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Green Tea 2007-05-03 04:40:00 Here we go again on the topic of green tea. So controversial. Well. I hope you know this already (and most of you do but for those of you who don't) I'm an anti-coffeeite extremist, and super-pro-green teaite. Really it's just my personal preferance. But I'm making a website on green tea, and I'm writing a bunch of articles for it. Well, I was doing some research on the health benefits of green tea, and it's actually pretty amazing. Here's one of my articles:Green
Tea Health Benefits Green Tea
is an ancient beverage, and has many health benefits. The Chinese have utilized it's medicinal properties for over 4,000 years, using it to cure anything from simple headaches to depression. Modern research suggests that, as the Chinese believed, there are many benefits that come of drinking green tea regularly. The thing that makes green tea so healthy are the powerful antioxidants it contains, called epigallocatechin gallate, abbreviated to EGCG. Antioxidants prevent potentially dangero
An Untitled Song 2007-05-01 04:40:00 During my trip to Chicago (the one for the internet marketing seminar) I wrote a song. I wrote some piano music to go with it too, although that part isn't quite finished. I thought it turned out decent, see what you think. As a sidenote, if you haven't guessed, it sounds better when put to music.Are we lost, after all,To what depths can we fall?If we fight, can we win,How much trouble are we in?Is this fight worth the hellThat it takes climbing up this knellAll this trouble all this painWe go throughAre we up against a wall?Can we make it if we crawl?Is it worth the pain and sweatThese lives we lead full of regret(little piano solo thing)Through the pain and the fearThough the end isn't near,I will slog through all this mud,I will sacrifice my blood,For the Lord who made us all,He has given me a higher call.And to that calling I shall make,For him a legacy great.For the Lord, who made us all,To me has given a higher call Read more:Untitled
Evil Apples 2007-04-30 01:35:00 I took down the previous post... because I felt like it. I don't know how the heck I came up with that. Seriously. It just came out of nowhere. Kinda scary actually...I had an interesting thought yesterday. Why is it that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil always portrayed as an apple? I mean hey, I like apples, they aren't evil. It seems like it should be a more sinister fruit... take the extraevilsuperbad fruit for example. Ok, fine, I made that one up, but still, why apples? They have a sort of negative connotation to them now, like I don't think they should be, but if I try to think of a sinister fruit (which I suppose is sort of random and abnormal in the first place, but that's beside the point), I sort of automatically think of the apple, which I find rather interesting. I wonder if the apple has a truly evil nature, or if it just has a negative connotation from the Bible (which, as you should already know, never actually says anything about the type of fruit). Then Read more:Apples
Of Mind and Body 2007-04-22 20:39:00 Well. I just watched the movie 'Super Size me'. It was good but also very sad in a big way. It's about this guy who goes on a diet. A McDonalds diet. For thirty days, he eats nothing but McDonalds; if they don't sell it, he doesn't eat it. He was very healthy to begin with, but as the days progressed, he got worse, and worse, and worse. He gained like twenty pounds, was depressed, had weird physical symptoms, got addicted to the food, his liver began to pickle.... the list goes on. Just goes to show how bad fast food is. Now me, being the person I am, was quite disgusted, but I could still devour a big mac, or any other fast food item for that matter (Taco Bell is by far the best fast food place; as anyone with any common sense knows). I mean, come on, who *didn't* know fast food was bad for you? And anyways, it's not like we ever get the stuff in the first place... Throughout the movie, they were also taking little side-trails on food concerning health. One of the figures that
Two More Pictures 2007-04-21 04:22:00 The first one is me and my little brother Josh after a martial arts tournament. The trophy is his. The second is a picture of my incredibly beautiful culinary creation: black bean soup. My dad makes a really good soup. I put on indian peppers (pretty spicy), indian red pepper (pretty spicy), cheese, and sour cream. Read more:Pictures
Altruistic Totalitarianism 2007-04-20 21:28:00 An Essay about dictatorships I did for Great Books. I had some interesting thoughts in it. For those of you who don't know what altruistic means (I sure hope you know what totalitarianism is) click hereAltruistic Totalitarianism Dictatorships and monarchies are the purest form of government and have the highest potential good for their citizens. Unfortunately, they also have the highest potential evil, and as history has proven, absolute power is almost always abused. The problem with the dictatorship does not lie in the system itself, but in the men that use it. As a race, we are basically evil. When a man has the absolute power over an entire country, his sinful side is magnified. Throughout history we have witnessed so many monarchies go awry that absolute power has won itself a reputation of oppression, unfairness, and corruption. People now-a-days tend to associate negative connotations with the words 'dictatorship' and 'absolute power.' By their main definition though, these
A Lone Picture 2007-04-18 21:47:00 Wow, here's a first. A Picture
of me at TeenPact, giving a speech as Representative.
