[Losing Touch--The Killers]
The more I listen to this song, the more I like it. Huh.
Happy Independence Day! It's the day we celebrate our independence from, you know, the rest of the world, and we scream, and we stare at colorful explosions in the sky. Oh, and eat barbecue. Lots of barbecue. It's a nice holiday.
It's actually one of my favorite holidays, for one reason: fireworks. I love them 'splosions in the sky! Also, I'm fascinated with the American Revolution and our bloody battle, with both words and guns, to be independent from England. It was a time when people weren't spineless blobs who couldn't be concerned with anything except how it affected them. It was a time when people believed in things and could talk about hope, strength, and happiness without sounding like a dork. It was really just a better time. Just like Greece and Rome in ancient times, just like the Olympic games. There's something powerful and magical about it. Something great. On the Fourth of July we celebrate a time when America really, truly meant something. We were something great. Now what do we stand for? Fat people and terrorist targets? Inept leaders and rap music? Illegal immigrants and lazy schooling? What's great about America now? Can anyone tell me?
Enough overly deep, corny rants! Why do teenagers smell bad?
Basil is three months and five days older than me.
yeah and sorry rue. sometimes i get the two names mixed up. and you must have aced your us. history class with all your knowledge about the independence stuff
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your liking "Losing Touch". I feel proud knowing I recommended it. Are you constantly playing your summer playlist?
ReplyDeletelazy schooling? it's funny you'd say that when back then most people were farmers who couldnt afford schooling. Inept leaders? can you even imagine how much harder america is it lead then before. terrorist targets? hows america suposed to change that? I think that when you look at it we are doing much better.
ReplyDeletenope not very. what grade are you going into? my seventh grade teacher was world history tho i am almost sure he spent about a third of the year on japan alone. my classmate thought he thought he was japanese (he wasn't) and in 8th we spent a month on the civil war or so but i didn't mind because she gave us projects, and those are my strong points.
ReplyDeleteoh cool. I am going to high school. Very nervous. And ditto on the civil war, never really got that until taught. and you have a humanitarian teacher, that sounds so cool. we only have to basic Algebra english, history, science, spanish, and pe..
ReplyDeletethat's what happened with me and my elementary school. i was supposed to go to the one where everyone was going, except is was farther than the one where i went so i didn't. and you call history humanitary? that is so awesome. I am going to do the same. So one will be like, "what classes are you in?" and i will be like." i;m taking humanitarian studies." and they won't know what that is so they will be, "wow." haha
ReplyDeletei knew it sounded funny when i was writing it, but it was late, and i didn't really care. haha. and yeah i didn't have many friends either, i moved in 5th grade and then went to middle school in 6th, so only one year in an elementary school. i was sort of sad when i moved i was about 20 minutes from disneyland beforehand.
ReplyDeleteYeah. it did. I loved my friends and things there, but that was a while ago, and i have moved on. So use fretting the past. It must be cool not living in California, i alway wondered what it would be in another state, tho i don't really want to move out of cali.
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