New Planet?

Sooooo apparently, a new planet has been found. Gliese 581g is approximately twenty lightyears away from earth. No big right? Well scientists say that this is the first planet we have found that is 100% capable of supporting life. It takes 37 days to orbit its red dwarf star, and interestingly enough, it doesnt not revolve. One side is always facing the star, and the other is always facing away- meaning that one side of the planet is blazing hot, and the other is freezing cold. This however creates what they called a "goldilocks zone" not too hot, and not too cold, but just right for liquid water to sit on the surface of the planet.
Traveling to this planet would be AWESOME, unfortunately even if NASA designed a ship that travels at the speed of light it would take twenty years to reach this planet. Hopefully we will see much more research and information come from Gliese 581g.


http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?hpt=C2

Math and an Essay

What an uneventful day, full of vegan hotdogs, easy math, and a four page paper.
Astronomy and rehearsal are to follow, hopefully they will be a tad more exciting.

Peace

Gymnastics

For thirteen years of my life, I was a gymnast. From age three to sixteen I spent every waking hour in the gym with my friends and coaches. It's hard to describe the gymnastic life to people who know nothing about it. The gym is an extremely family oriented place, the team is your family and your coaches another set of parents. While in training you go through everything with these people, they see your intense fears, your confidence, your strengths, your weaknesses, and you develop such intense trust in your teammates and coaches, it becomes a whole separate life. I love gymnastics, I always will love it. When I retired my freshmen year of high school, I was ready for a change, and went into theater and became more involved in my school. Throughout high school I began to coach gymnastics at gym nearby and it was nice to be back in the sport without having to train hardcore for sixteen hours every week. Now and then I would go to an open session and do old routines and see tumbling I could still do. It made me feel at home, I could do things that not the average person could do. In the gym you know your place, you know your goals, and you know your progress. It's a steady environment.
Now that I'm in college, I find myself yearning to be back in the intense world of training and competition. I loved everything about gymnastics, the flying, the skills, the strength, and especially what it did to my mind and body. Gymnastics has kept me out of so much in life, I never had time to get into trouble, or for boy drama, or for dumb things that kids get themselves into. I sincerely hope that my child does gymnastics, boy or girl.
I hope that I can soon satisfy this craving, I miss the sport.

Peace

Spikey MaGee

Mohawk

First day around college with a mohawk, got some funny looks, some blank stares, some smiles. It was fun, something new and exciting that i think everyone should do at least once in their lives. I realized that a huge part in your life is letting go. (Why do I think of fight club?) Just have the courage to say "fuck it" once in a while and live your life.

Peace

Quote of the Day

"The difference between what we can do, and actually do, could suffice to solve most of the worlds problems."

CORGIS

 They are just the best....

Spoken Words

I am extremely passionate about education. Not becoming a teacher, but more of the political side of education. The reform of our educational system, and the importance of education (Nicaragua did this one).
One day in my Native American Art Studies class I was randomly hit with a bout of writing inspiration and on the back of my doodle filled paper I scratched this one out...

It's marvelous. This mandating, miniscual, minority, minority, making more music to move the masses. Music to move the masses. What does it sound like this mass moving music. Its the sound of one. more. morsel. of. matter. losing his future. It's the sound of one. more. master of a craft who has dug their fingers into the very dirt of their passion being silenced. beatbeat. beatbeat. beatbeatttttttSTOP. I need a shock. a shock to shock those shocking shocks that absorb passion and put out a chart to chart my progress based on a mandating minority, making majorities mold, mistakenly muffling a once magical moment. I'm getting a migraine from these masters of puppets pulling the strings of this nation's education, this fixation and elation of these soldiers at their station.

Peace

This. Is. Me.

1. I am scared of thunder
2. I love horses
3. I love to write
4. I have difficulty telling my left from my right
5. I love chocolate
6. I did gymnastics for 13 years
7. I miss it
8. I went to Nicaragua for three weeks
9. I would give anything to go back
10. I love my genuine friends.
11. I love my family
12. I strive to be healthy
13. I have a calm wardrobe.
14. At the moment, I have a mohawk.
15. I have it for a show that I am in =]
16. I am learning to play guitar
17. I try very hard to go green everyday
18. I am passionate
19. I am spontaneous
20. I am independent.