the world is ending so everything has to happen this week

by wsqd on February 12, 2012 in life

I didn’t post last week because I had to prepare a 10-15 minute speech for English class that took me the entire afternoon. 6 glorious hours down the drain… #procrastinationisbadforyou (@weisquared2, HELLO)

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and you’ve got two types of people here:

  1. I totes love Valentine’s Day it’s so beautiful because I can show my ~appreciation~ for my special someone and then I’m totes gonna get some y’all :D
  2. VALENTINE’S DAY IS FOR LOSERS! FUCK DATING BEING SINGLE IS AWESOME! Also look, chocolate……
Then there’s the third type: people like me who like to poke fun at both, while –lettuce be reality, bros– we’re forever alone and in De Nile, like type two.
However, I have to say that this year I care about Valentine’s Day a little bit more than 0% — and it’s not because I recently un-friendzoned someone. (That happened too.) Thus, the reasons I actually like February 14th this year:
  1. I’ve sent a few and know I am probably going to receive a few rose/chocolate grams — you buy a card, write a cute message on it (like hey I think you’re cute or hey I like you or hey let’s have violent sex in the vending machine or hey come here and I’ll melt your Kit-Kat Bar), drop it in a box, then our Prom Committee delivers it with a rose or chocolates, fingers crossed for Ferrero Rocher (because that shit is delicious and is probably angel poopie but they’re so delicious; changing the way you think about desserts, one gross mind association at a time!). I’ve put in surprises for some of my friends, two of which are cards that celebrate number two:
  2. My parents have agreed that on Valentine’s Day, on a Tuesday, I am allowed and am most definitely going to a Lamb of God concert! (Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!) Now I know that most of you here are wondering, (lol dafuq this girl has weirdass music taste and I’m just gonna skip over it when I comment on the rest of her weirdass post because it’s uncomfortable) what is this angry-looking emo band? I completely understand if you want to judge my music taste, but just trust me, I am excite! So very excite!
Those are the only two reasons I’m liking Valentine’s Day this year really, and this post is unstructured enough already so I’ll throw in another list entitled, “Because I’m self-centered, everything is happening to me this week and the world is ending, here’s a list of things that are happening”
  1. my birthday last week
  2. getting sick last week
  3. valentine’s day this week
  4. lamb of god concert this week
  5. lots of homework things due this week and last week
  6. this brainvomit of a post this week
And that’s that. Brain vomit.
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How’s your week been? Man this post is rather crappy.
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my life sometimes warrants a “cool story bro”

by wsqd on January 29, 2012 in goals

Because I idolise Clementine and because she’s awesome and because I was depressed today and because I didn’t know where my life was going, I’m going to make goals. January is almost over and I have 11 months to pursue these goals, ergo I must list them right now.

  • Post weekly. I know this has almost failed in the past because having the plan backfired on me. I felt too restricted and it was just too tempting to give up. However I’ve been trying to improve on my writing skills because sometimes I just have too many things going on in my head that need to come out. Hopefully this works with my other goals, like the next one.
  • Bake once every two weeks, and blog about it. I’ve been lax about baking recently. I know I love doing it but whenever I do, I get discouraged and angry because my expectations are too high. I also baked too often and targeted my peers instead of my family, and it was annoying for my family to see me baking sugary things for my peers that my family couldn’t eat because we’re a naturally less-sweet more-healthy nuts-and-frut blegh-raisins kind of family. Therefore, two times a month baking, once for my family’s requests and once for something else, like a birthday.
  • Paint/redecorate my room. I think this will be more of a one-time thing but it will be fun and a week-long event during the summer. It has a lot of lead-up because I have to research what I want my room to look like, but my pink and yellow room just doesn’t suit me anymore. Not like it actually ever did.
  • Get educated in politics. I recently wrote a blog entry/written task for my English class on Rick Perry and the day before yesterday (or yesterday?) watched the Republican Presidential debate in Florida. I don’t know anything really about politics and I’ve noticed I tend to take on the opinions of other people, but I think before I can form an opinion I have to know what’s going on. Not just in American politics, but in politics where I come from as well, because I don’t know much about that either. (Specific post on this later.)
  • Make it onto the varsity rugby team. I know there’s definitely a slim chance of this happening, but a lot goes behind this particular goal. First I have to actually get fit before next season in August and my attempts have been futile so far. Then I have to get over the fact that I’m secretly scared of tackling people after getting thoroughly winded once last season. But mostly the fitness thing.
  • Start properly researching colleges. This has to happen eventually but I haven’t been taking an active role in finding out about my education. I don’t know where I want to go, what I want to do, what requirements universities have… in other words, I’m pretty much clueless. Our school is pretty advanced in terms of helping junior/seniors pick, apply and get into college, but without an idea of what I might wanna do first, things still seem pretty weak. (Also specific post on this later.)
  • Work harder at school. Since I’ve started the IB Diploma, I thought my study habits would change and I’d start working really hard. NOPE. I’ve been slacking off and my grades have reflected it. I hope to get my GPA above at least a 3.5, or at a 3.6 if possible.
  • Be more considerate towards my family. I’d say that our family is pretty close. We do however have some deep rifts (including but not limited to: religion, and my prospective college education) that I hope I can bridge and talk out over this year. I sometimes think I haven’t done enough rebelling at the age of almost-17, but I’d rather make peace with my parents right now.
  • Learn exactly how not to give a fuck. I’ll post a step-by-step when I’m done. You’re welcome.
See you next week.
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What are some of your goals for 2012, or life in general?
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How to become a laughing stock in 30 seconds: Rick Perry Edition

