"Dare to dream, dare to fly, dare to be the everchosen one to touch the sky"

Sorry I know it's annoying but I'm paranoid right now. Comment and I will add you, unless I have a good reason not to.

I'm closing up this journal at the end of this week. Just seems sort of like a waste to keep it open when I never update and rarely check it. I'm still over at Myspace if you want to talk (myspace.com/indie_young) and I'm finishing up the touches for a personal website that will feature a blog I might actually update.

It's been fun kids.

Last one out turn off the light kay?

She returns from the grave! And for entirely selfish reasons.

First: I'm working on a paper for English and would love you for life if you could answer a few short questions for me. Nobody is going to be quoted, this is not research, just preparation. I'd like to get a better idea on the different opinions for this issue.

Second: I'm considering a return to this journal (I know I've said it before and never follow through, but I really need to start writing regularly) - so if you could also take the SHORT poll (6 questions) under the lj-cut I'd be so thank-full. I know that ultimately what happens with this blog is up to me, but I'd like to know what you all think anyways, if this isn't the place for some of the rambling I want to do I can always create another journal.

If I were to tell you that there is currently secessionist movements going on in many of the united states (and parts of Canada to I believe) can you please tell me:

1.) What are your initial thoughts to the idea of secession? i.e. good idea, crazy idea, whatever pops into your head - please feel free to be uncensored and use any language that you feel is necessary. (note: if you're not in the U.S., think about secession and how it would relate to your country, forget the whole U.S. thing.)

2.) What are some of the PROBLEMS you see with a seceding state?

3.) What are the BENEFITS you see with a seceding state?

4.) What questions does this bring up in your mind (if any)?

5.) Have you ever thought about secession as a political strategy before? Why or why not ("I don't know" is a viable answer)?

6.) Do you believe that secession is LEGAL?

7.) Do you believe it should be legal? Why or why not.

The Flaw in Paganism
by: Dorothy Parker

Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)

--

I depart for Washington tomorrow at noon.
soooo....

Later!

Sooo.....We're moving to Washington.

Go figure.

It's pretty much definitely happening. Dad got offered a job this morning and he just took it. So after graduation we're lower forty-eight bound.

Nevermind, fixed! And cause I'm curious:


Create your own visitor map!

Whyyyyyy! Whyyy won't you work with me lj? All I want is to remove one community from my friends page so that I don't have to wade through 700 posts in order to read something else. My profile says that it isn't in my friends list, I even left the community (something I didn't want to do), and alas there it is. Stareing at me. 700 posts about books and it's growing by the second.

Anybody where to go on this site for tech support?

If you could recommend a book for me to read before I die, what would it be?

I'm compiling a list of all the things I want to read in my lifetime (cause there is a lot of books out there and I'm a nerd). Right now it's only at 74 and I find that completely unacceptable! So recommend away! It goes straight from the comments onto the list, I won't even look it up on Amazon first. So you're guaranteed that I will read it.

^ my favorite one in a while. Reminds me of Tori Amos for some reason...

...I actually just dropped by to post that, how sad? I'll be back eventually and I'll post another poll thing. Graduation and everything is consumeing my life!

And the internet LIVES!
Get this, in Talketnia today a bridge got flooded. During the process of trying to clean it up a fiberoptics cord was cut. The ENTIRE state had no Long Distance, Cell Phones, or Internet until just a little while ago, and it happened early this morning.
Now I'm not bitching about the lack of technology which I love. We can survive without cell phones and internet, what I'm so concerned about is that the people of the entire state was effectively cut off from the rest of the country. I'm sure at some level they had another way to get ahold of the lower 48, but it's kind of scary.
People up at the University were jokeing that Russia was going to invade, or that it was a terrorist plot. Which is funny, but rings a bit of stale truth. If all that connects the people of Alaska to the rest of the country is a tiny cord that could be cut by anyone and you believe the hype about terrorists, what's to stop them from doing it?
I don't mean to make a light situation more serious then it is, or to inspire fear. It just got me wondering. I had this whole reminiscent thing planned about if the country itself is safer since September 11th, but everybody is asking that and some can ask it alot better then me. So I'm just going to stop here and let you all pull from the situation what you want. I'm coplaining, I'm drawing conclusions too quickly, I'm being childish, whatever.

Also I think I actually started to have withdrawl symptoms today. I should really start laying off the internet.

Something that stuck with me from class:

"That's the power of collective action, if you and your group can prove you're a large enough voteing block candidates will start to talk to you"
- Dr. Lovecraft on young voters.