Some Thoughts on Music 2007-04-18 20:13:00 Well. Well well well. I haven't posted for quite some time. I wonder if it's the time. Last week was TeenPact, which I always enjoy greatly (This was my third year attending). I won a position as Representative, which is just a title, and I had to give a speech at graduation. Well, I used to be the quiet kid who never talks and is super shy... Lately I've found I enjoy public speaking, and I'm not really that shy anymore. I guess God has something in store for me. Unfortuneatly, I haven't worked on my story for a few weeks, but I hope to start up my quota again, because the next few weeks will be pretty much normal. Then I have an internet marketing conference with my dad, and nationals in Oklahoma city.Lately I've been thinking about the music thing. Yeah. The music thing. This is a very controversial topic. I must say, I'm surprised how many conservative homeschooled kids are vehemently against music (especially rock) being bad for you. They seem to not want to believe it, I Read more:Music
Father Joseph 2007-04-16 20:06:00 Here's a short story I did recently... actually the first I've ever done independent of school. Silence filled the room—every corner and crevice was laden with it. Then, ever so faintly, the sound of a murmuring voice crept through the thick silence. It bounced around through the empty pews, then scampered up the alter. The great, high-ceilinged room was darkly lit by sunlight streaming in through heavily tainted windows. The murmuring echoes merged into a deep mellow voice. “Were you there,” it sang, deep and mournfully, “When they crucified my Lord.” An ancient man in a black robe walked slowly into the spacious sanctuary. “Were you there... when they crucified my Lord...” the strains rang through the whole room now. With wrinkled hands, FatherJoseph
straightened his high, black collar. After clearing his throat with a cough, he slowly continued pacing towards the alter. All the while, he gazed thoughtfully ahead of him, passing row after row of silent pews. He lov
A Request 2007-03-23 21:00:00 It was requested that I put a little of my story-under-progress on here. So, here is a little scene I enjoyed writing. * * * * *Ellen hit the loudspeakers button. “Harlington, where the hell are you? We've got three UN gunships bearing down on us. Looks like they're also deploying boarding pods.” The doors behind her opened and a short, fat little man soared through the air, landing perfectly in the seat next to Ellen. “Yes sir. Fuel engines have been engaged. Power generators have been engaged.” He flipped a few buttons and switches deftly as he spoke. “Sir, are you going to buckle up?” he said after glancing at Ellen. Casting an annoyed glance to her left, Ellen said, “I was just getting to that.” “Where are we going?” “Earth's moon.” “Port Royal?” said Harlington, rolling the r in royal. “Yeah.” The little man gazed out of the window as Ellen hurriedly buckled herself up. He stroked his jet-black mustache and squinted warily at the fleet in
Three Elements 2007-03-20 19:53:00 An essay I did on writing. Thought it turned out pretty good. What makes a captivating story? This is a very complicated question, but there are three devices that can be said are the basic elements of story: plot, character, and dialogue. Probably the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about what makes a good book is story. Action and thriller stories draw heavily on strong plot. Things like engaging plot line, unforeseen developments, and 'Twist' endings. Obviously, there are already traditions in this area, because oftentimes, it is easy to predict the ending of a story. This is because we have been exposed to many storytelling conventions. Hero triumphs in the end, man gets girl, bad guy is defeated— these are some of the most common developments used. Because so many stories have been written and told, it becomes harder and harder to come up with fresh, entertaining developments; nonetheless, it is quite possible. Well designed, paradoxical characters make for Read more:Three
Christian Authors 2007-03-15 23:33:00 I have come to the decision that there are very few (if any at all) good/talented Christian
authors. There are of course exceptions, like Tolkien and Lewis, but there are precious few. I wonder why that is. Maybe it's because they're too... Christian-ey? I dunno. Now I'm not saying this because I think Christian authors don't have enough violence and language and whatnot... They just don't have skill. They're either too corny or too sentimental. The reason I say this, is so far, I have not been entranced with any of the Christian authors I've read (I suppose that must be pretty obvious). And a couple days ago, I got a book from the library called Deep Storm, by Lincoln Child, a non-Christian author. For the first time in a very long time, probably like five years, I wasn't able to put the book down. Don't you love it when that happens? Well, I do at any rate. The story was quite entertaining, and I was quite pleased that the author kept the obscene stuff to a minimum (a couple
