Interesting.

Interesting facts were from these interesting sites. I have pruned them to only include the one's I found interesting
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/xmastrivia.html
http://www.kencollins.com/Holy-02t.htm
http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/christmas/xmasfact.html

In the beginning

The cross so overshadowed the manger—and the resurrection so overshadowed the incarnation—that neither scripture nor tradition has passed down a firm date for Christmas.

The origin of the date

There is a very widespread theory that Christmas began in Rome as a response to pagan festivities centering around the winter solstice, which was locally considered to be 25 December. The pagan celebration, which was first established by the Roman emperor Aurelian in AD 274, was called The Birth of the Invincible Sun. However, there is evidence that, some years earlier, Christians had made a sincere attempt to calculate the actual date of Jesus’ birthday. People commonly believe that Christmas was instituted on the date of a pagan holiday to supplant it, but it was actually the other way around. Christmas was there first.

In ancient Judaism, there was a common belief, which ancient Christians inherited, that the prophets of Israel died on the on the same date as their birth or conception. This may be behind the long-standing Christian custom of referring to the date of a martyr’s death as their “birthday in heaven.” According to ancient western calculations, Jesus was crucified on 25 March, so they assumed that 25 March was the date of Jesus’ conception. The Annunciation is still commemorated on that date to this day. Nine months after 25 March leads to 25 December, which would be the birthday of Jesus Christ if all those assumptions and calculations were correct. They aren’t correct, but the fact remains that the date has a Christian origin. footnote

In AD 354, Philocalus wrote a Christian martyrology that dates the nativity of Jesus Christ on December 25, and cites an earlier work as backup. From this we can deduce that Christmas was celebrated on the present date at least as early as AD 335 in Rome.

The origins of Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, presents, and trees

English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.

Saint Nicholas Day (December 6) was the traditional day for giving gifts to children. It is still the day on which children receive gifts from St. Nicholas in the Netherlands. Epiphany (January 6) is, in the western Church, the commemoration of day on which the three kings presented the baby Jesus with gifts.

The definition of a white Christmas in the UK is for a single snow flake (perhaps amongst a shower of mixed rain and snow) to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25th.

Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed to the wise men - Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar were added some 500 years later.

The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley

The 26th of December is traditionally known as St Stephen's Day, but is more commonly known as Boxing Day. The reason it was called this is either alms boxes in church were opened and the money distributed to the poor, or alternatively it was named from the practice of servants receiving boxes of gifts from their employers on this day. Boxing day is NOT named after the practice of throwing out large numbers of boxes after Christmas!

Christmas trees become popular in the UK from 1841 when Prince Albert erected a tree in Windsor Castle following a German tradition. Fir trees have been decorated at Christmas time in Germany since the 8th century.

Saint Nicholas was the bishop of Myra in Lycia, which is in modern Turkey, sometime before AD 350. Nothing is known of his life except for the legends that have built up around him, but he was associated with kindness to children. He was a widely admired saint throughout the eastern and western churches. The Dutch custom of giving presents to children on St. Nicholas Day was brought to America by early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam, which was renamed New York when the British took over the colony. Santa Claus is the American pronunciation of Sinter Klaas, which was colloquial Dutch for Saint Nicholas.

In the US, gifts are now exchanged on Christmas Day in a sort of compromise of Dutch, German, and British gift-giving customs. The Christmas tree is a Christianized pagan custom that originated in Germany. German settlers introduced it in America. It became popular during the nineteenth century, and then later spread to Britain and Japan from the US.

The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." There is no set date for his birth in scripture and it wasn't celebrated on any particular day. However Christmas was first celebrated on the 25th of December in Rome in 336AD with an aim to replacing the popular pagan winter solstice celebrations

A Christmas club, a savings account in which a person deposits a fixed amount of money regularly to be used at Christmas for shopping, came about around 1905.

A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.

According to historical accounts, the first Christmas in the Philippines was celebrated 200 years before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the country for the western world, likely between the years 1280 and 1320 AD.

After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original.

Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday. This tradition began in 1836.

An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.

Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones, are also a good source of nutrition.

During World War II it was necessary for Americans to mail Christmas gifts early for the troops in Europe to receive them in time. Merchants joined in the effort to remind the public to shop and mail early and the protracted shopping season was born.

Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895. The idea for using electric Christmas lights came from an American, Ralph E. Morris. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles.

