This is a Blog Post!

   Well. Hi there! I should probably start out with something witty...

   Haha! It's so punny!
  Ehem. Anyways.
   I went to the state horse bowl competition! And got second! And third overall! And first at the horse judging contest! And 8th individually! And we're going to nationals! In either Kentucky or Ohio!
  So yeah.

  Have you ever looked through your internet's search history, and wonder what the heck you were looking for, and if you had been drugged by some random stalker before you looked it up? I mean really, think of what conclusions would be drawn about me by looking at my history:
 Dreadlocks
 Human Deformities
 Anorexia
 Hippie Songs About Drugs (?!)
 Woman Claims 3-D Movie Caused Her Pregnancy
 Bible Verse Emu Is Stupid
 Fork In A Toaster
 Cannibalism
 Third Reicht
 Is The Ourobourus Society For Real
 Keeping A Horse From Sticking It's Tongue Over The Bit
 let me in, let me in, or I'll blow your house down song
 Child Experiments Holocaust
 Lupuslupophobia 
 Parallelogram has endpoints (3,3) and (1,7) opposite side endpoints 

Does this explain why the internet sends me these ads that involve recovering anorexics, emu oil, tack, and math help?
Creepy stalker Firefox.
IT'S WATCHING ME.

  
Same with my library card- my recently checked out books are:
A Walk Across The Sun (excellent book)
The Boy Who Dared (not yet started)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (this book should probably be shredded and burned)
Eternal (same as above)
Th3 Cha0s (meh-ish.)
No One Is Here, Except All Of Us (LOOVVEEE)
Wheel Of Time- The Beginning (Not the best, but certainly not Twilight bad)
I mean, the above books involve women's rights, the apocalypse, WWII, etc...

 Umm...

There you go! One blog post! With pictures! And words!

Adventures in Archery! (With 'Hunger Games' references!)

So, I did archery yesterday!

It. Was. Awesome.

Not to brag or anything, but I actually hit the target. *nods proudly*

(Target to scale at about 5 yards away)

 (Me before shooting)

(Aaaiiimmm...)

(FIRE!!!)

(It hits the target!)

(Next Mockingjay, anyone?)

   All in all, it was a success. I had a seriously awesome time, and our instructor rocks. And, also very important, my bow is powder blue. Mm-hmm. *nods head approvingly*

   Of course, the boys next to us ('us' meaning the ah-mazing group of girls I was with) ended up with their target looking like: 

(Hmph. A bunch of Gale Hawthorne's, eh?!)

   Oh well! Practice, practice, practice!

   I think I'm hooked on shooting things with arrows, now.

   All those squirrels better watch out.

(I had to close it with a 'Hunger Games' reference! If you understood that, you should start following this blog. Right now.)

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Update

  Hello, all! 'Fraid I have not posted an update in quite a while! Well, some things that have been going on are:
-Horse Bowl: We were able to get a team together, and win at districts! On to state!
-Horse Demonstration: I gave my presentation on Equine Soring at the county competition, got first in my division, and will be presenting it at state
-Karate Tournament: Competed and did okay- I managed to get first in kata's, and last in kumite! :-)
-4-H: I will be taking Logan to her first 4-H horse meeting this Tuesday! Here's to not dying, ja? However, she has been doing quite wonderfully; I was able to canter her several laps around the round pen, without her bucking terribly!
-Writing: Have started a new story!
However, on a sadder note, I'm sorry to say that my Appaloosa, Sugar, passed away early this morning. She was about 30 years old, and died without a struggle, so I'm thankful for that.
On the other hand, it is improper to close a blog on a sad topic, so here is an adorable picture of Logan:

How To Watch "The Shining" Like a Normal Person

  I am, quite honestly, addicted to The Shining. It happens to be one of my favorite movies- ever. So, when it was on at 11 last night, me and Dad decided to stay up and watch it. Total father daughter bonding experience! So, where a normal person would look like:

Whereas, my dad and I end up looking like:

And my mom looks like:

   However, despite the conflicting opinions on this exceptional psychological horror film, no one can say it isn't a classic (well, besides mom). I don't understand why people consider it to be scary! It's a wonderful film about what happens when you take care of a hotel in the middle of nowhere and are a writer! Well, and go insane. And crazy-axe-murderer. But what other movie could make "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!", and "Heeeeerree's JOHNNY!" so utterly memorable? Certainly the Grimm fairy tales (I believe they did the "3 Pigs" story? It always reminded me of "Animal Farm" to be honest, but everyone to their own) and the Johnny Carson Show never made the statements so famous.
  And the whole "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" written over, and over, and over again on a typewriter? Totally epic. Every time- every time- I sit down at my typewriter to write something, I can't help thinking to myself, or even saying it in a low voice:
"Reeddd ruummmm!"

   I honestly can't help writing a few lines of "Red Rum" on the paper. Then, for giggles and kicks, I'll throw in a few "Here's Johnny!"'s, too. Or even my real name! Which I shan't disclose. Sorry. *maniacal laughter*
  Anyways, it's a lovely movie. At least, for the semi-deranged (not that I am, in any way, shape, or form! Well, okay, maybe when I've had 3 cups of coffee past 7 o'clock at night). Especially fun to watch right before bed! While I suppose some people would look like:

While, had I heard a bump in the night, and presumed it was an insane axe-wielding alchohalic, I would end up looking more like:

Heeeerree's Johnny!
P.S. Not sure where I was going with this post. I started it pretty late last night and lost my train of thought when I went to finish it this morning. So there ya go.

