Don't Want An Ending

This is a song by Sam Tsui. The lyrics aren't online as of yet, so I decided to post them. Bear in mind, I had to play it by ear, and I have no idea what the word after "It's this song" is, and I have no idea if that's what he's saying. Feel free to leave comments correcting this, and I'll put them in.

Don't Want An Ending - Sam Tsui

I don’t want to fall out
But we’re all out of time,
(It’s this song…)(Don’t want an ending)
In one day, no way you’ll be mine
(It’s this song…)(Don’t want an ending)

Mmmm (Don’t want an ending)

My heart is running on empty
One more day and then we go
And yeah, the time goes on now
Don’t ask me how, I don’t know
We’ll be home tomorrow
About a thousand miles too far away
Say you won’t forget and I’ll be okay

At least tonight
It’s just you and me
And honestly
That’s everything I need

I don’t want to fall out
But we’re all out of time
(It’s this song…)(Don’t want an ending)
In one day, no way you’ll be mine
(It’s this song…((Don’t want an ending)

Tonight’s a countdown
Till the day we’re not around
And you’re gone,
And we’re on with our lives – I
(It’s this song…)(Don’t want an ending)

NoOo

Don’t want an ending

My 25th of May

Wow, what a day. The heat stroke lasted past the weekend. It's Tuesday and still going strong.

I have quite a bit of news. Here's a lovely little anecdote to show you a glimpse of my family. Yesterday we ran out of smooth peanut butter. Mad, as it is my spread, I'm the one who wanted it and got it and stored it so I'd have enough to last me a few years (more like a week and a half, but whatever) and then someone, in my family, comes along and takes it. I complain (which is a loose way of saying I get very very angry and sellotape a sign on the cupboard and mutter and groan and yell) and then I do the unforgiveable.

I ruin the family's strawberry jam.

Actually good payback. I don't like strawberry jam, they love it, take good care of it, fight about who gets the last bit. Kind of like me and smooth peanut butter. So then Dad, of course, has to go be the rational one and find a solution. Because of course we don't want a solution - we want to keep arguing and fighting.

So in the end, after school, I went to SuperValu (our big grocery shop in town) and bought some more... yes, I know I could have done that in the first place, but shh!

Other than that, school was boring. My Home Ec teacher would make a good Nazi. Everyday I do all her homework as perfectly as I can, and yet I remain the entire class with my heart thumping. I don't know how she does it, but I've always missed something!

Other than that... my friend has a boyfriend. It's not usual for her, so I was quite surprised. This was pretty much the conversation.

"I have a boyfriend"

"Oh.... do you like him?"
"Yeah"
"Do you want to marry him when you grow up?"
"I'm not you!!"

The 'not you' is referring to the oh so rational part of me that realises I will only date someone to see if he'd make a good lifelong companion. Also, I tell everyone everything. Really - you want to know something, and I'll probably tell you. Except if it's someone's else's secret, and even then it'll be hard. So, anyways, she knows everything I ever think, and I think I won't date a guy until I'm old enough to be able to consider marrying him.

Oh, I found the worst Harry Potter fanfiction in the world. Not an exaggeration - it's no longer on fanfiction (too many people were flaming her) but it's still online. It's so bad, it's hilarious. Here's a link: http://myimmortalrehost.webs.com/chapters122.htm

Also, some artist who found it terrible enough to profit off it drew a comic for it, which is also great - http://chaziebaka.deviantart.com/art/My-Immortal-Cover-135036123

In case you didn't know, I'm a Harry Potter freak. I know everything there is to know of Harry Potter (which can be found inside the books - only some outside the books). I know the two names of the room the DA used for practise, I know when Harry snuck his books into his room in the summer after second year.

Other news - my dad's gone off to Finland with work for about three days, to Helsinki. For all Americans out there, that's the capital of Finland. Okay, fine, sorry, I suppose it's probably a European joke. But then, I don't know the capitals of your states (I don't even know if you states have capitals!). But of course, countries are rather different from states.

It's lonely without him here - I'm definitely a daddy's girl. The family, but me, went to some lake for a walk, and I'm pretty much just avoiding them all in my room.

Also, I'm still stuck for a plotline for my book. Have I mentioned my book before? I'm writing a (hopefully) trilogy about dragons and stuff. But although I have plenty of characters and a world filled with drama, I can't think of a good plotline that isn't "We meet, we fight evil, we defeat evil, the end".

So... ideas are always welcome. Any mention of the Sahara, rabid women or... well, anything that doesn't make sense will not be welcome.

