anything else that is sweet. I'm trying to eat healthier, but I just can't stop nibbling on sweets. I need to find some healthy/ natural/ sweet snacks... with chocolate in them. I wonder if that's even possible. Maybe chocolate covered raisins, but then I can't stop eating them. Ugh. This is difficult...

But these look fantastic: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/quick_healthy_dessert_recipes

Check it out =]

Rapping Monks: Mr. Happy

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/japan/090327/monks-venture-bars-and-rap

Mr. Happy is trying to reach out to the younger generation. I think it's awesome! The world will have an angry future awaiting if the younger generation cannot find faith in something. I guess that's really all I have to say about it.

Reclusiveness

Regretfully, I offer no good-humored, poor-humored, or any-sort-of-humored stories. I have been living in a reclusive state for the past two months. I do not socialize with the rest of the world unless it is necessary. I just don't feel the need to. I am not lonely, or depressed; I just find people increasingly agitating. I haven't been COMPLETELY alone. I talk to people online and at school and when I'm skiing and at work. But, I don't seek conversation. It is strange. I'm not angry with anyone, maybe I'm just becoming at peace with myself.

Speaking of inner peace...

I was actually happy when I looked in the mirror this morning. I have reached the point where I think I'm beautiful. The last time I can honestly say that I was satisfied with my appearance was in eighth grade. Then, high school hit me like a brick in the face. I developed some serious "illnesses" that lasted for what seemed like an eternity. I was not healthy, to say the least. But, thank God (seriously), I came out of that mental state. I can finally say that I'm okay. And that is a better feeling than you can imagine.

The Story of Stuff

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

That ^ video is absolutely excruciating. She talks for 3 minutes about how selfish the US is. Personally, I was annoyed. She got on my bad side by saying (in an annoyed tone) that 50% of US taxpayer dollars go toward the military. WHY IS THAT BAD!? Our military is our defense, and we are in a war. It makes perfect sense to me that we'd want to protect our soldiers with the best equipment, because those soldiers are risking their lives to protect us.

And honestly... I think she's a little paranoid. This wasteful system was DESIGNED? No. We made technological advances that didn't seem to have any repercussions when they were made. Now, we are hooked on these advancements. Plastic mills give millions of people jobs. What does she wants us to do? Quit our jobs and use natural resources? That is the other option. Without saying as much, she is suggesting that we turn back time. The world population is MASSIVE compared to what it used to be... maybe we should kill all of the extra people to slim down the atmospheric carbon. What we have is a crisis. But bitching about governmental flaws is not going to solve anything.

I rate this video a 1. Nice effort. Terrible things to complain about.

Snow White

Dear Snow White,

I hate you. How could anyone not hate someone as perfect and porcelain as you? You live in the forest with a bunch of awesome short guys who work in a DIAMOND mine. The animals adore your gentle spirit and follow you around. You fall asleep in a glass coffin, still looking as beautiful as ever, even though you are dead. And then, randomly, a prince comes along and wakes you. You both fall in love and frolic together in the forest. And you remain friends with the dwarfs and the animals. You sing beautifully. You don't concern yourself with diets and fashion. You are who I wish I could be, and I hate you, because a world where I could be you does not exist.

Enviously,

Hannah

Random Foresty-ness

As the axe sank deep into the trunk of the tree I heard the forest cry. It cried the sound of silent history. It cried the sound of the future where that tree would lay in tables and walls. Like lighting struck the handle of the tool in my hands I let it go. I realized I would be changing the future. I cut into the pink, fresh world of the tree's insides with a shattering of it's glass bark, with only one hit from sharp metal. I broke the forest's heart today. But I gave a single tree, a start to a new history.

The Big Bad Trash

I had to empty the three small trash cans at work last night. When I went into the back room I discovered that the big trash in the back room was full. Now I cannot pull the trash bag out of the big trash can because of the suction. I didn't realize this until after I had tried to get the bag out. While hauling on the (overly-delicate) plastic I heard Riiiiiip. So, I went and got my muscular manager. I neglected to tell him that I ripped the bag though...

So, using all of his height and strength he managed to get the bag out. Just as the bag hit the floor I heard PLOP. As a pile of food fell onto the floor. He reluctantly cleaned the food up... thinking the rip had been his fault. But, just as we were about to close the store I admitted to ripping the bag. He laughed and said he'd known all along and was just waiting for me to fess up.

The Return of the Poet

I found my poet yesterday. He was lost since he joined the Marines, and he returned. I had looked for this side of my Marine for months. Speaking as poetically as I could, trying to bring him back to life. And it worked. Sometimes perseverance pays off.

Slam

Soooo... I'm going to a poetry slam next Tuesday and I'm VERY excited.

Last night was a very weird night. I can't really talk about it online though. Especially on a school blog.

Annnnnyway. This blog is sort of lame. But, I guess, it works.

My Attempt at Rapping

I don't know how to rap
but I can rhyme okay
Isn't that basically
what rap is anyway?

I think I'm failing at this
your losing interest
as I speak
because my rhymes
are very weak.

If I was a rapper
I'd be called H-bomb
because I'm destructive
especially to this rap song.

So H-Bomb's quitting rap.
Just like you wished
But to the rest of the world
my rap will be missed.


I will label this "EPIC FAIL." =]

Children 2

I wish I was a child again. I used to daydream about life. I used to believe that the world was good. I have a hard time looking past the bad now... That is what the world needs to learn how to do.

this post is unfinished...
to be continued.

Children

As a child, I was forced to follow rules that adults rarely follow. Lying was wrong in all cases. Making up stories was not acceptable. You always had to share. Please and Thank-you were required. And everything was supposed to be done with others in mind.

As an adult, we can do whatever we want. Lying is alright as long as it will bring about some personal gain. Making up stories is an author's career. Sharing is rare; generosity is even more difficult to come by. "Please" and "Thank-you" are camouflaged in an atrocity of rude words and uncaring language. And people barely ever think of others. Everything an adult does in this world is, in some way or another, for their own personal gain.

The world increasingly saddens me as I get older.

Holidays

It was a great Christmas morning... Christmas evening my entire family decided to yell and scream at eachother. Over all it was a good holiday though. I got a new camera. I got to hang out with Jake the dog =] and I went to see Avatar. It is the best movie I've ever seen. After James Cameron watched it when it was finished, he must have been like: "This is it. This is the one that's going to make me go down in history. I will be remembered by this movie." And he will. I hope he wins every award there is to win, because the film is pure genius. Everyone should see it.