Well.... there's been quite a few things I've been meaning to write about. So this might get a little long winded. I'll try to fit as much in here as I can but there may be another blog later tonight as well. To try to give this some form of coherency I'll go from most recent to oldest...or at least I'll try. ^ ^
Got the results back from my second history test today... I got....*drum roll*... an A! Again! :D I'm so proud of myself. I haven't gotten anything lower than an A on anything in any of my classes yet. Though granted, we just get full points for turning in our first Draft of Essays in English 1010... And I'm a little worried about how I'll do on the essay due next week for History (Seriously, I'll take a test over an Essay any day of the week)...but its on the Emancipation Proclamation, and I enjoy history...so here's hoping I'll do better on it than some of my english papers. And maybe I'll have my dad take a look at it too. Because he's awesome that way.
I'm wearing my Health Care Reform OFA (Organizing For America) shirt today... and I went to English, and all that jazz...and this one girl who I normally get along with asked me if I supported Obama after noticing my T-shirt. I said "yes", rather matter of factly... and she just went on to prove to me how ignorant and uneducated people are.
She asked me "Why? He's done everything wrong for the country." And for a few minutes I kept trying to tell her "No, he hasn't." I quickly gave up trying to make her see logic, but she started going on to one of our other classmates about how bad health care was and all these bad, horrible, wrong, things Obama had done. She even said "Now thanks to the health care law you have to work a certain number of hours to get health care."
Erm...its always been that way. Most employers have always required you work full time to get full benefits. Just how it works.
She also mentioned that a Tea Party Candidate would be a better President than Obama...that was terrifying. And when said other classmate asked her what exactly the tea party was she described them as "Not democrat or republican, just in the middle." Hah. Riiight.
But here's where it gets REALLY good.... she went off on talking about how her and her Mom just spent $400 on CLOTHES and all her DESIGNER purses...she also as an IPhone and Regular cell phone with her every day. It was all I could do not to bang my head into the desk. Typical Right Winger.
So, last night we had an amazing thunder storm. I love the rain. Generally.
That is, when I don't get caught in it.
I have a late class on Wednesday nights and I got out, and called up my mom to ask her a couple questions. It wasn't raining then, but thunder and lightning. When we were about to hang up she said "Don't get soaked." And no sooner than I hung up the phone with her it started to downpour. She jinxied me! Also, please note that this was the ONE DAY I didn't bring my coat. I was wearing a short sleeved blouse and dress pants. I basically said "Oh no," when I realized how fast it was coming down and biked as fast as I could.
By the time I got up to Boulevard and Main I was DRENCHED. My shoes squished when they walked, when I was crossing the cross walk my shoe was almost submerged in water. It was crazy!
Well, so I had a few more blocks to go and I was drenched and shivering and soaked to the bone and all that...when a lady pulled over and handed me her Umbrella. She said it wouldn't help much since I was already drenched, but I probably said thank you about three times before I went on my way...now with an Umbrella. And it gets better . I went about another block and the same lady pulls up again. She tells me, "I'd give you a ride but I already have so much stuff in my car...but we found this." And she hands me a Parka. Again I say thank you about five times and express my gratitude. She just smiles, tells me I'm welcome and drives off.
When I got home about ten minutes later and kicked off my soaking shoes, I thought about how amazing that was. ALmost no one goes out of there way to do something so nice and selfless for people anymore. Its people like that, that makes me think humanity does have a chance.
It made my day, it warmed my heart. And I only wish I knew WHO she was so I could thank her again.
Whenever someone does something amazing for you like that, guys, Pay It Forward. It will seriously make the world a better place.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Life As I Know It
Well.... there's been quite a few things I've been meaning to write about. So this might get a little long winded. I'll try to fit as much in here as I can but there may be another blog later tonight as well. To try to give this some form of coherency I'll go from most recent to oldest...or at least I'll try. ^ ^
Got the results back from my second history test today... I got....*drum roll*... an A! Again! :D I'm so proud of myself. I haven't gotten anything lower than an A on anything in any of my classes yet. Though granted, we just get full points for turning in our first Draft of Essays in English 1010... And I'm a little worried about how I'll do on the essay due next week for History (Seriously, I'll take a test over an Essay any day of the week)...but its on the Emancipation Proclamation, and I enjoy history...so here's hoping I'll do better on it than some of my english papers. And maybe I'll have my dad take a look at it too. Because he's awesome that way.
I'm wearing my Health Care Reform OFA (Organizing For America) shirt today... and I went to English, and all that jazz...and this one girl who I normally get along with asked me if I supported Obama after noticing my T-shirt. I said "yes", rather matter of factly... and she just went on to prove to me how ignorant and uneducated people are.
She asked me "Why? He's done everything wrong for the country." And for a few minutes I kept trying to tell her "No, he hasn't." I quickly gave up trying to make her see logic, but she started going on to one of our other classmates about how bad health care was and all these bad, horrible, wrong, things Obama had done. She even said "Now thanks to the health care law you have to work a certain number of hours to get health care."
Erm...its always been that way. Most employers have always required you work full time to get full benefits. Just how it works.
She also mentioned that a Tea Party Candidate would be a better President than Obama...that was terrifying. And when said other classmate asked her what exactly the tea party was she described them as "Not democrat or republican, just in the middle." Hah. Riiight.