There are two Christmas Islands.The Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean was formerly called Kiritimati. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is 52 square miles.

It is estimated that 400,000 people become sick each year from eating tainted Christmas leftovers.

Santa's Reindeers are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.

The "Twelve Days of Christmas" was originally written to help Catholic children, in England, remember different articles of faith during the persecution by Protestant Monarchs. The "true love" represented God, and the gifts all different ideas:

The "Partridge in a pear tree" was Christ.
2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity-- the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which relays the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying = the six days of Creation
7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

I came across this entirely by accident. I was randomly looking at someone else's blog. (Which I don't do very often.) I found this and I thought you all might like to see it.

This took a long time to fix.

Who needs a title.

Well. I suppose I could blog today.

I watched the 5th Harry Potter movie today. I quite enjoyed it actually. Weird. Better than the fourth one I think. I don't remember what happened in the fourth one. Darn.

I got a whole bunch of new music yesterday. I am truly excited about some of it. Others not quite so much. I "borrowed" it from Eric. Switching topics. Or not. Nightfist is amazing. The Epic is their only album but it is freaking awesome. Freaking Awesome I tell you.

I am intesely bored. Really intensely bored. How do you spell intesely?

When Kyle gets back from Mexico he said he might be able to give me his old crappy bass. I am stoked. I already have a specific song picked out to learn. It will be neato.

We went to Joey's Only for dinner last night. It was for my Dad's birthday. I enjoyed myself.

I going to try and find something to do.

Merry freaking Christmas!

Merry freaking Christmas everybody! Hope you all enjoy this uh... joyous day... crap, that sounded/read kinda lame.

Quite possibly more to come. I will show you all how much crap I get this year. Like I needed more crap.

Huh.

I have never been fully satisfied with my eyes.

Your Eyes Should Be Brown

Your eyes reflect: Depth and wisdom What's hidden behind your eyes: A tender heart

What Color Should Your Eyes Be?

What Your Handwriting Says About You

You are sometimes a very energetic person, but you are sometimes quite lethargic. You're moody, prone to ups and downs, and you don't have a lot of endurance. You are very extroverted and outgoing. You are loving, friendly, and supportive. However, you are also manipulative and controlling at times. You are balanced and grounded. You know how to get along well with others. You need a bit of space in your life, but you're not a recluse. You expect people to give you a small amount of privacy, and you respect their privacy as well. You are somewhat traditional, but you are also open to change. You listen to your head and your heart. You are a poor communicator. No one really knows exactly what you're getting at.

What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?

Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)

Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant. Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Didn't do to much today. Shoveled the driveway. Played some guitar. Should have played some flute.

I want to be back at camp right freaking now. Right now. Shoot.


Anyways, I should be off to bed now.

Goodnight.

Hot sauce

At camp a couple of buddies and I found some amazing hot sauce. This hot sauce helped us survive some of the nastier camp foods. It was awesome. I found some today.

It was a thoroughly exciting discovery.

I am beginning to feel the inklings that it is indeed Christmas time. Decorations, presents, a disgusting lack of appropriate snow. It is good times all over again.

I am disappointed in myself. Yesterday on the bus, I saw a kid intentionally sexually assault one of my friends. I didn't do anything. I really wanted to just walk up to him and put my foot in his face but I was too sissy about it. So now I feel weak and pathetic. Also and the worst part is I feel useless to Siobhan. I should have done something. I should have broke that kid. I still might. I don't know what to do.

Anyways, I found a very enjoyable band (For me anyways, don't actually look at any of their other songs. They are pretty bad.) They are called Mindless Self Indulgence. This is my favorite song of theirs. It is called Shut me Up. It has a little bit of language, but it is kind of disguised.

Hopefully that clip will work. By the way, the guy who directed this video is one of my heroes. His name is Jhonen Vasquez.

Talk more later.

Im gonna try something new

I am not going to post about the bad stuff in my life at the moment. Besides the fact that I just about threw my cat into the other wall. Not important.

Now I am not saying that I have anything more interesting to say, so bear with me.

Guitar was good today, Cadet band sucked as usual. My friend Devin got a speeding ticket on the way home from band. It was quite comical. He gave me a ride.

I found some drive somewhere deep inside my body and I should now be able to pass math with a decent grade. We shall see.

I am going to reconcile myself with mine mother now.

