My Life as a Teenage...Teenager

“Critical Thinking” in Honors Biology

jeremy — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:58:13 +0000

I was assigned twenty some questions in Biology today. This was the seventh question.
7.) Applying Concepts: If you could go back in time, how would you explain the cell theory to someone who had never heard of cells?
This begs the question, “WHAT KIND OF FOOL WOULD GO BACK IN TIME AND EXPLAIN A LAME THEORY ABOUT CELLS TO A BUNCH OF PEASANTS???”
I was seriously tempted to write a very sarcastic reply. Instead, I regurgitated the stupid theory, which reads something like “All life is made up of cells. Cells are the smallest things that are living. All cells come only from other cells reproducing.”
However, I wanted to write something like, “Well, supposing that Back to the Future is wrong and going back in time does not alter the present, and supposing that I wasn’t thrown in an asylum, or hung (I would be suggesting to 16th century peasants that life only comes from other life, which was blasphemy), I would be explaining to uneducated farmers/smiths/whatever that we are all made up of unimaginably small little box like things, and that so are plants and cows and the like.”
I also want to point out that if I had time travel, explaing the cell theory is so low on my list of priorities that it wouldn’t even register.

Faith

jeremy — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:01:23 +0000

Our church group has been studying the life of David, and comparing it to both the life of Christ and our own. One thing that stands out is unerring faith. And not just in David. At one point, Jonathon goes out to the Philistines, and says that if the Phillistines say something (I can’t remember what, exactly) than the Lord will delive them into Jonathon’s hands. And it happens, he and his armor bearer kill something like forty men. Now, I can’t even imagine that leap of faith. That seems to me like saying, “If my teacher says that this test isn’t easy to pass, than God will deliver a perfect score to me.” Obviously, not very many (if any) Christians can do that nowadays. We can’t really establish an audible sign with God that means DO THIS NOW!

My Favorite Book

jeremy — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:45:49 +0000

Despite being a grossly unfair question (one favorite book? impossible choice), I will do my best.
Obviously, The Lord of the Rings is held in high esteem. Another book is Hunter’s League: A Conspiracy Revealed by Mel Odom. It takes place in nineteenth century England. I would recommend it to suspense/action fans, but would rate it at PG-13, as there are murders, fights, and monsters. Another excellent read is Kidnapped!

My NEW top 10 Flicks

jeremy — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:36:17 +0000

Here we go:
10.) The Man in the Iron Mask
9.) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8.) Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi
7.) The Patriot
6.) I, Robot
5.) Batman Begins
4.) The Fellowship of the Ring
3.) The Two Towers
2.) The Return of the King
1.) The Matrix

YAY! MY BLOG IS BACK UP!

jeremy — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:30:57 +0000

Okay, because of this huge lapse in time, you all probably have no idea what I’ve been doing for the last…long time (4 months?). Well. I ran Cross Country for Pike, and I thought I could have done better, but my parents think I did excellent (Irony=the one time I get angry at myself for not working hard enough, my parents think that I did pretty good). And I am now a Freshmen, in the Giant Mutant Middle School (GMMS) known as the Freshmen Center. I really need to update my top ten movie’s list. And I really like this series of “Klaymations” by a guy (or group) called Knox Flash. He (they?) made the “Glass of Water” mentioned earlier, but my favorite is the Bar Fight. You can find them by going to Flashplayer.com and searching for Knox.

Sorry

jeremy — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:58:05 +0000

I haven’t blogged in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG while. I would have blogged a month ago, but I forgot my password. So I am now fourteen & a half, am in gym summer school (those two words should not be allowed in any sentence together except for “School is out, summer has begun” or something), and, of course, am still running. I ran the Mini-Marathon in May. That’s thirteen miles (actually 13.1) in two hours, two minutes, and fifty one seconds. I beat my mom by two minutes. And dad…ran some too.

A thought that popped into my head…

jeremy — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:53:38 +0000

People generalize. The irony of this became apparent very quickly.

Hello Everyone

joel — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:50:57 +0000

I hope everybody remembers who i am. Since I last blogged lots of things have changed since then. Actually, I can’t remember half the stuff that changed. I got cool stuff for Christmas like an Azorean Flag and Portuguese flag. Those are cool. I got a $100 gift certificate for Amazon.com, which i spent on a CD and a DVD player. Well maybe thats all i have to say for now.

Serious Stuff

jeremy — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:08:39 +0000

There are 2 or 3 atheists at Guion that I know of. One of them once said that he had been told that he was going to Hell far more times than he had been told that Jesus loved him. I once saw this same person being asked about his beliefs. Once he had responded, the people who had asked him attempted to convert him by cussing at him, threatening to jump him, and spitting at him.
This person claims that he was once a Christian, but that he “realized the truth” after finding several “lies” in the Bible. The ones who questioned him and tried to “convert” him are one of the reasons that he despises all religions. I tell him that Jesus loves him and that not all Christians are like the ones he is threatened by. And I pray that God will show him the way back. I also pray that the Christians who attempt to punish him be shown back to the true course as well.

The Art of Toothpasting

jeremy — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:01:45 +0000

You all will probably think I’m crazy for this, but that’s okay, because most of you have already reached that conclusion. Anywho, have you seen the toothpaste/toothbrush commercials? The subject (or as I would say, victim) takes the tube of toothpaste and squeezes out just enough to cover the toothbrush…perfectly! But when I attempt to duplicate theses feats of daring do, I wind up with the fate that herring do. Which means that I end up with about 3/4 of the toothbrush covered on top, and the rest of the toothpaste goes on the side, where I am forced to employ my tongue. This is the latest from my derailed train of thought.