Observations from Slience

I participated in "National day of Silence" on the 16 of April and learned something interesting. People take your choice to be silence oddly, the most popular way was people started whispering to me after I showed them the note explaining why I was choosing to be silent. One guy actually thanked me (he isn't gay either). I was questioned on my motives by another, and one guy seem actually annoyed that I was refusing to speak he said essentially that verbal communication was hard to talk without. I agree that yes verbal communication is key to having a conversation, unless you know sign language, but 95% (yes that's the actually percent I'm not making that one up) of communication is non-verbal. Part of that is inflection but a lot of it is body movements and facial expressions. At points I felt like I was doing an interpretive dance, I did have a notebook to convey important ideas across and luckily I didn't have class or work, but I had to go to the bank. They teller thought I was crazy (my sister was my interrupter for this exchange). He didn't say anything, didn't even ask why I wasn't talking, just took it. He made a face though, one of "are you really just being annoying or are you mute?" he still didn't ask. I thought maybe I should give him the note, I didn't for some reason and I wish I had because I think of everyone who whispered at me I might have made the biggest impression with him.
Verbal communication is important but so is empathy. Without empathy all nuances of conversation are lost and your social understanding is extremely stunted. People with Autism don't have what is called mirror neurons so they lack the ability to empathize with people. I'm not sure where I'm going with that or any of this other than the thought that whispering to people who are being silent for a cause seems like an odd, but common, reaction. If I hadn't have known about it and someone gave me the note I would have immediately shut up and pulled out a notebook and joined the cause...not whispered to them, because whispering is a show of support (<---sarcasm).

Top 10 Reasons Gay marriage should be Illigal

01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all like many of the principles on which this great country was founded; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

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Script Frenzy

Well NaNo passed me successful and now for some ridiculous reason I've got it in my head to do script frenzy. 100 pages of script in 30 days. This will be the first script (other than one for a creative writing class) that I've ever done. I want to do an actual play. The whole reason this came to be a good idea was today while at work I had an idea pop into my head.
The life of a handful of college students through their interactions at a coffee shop. I probably wont hit 100 pages, especially since priority will be going to homework for my thesis paper...hmm too bad I'm not taking this class in November I may have a 50,000 word essay.

Well here is to my crazy this year!

A review of "Alice in Wonderland"

It was beautiful! I was swept up in the story and the visuals (maybe I should make this a review of Avatar as well, just kidding). The acting was superbly done. Johnny Depp was totally in his element as the Mad Hatter.
Mia Wasikowska was an amazing choice for Alice. I am now looking forward to seeing her next up and coming films (yes even Jane Eyre, a book that was the only good thing from those sister's (that I've read)).
I am glad Anne Hathaway turned down the role of Alice (oh so long ago) and said "Yes I'll play the White Queen, Please!" (Though how she held her hands the entire movie I just wanted to come over and put them down at her sides, it was reminiscent of the old style princess of Disney (Snow White for example) though that may have been the point it was still annoying, my hands hurt just by looking at her).
Helena Bonham Carter plays a good crazy person. From Bellatrix Lestrange to Mrs. Lovett she really pulls off the "I'm so nucking futs you can't even fathom where my head is when you've got it your hands." Then again she can also pull off sweet motherly type (Mrs. Buckett) in fact the only reason I even knew she played that part is I just looked at her IMDB. The first roll I remember her in was Merlin as Mogan Le Fay (dear God was she made for that roll) so the whole nucking futs bit has been what I've always seen her as. Just saying that as the Red Queen she was magnificent (so stop complaining about Tim Burton overusing her and Johnny Depp, because he's doing it for the good of the project!).

I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars and if it doesn't get at least nominated the Oscar committee is on some nifty drugs.

Back in the swing of things...for now

New semester here I am. While things may still be chaotic (at the best of times) I have the confidence that everything will go if not according to plan at least passable alternatives. I moved, and there is no power/gas at the new place yet. So I'm spent last night and will spend tonight (and possibly tomorrow night) at the old place. Classes so far look great! I have one class left to go to and that is the only class I actually need this semester, unfortunately I'm not actually enrolled in the class yet. The joys of cut classes and such means there weren't enough of this class for everyone who needs it. So here's to keeping my fingers crossed that I can get into it. If I can't I'm thinking of just scrapping this semester and holding off graduating once again. I suppose it is a good thing I haven't actually been accepted to my graduate college of choice as of yet.

Have a nice day and I'll be seeing you again soon I hope. (I will be getting internet at my new place tomorrow it seems! Yay!)

I've been crazy busy lately, I'm in the process of moving and in between terms. Money is tight due to needing a car, life is just complicated right now.

Thoughts for a new story

Well I have a new story starting in my head. It's a horror story. The main character is a librarian, she has recently gotten hired on in a private library that has an extremely high turn over rate. Starting the first day strange stuff happens and it is all rather super natural. I am not entirely sure if and let alone when I am going to write this since I still have NaNo to clean up. I suppose I'll see. Wish I could get away with being a full time writer.