Eragon 2007-03-11 00:34:00 Well, I got Eragon
from our library last Saturday, and I think I'm going to finish it off tonight. I must say, it was better than I expected, but of course it doesn't compare with Lord of the Rings (Which, incedentally, Paolini draws heavily off of). I haven't seen the movie yet, which is good, because I like to read books before I see movies based off of them, because in 99 out of 100 times, the book is better than the movie. The reason I got the book in the first place, was because of the author. He was fifteen when he began the first book, and it took him a year to finish the first draft. That's just my age, so I am intrigued reading the work of a kid my age. He's in his early twenties now, but it's still cool reading a published book written by a fifteen year old. This is very interesting, but he was homeschooled. Also, he liked classical music, and listened to it while writing Eragon. But get this, Stephen King (I hope you know who that is) listens to hard rock while he writ
Me and Dancing 2007-03-10 07:02:00 I'm sure when you read the title, you said to yourself, 'Oh dear, now he's gonna crack on dancing and how stupid it is and how he hates it and blah blah blah.'Well, you're right, it is quite pointless. Actually... Wait, no, I take that back. It's good exercise. But otherwise it's pointless. Although I must say, most of us could do with a bit of exercise.But all that is beside the point. Today, or rather tonight, I went to a Ceili (It's pronounced Kaley, like Haley with a 'K' sound. Don't ask about the spelling, it's Irish). It's an Irish dance sorta thing. There was food, which of course I love. I mean come on, what 15 year old boy doesn't like food? Cookies, chips, soda, all that good stuff.The reason I went, is because my sister takes Irish step dancing, and her school holds a Kaley. She's actually quite accomplished and talented in that area. Anyways, the point is to dance. So, I danced with my sister. They taught some simple steps, and then we danced to traditional I Read more:Dancing
The Fog 2007-03-03 19:19:00 I had an interesting idea for a story. Because I'm already working on a novel, I shall write a few paragraphs or lines every now and then and post then on my blog. I'm not going to go back over it and check it or anything, so excuse any grammatical/spelling errors. I have no idea, really, where this is going to go, I just had this image and vague feeling, so, here goes.With his chin on his desk, George Brown gazed--frowning--out the window.It was Friday afternoon, but the sun was nowhere to be seen. Although you couldn't tell by looking up, the sky was covered with thick, gray, ominous clouds. There was something mysterious about this fog, and George didn't like it at all. It was suppressing and dark. Ever since childhood, he had disliked fog; the reason probably being that he had once gotten lost in it when he was hiking, and almost never made it back home. Most fogs he could deal with, but this one-- it just didn't feel right.George sighed resignedly and creakily stood up. It wa
Timelessly Practical Utensils 2007-03-02 01:27:00 Here is an essay on spoons I finished today. I think it turned out OK, so here it is. Spoons. Rather insignificant devices. Or maybe not. In fact, they are the basis of modern society. Yes, there may be a couple in the kitchen, but there aren't that many, right? But there are that many. They infest the earth like ants, only they are serviceable tools, not useless pieces of plastic and metal that clutter. Because there are so many types of food, it naturally follows that there are many kinds of utensils to match. On the other hand, not all spoons are used for cooking. Take the dreaded 'spanking' spoon for example. I'm sure we all have vivid memories of that wooden—maybe it was plastic, or even metal—spoon; hideous exaggerations buried deep in the archives of our brains. Fortunately, there are merry crystal ladles, homely measuring spoons, and delicate tea-straining spoons to blot out unwanted recollections past. Making their homes in the kitchen, the sandbox, the dining room, Read more:Practical
Of Idiosyncrasies 2007-02-20 22:57:00 OK, I need some good character idiosyncrasies. Please comment on any weird little anecdotes, strange personality traits, or anything other odd things you can think of in people you know (friends relatives. And no need to mention names. Of course, you could... but...). I would greatly appreciate it.
