Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Random scientific do-dads

Today, I remembered some videos I saw from discovery channel and some of the technological advances humans are going through. I’ve heard that teleportation will be possible in the future and that humans have already started teleporting small particles. Also, that humans have theoretically figured out a way to travel back in time, but are not sure what the “rules” will be once the people have gone back. It makes me really wonder how much science fiction really is science fiction. If some of these amazing inventions are as unbelievable as they sound. After all, if you went back twenty or thirty years, computers and phones would sound like sorcery to any people. Are these things going to happen, and what will their effect be… Think about it…

My view on gay marriage

 Today, I’m going to talk about a controversial topic. Specifically, gay marriage. I know that it violates peoples religions and that some people are vehement about gay rights. I personally don’t really care about what everyone else thinks, because I say let them do what they like. If they are going to be damned, let them at least be happy before they die and let them mess up their lives on their own. I know some gay people, and they act like any other person most of the time, but they have some interests that show that they are gay. At the most, make it so they cant publicly display affection so that they don’t disturb the public, but let them do what they like and worry about what will happen to them.

Unfair deportation

Nadia Habib is being deportated due to the fact that she was not born in America but was brought into the country by her mom when she was one year old. I don’t see why Nadia should be deported, especially since she has lived in America for over 18 years. I’m not sure if she is in fact a citizen, but almost literally all her life has been centered around living in America and she has very little knowledge about her home culture or language. The mother and Nadia should both at the minimum be allowed to apply for citizenship, due to their long “stay” in America.

Random book review

Recently, I read a book by Steven King called “Cell.” Before you even read the rest of this post, you should know that this book is a suspenseful, kind of horrorish book and includes some graphic descriptions of deaths and injuries. Basically, in the very beginning, a large portion of the population ends up going crazy because of some kind of signal sent by all cell phones. If you answer the phone or make a call, you become “infected” and you will basically become a zombie that can suffer most mortal wounds without pain. The book follows one group of people as they try to figure out exactly what happened, as they try to survive, and as they journey to find the family of one of the group members. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happens and make you really fear for the characters lives.

Naming my Blog

The reason I named my blog Y’all Haoles, is because I was born in Texas and I moved to Hawaii. In Texas, we may not realize it, but we sometimes do participate in the stereotypes. I have realized that my “country accent” comes out at certain words and I sound like a cowboy. Also, Texans tend to say y’all a lot and we can sometimes think big or think that we are just plain awesome. Since I moved to Hawaii I’ve learned a few Hawaiian words like haole and some of the local cuisine names. A haole is a generic term used for white people, but usually referring to people from the mainland, the rest of America. I am about as haole as possible since I have hardly any tan, I have always lived on the mainland, and I knew almost nothing of Hawaiian language, culture, or behaviors.