Apart from that, I have no other news...

Bye for now.

My 23rd of May

Whew, I'm back!

Okay, this is going to be an about me, as I have no idea of anything to debate about right now, I'm just too tired (it's nearly 12 and I've had a long day).

Last week of school! Yes! Well, actually, I have this week, then four (or three, I'm not sure) more days, and then school is officially over, but I have my Junior Cert exams, I am not going to waste four days when I could be studying. Or pretty much be doing anything else.

I just started taking an online psychology course... I don't think it's a very official one - I don't think I'll get a degree or anything, but I'll learn something, and that's the point of it.

It's been hot all weekend - Ireland, for those who don't know, is usually wet, cold and miserable. However, these past few days it's been sunny and hot and warm and there's barely been a cloud in the sky. I hope it lasts for another week, and then goes, as I have a lot of outdoor stuff planned this week. The week after I need to study, so then it'll be okay if it rains.

I didn't actually do much all day - I went to church, which is always fun - our church is tiny (20 people on a good day) so we're like a large family, and it's not one of those boring churches you see in movies (although we don't dance or jump around singing either). After that I basically did nothing all day but lazed around on my computer. The rest of the family went swimming and to the park, but I couldn't be bothered. Not to mention I don't have any swimming togs.

Wow - I am so very tired. It must be the heat. I was going to blabber on for a while, but I am just way too tired.

Goodnight :)

Creationism is not a science

And by the way, I'm opposing this one. It's not hard to realise this, if you look at the facts. You just have to be a bit objective.

I don't know if every Christian you've met knew this, but creationism (the belief that the universe was created) is still deeply based in science.

Lets look at this example for a minute. The world a large bowl. Creationist scientists and evolutionist scientists are both digging through it. They both find the exact same evidence - they only have one bowl. Evolutionists look at the evidence, and all they see is stuff pointing to evolution. Creationists look at it and all they see is stuff pointing to creation.

There is quite a famous magazine - "Creation" magazine, which is all scientific articles pointing towards creation in scientific ways.

You see, both theories (yes, as a matter of fact, they are both theories) constantly have to change arguments and refresh them and rephrase them. All arguments are fallible - that is just a thing all scientists understand when it comes to these two. You need to revise your arguments constantly. Just like in debating. The opposition argues a point. You don't keep on stating the same point over and over - you listen to the opposition, hear what they're saying, then find an argument for that.

Evolution is commonly thought of as proven fact, while creationism is some sort of religious freakshow of people, still living in denial. But that's a very biased way of looking at us, and a very ignorant form also. We have plenty of scientific explanations for what we believe. Archaeological finds continue to help our theory. We do believe that the Bible is true, and this is the main reason we don't believe in evolution. However, we do have other things to back this up.

Often skeptics criticise us when we retract any arguments which were proven wrong. But these are the same skeptics who say we never change! You see, we're up against a very steep hill, and both sides are showing teeth. I think it would be best if everyone just tried to remain educated in both sides, because often when I debate with people online, I get stupid arguments from people that have been proven wrong years ago. Many people still don't understand creationism is a science.

There is a lot of evolutionist propaganda. I don't know if this was approved by the scientists, but the discovery channels, most other TV channels - even Wikipedia, a great favourite of mine - have all been infected to argue everything from the evolutionist side.

If you really do think creationism is wrong, fine. Believe that if you want. This argument today is not evolution vs creation. I'll write another article for that, haha. But just because you block out our voices and fill up your head with evolutionist theories, doesn't make us wrong. It just makes you unwilling to listen.

My fifth of May

School again - although I think I only have about 17 more days or so... then I have my Junior Cert. And yes, I still haven't studied. My art project was due last Thursday. Right now, however, it's on my bedroom floor, not being done. Well, I've got all my preps and support studies (my drawings and my photos, for all you not artists) set out on sheets, but I have no glue and can't be bothered to look for any, so they're not done.

My lino (again, for all you not-artists, basically you cut a shape into a tile and then put ink on it... or something) is fully cut, and so are two of my fingers. Yes, I forgot that your hand must always stay behind the knife...

As for my main picture, that's half done. I'm supposed to paint some bubble-wrap yellow and roll it across a black sheet, so I'll have a scale effect, and then I'm going to stick my two already drawn dragons on it. Right now it's just a black sheet and two unattached dragons... oh well, I'll be tired no matter what, so I'll just stay up and do it.

