Americans are dumb

I know this isn't news, but I was reading a story on the Wall Street Journal website that mentioned some statistics, notably that 1 in 10 people believe that Obama is a Muslim. That really bothered me, and I was surprised it was that high.

Well, I was going to rant on here about that, but then I kept reading. Here's a quote.

"According to Kristof, 36% of all Americans believe "that federal officials assisted in the attacks on the twin towers or knowingly let them happen so that the U.S. could go to war in the Middle East." Between 30% and 40% of Americans believe in flying saucers and in evolution. One in five thinks that "the sun orbits the Earth." ... By this standard, if 1 in 10 Americans mistakenly think Obama is a Muslim, this is a topic on which people are unusually well-informed."

I mean... well... I give up.

In other news, I finally got my computer able to edit the videos I made but now cannot seem to get the videos off my camera. Hopefully I will eventually.

Just so you know

So this is my first post in a while.

School got hectic at the end of the semester, and then I went home. Home is not the most conductive space for writing because the best place to write has no internet, and the only place I can get it is a place that is not fun to write in.

That said, Deck Of Card Stories, my 52 short stories in a year project, has been postponed. I still want to do it, but there will be a delay. Maybe I will start in March? Or Maybe February. I'll let you know.

Anyway, I hope to post more on this blog, dear readers.

Oh, in other news, I made two videos over the break, and am about to begin editing them. They will be posted soon.

December Activities

Hello faithful reader!

Currently I am working on applications to grad schools. Top among my choices are Northwestern, the University of Florida at Gainsville, and a few other schools. Needless to say this is taking some time and energy.

Also, my interwebs here are slower than I'm used to, so I tend to get upset when I am applying because of the frustration cause by being stuck in 1995. So, I probably won't post much until I am back at school, but next semester promises to have very little to do with actual school work, so I don't think I'll be too hard pressed to write on here more frequently than recently.

Also, starting next year I will be doing a new project called "A story a week" or something like it. The basic premise is for the entire next year, every Friday I will publish a new short story online, on another blog I will link to when I create it. Each will be original, and none will be written before January 1st, although due to travel plans if I have downtime I will write some ahead of the week right before they would be posted. The goal is to have 52 working short stories at the end of the year. It's an intimidating goal, but I hope it will work.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'll try and post again before Christmas.

Dude!

Dude!

Do what now?

The movie The Golden Compass is coming out soon, and I wasn't sure what to think. Sure, I read the books, and for a couple years I always thought that an American movie studio could never make the trilogy into a movie because it was a little more adult than children's book. Also one of the big bads is God.

So, I noticed some controversy, and that the Catholic league was still complaining. They then said this:

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops however has been more nuanced in its approach warning in a review of "The Golden Compass" of its "anti-clerical subtext, standard genre occult elements, character born out of wedlock, a whiskey-guzzling bear."

Wait, what?

A whiskey-guzzling bear!

Yes, that's right. I'm sold. ALl you need to say is whiskey guzzling bear and I've got my milk duds and am on the front row.

Now you've done it

Sick. No posts until better.

November 25, 2007

During the 1960s the Cultural Revolution led to widespread activism by the Chinese youth. In the 1980s, both university and secondary students were heavily involved (if not the driving force) of the pro-Democracy Movement. In both of these major events in modern Chinese history, students were integral players in the political scene with or without state support. Students actions led to reforms and repercussions felt throughout China in both the 1960s and the 1980s. These two movements, while centering on youth activism, had many differences in their actions and results.

No More Office

I found this on another website, I just thought you guys might enjoy it.

From a source close to "The Office" --

The Office has shut down for good. Around 2:00 pm Tuesday. The crew has been asked back Wednesday to strike the location, but there will be no more shooting. This is thanks to a complete staff picket from 4:15 am to 3:00 Monday (when they called the day) and 6:45 am Tuesday until they shut it down. It is also thanks to a number of WGAmebers/actors making principled stands and not reporting to work.

Additionally, I've been told that Steve Carell informed NBC he is unable to report to work because he is suffering from “enlarged balls.” Not just enlarged, I'd say, but brass ones. The source on this one adds, "We wish him a happy, slow recovery."

Now for something completely different

So, I think I'm done with the screen play for USC. I finished it two minutes before posting this. I might add two more scenes before the last one, but I love how a cold ending would be on the line I have, so that is the end. There just might be more denoument.

Night.

November News

Hey gang,

This next week or two or three I probably won't post a whole lot. If I get inspired I might, but as it stands I am trying to finish a screenplay I needed to finish a month ago, then I have to write a play, then I have to write a senior research project. So, yeah, don't expect much.

No, unacceptable

So, I was reading the yahoo headlines when I came across a story that said Santas were being encouraged to say "Ha, ha, ha" instead of the traditional "ho, ho, ho." This was because "it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute."

This is just another chance for thos leftist P.C. nazis (not the ones from Call of Duty, the ones from political correctness) to try and sabotage Christmas.

It's time to take a stand. I'm going to be a Santa for Christmas and use the ultra-traditional "whore, whore, whore," which as we all know is German for laughter.

Merry Christmas.

New National record!

So, this just in, the U.S. set a new record!

More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year — the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Go, U.S. I knew we could win at everything.