A Great Week . . .

This week has been great! On Monday I did not go to school. Yesterday I won a laptop and a printer, and I am getting a new car. My senior year is winding down as well. After today, there are only six days of school left! Although the graduation ceremony will be long and boring, it will also mark the end of the first chapter of my life. Many students face graduation time with great uncertainty, but not me. I am feeling optimistic. I know whatever I want out of life I can get!

The New Star Trek Movie

Okay, I know that as a Star Wars fan I am supposed to despise Star Trek. Honestly, I have never really watched even a single episode of Star Trek, but I saw the newest movie in theaters anyway. I loved it! The special effects and action scenes were very well done, yet they did not overpower the movie. I really appreciate that. The acting was superb as well, there was not a "stiff" scene throughout the entire movie. What I find most important is that long time Trekkies seem to be enjoying the movie. I assume that the goal of the producers was to appease faithful followers and generate a new fan base at the same time. I cannot call myself as a fan, as I have only seen one movie, but I am more interested in Star Trek than I ever have been before. I would probably buy all three original seasons on DVD if it did not cost nearly $200 to do so! Even if I did enjoy the original TV series, I do not think I will ever become a true Trekkie. Star Wars is my sci fi love!

The Perspective of a Child

It is amazing how children view the world with such wide-eyed wonder. Everything is so new and exciting. It is a shame that this seems to be lost when we grow older. I try to view all new experiences with the perspective of a child. I want to keep all the excitement and optimism without being tainted by the cynicism of adulthood.

Through Others Eyes

I used to be horrified when I would see women at the store
Screaming at young children
With all the force of a sudden meteor impact.
I would feel sorry for the children
For having such high strung and
Uptight mothers who looked so disheveled
With frizzy, greying hair
And faces already beginning to be outlined in wrinkles.
But in my young age I never realized
Just How much the little disappointments and
Annoyances add up.
I never knew how the constant sound of screaming, whining
Children could make one so unbearably tired and
Completely worn out like an old favorite sweater-
A relic from younger days that somehow still fit.
I did not see that economics and math problems
Are not the only difficulties in any one's life.
I did not notice the injustice of working so hard and for
No recognition.

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Notre Dame

The Notre Dame campus is beautiful! The visit sort of made me wish I was going there this fall, even though I know I would not fit in with all the social activities, competitiveness, and Catholicism. My favorite part of the writing center was their concept of openness. I imagine that it would help students defeat fears of sharing their writing with others. It also helps break the stereotype of writing as a solitary art. The Notre Dame trip was fun all together.

History Dinner

If I had to choose three people from history to have dinner with my first choice would be Napoleon. I would ask him what he was thinking when he launched the Russian Campaign. I know why he did it, I just want to hear him explain it himself. Many people do not like Napoleon. I do not know how I feel about him. He was so enigmatic.

I would also have dinner with Machiavelli. He is known for The Prince, the handbook of many absolutest leader. Even extreme for its time, the Prince brought the term "Machiavellian" into usage. However, The Prince was not representative of Machiavelli's personal viewpoints. I would discuss his actual views at dinner.

I would have dinner with Gandhi. My original choice was Martin Luther King Jr. but I admire them both so much, so I decided to go with the man who influenced Dr. King. I personally detest violence and do not approve of it under any circumstance, so I would love to speak with a man who utilized social disobedience.