I had a feeling this would happen

It's been a while since I've last posted. It's just, I don't really want to make a blog post if it's going to only be like, one paragraph. So now I guess I'll make a post, being I have enough stuff to post. So, School ended about two weeks ago, which is really nice. We went on our Six Flags trip, which was awesome. I got to ride all of their roller coasters,except two: the really wimpy white one, and Two-face, as it was being worked on. Well, now I've pretty much been on the computer for the rest of the break. It's going to be a lot like last summer. Additionally, I got a new guitar. It's a Japanese strat copy with a Fender neck and EMG pickups. Yeah, it's nice. In fact, later today, I get to play her at this party where my dad will be drumming and ol' Neil is playing lead. Neil's my dad's friend, he and my grandfather were great friends before my grandfather died.

Anyway, I've got quite a bit of summer homework. I'm not sure if I addressed the Social Studies assignment in the last post, but it's not all that bad. Just some news watching and questions. As for summer Reading, I've got to read three books and take notes on them. Of course, I want to read them all. So, here's the list of them:

1. Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury

2. The Chosen - by Chaim Potok

3. Life of Pi - by Yann Martel

4. A Raisin in the Sun - by Lorraine Hansberry

5. I Capture the Castle - by Dodie Smith

6. Catcher in the Rye - by J.D. Salinger

I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 now, and I'll probably read Catcher in the Rye--my favorite book and I Capture the Castle.

So in other news, my Dad finally found a boat to buy. We've been out on it a few times, and it's really pretty awesome. I even tried knee boarding. Unfortunately, my upper-body strength isn't good enough to lift my immense weight up on the actual board. Oh well, riding on my belly is fun too. And trust me, it's pretty tough to even do that. I'm sick of being sick of my weight and saying I'll do something about it. Every time I convince myself I'll lose weight and stuff, but I never do. I seriously need to start it soon, though. I remember a few months back I was doing well at going out to jog every day. Oh well, this week, I think I'll do it.

Posted from School

Yeah, I'm in study hall and I'm really really bored. Really. I almost fell asleep on the computer. Haha these kids are coming in and getting their very large summer assignments for Honors English next year. I'll be getting mine for Academic Challenge very soon. Of course, it'll probably be just summer reading. Some of these poor kids have summer assignments for English and math. Poor kids. Then again, it isn't really all that bad.

Today, right now, is the end of the second to last day. Finally. It sure feels nice to see the year go down. Man have I changed over this year. Then again, I change over every year. Summers are times that I change a lot. Seriously, before last summer I was quite different, in my tastes, thoughts, and actions. Let's just see how this summer changes me. Maybe I'll change a lot, maybe I'll change a little. Who knows?

Tonight's the Eight Grade party; I'll go to it since a lot of my friends will be there. I really do hope it doesn't suck. Man I'm gonna miss this school. I still remember how scared I was to walk into these doors and how I missed the Elementary school. I still remember how much this building scared me. Now, it's old hallways and classrooms form a second home for me. Really, I'm gonna miss it when I leave. And I imagine it'll be the same way when I get ready to leave the high school. Wow, I'm already thinking of graduation. I wish I were a little kid again. It was just so nice. Now there's all this responsibility and care that I hace to deal with. It feels nice sometimes, but other times I long for a time when I was carefree and life was fun and new. And sadly, I know it'll only get worse.

Happily, I know It'll never get too rough. I'm sure that even though I'll be attacked by life in a few years, they won't be able to take art and music away from me. As long as I still have them, I'll be happy. And then, if I work hard enough over the next few decades, I'll have a nice retirement waiting for me. I'll be able to spend my old days in a nice house with my family and the things I love. Man, will it be nice. And I promise not to be any of those old people that can't seem to like anything anymore, when I get old and retire, I'll think back top these times as the best years of my life, but I'll also remember my longing for the time I would be in. I would know that the younger me--the one from the best time of my life--would want me to enjoy my older years. Then, I'll die when my body quits working properly. I know it's inevitable, and I accept it.

A distanced post

Yeah, I haven't forgot this ol' blog, but I don't like to post pointless crap until it all builds up and explodes. So okay, here goes. A huge argument I've had twice today is over the difference between killing and murder. Yeah, there is a difference, but it's kinda funny. People insist that murder is wrong but killing isn't. Lord knows, He made a typo with the Ten Commandments-- it seems like he meant to say "Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt kill for greed and nationalism."

The first argument was on the subject of war. The other guy seems to insist that killing an enemy in war is like killing a deer. He says that you don't murder a deer. Then he said the stupidest thing ever. No really, if we weren't in class I would have put that viewpoint in the ground. He says that if you believe they're deer because you've been taught so, it's fine to kill an enemy of war. Man that's so stupid. Whether you hide behind this "wall" you've created, you're still killing, just like they do. Killing terrorists for killing is very stupid. Now, some may say that they deserve to pay a life because they took one, but this is a silly idea too. If you kill someone for killing, then you now owe your life because you killed a person. '

The second argument was over capital punishment, or the Death Penalty. Like I said before, some may say that people deserve to give their life because they took one, but when you think of it, killing a killer is pointless and solves nothing. Killing a killer won't bring anyone back, nor will it allow anyone to benefit. Sure it'll prevent escapes, but so will good security. Killing a prisoner is what enemies of war do to enemy countrymen. So if you do support this penalty, add me on msn (frank011@comcast.net) or something. I'll be happy to debate. On the other side of this fence, I hate how killers are released on "bail" and "good behavior." No amount of good behavior will ever forgive what they've done. Nothing can cancel out a kill, jailtime just keeps people from escaping while keeping their human rights, which even the dirtiest or killers should still get.

So in conclusion, I have to say that killing other humans is killing, regardless of the circumstance (maybe with a few exceptions, like a dire act of defense). Even if it is for one's country. Fighting for one's country does make sense, our country does a lot for us, and we do a lot for it. However, the nationalism sometimes goes crazy, leading to a lot of trouble. People should be humans first and citizens second. On a closing remark, it seems that a lot of people who argued their viewpoints against mine were Republicans. Republicans, as we know, are usually very religious. This makes me wonder, whatever happened to "Thou shalt not kill?"

We have three days left of school! We also have a party on Friday and a trip to Six Flags next Thursday--after school is out. It'll be nice to have a big break before jumping into the high school. Well, this summer won't be totally free of schoolwork. We got a bunch of Social Studies homework today. Assignment 1 involves watching the national news for 50 days and recording headlines that piqued our interests, along with a sentence or few about them. Then we'll write a paragraph or two about two articles that we really liked or something by August 28th. Then we have some questions about the Federalist Papers, only twenty. Then we have to get a few magazine and computer articles on certain subjects and identify a bunch of political people. So yeah, there isn't that much to do. I could go on with more things now but I'm friggin tired and need a shower, so I'll post again sometime.