At least you can hide from your problems.

Mine follows me everywhere I go. I definitely need a monkey. It would probably be easier to deal with than my sisters. Also I would be able to talk to it without it talking back, and the screaming would be justified. I think Mum is going to try putting me through counseling. Wonder how that is going to work.

I had decided to post some pics of me in my new jacket. However I seem to have pulled a Hannah and my connection cord thingy has gone missing. Maybe later.

By the way, you should check out Forever Train on Youtube by Frame. I quite enjoy it.

Church was good this morning. We sat in the front. Spite unto you Josh and Cade, you back sitters. Anyways, good message. I had already kinda figured out what Pastor Dan was talking about. Meh, whatever.

I'm going to go mope now.

Exciting things

My braces are coming off sometime in the beginning of 2008. Maybe that will be my resolution this year. Get my braces taken off. Hey, just because it is happening no matter what doesn't make any difference. At least I will be able to hold to this resolution. Also, I will be getting contacts next time I see my optometrist. I am quite serious about it this time. Numerous occasions before I have attempted to obtain the darn lenses. So far it has been a no show though.

I got a new jacket and some jeans and a shirt this week. All of them are awesome. I might even get some pics of them up this weekend.

I take my leave now.

I have a box of Oreo's on my desk.

I also have no idea how that relates to anything... oh well. By the way, the oreo's are mine and only I get to eat them. My sisters were so confused when they couldn't have any. That isn't mean is it? They got something too. I feel so much like I am justifying something bad here.

I feel lost, not bad, but lost. I feel like there is something more than what I have right now. Some great adventure waiting patiently to take me from the mediocrity of life. Now I understand the whole "life is an adventure" crap, but this is different. Also less lame. I can't shake the feeling that I am missing out. The daily grind of modern society just doesn't seem like an adventure to me. I don't get it.

Maybe I just need to give it some time. I'm worried though, sometimes I look around and think to myself some not so god like thoughts. Usually stuff about how this world is the pits. Don't get me wrong, I don't harbor suicidal thoughts but I do wish that this transitional stage in our existences could be forsaken. I think to myself that this world isn't worth the time and that it would be better if I could just speed my voyage to Heaven along a bit. Or a lot.

I just reread what I wrote above. Amazing how quickly God can work in someones life. I realized just how much influence Satan had on the above paragraph. How much selfishness was pumping through my heart. I was thinking solely on my own journey with God, however the truly important thing on this earth is to bring others to The Lord.

Meus cruor flows per vestri vena

A post of utter nonsense

With nothing to say!

Getting new jeans tomorrow. Putting up out Christmas tree today. Doing the fundraiser. Oh boy.

This week has been long and stupid. Also I think that next year I am going to try to do homeschooling. I shall see if I can't get that to work.

By the way, I am a Lawful Evil Male Elf Bard. Apparently. Dang. I wanted to be a wizard.

A tired of a different meaning

Yesterday I was tired from lack of sleep.

Now I tire of my stupid home life. Siblings are terrible, parents overworked and drawn out from constant battle with aforementioned siblings.

Started writing this earlier and most of the feelings are gone now.
I don't actually have much to blog about. The chili thing at the church turned out well and I was quite pleased with the overall results.

That about sums it up.

So darn tired...

And sick, don't forget sick. I am only awake right now by a supreme extension of will power. Sometimes I amaze even myself. The lock in was a freaking awesome event of freaking awesomeness. (Blame the stupid on the tired.) Got sick of Guitar Hero, Halo3 has decent multiplayer...(the game gods will strike me down for saying that.) Slightly damaged from Gargon, developed a deeper hatred for the mentality of dodgeball and enjoyed some crazy pizza/conversation things. Oh and I made a robot out of a Cardboard box and, well me. I am however disappointed in the fact that I slept for 2 hours from 6-8ish. I made it up by not getting any subsequent sleep and having not gotten any sleep the night before.
Its my excuse and Im sticking to it.

Went over to Kyles house after the lock in. Right after the lock in. We played some Assassins Creed. That game turned out quite nicely. The rest of my adventures at Kyles will no doubt cause you to shake your heads in disgust/not disgust. Actually it was a perfectly legitimate nerdy gaming session thing. We played Doom.