Nazism- Could It Happen Again?

   After a lovely political chat over a cup of tea and cookies with a friend, we came down to an interesting topic- Nazi Germany, and it's connections with America today.
  No, I'm not a radical right-wing extremist. However, bear with me for a second as I list the similarities between the two:
Germany's traits:
-Religious oppression
-Censorship of books in schools
-Government interference in schools
-Youth training by the government
-Extreme regulation by "Big Brother"
-Assassination of anti-Nazi citizens

Now, in comparison, America today's traits:
-Religious oppression
Is it not considered oppressive to ban school children from telling each other "Merry Christmas" in schools, because it is religiously "incorrect"? To refuse to allow children support their beliefs from a young age is just contributing to the lack of religion, moral values, and standing in society today.
-Censorship of books in schools
"Fahrenheit 451", "Huckleberry Finn", "To Kill a Mockingbird"? How has the government been able to remove influential classic literature from our public school systems?
-Government interference in schools:
As if censoring the books weren't enough, they had to remove the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer from schools as well? What about the politics they teach, that the government will take care of you- no matter what you end up doing, be you a nurse or living off well-fare? Not to mention their twisted view on America's history and founding principles.
-Youth training by the government
What with all the "programs" put out by the White House, there is no way for many of America's youth to escape the constant bombardment of propaganda being put out- how, thanks to the government, there is no need to worry about getting a job, or earning a living. Don't worry, the rich will pay for it.
-Extreme regulation by "Big Brother"
One only needs to look outside at the cities to see how regulation by the government is affecting citizen's every day lives. They control prices of goods, how most foods are processed, marketing, etc. 
-Assassination of Anti-Nazi citizens:
While we are currently in no danger of being assassinated due to disagreeing with the officials running our 'free' country (though our right to free speech may be in danger soon), Obama is able to have anyone he wants assassinated- even in the US. 
  How are people ignoring these warning signs? While I doubt there will be another genocide of a certain religion, what about the other affects of Nazism? The fact that the gov has put out armored, x-rayed vans that can see every part of your house, exactly where you are and what you're doing, and who you're with is rather unnerving- what happened to privacy? While neighbors aren't yet ratting out their friends, what about the "neighborhood watch" who gunned down an innocent kid walking down the street the other day?
 How do we maintain our simple liberties- freedom of speech, religion, bearing firearms- if the government is taking it away? It's like "Animal Farm" by George Orwell- they are taking our amendment rights, and slowly narrowing them! When our freedom of speech is gone, how will we be able to learn what's really going on in the government? When the government controls all the sources of information, what will we do instead? Will we just be brainwashed?
  Just some interesting things to think about...
  Where is our nation going?
Excellent links:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/20-signs-that-the-nazification-of-america-is-almost-complete
http://www.glennbeck.com/
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=4881
http://www.hermes-press.com/germany1930.htm
Promise I'll get back to the humor in the next post ;-)

So This is Kind of Random

   Hello, everyone! I've not had much time to blog, what with settling in the pony, school, karate, 4-H, social life, etc. I'm planning on posting some pictures in the future of Logan(that would be the pony), the dog in his cone, and other random things. Until then, Auf Wiedersehen!

Of *Course* I Want to Reelect Obama!

   Note the heavy sarcasm in title.  

  Well, another election is coming up, and Republican campaigns are in full swing! Who will it be? Ron Paul? Newt Gingrich? Or will it be...
   President Barack Obama?
  Some gasps from the audience would be fitting right about now.
  You would think that, after being sold out to China, being threatened by the Middle East, borderline recession, people would have wised up a bit and would realize that, if we do not take this man out of office, America is going to be even worse off. However, here's a clip from some of the supporters, 4 years ago:

  

(In this video, the questioners are asking people what they like about Obama's policies- but they're actually McCains)

  I suppose with this level of thinking, I'm overestimating American citizens again.

    If American's voters are pretending to understand what they're talking about, when they honestly have no clue, how are we going to get America out of this mess? Then again, maybe they just want a president who's intellect makes them look superior... Watch this clip:

                                       

(57 states, eh? See what happens when the teleprompter goes missing?)

   To be honest, I think this is turning more into a race election than anything- that's what it was 4 years ago. People are so afraid of being called "racist", they vote out of fear of being labeled- even though they don't know what either candidate stands for! I am a white conservative teen, but I would vote for any candidate, male or female, black, white, Hispanic, whatever, provided they have sturdy, sound policies that they stand by. In the 2008 election, McCain did not once make any mention to Pres. Obama's race- our president did. In the presidents words:

"They're going to try to say that I'm a risky guy. They're going to try to say, well, you know, he's got a funny name, and he doesn't look like all the presidents on the dollar bills and the $5 bills."

-FOXnews.com

    I have not once heard anyone from the Right Wing say anything regarding his race, except for saying, in their own words, that he is pulling the race card. If we are to get rid of racism in America, stop bringing it up. According to Morgan Freeman:

    

(See? Logical thinking is not unattainable!)

   Since Obama's election, the new statistics are:

-88 million out of work, and not looking for jobs (working age)

-30% unemployment for over 52 weeks

-Worker health insurance prices have raised by 23%

-Home values have declined by 13%

-Average price of gasoline has risen by 90%

-Americans living in poverty has risen to over 6,000,000

-National debt has reached 44% higher than before he was elected

-Said debt is being increased by 4 billion dollars a day, since Obama has been elected.

(http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/02/2016-18-statistics-on-obama/   for more stats)

  

This years election will certainly be interesting.