About Communion 2007-02-20 18:25:00 I had never realized this before, but some denominations think communion is really important. When I was having a discussion with a certain someone, the aforementioned said if you don't take communion, you're starving yourself spiritually. Now, personally, I never thought about communion that way. I thought of it as (and still do) as a way to remember what Jesus did for us. How he came to earth and sacrificed his body and blood. I don't remember anything in the bible saying that communion is spiritual food. I just glanced through my Bible at some passages where communion is mentioned. Jesus instituted it in Matt 26:26. I read through that, and I'm not exactly sure why you would say communion is 'spiritual food'. It seems to me that 'spiritual food' is meditation on the word of God, prayer with God, and discussing things with fellow Christians. Just thought that an interesting little topic. Read more:Communion
King Francis 2007-02-16 20:06:00 I LOVE the last stanza of this poem. It's another one from my memorization slate (which means I did not write it). And remember, if you read it, read it ALOUD. All poetry should be read aloud.King Francis
was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport,And one day, as his lions fought, sat looking on the court;The nobles filled the benches round, the ladies by their side,And 'mongs them sat the Count do Lorge, with one for whom he sighted:And truly 't was a gallant thing to see that crowning show,Valor and love, and a king above, and the royal beasts below.Ramped and roared the lions, with horrid laughing jaws;They bit, they glared, gave blows like beams, a wind went with their paws;With wallowing might and stifle roar, they rolled on one another:'Till all the pit, with sand and mane, was in a thunderous smother;The bloody foam above the barscame whizzing through the air:Said Francis, then, "Faith, gentlemen, we're better here than there."De Lorge's love o'erheard the king,-a beauteo
Green Tea VS Coffee 2007-02-16 01:34:00 This, my friends, can be quite a controversial topic. Let me tell you... I've seen some heated arguments (and maybe taken part in a few). Before I go further, I think it only fair to say I am a pro-healther. Not a coffee maniac. I am rather confused as to why anyone would want to drink coffee. Alright, I suppose that it tastes really good to most people. But, it's an aquired taste. I mean, you didn't like coffee when you were five right? Well, some really weird people might have, but 97.9% of people age 5 and under don't like coffee. Another thing I would like to point out is, coffee has no health benefits. I'm not quite sure if it's detrimental but... It's certainly not good for one. Addictiveness. You can get extremely addicted to the caffine and the, well, coffee. Usually, I would say that anything that has a high addiction rate can't be that good for you. Take smoking for example (you might have noticed that I love that metaphor of addictiveness, and repeatedly use it in ar Read more:Green
, Green Tea
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A Revelation 2007-02-14 01:27:00 I have had a brilliant idea for a story. I have recently been building my knowledge of writing skills by reading multiple books on writing. And, I've come up with a really cool story idea. I've tried fantasy (like three years ago, and I actually got 50 pages down before the plot fell apart), I've tried one set in the modern age (that would be Malckem, and I actually still like that idea, he's just on the back burner), and now, I'm going to try sci-fi. Like outer space Sci-Fi, but there're no aliens. It is a much more realistic space age... or at least from my point of view. Read more:Revelation
Writing 2007-02-11 21:08:00 Well, I'm sort of cooling off now. I look back, and find that I've posted about every two days (which is very good, at least compared to 97% of people who own blogs who post every month or so). For the past few days, I have been reading a book by Stephen King. Now don't be horrified, and gasp, and think how evil I must be to read one of his horror stories. I suppose you shouldn't do that because... It's not fiction. It's a book about writing. But, I must say, it is an extremely well written book. There is no doubt about it, King is a great writer. But besides that, he gives some incredibly helpful information. It's all straight-forward, practical, no-nonsense info, really great stuff. If you want to take a look... click hereIf you are into writing, I strongly suggest you read it. Lately, I seem to have had a resurgance in reading interest. I've always liked reading, and read like heck when I was younger (isn't it ironic that I can say that? It strikes me as funny how I can say
Of life 2007-02-09 19:01:00 Life is a tradgedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think. ~Fortune CookieThe strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. ~Thucydides
music 2007-02-07 18:03:00 Some experiments on music and humans.Dr. Racher, a behavioral scientist, did some experiemtns on college students. She teaches at the Universtiy of CA Irvine. She tested the students with a spacial temporal iq test. This test was with no music. Next for one group, she played Mozart for 10 minutes before the test, another she played 'relaxation' music, and for the third, she played no music. The ones listening to Mozart preformed 8-10 IQ points higher than the other two groups on average.Dr. Raucher did another experiment, this one with preschoolers. Bear with me, it doesn't exactly have to do with music, as in rock being bad, just a sort of general thing that I find rather interesting. Dr. Raucher took four different groups of preschoolers, and gave them 20 minutes of suplemental activities daily, for six months. Now, the adult to student ration was the same, classroom space, time, etc. everything was closely measured. The four subjects were these: free play, singing, computer (I'm