As for homework (I hate the word) I have my German done, and I'll bluff my Maths, or do it tomorrow, or maybe even tonight. But my Irish... ugh. I never actually do my Irish, but we have a sub now, and not one of those young, I-don't-know-what-I'm-doing subs just out of college, no. We have an old one who gives us proper homework and who I don't understand half the time. So, for the first time in 3 years, I have to do Irish homework. So you can see why I'm completely lost. But I'll get through it, I suppose.

Hmm.. what else? Everyone loved my hair cut - at least, everyone who said anything about it said they liked it.

I'm stuck on inspiration for my book... for any story-writers, I think you might understand when I say, my entire world is written and planned, but I can't get my plot to work. It's a fantasy novel about dragons and magic and fighting evil. And I have the beginning. But the middle and the end evade me, and I don't want to write without those, as my hero (J.K.Rowling) knew exactly how her story would go before she wrote it, and that is how you get good writing and good plot twists.

Well, I best get round to painting my art project.

Talk to you later,
Irene

The Leaving Cert Song

This is for my sister Caroline, who is sitting her Leaving Cert. And no, I didn't write it. All Irish will get it. And if you're not, you'll probably get it, as long as wikipedia the small words like C.A.O

Harry Potter vs Twilight

Well, I've always wanted to do one of these, so here goes.

Before I actually go for Twilight's throat, I want to say, if you want to like Twilight, go ahead. I don't think you're an idiot. I mightn't continue to trust your taste in books, but I won't shoot you or anything. This is just for those people who go on about how Twilight is better than Harry Potter for the stupidest reasons (there's actually a website which talks about how Twilight is more realistic which amuses me greatly. I think it's probably been taken down by now though.)

Okay, number one point - genre.

Twilight is a fantasy love story. Pretty much what ever pervert has inside his mind - a love fantasy. Would you like to read a pervert's mind? I don't think so! Harry Potter, on the other hand, is an adventure, fantasy novel. Everyone likes to read about adventure and fighting and scapegoat heroes.

Point number two - Harry Potter had twists. I could tell how Twilight ended after reading the first few chapters! I knew Bella and Edward would end up together, after some sort of tortured drama, and Bella would have a child, who would be absolutely amazing, and they'd all live dramaly ever after. Harry Potter had the triple-crosser be the actual good guy, even after he killed the famous hero, so that was great.

Point number three - Harry Potter is not an idolised version of Joanne Rowling. She had enough imagination to make her main character different from herself, and still write a good book. Wow! Isn't she talented?!

4. More realistic one - Harry Potter appeals to a wider range of people, male and female, old and young, while Twilight only appeals to love-struck (or not) teenage girls. One reason I'm not letting myself be love-struck until I'm out of my teens!

5. Indepth characters. Twilight, you have: perfection, sparkles and a giant wolf. Oh, and a self-doubting but yet perfect girl, who everybody falls in love with. If you want to write a book, here's a little note - BE ABLE TO WRITE FIRST! Characters who are perfect are not characters, they are blights on the world of fiction!]

6. Harry Potter has proper vampires and werewolves. Remus Lupin actually has a curse (which is what lycanthropy is supposed to be!) and the vampire in book five actually nearly eats kids. And, most importantly, he wasn't a fairy hybrid.

7. Twilight promotes teenage pregnancy and throwing your life away for a guy (because those are lessons we all need to learn) while Harry Potter is about unity and facing evil.

8. Harry Potter settles for everything not being happily ever after. How many people die altogether? The Great Hall is just filled with bodies after the last battle. Who dies in Twilight? Well, all their enemies, and then there's that vampire girl who switched sides at the last minute. Oh, what a tragedy, I'm actually crying... I won't even bother to let you know I was sarcastic.

9. Most people who read Twilight don't read Harry Potter. Why? Because it's too complicated. Harry Potter is for people who (i) know how to read and (ii) are able to understand hard concepts, like... loyalty to a cause, or family love, or abuse.

10. Edward is a 108 year old stalker dating (and marrying, and having sex with) a 17 year old girl. She's stupid, but that's still wrong.

11. Meyers writes her book as if she's like "Hmm - oh, I remember, I wanted to make Edward mad at Bella. Why? I can't remember. Let's just do it anyways." Five minutes later, you have another 180 for Edward. I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a creep.

12. All Bella does (other than obsess over Edward) is sleep and cook dinner for her dad. Harry Potter - he fights evil, does homework, fights with his friends, has jokes with his friends, uncovers plots, and he also cooks dinner and stuff for his family when he's home.

