Creativity at its finest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7334233.stm
-A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.

I love people who think outside of the box.

The [Lost] World of Literary Greatness

I was in Borders recently, and I bought a book (not for myself). However, I did sign up for this Borders Rewards thing (apparently ever $150 I spend at Borders will get me a $5 discount. Wonderful, isn't it?) So I'm sitting here writing my Spanish Essay on my second monitor while staring at the card that I put on my key ring, and my mind begins to wander. I start wondering when the last time I read a book for myself was. For probably the last four months (if not more), the only things that I have read in print have been for Lit, History, SIR, or test prep. I used to be the one who had these lists of books that I wanted to read, lists that seemed to never end as I added new ones all the time. Now, the lists are stagnant as I neglect to add new books and forget what the old ones were. Meanwhile, while I try to stay up-to-date on current events, I'm hardly as informed as I used to be.

I guess this is yet another "man I miss having time for this sort of thing pre-IMSA but I still love IMSA (sometimes)" moment. But I'm wondering...

There are indeed some people at IMSA who find time to read what they want once in a while, and can stay up-to-date on the news. So for those of us who don't have time, is it because we really don't or because we just won't find the time? Personally, I'm also a fairly slow reader (which I really hate), so that kind of has an effect on it for me.

What do you think?

I Can See Clearly Now?

The rain is gone, that's for sure. But today, just now, walking back from classes, my eyes did that thing! That thing, meaning, I didn't even realize how bright out it was until I opened the door to 06 and couldn't even see objects in front of me. My eyes took about three minutes to adjust to the indoors. Going up the stairs was an adventure. This is the first time that this has happened to me, and I think that means good things (good weather) are in our future. This is quite a nice perk to my otherwise ridiculously stressful day. I'm off to do miles of more work (I think using 'miles' as a term expressing a large amount is pretty hip. You can use it if you want).
P.S. I'm really happy this blog exists. I thought about mentioning the presence of the sun in my facebook status, but it wouldn't be in depth enough. Or, I would try to make it in depth enough and people would just de-friend me and think I'm crazy. I guess I thought it'd be more appreciated here.
P.P.S. I wanted to make some pun with 'Thank God' and the word 'blog', because sometimes 'blog' is substituted in for 'God', (Example from the movie, Juno, "Honest to Blog?") but I just didn't feeeel it. I invite anyone who actually read this to take a shot.

Student Apathy

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10921273777&ref=nf

In this facebook note, Jon confronts those who think that this year in student council was a failed one. It got me wondering, what would be a successful year in student council? I mean, what do students really want changed? I see ambitious student council president candidates with a drive to change IMSA and how student council is run. They have the will, but without students to put forth things we want changed, there's no way we can change this mindset of student council as a futile attempt to improve student's lives. Instead of complaining that student council has done nothing, voice your ideas on what they should do.

What if...

IMSA had existed in the 60s? My quadmate and I were discussing this on the way to Walgreens the other day. We walked over the hill and were talking about how kids probably would've just hung out there and done LSD and stuff all the time.

But seriously, this is kind of coming from the fact that I just saw Across the Universe over break, and I'm thinking of how crazy that decade was, with all the protests and hippies and fun stuff like that. And IMSA, being pretty predominantly liberal, would've been full of things like that, no doubt.

Thoughts?

Comic Relief:

- The use of humor to lighten the mood of a serious or tragic story, especially in plays. The technique is very common in Elizabethan works, and can be an integral part of the plot or simply a brief event designed to break the tension of the scene.
The Gravediggers' scene in William Shakespeare's Hamlet is a frequently cited example of comic relief. (http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_bc.htm)

- A humorous scene or incident that alleviates tension in an otherwise serious work. Often these moments enhance thematic significance of a story in addition to providing humor. (http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/c/ach13/Asia/Glossary.htm)

- A bathroom only for comics.