On 2 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Ke$ha

On 2 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Ke$ha

I'm assuming y'all know she got 1500 out of 1600 on her SATs, but I'll just subtly mention it here in case you don't.

ahem

1) She co-wrote for Brittany's Till the World Ends. You know, the one that's freaking awesome to dance to and not all that trashy at all.

2) I am seeing her tomorrow night. With LMFAO. "Get Sleazy" is the wildly appropriate name for the tour.

guess what i'm excited that's what

On 9/11

Today, as with this day on most years, I give thanks that I can only imagine what September 11, 2001 was like for those who were there. I give thanks that I'm not haunted by memories. I give thanks for those who were strong enough to do everything they can to help their fellow humans survive. 

Today I also hope that our country has learned to be tolerant. For all this talk of forgetting or remembering this day, I think I really just hope that our country has learned to love a little more. I am proud to be an American, and we don't need a war to prove it. (Maybe my distance has let sorrow replace anger, but there you go.)

May peace find all those who lost loved ones. May everyone who saw their city in flames find a way to move on.

On Insecurity

yay i love not making it as a nms semifinalist

because our state index jumped too many points apparently

although someone in our school did make it

and the internet keeps lying to me about this years supposed cutoff

but i'm totally cool with it yep

On Scientific Injustice

what school continues to teach me:

Jean Baptise Lamark: stupid stupid giraffes get longer necks he was stupid genetics fixed everything

Ada Lovelace: i don't know what that's probably not a thing

what everyone should know:

Jean Baptise Lamark: zoology professor who defined invertebrates, one of the first to actually use the term "biology" as we use it today

Ada Lovelace: Lord Byron's mathematical genius of a daughter who basically founded programming

[or at least something. is this just my experience? i'm mildly bitter.]

this show is so full of quality

On Poetry Analysis

So here's the thing

I'm trying really hard to not become one of those people who's "just not a lit person" but i keep having serious issues being happy in english classes

and a large portion of that is I just can't take the idea of coming to conclusions through a series of jumps that aren't really that clear and then taking the words and feelings and deciding what stuff is about (incorrectly)

I'd so much rather just read it, ponder, and /not try to figure out whatever the author meant it to be./

but to be honest the worst is probably the people who are getting up in front of the class and pronouncing that they have cleverly deduced the intricate meaning of the following poem and proceed to enlightened all of us poor ignorant souls

I feel like I need someone to defend poetry, it's purpose, it's use, and it's enjoyment to me. Because I feel like I'm missing stuff. I just want to read (preferably not poetry, but i'm not picky right now).