Motivation... no.

Three hours.

Really, I've had this page open for three hours. Ten thirty I opened it up. It is now one thirty. You want to know what I've written in that amount of time?

"McLean"

Aay'han

Raise a glass for Captain Ray Hill, and the 4188 men and women who did not return.

Shoes, Aliens.... meh.

They're like shoes, I tell you. When you don't have any money for them, you find fifty cute pairs, on sale, in your size. But when you desperately need a new pair of shoes for work... the entire city area is sold out of ALL shoes in and around your size.

Well, aliens are like that as well. Yes, once again it's time for another episode of Rio's English Paper. This time, we have to find two articles on ANY subject and compare them. So, it can be two articles on why Obama is the anti-christ, and the similarities between the two articles, or it can be one article about why Obama is the anti-christ, and one about why McCain is the anti-christ, and compare the differences between those. I figured it would be fun to write about Roswell. Just because. So, I wanted to get an article about why it was a cover up, and one about why it wasn't. So, I keep looking for articles from the two extremes. One from the Air Force and one from a conspiracy theory website would rock, I think.

At this point, though, I'd take any article I could find. Seriously, when I'm just innocently browsing around the internet, I find all sorts of stuff about Roswell! I can tell you about the whole incident, and yet I've never actually purposefully searched for anything about it! But now when I'm looking for stuff about it? Nope, can't find it! Sorry.

I've found a few articles, but nothing goes together well. Like, the Air Force article talks about the "alien bodies" being crash test dummies. The conspiracy article I found talks about air force presence at the crash site. So there's really no parallells I can write about. I really really need one article written... and then another written in response to the first. That way they at least cover the same material.

Oh, and the other problem I came across? The Air Force article I found? Yeah, it's not an article. It's the 1000 page Roswell Report. Not like I can summarize that in two sentences...

Anyway. I'm gonna finish up this blog and keep looking. I've got too many windows open as is. You are the winker shnink! Goobye!

AGH!

Get me out of here!

Vampires!

I've been working on my English paper all week.

And then yesterday, I realised that I read the assignment wrong. Woo hoo. So I have to start ALL over again, and it's due tomorrow. I totally wasn't planning on making it a last minute paper, it just kinda came out that way!

So! Here I am, starting at the beginning, and it's 1:00 on Wednesday. I'm leaving for Bible study at 4:00, and this paper is due tomorrow.

So! How's your day?

Just in case you didn't know...

I frenning love KT. She's been blogging again, bless her soul, and she said this little gem...

"This is what I mean when I say that the characters run the plot: if they're solid enough, you know what they will and won't do, and even what they'd buy if you let them loose in a supermarket."

Which really makes me want to let the Gammas loose in a supermarket and see what they'll get :)

So I tell you what, my dear thousands of readers (read: Bes'la), take a guess at who is going to buy what, and I'll let you know if you're right or wrong (or some combination of the two).

Vice Presidential Debate

Dude. Wow. I completely and totally heart Palin. She's totally my new hero :) She's brilliant! I love how she's totally grinning like she's got this ace up her sleeve. Biden's sitting here going "Uh, no, I didn't vote for that..." and she says "Um... yeah you did, I saw that debate."

And I loved that bit with her going "Uh... yeah, I'm just an idiot, I don't know how things work in Washington... so I don't understand how you can be completely for the war, and then as soon as this race starts, you change your mind." Good shot, girl.

I think she's a Mandalorian in disguise.

You know, I haven't watched her in action before. I really haven't! Everyone's been talking about her, how great her speech was at the RepCon (my new name for Republican Convention), and I didn't see any of it, because I was watching House. But I see why everyone is going nuts about Palin, now! I think she rocks. I can see how she'd completely frazzle the Democrats though. Wow, they must HATE her. That makes me like her even more :)

Ooh, she's got the people laughing, now... that's always a good sign. She's even got Biden laughing! I like it when they can laugh at stuff and they're not right at each other's throats.

Ooh! Nice callback to the founding fathers. I like it when people pay attention to where we come from, not just where we're gonig.

Of course he's the most dangerous Vice President we've had. He shot someone.