by wsqd on January 18, 2012 in sarcasm

“I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a liberal. But you don’t have to be Occupying Wall Street every weekend to know that there’s something wrong with this country when people like Rick Perry are running for president, but I can’t have cheese on my bagel because I’m lactose intolerant. As a blogger, I’ll end Perry’s string of idiotic non-sequiturs, and I’ll fight to spread the right message across the internet. Bicep curls made my arms strong. They can make them strong again. I’m a heathen, and I approve this message.”

The last thing you want to become in politics is a joke, and in the minuscule span of 30 astonishingly moronic seconds, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry made himself the butt of many, many jokes on the internet. On December 6, 2011, Perry released an “exclusively online” video ad on YouTube entitled “Strong”. The ad depicted the wholesome Perry walking up towards the camera on a grassy hill, wearing an ironically Brokeback-Mountain-esque brown barn jacket, drawling in Texan about how “gays can serve in the military, but [their] kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas, or pray in school”, how he’ll “end Obama’s war on religion, and [he’ll] fight against liberal attacks on [their] religious heritage”, and how he’s “Rick Perry, and [he] approve[s] this message.” Needless to say, these statements did not sit well with the majority of the public, and generated several angry responses, parody videos, and even a new internet meme (“Unpopular Opinion Rick Perry”). This leads me to the question: why did Rick Perry’s campaign team think it was a good idea to release such an ad exclusively on YouTube, which has a user base that consists mostly of under-40 liberals who actually know how to use a computer? If he wanted to appeal to his almost-supporters, he could have gone on the radio, or on Hillbilly Channel (CMT) on TV; why YouTube, of all places? Let’s take a look into Perry’s campaign team’s mind:

  • “Maybe this ad could sway Iowa/South Carolina/New Hampshire/any other ‘ambiguous’ state to vote for him.” After the ad, it was clear that none of these states supported Perry. Far from dropping out of the running as expected, Perry went on to New Hampshire with less than 1% support in the polls, then South Carolina with 6%. Again, far from being discouraged, Perry, infected with hubris, insisted on taking part in the South Carolina debate.
  • “Maybe this ad could sway those nasty, nasty gays and liberals and make them come to their senses.” It’s very clear from the internet’s response that those nasty, nasty gays and liberals were not swayed and did not come to their senses: the video yielded 98.6% dislikes on YouTube.
  • “Doesn’t the governor look just smashing in that jacket?” No.

It’s quite difficult to understand the actions of Rick Perry’s campaign team, but one thing that’s certain is the negative response to Perry’s ad. In less than 30 seconds, Perry raises the most controversial, anti-liberal arguments on a liberal video-sharing website:

  • the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”. Perry asserted that he was against the repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, which stated that openly homosexual Americans were banned from serving in the military, calling the repeal “irresponsible” and, as stated in the ad, “Obama’s attack on religion”. Apparently, gays serving openly in the military, fighting for their own country, just like all the other men and women out there, is now a sin. And by granting gays their right to be like any other American and serve openly in the military, Obama is suddenly waging…
  • a war on religion. Aside from repealing the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy which signifies another, Obama has waged war on religion by… burning down churches? Banning bibles from being printed? Eradicating Christianity from all coins, Pledges of Allegiances in schools? No. Obama has not done anything to constitute a “war” on religion. Everyone’s religious backgrounds differ, and Obama is simply acting on what he thinks is best for the people of the United States, which just so happens to be what the religious Perry is against. However, Perry takes his imagined “war on religion” to another level, even fabricating…
  • the war on Christmas. When Perry says “something wrong with this country when … our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school”, his subliminal message is that there’s “something wrong with this country when … our schools don’t reinforce Christianity as a mandatory religion anymore.” He expects everyone to be Christian, and he thinks it’s wrong that all the Christian kids in school “can’t” open their arms and celebrate Santa Claus’s yearly workout out loud with absolutely no consideration for children of other cultures and religious backgrounds in the same environment.

Perry’s viewpoints, though “traditional”, no longer represent the United States accurately. Sure, he may have ardent supporters back home, but such closed-mindedness is no longer appreciated in the more socially developed, international world of the coasts. Rick Perry expects his supporters to be just like him: Christian, anti-gay, and conservative. The problem is, this demographic is quite extreme, and frankly, the number of people born and raised with these worldviews is on the decline. It’s a black-or-white relationship with Perry: you either agree completely with him, or you are appalled at his small-mindedness. Regardless of whether you love or hate him, one thing will always be true: nobody appreciates a dogmatic, self-proclaimed rock star.

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Written for my IB English class.

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