I am so snatching this from Hannah. Whether I do this more often or if only this once,
Fact - I have to stop and go back and make this blog more pg-13 rating every once in a while. I blame society. ((I have to edit out the swearing) For those who needed an extra hint) cough Hannah cough. What...? I said/wrote nothing of any sort like that.

More stupid from sleep deprivation going on here. Mums playing Guitar Hero and its driving me nuts. Im going to bed.

p.s. I'm actually going to church tomorrow! First time ever!! Exciting!!!

Thursday

Was sick for the last three days. Thats my excuse and Im sticking to it. Didn't go to guitar. Cadet Band practice was a gong show. Larina came over after band. Only got awkward towards the end.
(Larina is my Ex-Girlfriend.) ((Wow I feel dirty for writing that. Probably for different reasons than you think))

Im gonna go eat a chickin sandwich now.

A whole lot of neglect

Hmmm, what have I not been doing recently? Besides breathing of course. Blogging of course. Im gonna start doing this some more.

Didn't go to cadets tonight went to the Gedderts instead. We played some GH3 some Apples to Apples and some spoons. I bled after spoons. Then other craziness occured. Adults arrived. Liz drove me Josh, Andrew and Tim to dairy queen and we ate food. Then we rented Windtalkers. Pretty cool movie. Came home, found out some kids had come by to harass Meghan. Figured out some names and made some phone calls. I won't do this but I wish I could just beat the snot out of these kids. They wouldn't be able to hurt Meg's feelings with busted jaws. Anyways, my birthday is on wednesday. That is pretty exciting.

I think Im gonna go play some guitar or something now. Post more later.

PS I might even finish that post about the Vancouver trip before I forget all the details! :)

Vancouver Trip pt. 2

Saturday: I woke up at 4:45 in the morning. Earlier than we usually get up on Cadet things. Packed up our kit and got on the bus by 6. It was ridiculous. By 6:20ish we had arrived at the Aberdeen McDonalds for breakfast. Everybody got a hashbrown, Egg McMuffin and a drink (Apple or Orange). They were disgusting. I had apple juice. After that we started on the road to Vancouver. I sat at the back of the bus. (Charter Bus) With Devin and Kathryn. I put my headphones in and tried to sleep. It was tough trying to sleep. About ten minutes before we reached the reststop. After the toll booth I think. I realized my butt hurt more than it should from sitting on the bus for three hours. I reached down and felt my poppy. I thought hmm it doesn't hurt so bad I'll just pick that up and put it where it belongs. I tugged the poppy up but it didn't move. I had about half the pin stuck in my butt meat. It really hurt. We reached Vancouver around 11 and stopped at the JP Fell Armoury to drop off our kit and to change into our boots. After that we went to the Spagetti Factory for lunch. I had the Spicy Meat Sauce on my spagetti. From the Spagetti factory we went staight to BC place. We went in and started the practice which lasted for about an hour. It turned out fairly well. After I met up with a friend from camp. Jim Yu is my best friend from camp, the only person I considered an equally good friend was Bryce Haley. Anyways, we hung out for a while before Leftenant Pennington came to pick us up and take us to one of the various malls around BC place. The Bay's in Vancouver are disgustingly expensive. But the clothes are so AWESOME!!! We got to spend around a half hour in the mall. When we got back to BC place.

Okay, I was searching through random drafts and found this plugging up space. To sum up the rest of the trip. I punched some kid because he was pissing me off. He ate like 8 hotdogs. He then proceeded to throw up. That was the exciting part of the trip. We played in the half time show. I oogled the cheerleaders. We went, slept in a church. Came home the next day. Enjoy the random post.

Vancouver Trip!

This may take a long time to type out. Whew.

Friday: Got home from school. School was suckish as usual. Started packing my bags for the trip at around three thirty. Finished packing about ten minutes after five. Ten minutes after my ride showed up. I felt so bad. Anyways, got to the Cadet hall on time. (This is a cadet thing by the way) We began the evening by setting up our uniforms, getting them all pretty and nice. After about an hour of that madness, we issued rucksacks (backpacks) and foamies. Good times at supply. Then we all sat down and watched the first half of Transformers. Twas fun. After Transformers everyone went to bed.

Im gonna go to bed now too. Post more tomorrow.

I want to go to guitar.

Stupid missed lessons anyways.

Went to the Harvest Party last night. Twas freakin awesome. Hay bale rides are the best things ever. That fire was nuts. The fireworks were cool and the sparklers were too.

