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I distinctly remember intending to blog yesterday. It was a little while after I'd been home, or a little while after supper, not sure which, and then I promptly went on to do something else that I'm sure was a good use of my time and forgot about blogging. Prom was last friday night: those who went got to enjoy the Carousel theatre's rendition of Carousel. The after prom party at a friends house was the crown of the night though in my opinion. (Then again I went because I had to and went alone so...) I thank the host family for again for the delicious food (if you've never had butterscotch pancakes: try them, I believe they are delicious) and letting us use their house, and being incredibly amicable about the whole thing. We're getting certified for CPR and some 1st-aid in P.E. this week. 2:30 is the golden rule for everyone, though I have trouble finding the correct place to apply compressions. I blame this on my chest. For those of you who don't know, I have a concave chest, which means that my chest forms a bowl or a convenient can-holder if I slouch right. Summer is soooo here. Yeah yeah, it may or may not be here according to the calendar, I don't know and don't care, the weather is great and seems to be finally looking to stay. (course, now that I've said this it's going to snow tomorrow night) I detest biographical reports. No ones life is so interesting as to deserve a report upon it. The only exceptions for this that come to mind are some biblical characters. This is because their lives have become stories for instruction. Most people's lives aren't and wouldn't work well for that anyways. Now some will say that there are folks who made important contributions or drastically changed the course of history that are report worthy. To the first, I agree that many people have made important contributions to the world, so write about the contribution not the person. People as just people are really rather dull: we're capable of the incredible but are usually crap, and we know it. To the second: if your religious, there's likely one person who has made a larger change to history than anyone else could. In Christianity, these people showed up and were recorded in the Bible, with it all leading up to Christ who changed the world more profoundly than anyone else ever will. If you are not religious or do not believe in any higher power, changes in history are subjective and there can't really be any that are more worth writing about than others, besides, even here it's still the change in history that is interesting in most cases, not the person. The only exceptions I would agree about outside people whose lives were genuinely interesting, but interesting is a subjective observation. So, yeah, I'm fed up with art class at the moment: as cool as M. C. Escher's art is, his life? so dull. Why do we care about the artist anyhow? Isn't it the art that got them recognized, isn't the art what we actually care about? What is this report about artists and their usually dull, occaisionally R-rated, lives actually for? (there are only 2 people who are older than 17 and one of them is particularly disgusted by some of her artist's work: it's not something she would've exposed herself to normally and wishes the class hadn't forced it on her, unless I miss my guess) While, some may say it will develop my writing skills, that is something for an english class, not an art class. If you have any insight, please leave a comment, if you think I'm off my rocker and out of line, well firstly, your probably not a proponent of free speech, and secondly, please comment: you'll likely provide amusement for my "rocker-less" mind.