Sinking Friends 2007-01-26 17:43:00 This is a paper I did for my Great Books Class about The Battle of Salamis By during the Persian wars. I think it turned out OK, so, I shall post it. Sinking Friends
September 28, 480 BC. The cool sea breeze brushed Artemesia's face gently as she squinted into the gray, early morning hours. All night the Persian navy had been closing off escape for the Greek fleet. Among the soldiers she had heard it whispered that the Greeks were panicking and fighting amongst themselves. It was growing lighter now, the sun quickly ascending a cloudless sky. The oars of the rowers below swished in their hypnotic, monotonous rhythm, propelling the boat forward. “Do you think they'll get away?” said a craggy voice behind her. Turning around, she saw Acacius, her second in command. He was an old, tough-as-nails ship-captain who'd been on the water from childhood till now. Deliberately Artemesia began pacing the deck. “They aren't going to get away. I just hope they don't stay in that bay, Sa
'Working Out' 2007-05-06 21:31:00 I am just going to randomly throw ideas into this post. Let's see what happens. I suppose it will probably start off bad... like with stuff about me. But I bet it will turn into some interesting discussion or other. Well. Let's see.I will probably be up realy late today, cause I have to finish up my school before I leave for Oklahoma city on Tuesday. My little brother is in gymnastics (he' prettiy good too), and this year he's a level nine. That's where national competition begins. Speaking of gymnastics, I think I found my topic. It takes immense amounts of strength and time to be a competetive gymnast. And boy, gymnastics is *really* tough on your body. I've decided that working out on machines or lifting weights does not really help you in any practical way. You see, when you do those types of excercises, you're isolating one muscle, and working that muscle only. Now think about this. You have 650 skelatal muscles in your body. That's a lot of muscles. And when you're doing
Excuses 2007-05-14 18:57:00 Well. I haven't posted for a while. And, though you may not believe it, I DO have an excuse. I haven't had internet access for an entire week. *sits down and breathes deeply*It was an extremely traumatic experience for me... but I'm getting better. Anyways. I was at the JO's. The Junior National Championships for gymnastics in the United States. It was in Oklahoma city. Man, you wouldn't believe how ripped these guys are... When they're warming up in the side gym, most of the guys don't wear shirts. And man, if you look at the level tens, they are like bulging with muscles everywhere. Heh, sometimes I wish I had done gymnastics...*smiles ruefully*Ah well. But hey, at least I'm not fat and I can do a barrel roll on the ground (which, I am proud to say, my brother ((as well as a bunch of the other gymnasts at his gym)) can't do). Many things to be thankful. But then again, if I was a gymnast, I wouldn't be able to do all the other things I like to do. I guess it's a double edg Read more:Excuses
The Dark Side of Homeschoolers 2007-05-16 04:05:00 I write dark poetry and stories. Death, destruction, suicide, evil, decay... these are the things that are portrayed in my writings. Now I thought that was rather dark. But, as I have gathered from multiple sources, this is actually a common phenomena among homeschooled teens. So basically, all of us homeschooled teens write really dark stuff. Isn't that fascinating? You would think we would write happy fluffy stuff about God and Jesus or something.Now, I have discussed this, and have come up with a hypothesis on the causes of this phenomena. Alright. So all of us homeschoolers are nice, amiable, loving people (Well, at least most of the time. OK, fine, SOME of the time. Well, maybe not me personally but...). Now everyone gets angry sometimes. We all have dark thoughts. We all think about death and destruction. Now homeschoolers, because of the society they live in, and they're own personal beliefs, have a tendency to suppress these feelings. Of course, we can't make them just disap Read more:Homeschoolers
A Song 2007-05-21 02:10:00 Lately I've been doing a lot of piano composition and song writing. I've finished a couple of songs so far. I decided to write all of them under one theme, so kind of like an album thing. The Album is called 'A Darkening World'. Huh. I told you I wrote dark poetry... By the way, please excuse my terrible singing voice. I know it's bad, but at least the piano and words are decent I think.
A Poem 2007-05-23 22:05:00 Here's a poem I wrote recently... I thought it was interesting. And, surprisingly, it's not dark. Instead of trying to appeal to emotions, I tried conveying something resembling a message. It's also supposed to be a bit humorous. Not like the laugh sort but maybe more irony... I dunno. As of yet, it is untitled. Many men live on this earth,For some great fame is destined from birthgeniouses, warlords, conquerors, and kingsFill volumes of history and other such thingsTheir deeds are those of which the bard singsSages ponder and think 'bout their livesHistorians compile and write great archivesOf every thing, in life they achieveOf ever tiny creed they believeThen there's the average farmer chapWho's greatest decisions are whether to nap,Who's jobs require nought but the strengthTo plow a field, or measure it's length.And yet, the geniouses crazily drinkWarlords slaughter millions without a blink,Conquerors think themselves gods of love,And kings... well... all the aboveSo, in t
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