But here's where it gets REALLY good.... she went off on talking about how her and her Mom just spent $400 on CLOTHES and all her DESIGNER purses...she also as an IPhone and Regular cell phone with her every day. It was all I could do not to bang my head into the desk. Typical Right Winger.
So, last night we had an amazing thunder storm. I love the rain. Generally.
That is, when I don't get caught in it.
I have a late class on Wednesday nights and I got out, and called up my mom to ask her a couple questions. It wasn't raining then, but thunder and lightning. When we were about to hang up she said "Don't get soaked." And no sooner than I hung up the phone with her it started to downpour. She jinxied me! Also, please note that this was the ONE DAY I didn't bring my coat. I was wearing a short sleeved blouse and dress pants. I basically said "Oh no," when I realized how fast it was coming down and biked as fast as I could.
By the time I got up to Boulevard and Main I was DRENCHED. My shoes squished when they walked, when I was crossing the cross walk my shoe was almost submerged in water. It was crazy!
Well, so I had a few more blocks to go and I was drenched and shivering and soaked to the bone and all that...when a lady pulled over and handed me her Umbrella. She said it wouldn't help much since I was already drenched, but I probably said thank you about three times before I went on my way...now with an Umbrella. And it gets better . I went about another block and the same lady pulls up again. She tells me, "I'd give you a ride but I already have so much stuff in my car...but we found this." And she hands me a Parka. Again I say thank you about five times and express my gratitude. She just smiles, tells me I'm welcome and drives off.
When I got home about ten minutes later and kicked off my soaking shoes, I thought about how amazing that was. ALmost no one goes out of there way to do something so nice and selfless for people anymore. Its people like that, that makes me think humanity does have a chance.
It made my day, it warmed my heart. And I only wish I knew WHO she was so I could thank her again.
Whenever someone does something amazing for you like that, guys, Pay It Forward. It will seriously make the world a better place.
Got the results back from my second history test today... I got....*drum roll*... an A! Again! :D I'm so proud of myself. I haven't gotten anything lower than an A on anything in any of my classes yet. Though granted, we just get full points for turning in our first Draft of Essays in English 1010... And I'm a little worried about how I'll do on the essay due next week for History (Seriously, I'll take a test over an Essay any day of the week)...but its on the Emancipation Proclamation, and I enjoy history...so here's hoping I'll do better on it than some of my english papers. And maybe I'll have my dad take a look at it too. Because he's awesome that way.
I'm wearing my Health Care Reform OFA (Organizing For America) shirt today... and I went to English, and all that jazz...and this one girl who I normally get along with asked me if I supported Obama after noticing my T-shirt. I said "yes", rather matter of factly... and she just went on to prove to me how ignorant and uneducated people are.
She asked me "Why? He's done everything wrong for the country." And for a few minutes I kept trying to tell her "No, he hasn't." I quickly gave up trying to make her see logic, but she started going on to one of our other classmates about how bad health care was and all these bad, horrible, wrong, things Obama had done. She even said "Now thanks to the health care law you have to work a certain number of hours to get health care."
Erm...its always been that way. Most employers have always required you work full time to get full benefits. Just how it works.
She also mentioned that a Tea Party Candidate would be a better President than Obama...that was terrifying. And when said other classmate asked her what exactly the tea party was she described them as "Not democrat or republican, just in the middle." Hah. Riiight.
But here's where it gets REALLY good.... she went off on talking about how her and her Mom just spent $400 on CLOTHES and all her DESIGNER purses...she also as an IPhone and Regular cell phone with her every day. It was all I could do not to bang my head into the desk. Typical Right Winger.
So, last night we had an amazing thunder storm. I love the rain. Generally.
That is, when I don't get caught in it.
I have a late class on Wednesday nights and I got out, and called up my mom to ask her a couple questions. It wasn't raining then, but thunder and lightning. When we were about to hang up she said "Don't get soaked." And no sooner than I hung up the phone with her it started to downpour. She jinxied me! Also, please note that this was the ONE DAY I didn't bring my coat. I was wearing a short sleeved blouse and dress pants. I basically said "Oh no," when I realized how fast it was coming down and biked as fast as I could.
By the time I got up to Boulevard and Main I was DRENCHED. My shoes squished when they walked, when I was crossing the cross walk my shoe was almost submerged in water. It was crazy!
Well, so I had a few more blocks to go and I was drenched and shivering and soaked to the bone and all that...when a lady pulled over and handed me her Umbrella. She said it wouldn't help much since I was already drenched, but I probably said thank you about three times before I went on my way...now with an Umbrella. And it gets better . I went about another block and the same lady pulls up again. She tells me, "I'd give you a ride but I already have so much stuff in my car...but we found this." And she hands me a Parka. Again I say thank you about five times and express my gratitude. She just smiles, tells me I'm welcome and drives off.
When I got home about ten minutes later and kicked off my soaking shoes, I thought about how amazing that was. ALmost no one goes out of there way to do something so nice and selfless for people anymore. Its people like that, that makes me think humanity does have a chance.
It made my day, it warmed my heart. And I only wish I knew WHO she was so I could thank her again.
Whenever someone does something amazing for you like that, guys, Pay It Forward. It will seriously make the world a better place.
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Love the movie Pay it Forward <3 sad... but so amazing! :)
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