That was her explination for why alot of issues for younger people aren't adressed in government, and why we as younger voters aren't a target for candidates to reach. Because:

"You guy's don't vote. 18 year-olds do not vote. You don't."

paraphrased but that's what she basically said. Then went on to say if more young people voted we might see issues like drinking age reevalueated again. Well that sort of make sense for why things the way they are right now.

Call young voters naive or whatever you want, we're young and stupid. But we also bring in change. Politics seems to be paused, the same key issues, the same key voters. I think that has alot to do with our generations addiction to apathy. We sit by and watch feeling like we can't take part.

"hikari-chan: Why do people in insist on using verbs as adjectives?
tack: because is fun
ketsugi: cos that's so impress
EvilJoven: because everythings been done before
EvilJoven: our generation has nothing to conquer, everythings been explored, we're basically just sitting here now kinda hanging out until the generation above us dies and we can take over
EvilJoven: so screw it, lets play nintendo and butcher the english language"
~ [Bash.org]

Last presidential election there was that whole "rock the vote" campaign, but if I remember correctly - it didn't work. Just as many 18-20 year olds voted as before. This confuses me for two reasons: One it proves that teens don't simply do whatever a celebrity tells them (and here I was believeing these people were rolemodels (this is sarcasm btw)) and two what does it take?

ermmmm.....I'm starting to realize how longwinded and contimplative my blog has become. It's a little terrifying. I'm sorry if the long posts have been annoying to you. If it really bugs ANYONE please tell me and I'll start to lj-cut the wanabe philisophical stuff. (and I appologize for any misspellings, grammical errrors, or simply STUPID stuff, as you can see from the subject heading - I'm running on three hours of sleep).

This is meant to be a serious poll, and not propaganda in any way. I appologize if my own views shown through in the questions or answers - I tried my hardest to keep them out of there. I'm actually interested in what everybody has to say in it, even people who I don't agree with, so please fill it out, comment if you'd like, and if you have the time or desire pass on the link I'd like to get as many people as possible to answer this.

EDIT: I want to be clear about somthing because I just realized how the first question sounds. I'm not talking about terrorism, but about the people in the society (which doesn't have to be in the US, but anywhere really). So as an example: supressing of a movie for a violent rape scene, because it might inspire citizens to commit acts of rape.

Sorry about the spelling errors, it's 2 in the morning.

Poll #845161 What is important for societey?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19

Should a Government be granted the right to supress expressions of thought (i.e. any form of media) of it's people, because it may lead to harmfull or illegal actions?

Does the embraceing of freedom and individual thought ultimately mean an end to morality as we know it in societey?

Assumeing the answer to the above question is "Yes", can morals really be morals if their exsistence supresses human nature?

Is trying to keep morals as they are now not only limiting to the human experience but supressing the change of societey

Assumeing the answer to the above is 'Yes', is it selfish to try and preserve, or pause, morality as it stands now?

If each individual is left to their own idea and expression what's to stop chaos?

Is freethought and expression if left unchecked going to move humanity backwards or forwards?

Can morality and free thought/expression exsist together? Or does the exsistence of both have to be in direct conflict?

Do you view a governments job as preserveing the morality of it's people?

Do you view a governments job as preserveing the thoughts and expressions of its people?

If a governments job is to protect both, should one be valued above another?

Can societey function without morals?

Can societey function without free thought and expression?

Given all of this, which is more important for our societey, Morals or Freedom?

Do you consider yourself:

I'm leaving for Anchroage in a half hour! I'll be back late Monday night, and I actually have something to blog about! Score!

Now I have a ten hour drive with a Sweeney Todd CD - Yay!

I wrote him a few days ago with really only three questions (he has a fairly comprehensive website, go figure!). Just thought I'd share his answers, feel free to skip this entry  if you a) don't live in alaska, or b) do not care about the race for governor, or a combination of the two ^_^

On gay rights in the state:

"With Alaska voters adopting a constitutional amendment defining marriage in 1998 the only real issue facing the state regarding gay rights is the debate over extending health benefits to same sex couples.

Last fall the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that is was unconstitutional for the State of Alaska to deny health benefits to same sex couples. I agree and I believe their ruling was absolutely correct."

On sexual education in public schools:

"I believe sex education should be comprehensive or as they call it the abc method. a - be abstinent, b - be monogamous, c - use contraceptives."

The third question was on his policies for furthering education, he just sent me a link that I didn't read before. ([here] it is if you're interested).

...I like that he supports health benefits for same sex couples. I don't know if I agree with his statement that that is the only real gay rights issue facing the state though. I don't have all of my resources on GLBTQ issues open right now, but expect me to rant more on that at a later date ^_^

Yay, comprehensive sex-ed! I don't like the whoe abc anacronym though, I've heard it before and the whole thing sounds contradictory. But now I'm nit-picking.