13. I might have mentioned this before, it's just that important - Bella and Edward pretty much meet, drive in a car, and fall in love. Harry doesn't even know he likes Ginny until book five, and you didn't really think it would happen, as you got distracted with other things.

14. Edward Cullen is an controlling, emotionally abusive creep, while Jacob is a violent, immature boy. Why would you write about that kind of love triangle and make it sound cool? Harry Potter, while I will be the first to (eagerly) point out the relationships have flaws, it's a great addition to the story and the author actually writes them in on purpose. She doesn't just act like every relationship is perfect.

15. Here's a little rephrase "I thirst for your blood, but don't worry, I'm a vegetarian". How do I feel reassured? I don't. I get the hell away from him. Harry Potter never thirsts for Ginny's blood. And if he did, then he would probably be a Death Eater and in love with Bella(trix - the Harry Potter Bella, not Twilight).

These are fifteen points as to why Harry Potter beats Twilight.

Now, I don't necessarily rage against Twilight all the time. It's just not worth it. It's a terribly written book. But when people insist it's better than Harry Potter - especially when they haven't read all the Harry Potter series - it really makes me mad!

My fourth of May.

Hey everyone (for now, pretty much no one). For now, I think I'll just tell you about my day. I can rant about the important topics later. I'll do my own private ranting now.

Like school - school is the most terrible idea ever invented. I'm all for education, but as someone smart once said (Einstein, I think) "Education is what we get after we have forgotten about school"... or something to those lines.

I have my Junior Cert this year - for all those not educated in the Irish school system, that's like a little exam that everyone makes a big deal about. The big exam is your Leaving Cert. It's secondary school - third year, Junior Cert, fifth or sixth year, Leaving Cert.

But enough about how it works - because it doesn't! People don't teach you in school! They just yell at you and make you learn off stuff and at the end of it, the only reason you feel inspired and creative at all is because you're so happy to be out of that horrible place.

For all those many of you who are fortunate enough to never have been taught Irish, don't. Don't even consider it. Sure, maybe it's a beautiful language. I DON'T CARE. I don't want to have it drilled in my ear every day. I've learnt Irish since I was four. I've learnt German since I was 13. Guess which one I'm more fluent in? Yes - I could go to Germany and hold a mangled conversation with somebody (Mangled. I said mangled). Irish, I'd just stand there and put on my best Neanderthal face. Or my best Einstein face, but that would all be a big show. I might as well have an exam in Greek for all I know Irish.

Or, Home Ec. I have a perfectionist as a Home Ec teacher. Last weekend, I had nightmares about coming into school without my homework done. So I do my homework, triple check everything, come in and, guess what? I still get yelled at!

The thing about teachers for me is, I either respect them, OR I obey them without question (unless they tell me to jump off a bridge or something). If I respect a teacher, they'll be the type to explain why they're doing something, or the type to understand when you forgot your homework - although you always do it, you love them that much.

The ones you obey without question are the slave drivers. I do as they say, because when I come into school I'm submitting to their authority, and I don't argue back, and I don't give pleading excuses. I just take whatever they deal out. But I hate them for it, and I don't respect them. And I won't work with them when they're giving us something optional.

I think someone should just write a teacher's handbook. It'd sell millions of copies - things which help you teach and things which don't, except I'd have to make it sound cooler. No one buys books anymore unless they have good titles.

Hmm - what other news? I recently discovered I'm allergic to something (we found out when I started itching my arms, legs and face like mad) and the hives (those itchy things) have returned, so now I have to go to hospital to find out what's wrong with me.

Not that everyone doesn't already know, haha.

But I'm actually happy I'm going - I've never minded hospitals (actually, I love them so much I think I'd have Munchenhausens if it weren't for the fact I'm slightly sane) and now I'll get out of school to go to one, and no teacher can get mad. Well, they can, and probably will, but at least then I can laugh at them in my head.

I haven't done all my homework (to all adults out there - I envy you!) and I don't think I will, but I just don't care. I'll do my English though, she's one of those teachers that I respect. Oh, that reminds me! We're having a debate in English, and as there are 4 teams, there are 2 topics. I'm pretty sure ours will be "Harry Potter vs Twilight" (which I came up with, yes!) which is a pretty great idea, if I do say so myself. Much better than "Transition Year is a bad idea". For all those ignorant, Google it. I already explained one bit of a futile Irish system.

Before I go, I have to tell you - I just got my hair washed and cut at a hair-dressers. To all girls out there, I'm just sitting here rubbing my head (whenever I'm not typing). It's so silky!!

That's all for now (folks - Bugs Bunny pops up and eats a carrot),
Irene