Experience.... discipline.... experience.... discipline. Sorry, but I'm going with the soccer mom! Discipline with no experience can work out just fine. Experience with no discipline? I think I've seen that episode of 24... it doesn't turn out well for the VP.

Was that a callback to Reagan? Oh, the Liberals will like that one...

I like that she keeps up on McCain, too. She's actually standing behind him. Biden is kinda... ME ME ME ME ME! Obama chose ME! 'cause I'M awesome!

Now, how come Biden's sitting here going "McCain's an idiot. He's stupid. He voted for this and against that and blah blah blah..." but Palin is totally... she's not bashing Obama. She's just calling out Biden's bluffs.

Not going to question other people's motives? Stupid move. Sorry, but to quote Karen Traviss quoting EA Games... "Challenge everything." Examine people's motives. Find out why they're doing what they're doing. Healthy caution, padawan... 100 journo points.

Closing statements! Ooh. She rocks a lot. I like average. I'm average :) OH. I like that "we're blessed" and "I'm proud to be American" thing. People don't do that anymore.

And from Biden... top that. It IS the most important election I've ever voted in. I've never voted. I hate CEOs. Ooh. Mentioning the troopers. That's a good shot. He's going after the average American again. Let's see how many times we can say God. That'll earn votes. I do like that bit about God bless the troops as well, but it seemed kinda... slimy. I mean, not like "God bless our troops", more like "Vote for me because I can say 'God' and 'Troops'."

Oh, and by the way. I nearly deleted that WHOLE blog because I got distracted by 24. I went to Fox.com to check out when 24 will be on, but I forgot to publish my blog. Then I closed the tab. Crap. So, I'd like to thank Firefox for the "Recently closed tabs" feature, and Blogger for the "Autosave" feature. You saved my blog. I thank you.

Oh, by the way...

This really has nothing to do with my paper, cave painting, or my goofball cat. And I feel like blogging, so I'm going to make a new entry, even though it is so soon after my last one. So nyeah! :P

Random story. I was at work last week, and on Friday this guy came in to pick up his order. He had some trousers that he'd ordered and needed THAT DAY because he was going of to do some National Guard duties. As he was leaving, my boss told him "Have fun! ...or, you know, whatever it is out there." And the guy started talking about how it actually was fun, because he had some fun soldier-like exercises to do. Like, he had to hit a dime at some-large-number meters. Shiny. He gets a sniper rifle to do it, though, so it's not like hitting it with a pistol, but it's still shiny :)

Then he was talking about how he was going to be doing some stuff with the drill team, as well. And there was one move where he's standing in the back, and he tosses his rifle to someone, and the guy in the front tosses his rifle to him... and he's supposed to catch it. Now, apparently there's something sharp on the rifle. I forget what he called it, but let's call it a bayonet for my sake. He says he always manages to catch it on the bayonet. So, underneath his white gloves, he's got some chain maille gloves :)

Rock! I mean, all these years, and chain maille is still useful! That's why I love the stuff :) Protects you from bayonets, shark bites, and kitten claws. It looks freaking sweet, too.

Heh...

I don't know whether to laugh or to scream in pain. A little of both, I imagine.

Once again, trying to write my paper. It's not working out so well, as expected (cave paintings!). But my little study buddy, a.k.a. Schrodinger, has come to help me out.

Let me set the scene for you. I'm sitting on my bed (which is queen sized), and I'm on the... uh... starboard... which way is starboard... RIGHT. I'm on the right side. Next to me is my nightstand with all sorts of junk on it... books, nail polish, gum, calculator, comics, pens... that sort of stuff. Well, Schrodinger comes to sit next to me (because I'm paying attention to the computer and not to him), and he walks across my stomach and sits on my right side (which of course is the narrower side). So, he's leaning on my leg, and his feet are hanging off the edge of the bed. My genius cat then decides that this is not comfortable, and he rolls over. He falls off the side of the bed, knocking everything off my nightstand (good thing those nail polish bottles were closed). But of course, with his catlike reflexes, he digs his claws into the nearest anchor and hauls himself back up. Unfortunately, the nearest anchor was my leg.

So, here's me, trying to write a paper about housewives, but I'm laughing at my cat and screaming in pain at the same time, plus I'm trying to read the comics and blog at the same time.

I'm starting to see why I never get anything done...