Nietzsche

I found this quote while killing time on Stumble Upon. I really like it - kinda has a "Senior Year Book Quote" vibe to it. I think it says a lot, actually. Obviously it doesn't just apply to dancers. To me, it says that you should always live your life the way that you want to. It doesn't matter what your parents, friends or siblings think about you or what they say you should pursue. Ultimately, you're the only one who can hear the soundtrack of your own life. They may think you insane to move to Japan or quit your well-paying job. But in the end, you know what you want to do and you should always dance to the music even if nobody else hears it.

Jon Stewart is a King.

Hey all (and by that I mean nobody at all haha). So it's been almost three weeks since I last posted. To be blunt, I felt like I was kinda forcing it. Like, I felt as if I was posting just because I wanted to have a blog that had more posts or something. I don't know why. Maybe because I was trying to pretend that I'm an actual blogger? Oh, self-deprecation. No but seriously, there's no point in posting if I don't feel like it. Especially because I don't really write about anything. I mostly just write about whatever is bothering me or whatever comes across my mind at the time. Whatever, I enjoy it.

I saw this interview last night with Jon Stewart on Chris Wallace's show on Fox News. It was...really awesome. I mean I might just be a dumb liberal asshole who's no better than all of those absolute idiots who watch the other absolute idiots on Fox News, but I don't think so. It was exhilarating to watch Jon Stewart - the most down to earth and just all around correct man - just serve up Fox News on a platter. I mean, what the hell were they expecting? Did they think that he would come to that interview cold, just waiting to be shown up by some shaky research done by Fox interns? No but seriously, it wasn't just exhilarating to watch because I share the same hatred towards Fox News that millions of other sane people have. It was just so refreshing to know that their remains some sliver of sanity in the world of politics and news coverage. Because, to be honest, it's far easier to spend an hour watching politics on Fox vomit about how Homosexuals violate the sanctity of marriage than it is to find a person talking about the world as it is.
The soundest argument that Jon had in the interview, and the one that seemed to affect him the most, was when he pointed out that polls have shown that Fox News viewers are consistently the most uninformed viewers when it comes to real, important topics like the economy and foreign affairs. When it comes down to it, Fox News is a tabloid and Stewart did a fantastic job of exposing that fact. After Obama addressed the nation and revealed his plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, I immediately turned to Fox News to hear what bullshit they had to say. I was not disappointed. I found them criticizing him on every single thing they could. Now, I'm all for objectivity. So I'm not saying that it's ridiculous to have bad things to say about the president. But when it gets to the point where you're saying "Well I just don't think that he's set realistic goals because I think that if we pull out our troops in 2014, we're going to see more 9/11's." What an absurd thing to say. Honestly, unidentifiable nondescript man wearing thick brim glasses and a gray suit? How did you even crack into the field of journalism? Or tabloidism, I should say.
Don't even get me started on people who think Obama wasn't born in America. WHAT could POSSIBLY make you say that?!? There is absolutely nothing that supports such a ridiculous claim. He has an American birth certificate! He is the president of the United States! So now, just because Donald Trump says that he has "people looking into the matter,"Barack isn't American!? It's just so stupid. There is no proof or even falsified documentation to suggest he isn't American. The only reason people are thinking this is because he is Barack Hussein Obama - black man. Not John David Anderson - white man. It's nauseating.
On another note, I saw a report about some wildfires that have been occurring in Arizona -  home of the Arizona Immigration Law. In an interview, John McCain revealed that it was "illegal aliens" who were starting the fires. That's all. No support. No proof. Just racist, absurdist, ignorant words. What were you thinking, John? Immigrants are responsible for these fires?! How are you a respected man? I thank God that he isn't our President. What's even more horrifying is that some people watch him spit this bullshit and absorb it because all they need for something to become fact is some senile old fart to say it on Fox. What horse shit.
Alright that's all for now.

Spelling Bee Kids

I'm all for the pursuit of academia, but come on...really?
I've been sitting in my living room for a solid hour now, watching ESPN's coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. I'd be lying if I said I don't enjoy watching the spelling bee at least a little bit. It's kind of fun to try and give each word your best shot. Obviously I fail most of the time because, let's be honest, these words are as ridiculous as they are useless. However, after watching these high-pantsed propeller heads sweat over the microphone for an hour, it's clear that the only thing more complex than their vocabulary is their social ineptitude.
I just could not fathom putting my child (whom I would love) through such a terrible existence. Not only are they essentially losing their childhood in its entirety, but they're also being brought up in a way that will not prepare them for the real world. Life isn't about being locked up in a stuffy room with your nose in a dictionary. No business will consider knowing Sanskrit roots as an advantage in the application process. Like I mentioned before, being home-schooled by Merriam Webster doesn't exactly help one develop interpersonal social skills.
What I'm saying is: Parents! You are ruining your child's life! I don't care if you have an inadequacy complex and are trying to live vicariously through your sweaty mess of a child. You are not helping! As a matter of fact, you are detrimental to your child's development as a person.

I mean could anybody really argue that one of these home school products is better prepared for a life of occupational collaboration than, say, an average student with exceptional, or even mediocre, social skills who doesn't happen to know how to spell bougainvillea?

I'd really like to sit down with these parents and these kids and see what their plans are for life after the age of 15. How has devoting the child's life to tedious memorization helped them develop as people? Better yet, how hasn't it harmed them?
Maybe I'm just a cynic. Maybe I'm just jealous. All that I know is that I'd never put a child through such a lonely and stressful life. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me be...human.