Intelligence

CLOWNIN!!!!!
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Country Music

Why does everyone hate country music. I think it's one of those things that a few people decided to hate on, and it just kept spreading until it became the cool thing to hate on. I remember hating on Britney Spears when no one liked her because she looked like a barbie, and why would anyone like something that everyone had something bad to say about?

Boys and Shoes

In American culture girls were always the ones who were "supposed" to be obsessed with what went on their feet, owning enough shoes to fill a closet of their own, but that is not the case at all these days. I quite a few guys who come to school almost every day with every piece of clothing coordinated around their kicks, and they might even have more clothing than I do, and yes that is saying something.

Why... does.. Drivers Ed Exist?

I hate this, hour upon hours of why not to drink and drive, have we not been taught this since 4th grade?I know not to get into a car with a drunk person, I know not to hit pedestrians while in a car (maybe on a bike, depending on how annoying they are). Sure we need a few hours of education, learning how to drive maybe? But 3o hours is a ridiculous requirement, wasting everyone's money and time.

11:11

I just realized that a year from today will be 11/11/11 and at 11:11, it will be 11:11 on 11/11/11, the perfect day for a surprisingly large number of my friends. How did the tradition of wishing on 11:11 start up? All these things are so weird but once I start asking questions I can't stop, like how did the English language come about, and who invented the word banana?

Whatever It's Only $80...

It has happened too many times, when I come across a coat that I fall in love with immediately, clearly too fast. Seems great doesn't it? Well it is until you get home and realize the maroon coat you bought also has a puke green trim, how do these colors not scream before i hand over my credit card?

Influential Literature

In a large emerging nation such as the U.S. in the 1800's, communication is key to advancement, and the United States did a satisfactory job of this. Prior to the American revolution paper such as the ones that appear in The Federalist and Common Sense convinced a nation to go to war with a few eloquent words. And now in the textbook we are learning about influential blacks wrote books (Uncle Tom's Cabin) and supported papers (The Liberator), to promote the abolition of slavery, and look where we are today? I love that some words on a piece of paper are capable of spreading such important messages.

Cotton

It surprises me that two parts of a previously identical country can become so drastically different through pure geography. The South had all the fertile land that could handle the brutal business of cotton growing, but both the North and the South benefited greatly from the industry. Even such a commonplace thing as tariffs will get entirely different responses from either end of the United States. The North would welcome a tariff with open arms as it would slow competition for manufactured goods and improve their sales noticeably. Meanwhile the South would hate the idea as now they have to buy their goods from their newly empowered northern neighbors with higher prices everywhere they turn.

Fascinating Old Things

I used to hate history, looking at it as useless dates and names memorized to fill up brain space, but my views have changed. Now that I actually put effort into figuring out how the political parties bind together, and how this war is the firewood for the the next, it all starts coming together for me and I suddenly find the subject fascinating.