Got band tonight, partyish thing. Getta wear costumes. I dont really have a costume though. Oh well. Tomorrow I'm off to Vancouver for the BC Lions game. We get to play for half time. Exciting. Nothing else to say.

-Awe turns to shock as the eagle begins to plummet-

So much topic!

Well, where to begin?
I probably won't remember everything so don't hold me to it.

Friday, went to Kyle's house. Played video games. Made home made pizza. Met his Grandma Pat (she was so cute :) Woke up saturday. Did more nothing. Went home.
Saturday, after returning home, I changed into nice clothes and went to the Baptist Mid Year Celebration. It was cool. Good food. Good message. Move forward folks. That's what is important.
Sunday, forgot it was sunday, decided I wasn't going to school. Went to church. Last church service. Sorrow for what was lost, hope for what has yet to come. Went with Josh down to EB games and picked up... Guitar Hero 3! Such a stupidly fun game. Played that for approx. five hours. Went home at 9:30. Sleep.
Monday, School. Missed the first bus, then the second bus didn't come. Got a ride with dad. Awesome. School. Home. Went out got new shoes and haircut. Buzzed most of my hair off, and got strap shoes. Also got Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer. Haven't even played it yet. So exciting. Ate at New York Fries, thinking about applying there. Went to Cadets, it was sports night, that was fun. Got yell at people.

That is the synopsis of my weekend. Talk to y'all later. I guess, those that read anyways.

-Amazement as the phoenix changes into an eagle-

Youth Group is great.

But I'm sure you already know that.
Dang I wish I could sing, and play music like most of the people in my youth group. I really can't sing. I can't play the guitar with them. The flute is definitely not working out. Meh oh well, life moves on.

My lip is so chapped and sore. It really sucks.
Not much else. Can't go to Vernon this weekend. Going to Haiti. Gonna miss the first meeting in November. Turning freaking 16 in November. Not much else.

-At the crest of it's flight the phoenix's flame goes out-

Cadets

Tonight was Cadets, I may be able to go to the band clinic this weekend! Sweet!
I wasn't going to be able to because of my church's funeral thing. Hooray for superficial people. Cadets was fun tonight. Got to yell loudly. (By the way I can yell really loudly) Taught a lesson. Left.

School was interesting today. Nothing bad happened. But my drive to care has really fizzled out. This might be a bad thing for the whole 11-12 years. Oh well.
Can't think of anything else. Goodnight everybody, or the few who read this drivel.

-The phoenix reaches the peak of it's flight-

Lullaby

Lullaby- Creed

Hush my love now don't you cry
Everything will be alright
Close your eyes and drift in dream
Rest in peaceful sleep

If there's one thing I hope I've shown you
If there's one thing I hope I've shown you
Hope I've shown you

Just give love to all
Just give love to all
Just give love to all

Oh my love in my arms tight
Every day you give me life
As I drift off to your world
Rest in peaceful sleep

I know there's one thing that you've shown me
I know there's one thing that you've shown me
That you've shown me

Just give love to all
Just give love to all
Just give love to all
Let's give love to all
Let's give love to all
Just give love to all
Let's give love to all
Just give love to all
Let's give love to all

This was the closest thing to our song that she and I had. By pure chance it came to mind tonight and I decided to listen to it and truly listen. After I had dug my way back out of that damning abyss of despair I realized how much this song actually means to me. It is interesting because it doesn't tie into what our relationship meant, but it does give an insight into what I tried to bring to us. No longer us. Separate and alone again. Pff it ended in the summer and I'm better now. Short little pain tonight but it is gone now.

Thought I should put it up.
The song is on youtube if you are interested. It does not matter in the slightest if you listen and like or if you listen and love. The only thing that matters is what it means to me.

Have an day.

-The phoenix arises new from the ashes-

Good moods last longer when family isn't around.

It's true, when my family isn't around I feel better. Is that wrong? Naw its fine. Josh and Andrew came over today, that was fun. Uhh, Josh and I played some Super Smash Bros. and then Andrew showed up randomly with pizza. It was sweet. We ate pizza then we watched an hour and a half of Family Guy! It was awesome.
Not much else happened, slept in to 1:10 today.

I'm in a good mood so I don't have any really philosophical stuff to throw down,

Making some Buffalo Chicken Bites for dinner... for myself... exciting!

I'm leaving now.

