Monday, April 11, 2011
Egypt or something or another
in Egypt they are protesting because no one likes Mr president man ... or at least thats what i got from all i read. Hes been in office for 30 years and people believe he rigged elections and stuff to pull this off. They originally started out peacefully protesting then they grew some balls and started to blow some shit up. they eventually changed there constitution with a record breaking vote of 41% of registered voters showed up. 77.2 percent of these people said yup we approve these changes and the other 22.8 said nope i like the old way better. These changes more or less made elections more rapid and less derp. currently the military is in power and Mr president man resigned a little while back. tho knows where all this crazy shit will lead Egypt ... i think they should go back to the pharaoh government system ... could use more cool pyramids, tombs, and statues out there might even be able to build the sphinx a new nose ... might look awkwrdly as it hasnt had a nose for a long time ... and it seemed to work fantastically ... if someone didn't like the pharaoh they would be killed. If they want freedom then they could always just pack up and move to another place ... the worlds a big place lots of places to go things to see stuff to do etc. All in all Egypt's constitution was derp there president was bad so the people decided to turn it up to 11 and blow some shit up and KABOOM they managed to fix it ... at least it looks kinda like they fixed ... only time will tell.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
What ever it is I just watched made me chuckle ... hehe that guy was missing a tooth ... or 2 ... though sadly he had more then all my relatives combined. Redneck jokes make me laugh (I'm from Arkansas). Not entirely sure what I'm supposed to write about here though. Do I write about how its OK to be gay? Because I have no problem if anyone's gay. Or do I write about how its not right to pick on gay people? Because I know a couple of gay people. One often calls me gay and I yell at him to get back in the kitchen and make me a sammich. But I'm not specifically picking on gay people ... I make fun of everybody. It's fun to be a troll. Either way as far as I'm concerned your own sexual preferences are yours and who am I to say otherwise.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
keep forgetting to post this ... procrastinators unite ... tomarrow
Central Asia Institute Memo
Date: 14/02/11
To: English 1311 Students
From: Zane Swaims
RE: The Central Asia Institute
It is astonishing how hard it is for girls to get an education in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and the steppes of Mongolia. The organizations that try to rectify this situation are very important as they help educate girls with the basics needed to help prevent them from being objects. With out organizations like The Central Asia Institute these remote villages will continue to mistreat women. This specific organization mainly works in Pakistan and Afghanistan and mainly with the education of girls ages five to fourteen.
The Central Asia Institute was founded by Greg Mortenson in 1993. He got exhausted after a failed attempt to scale K2, the worlds second largest mountain above sea level, and wondered away from his group. He wound up in village where he noticed there was no school but the kids were eager to learn. After he left he promised he would build them a school. When he returned three years later he fulfilled that promise.
The Central Asia Institute builds schools around central Asia with the help of the community that they are building in. They also train locals to be teachers to teach the kids. The Central Asia Institute works with the community without bringing in any outsiders that the communities might feel uncomfortable around. They also get the communities to build the schools with there own resources and labor to ensure the school will last longer. These projects are lead by village elders and the like.
The reason the institute concentrates mainly on girls is for three reasons, as said in the video Building Peace which can be found at www.ikat.org, “One it will reduce infant mortality, two reduce the population explosion, and three improve the basic quality of health and life itself.” the video also says this is not an immediate change and takes some time. The Central Asia Institute believes it is important to keep the community heavily involved in the ways mentioned earlier. They do not only build schools but also offer scholarships and other forms of aid to help further peoples education.
While it sounds like the Central Asia Institute only does schools this is not true. While they concentrate mainly on schools and the schooling of girls aged five to fourteen they also help with other things. Some of these other things include creating potable water systems and water filtration systems. They also help with health care in the form of sanitation, bathrooms, and eye surgeries.
The Central Asia Institutes main website is www.ikat.org. It has more then enough information about them and videos showing what they do. It also has a section where you can help fund raise. It has links to a guide, templates, publications, videos, and more. It has a link directly to Greg Mortensons twitter to keep in touch with him. It even has a list of projects and a map showing where everything they have done is. The site also has a list of upcoming and past events which include book signings, lectures, and fundraisers Greg Morteson shows up for.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Peace Freewrite Thingy, warning contains language, violance, and bad english
Let me start by saying I'm dyslexic so my definition of peace is a might bit different then most. When I hear peace doesn't matter which spelling of it or use of it the first thing that goes through my head is pie. I like pie. Allot, in fact in the pie vs cake argument i sided with the pie long before the cake was a lie. I also think of Hat Fortress 2* and how everyone with the floating peace sign hats are pretty gay. my favorite unusual really depends on the hat but for the most part logo goes great on all as I'm a sucker for advertising things i like ghosts are great on everything but exceptional on the safe n sound red fire is good on quite a few hat but best on brigade helm (fire good i like sparky sparky boom boom) and confetti is great on everything ... period. Who doesn't like a party hat? i mean come on I've only seen 2 other people that liked confetti and they showed it off by naming there hats engineers part cap and mo effin' party kabuto. but back on topic of peace, even tho i believe the world would be a much more peaceful place if everyone had a hat, i think the world shouldn't have world wide peace and tranquility. the reasons being: A no one will think to invent a giant robot aside from a few people who don't have the money, not very fast advances in science and guns, and a few other reasons though the most being: the world would be dreadfully dull with no one fighting. Quick question is it more interesting to watch two people do absolutely nothing or watch two people beat the shit out of each other. If you want i can go into detail or i an suggest you to a game that adequately describes my views on peace, Dead Space. tho i warn you its probably the most violent game I've ever played. ever. The point of the game is to dismember the zombie alien thing's (named necromorphs) until they either A stop trying to kill you or B they give you an item. Shooting off there head just pisses them off and shooting them in the heart area is a waste of ammo. i find shooting off a leg or two will slow them down enough to take there arms off with relative ease from there they should be dead or unable to move. If its a baby however i like to do the quick time event when it jumps on you cause its not often you get to kick a baby and its easy and one shots them. the scorpion like ones, the name slips me at the moment, i just stasis and Isaac stomp its head off then shoot the front legs off. Everything else that goes through my head is either not classroom appropriate or just plain mean.
*Actual name Team Fortress 2, its called hat fortress 2 because it is Americas #1 war themed hat simulator
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