He's my frontrunner for who I'll vote for right now. I still haven't looked too much into Tony Knowles, Sarah Palin is pro-life so that kind of killed it for me...

...Have I mentioned that I love that I get to vote now!! ^_^

I got my first exam back, my very first college level exam:

I got 90!!

She also told us that only 7 people got A's, and I'm one of them! Yays!

I'm on cloud nine.

For those of you unaware on what Nanowrimo is it goes like this: Every November people from all over the world sit down at their computer with the goal turning out a 50,000 word novel - in 30 days. I have participated for the last four years, and I absolutely love it!

So here is where I'm going to tell you all a little bit about my novel this year.

Charecters:

Gwendolynn: Gwen is about 17, she has long blond dreadlocks and wide brown eyes. She's idealistic and freespirited. I feel rather confident in calling her a little dense as well.

Tybalt: Ty for short, he's your average slacker type teen (15). He lives his life in this predetermined exsistence. He never does anything out of the ordinary, and never, ever, rocks the boat.

Synopsis

Ty is fast asleep when a light tick, tick, tick, rouses him. He awakens to see the smiling face of a friend. Gwen climbs through his window into his bedroom and tells him - she's blowing town. Leaving, she doesn't know where, she doesn't know why, she doesn't much care. All she knows is that she has to leave now and he has to come with.

The story follows the trip as these two run across the globe. The entire goal of the trip is to change the world. Mostly I want this manuscript to be about inspiration and taking an active approach to change. Apathy is like a virus that's overtaken our entire generation it seems...

How'd I get up on this soapbox? Well that's the whole driving force behind the story. Wish me luck!

In Government we watched a movie about the lives of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and it posed a good question:

If you were given SIX days to leave your home, and could only take what you could carry - what would you bring?

My first thought is books, lots of them. But I know that would be more than I could carry, so I would probably bring Cherry by Mary Karr, the Jungle by Upton Sinclair, and Crime and Punishment (my copy is very old and the thought of loseing all of it's history is sad). A binder with LOTS of paper and pens, because the thought of not being able to write is horrible. My ID, wallet, and everything like that obviously. Then my older stuffed animals (don't laugh! These are parts of my childhood, and mostly just includes a torn up doll and teddy bear). My walkman and CD's would be nice if all of this wasn't enough to fill my arms.

Basically he said that it takes a junior standing at a UA school, but at the end he said

And when you graduate and come to UAF fulltime, come and see me.

Awww, that makes me feel special. Even though I'm not really sure if he's serious or not, or if I would even do it if I go to UAF. But still. ^_^

I'm adoreing my Government class, except my cell phone went off twoards the end today and it took me an eternity to get it to shut up. Oops. Hope the professor doesn't hate me now.

Everything else is going great. I've not been updateing because there's not really much to say. Lots of schoolwork, waiting to hear back from a few jobs, and yeah.


College applications are the work of the devil! Their like this huge weight on my shoulder and it's driving me mad because I can't just get them all done. There are steps and things to do. I.e. I still need to retake the SAT's and SAT II's, get ahold of a teacher who would be willing to give me a rec.

So love to you all, I'll update again when I have something to say.

Nanowrimo is only two months away! For those of you unfamiliar that's a good thing! I felt slightly inspired to make a sereies of signature buttons, they display the genre your novel falls under. Snag em if you want, if you're a nano participant and you have an LJ then comments are GREATLY appreciated.












And for those of you doing a novel with a GLBTQ theme, just add this image onto the end of your main genre!


I would prfer if you didn't hotlink the images, I'm not sure how much bandwith I get with imageshack. To upload to your own server:

Right click the image and select "save as"
go to imageshack.us or a similar place.
Browse and find your image, hit upload.
Copy the text generated under DIRECT LINK.
[*img]PASTE DIRECT LINK HERE[/img*]
remove the *'s and put it in your signature! Easy as pie!

....

Poll thing #2:

What are your feelings on the bill Bush vetoed? Or Stem Cell research in general?

I'm dissapointed. It could have lead to scientific advancements that could have saved lives. It's not like they were going to go out and harvest human stem cells either, these were cells that were just lying around and were eventually going to die anyways. Why not use them?

I think that stem cell research is good to an extent. I'm all for trying to grow organs and cure diseases. But creating a full human clone is not something we should do at the moment, and perhaps never.  Taking the whole belief in god out of it, the life you create is going to suck, because people all over the world are going to hate them for something they had no control over - being created.