-Screams turn to wonder as the ashes stir-

Freedom for the weekend.

Parents are out of town this weekend. Exciting! Not. It would be exciting if mine sister was also gone. Another thing that would make it exciting would be the possibility of party, however I lack sufficient friends and resources for any such endeavor.

Oh well.

Meghan just walked through the room and crapped all over my good mood. Why is is always when I'm blogging? Maybe the bad mood will go away.

Oooh I got my braces tightened this morning and my mom went and bought me some T2's. Excitement abounds... Why don't I feel any different when I take them? I swear, I could take like freaking meth and it wouldn't make a difference. Not that I would try it to see whether or not it would.


I should think of something interesting that I can do whilst home alone... with Meghan. Hmmm, I think I will spray paint some miniatures eat some food and do computery things. But in what order?

-Screams fill the air as the eagle crashes into the earth-

Rebel without a cause.

I skipped math class today, slow down hold on. I can just hear your contempt already. WHAT your skipped a class!! Woah woah woah Bryon you are a terrible person and you should be punished. I have no excuse. I went to High Octane with Eric. It was cool, but I have less money than I thought I did which kinda sucks.
Anyways enough about school ( School was really long today!) I invented a new type of treat for myself. Actually I probably just haven't heard of it which is most likely. I took two Chips Ahoy cookies and put nine tiny marshmallows inside of it and nuked it for 10 seconds. Pure unadulterated bliss.
The cookie made me happy. All is now well.
Dang its back. That fleeting moment of happiness stolen by logical progression of thoughts. Bryon you will only be happy for a while, then the gloom will settle back in and you will feel like crap again. Stupid brain.

I think I will go make another cookie.

-Awe turns to shock as the eagle begins to plummet-

And so it begins.

Hot dang I feel like a loser.
I'm writing this mostly out of boredom, and I think to myself... who the heck is going to read this?
I doubt this blog will get much attention after a few weeks. Who knows though, maybe I will be blogging long after that. Maybe it is fun and exciting to vent your inner frustration on the internet for the masses to read.
Well, there is a lot to say. It helps to know that the chances of somebody actually reading this are fairly minimal but whatever.
We will start with the easy stuff that is at the top of my mind.
I despise almost every aspect of my life. School, Cadets, Band, Guitar, Me. All those things suck, big time. I could go through all the individual troubles but to tell the naked truth, there are no individual troubles. That happens to be one of the other problems by the way. I feel like I have been placed in a glass box. The whole world is around me and I can't actually experience any of it. On top of all this someone, sneaky person that they are, is pouring freaking sand into the container and I can't climb fast enough. All the time I must struggle against the mediocrity of life. Climb a little bit. Once you reach the top everything will be better. I understand that once I am dead everything will be better, but not in this lifetime. Eventually I will get to the top of that box of sand and everything will begin to look up. But then some jerk will show up and deposit me in another bloody box on the other bloody side of the bloody room and the whole process will begin anew.

Not an exciting prospect.

But amidst all this doom and gloom there are a few good things. Conversations with Kyle. Youth Group. My small group of friends. My camp friends, whom I have no idea whether or not I will ever see again. But thats ok, the time we spent together was worth only spending that short period of time together. Other exciting things occur some times. Things worth talking about, but only to certain people. I spent 85 dollars the other day on Warhammer 40k. I haven't even put them together yet and I already feel like I have been delivered an 85 dollar delivery. In simpler terms, it was worth every dang penny. What else is exciting in my life? Hmmm, I am reading and thoroughly enjoying a book lent to me by a friend. It is called Eisenhorn, and I seriously recommend it to any sci fi fans or Warhammer 40k fans. This book is amazing because it has provided me with a whole new freaking world for my imagination to explore... and I already knew most of the stuff that is in the book! Exciting huh?

Got some writing done yesterday. It will be nice to be able to hand something into Mr. Youds, my writing teacher. What I wrote was a little piece on making a meatloaf with potassium hydroxide. The base found in alkaline batteries. Oh darn, I have to specify that in my writing. Hopefully I won't forget to edit that... :S... hopefully it won't matter. (It will Bryon! It will!)

Anyquay as a friend would say it, it is getting really late for a school night. (School sucks!) I think it is about time to nod off. I suppose I will talk to whomsoever decides to read this nonsense at a later date.

-People cry out in awe as the eagle reaches the crest of its flight-