research project...

So i'm starting a research project for my english class this weekend. First we have to come up with a topic. I have no idea what to do it on.  Well actually I asked if I could do it on the Treatment (or lack thereof) of the mentally ill in prisons, but she said it was too broad. Then I asked about Euthinasia or Mercy Killing...also too broad, and she doesn't want me to get into religion.

So now I don't really know what to do.

Everything I think of, I'm afraid will be too broad.

Does anyone want to help me with ideas???

Please and thank you.

differences...

hi all...slightly better mood today, not really.

today in my english class we were dicussing how peoples private lives differ so drastically from their public lives and how sometimes the two can battle each other.  it's so true. i know that my personal private life is...well, private. then sometimes when people make certain generalizations in public...it's weird. 

Now, i'm not saying anything i do is that strange...but I do see different sides of people depending on their situation.

Blah, Blah, Blah.....

I'm done now.

bye

Currently Reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics) By Robert Louis Stevenson see related

abandonment...

i feel like i may as well abandon this page.

it seems as though nobody reads it, and even though i think of it often, i don't really ever update.

now i know my life isn't super exciting, and i don't really have anything too insightful to say, but i must say, i think my writing is  a little bit better than a lot of the pages i've come across on here. maybe that's a bit harsh. and i guess the point of writing is mostly for ones self.

i'll keep it up, at least for a while longer. 

is anything interesting going on in anyones lives? not here...well i don't think so anyway. 

went out with a friend last night, and although i had a good time, i got kind of depressed afterward.  i won't get into details, but it has to do with friends...and whether they're true or not.  maybe it's just me. maybe there's something wrong with me that people don't want to be my friend.  i don't know what the "right" way to be is though...

anyways, that's all for now...

Currently Listening United States President Series: Actual Speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kenndy see related

the 4th of july

the fourth of july seems like such a pointless holiday at this point in american life. i don't even think a lot of people know the meaning of it. it's like christmas, people think it's for gifts rather than the birth of  jesus...if that's what you believe. the fourth of july isn't all about barbeques, fireworks, and an extra day off of work/school, it was when we got our independence from the brits. i've always thought it's weird to celebrate american government holidays the way we do, while we're at war. memorial day and labor day are the same...bbqs but not remembering and honoring those that have served, died, and are currently serving in our war. mostly every generation has grown up while we were in a war, and that's ridiculous. is it only possible to keep "peace" for 10-15 years? And peace is a relative word. i guess we're never at peace, but i'm talking about when we aren't in a war...especially a war that we had no right to start in the first place.

I love the way  Jon Stewart is calling bush "still president" bush. who knows what this election will bring. i think both candidates have changed a lot even from the beginning of this election process and i don't really think that's a good thing.

I guess I'll say happy fourth, but before you eat your hot dogs and shoot off your fireworks, think about why you have this day off from work in the first place....

Currently Reading They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing By Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein see related

class starts tomorrow

I'm kinda waiting now. I hung out with a friend all day and he's been freaking out about how nervous he is. That kind of thing tends to rub off. My English teacher has already sent emails out twice, which I really kind of appreciate because I can tell she's on top of things...or has nothing to do with her life. So at 8am tomorrow I'll be at school...I haven't had to be at school at 8am in over 2 years. I can't help but be excited for this. Hopefully it'll be a good start to college for me. Every time I start an english class, my first few papers are amazing and the teacher is super impressed, but then my quality goes down, or I stop trying as hard, and they're no longer quite as impressed. I'm trying not to make that mistake here. I think that fact that it's only a five week class will help with that aspect.

I have a chronic wrist injury and I'm kind of afraid that it'll prevent me from writing quality work when we have to write in class. I guess I'll try to get through it as best I can.

Wish me luck everyone.

I'll tell you how it goes.

Good Night.