Monday, May 2, 2005

Surrounded by morons

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"No! Mt. Everest is in Washington you idiots!" - - Sam McDaniel
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Current events: (now with bold highlights so, if you don't want to read the whole thing, you can read only topics that interrest you!)
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The Forgotten:
I rented The Forgotten last night... now, I hate horror movie, but I will go for thrillers, 'cause it's kinda psudo-horror. Not as bad, and usually they have a little bit of sci-fi/fantasy in there which I like... if you haven't seen it, even if you don't like horror, you should, just keep a cat nearby XD like I did. I huggethed him when I got scared, although I almost got my faced ripped off.
But yeah... it creaped me out...
Spoilers:
Don't read if you haven't seen the movie and are going to or whatever...
Especially the parts where people would (randomly) get sucked up into the sky... and the car crash, although that rocked... BUT THEY DIDN'T DIE! The Alien-thingy was kinda creapy-looking... but he was alright... I guess...
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Raccoon:
And, after that fiasco, there was another one... involving a raccoon... I was in bed, and then, I heard someone screaming outside... yippe, it was my Mom... so then, we had to go through this thing, where I was the only one at risk of being attacked... *sniff* I don't do well with large rabid creatures... although I could probably use my catness to kick it if it did try to get near me. Mwahaha... but more on that another day.
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Dream:
I had another really weird dream... this time... I was in my house, and was hearing weird noises. I was playing Teh Thousand Year Door... when I heard a cat dying. I was like "WTF?!?!?!?!" so I got up and ran towards the sound... and saw... ma cat, Larry. He's the cat that's the closest to me, emotionally I guess...
well... he was dead. It was really very graphic too. He was on the ground, and it looked like someone made a straight cut down his abdomen, and all of his guts were strewn over the floor and there was blood everywhere... and his eyes were open, staring at me, and his tongue was dangling, without any color. Bleh... grizzly... but... yeah... for some reason I didn't cry or be sad but I went back to playing Paper Mario...
Then, it happened, two more times, to my other cats. Normally, I would be insanely creaped out by this... but... I wasn't that much. I went to bed without too much trouble, except I was afraid of the dark and kinda spastic/twitchy. I was asleep... but then, I woke up at night, and it sounded like a person breathing in my ear... I looked around, but there was no one there... but then, there was this horrible shreaking-like noise... and it sounded like someone was knocking on a door to get into a room... but it they were knocking to get into my brain... why my brain? I dunno... then I saw images of a ghost-lady in my brain, very real-looking... it looked so creapy, because it had empty pits of eyes and made me feel so freaky... at that point I woke up, and would've screamed, but luckily I have an instinct to stay completely still (yes, I even stopped breathing for a minute, how, I don't know). After a period of about ten minutes I was about to get myself back in reality, and I went around to make sure all of my cats were not dead, and all was good.
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My throat hurts... I'm sick. GRRR... it sucks... I couldn't really play teh trumpet today... so sad.
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I'm so noncoordinated that I managed to kick the ball at my own face today... -___- long story. It hurt.
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Mr. Graham came to jazz band today looking like white trash. Very funny XD. Won't explain to much so I won't annoy people.
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Entry 11: Fate
I am a very perplexing person, just because I believe in fate... but I also don't.
"Whatever happens - happens" as Spike put it so nicely. Some things are just meant to happen, id est, you are supposed to meet, your dog dies, you grew up where you did, etc. I guess these kind of things change your character, for better or for worse.
But, there is a different aspect. You can change the future and make it what you want for yourself, but to change the world you must first be able to change who you are. If you don't become anything in your life you have no one to blame but yourself.
I know I'm totally contradictory, and my logic has always sucked, but I don't really care.
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Saving other entries for another day...

Take Care

- - Teh Pig

Homework XD Don't read if you're uninterrested in the Causes of the Civil War.

Missouri Compromise of 1820:
The Missouric Compromise stated that all of the land north of the 36 degree 30 feet parallel line would be free except for Missouri. All fo the land south of the parallel line would be slave. The state of Maine would enter the Union as a free state. The author of the Missouri Compromise was Henry Clay.

Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833:
The state of South Carolina was so upset with the tariff passed by the federal government that the state threatened to seceede from the Union. A tariff is a tax put on imported goods. Jackson threatened to lead the U.S. army into the state if they rebelled. A compromise was agreed upon and tariffs were decreased over a period of the next few years. Tensions surrounding this crisis finally came to an end when Calhoun and Clay authored a compromise.

Wilmost Proviso - 1846:
A proviso is a clause making restriction or change attached to a document or treaty. David Wilmost stated that slavery should be banned in all territory acquired from the Mexian War. However, this proviso was defeated by the Senate.

Compromise of 1850:
1) California will be a free state.
2) All territory gained from the Mexican war will use popular sovereignty to decide whether they will be free or slave.
3) Texas would receive $10 million for giving up New Mexico.
4)No slave trade in Washington D.C.
5) Fugitive Slave law.
The main author of the Compromise of 1850 was Henry Clay.

Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1852:
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her book described how slaves were treated in the South. Her description upset those who were against slavery because it brought on realization and was an eye opener to how horrible slavery was. Slave owners were also upset because it was all jokes and lies.

Kansas-Nebraska Act - 1854:
Stephen A. Douglas wanted the territories of Nebraska and Kansas to use popular sovereignty in deciding whether to be slave or free. He also wanted the Northern states to support his plan for the Transcontinental Railroad to follow a northern route instead of a southern route. Many in the North felt betrayed by Douglas' proposal since the Missouri Compromise of 1820 had closed these areas to slavery.

Birth of the Republican Party - 1854:
The Republican Party started in the town of Ripon, Wisconsin. The Republican platform stated that there would be no slavery in the western territories. Another significant iten about the Republican Party was that Abe Lincoln became a member of this party.

Bleeding Kansas - 1855-56:
Kansas was the site of a great deal of violence because people were fighting over whether or not Kansas should be a free state or a slave state. John Brown from Hudson, Ohio, played a major role in this violence.

Dred Scott Decision - 1857:
This was one of the worst decisions ever handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Dred Scott was not permitted to be a free black man even though he had lived in the north and was married to a free black woman. The Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney, stated that Dred Scott was not a citizen of the U.S. and, therefore, could not bring a case to court. Futhermore, Scott was considered a piece of property. With this ruling, the court was saying that slavery was permitted anywhere is the United States.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates - 1858:
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated 7 times while running for the Illinois Senate seat. Lincoln scored a decisive win in the last debate when he got Douglas to admit that the decision handed down by the Supreme our t in the Dred Scott case was inappropreate. At that point, southern democrats began to hate Douglas.

Raid at Harper's Ferry - 1859:
Harper's Ferry was located in Virginia, but today is in West Virginia. John Brown and his followers went to Harper's Ferry to raid the arsenal there so he could arm the slaves of Virginia. He was caught and hanged. In the North he was considered a martyr and a saint.

Presidential Election of 1860:
Republican candidate - Abraham Lincoln
Democratic candidate - Stephen Douglas
Southern Democratic candidate - John Breckinridge
Constitutional Union Party candidate - John Bell
Lincoln might not have won the Presidency if the Democratic Party had not split because the combined vote of the candidates would have been more than his.

Secession - December, 1860 TO April 1861:
Stephen Douglas was elected President of the Confederate States of America.
Tennessee
Texas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas

Attack on Ft. Sumter - April 12, 1861:
Fort Sumter is located in Charleston harbor. President Lincoln defended Fort Sumter because it had federal property.

More review:
Stephen Douglas' name was "little giant"
The spokesman for the North during the negotiations for the Compromise of 1850 was Dan Webster.
The Great Compromiser was Henry Clay.
An abolitionsit is a person who despises slavery.
Popular Sovereignty means the people vote for what they want (slavery).
The Fugitive Slave law stated that any slave who ran to the north (or a free area) must be returned to his owner.
Sectionalisn is what is best for one area, not the whole country.
Conflicts: Tariffs, Slavery, Economy, Western Lands, Internal Improvements.

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