Knights of Cydonia

No one's going to take me alive

Time has come to make things right

You and I must fight for our rights

You and I must fight to survive

All that needs to be said is here. We live in America. The strongest, most free country on the planet. We have rights and privileges that almost all other people on the planet will never see. We're allowed to say what we want, we're allowed to vote for who we want, we're allowed to believe whatever we want too. We have the right to disagree.

We have life so easy. And frankly, we don't deserve it. We complain about things that we shouldn't, we don't deserve the easy, easy life were given. Sure some of us have hard lives, I don't know how bad it gets for some people, at least were not eating dirt. Point of this is we have it easy, we have rights and as put by muse, we have to fight for these rights, so don't abuse these rights.

Now people join the military for this reason, I'm not saying we should all take up arms for this, but at least do something to improve this country. Do some community service, give back to this country. Yes it's not perfect, look at the mess were in right now, but that's OK, life isn't perfect. Stand up against corrupt politicians, something that improves this country. Do anything you can to make this a better place then it started.

The lesson I'm trying to convey here is, this country is great, you have a obligation to make what you have last for generations, and if you don't understand this, you don't deserve it. So don't try to "beat the system" make the system better.

Just Think About It,

Tufte

Lessons of Muse

I'm a self-proclaimed Muse addict. I have a playlist that's only Muse. They're just that good. But as a sit here and listen to them I know this. Why most bands have people write music for them Muse doesn't. Matthew Bellamy, their lead Singer and guitarist, writes their music. It's poetry. It's absolutely amazing. This ties in with my blog because as I look back all my blogs are about lessons. Things we can learn from and things we can change. It's all about lessons. So here are 16 muse songs and my interpretation of their amazing lyrics. You can look them up and disagree if you want too but my next 16 blogs will reflect on why I think these songs mean the things they do.
1. Knights of Cydonia- We all have a right to live and a right to be free, but if your not willing to fight for them you don't deserve them.
2.Hysteria- Some things are so good, and so worth it that without them you can't survive, so go out and grab them and never let go.
3.Super Massive Blackhole- Some things are blackholes, they draw you in whether or not you want it too, and hopefully we'll get out of the pull.
4.Butterflies and Hurricanes- When your time comes don't ignore it, take it make the most of all your opportunities.
5.Invincible- When your with someone who truly means the world to you, you can get through anything.
6.Starlight- Precious things are like starlight- they appear only rarely, and can fade away just as fast.
7.Time is Running Out- Life is short and always getting shorter, so no ones going to stop me from living it.
8.Newborn- anger is like a baby in the womb, if you don't stop it it's only going to grow.
9.Unintended- When things get hard, the most unintended people can hold you up.
10.Take a Bow- The Things you do in life will come back to get you.
11.Muscle Museum- When you miss something good and try to get it back, you usually make things worse.
12.Endlessly- You have to tell people how much they mean to you or they'll never know.
13.Blackout- Life is short, so don't waste it while your young.
14.Showbiz- If you never show how you feel eventually your going to go insane.
15.Sober- Sometimes you just need a rock to stand on when time get tough.
16.Uno- You could be great at something, but you have to get a chance first, so go create one.

Mock Trial

Yes I'm writing a blog about mock trail. I'm a geek to the extreme. O well i don't give a damn. I'm still doing it. Well let me start by saying that this is probably one of the funnest things I've ever done. I must thank Shelby and Steven for convincing me to do it. At first i thought is was kind of an interesting thing to do but a one year thing. And know I'm pissed that it's over.

First let me describe what it is. You get a case, this year it was about a kid accused of setting of fireworks in a forest and starting a fire that kills two people. Then you either have to prove him guilty or innocent. There's 6 witnesses, all played by students, and you do the whole trial thing. All of it. Yeah nerd central.

I guess the thing is that something as simple as this, something that friends had to rope me into doing, can become so important. 8 of us spent 5 months preparing our questions, learning accents, and practicing objections, and we never realized we were good. Until Friday. We lost, we got a 247, a score worthy of a state team, and we lost. And now i miss it. Alot.

I miss having something to do. I miss the case. The thinking. All the work i tought was useless. All the times spent yelling hitler(inside joke). Most of all i miss the people. I miss all the stupid jokes and all the time wasting jokes. Hah and it's only been done for 2 days. Pretty pathetic.

In a very odd roundabout way i guess i just wanted to say you never realize how important somethings are until you lose them. And that feeling sucks as i'm sure almost everyone knows. So i leave you with another challange. Don't wait to lose things. Go out get them and keep them.

Just Think About It,

Tufte