Freedom

 

I'm taking a break from Calculus for now.  Right now, I have quite a bit on my mind.

It dawned on me the other day.  It's something kind of cool, slightly insightful, and possibly very correct.  And the reason why I use Google Chrome, besides it being faster than IE9, is that it has spell check.  And... it isn't spell checking anything I'm writing.  That's what happens when you build your headquarters in California.  Same for Facebook.  Anyway...

Everyone's always muttering stuff like, "I wish I had the patience to deal with this."  Or, "I wish I was cool like Abe."  Stuff.  But here's the truth to these situations...

Maybe you do have the patience already.  Maybe you are already cool like me.  I think for situations when you want the courage to do something, the wisdom, or the patience, etc., you really already do.  It's just a matter of whether or not you have the ability to use these named values in a way that will be beneficial.

Guess what?  I'm going to be a published author! :D  This guy who's pretty rich and a local philanthropist is giving my girlfriend and I (each?) $1,000 to write a book.  About high school.  Jeez. What do I know about high school? haha.

It's funny that none of my family really support me in this.  I told my grandpa and I got a nice lecture about how I need to leave my family out of it.  To be honest, I never intended to include them in the book's content.  But now I think about it, everything that has happened has really influenced my time at UT.  Hmmm.  Oh well.

I'm getting senioritis really bad.  But I've been working on Calculus for the past hour.  For some reason.  Wow.

"A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at time t, for 0= t = 6 is given by a differentiable funciont v whose graph is shown above.  The velocity is - at t = 0, t = 3, t = 6, and the graph has horizontal tangents at t = 1 and t = 5.  The areas of the regions bounded  by the t-axis and the graph of v on the intervals of [0, 3], [3, 5], and [5, 6] are 8, 3, and 2, respectively.  At time = 0, the particle is at x = -2. "

So in other words, the graph given is a chart of the increase and decreasing of the particle's velocity.  As the graph rises above the x-axis, it's going faster to the right.  When it's lowering below the x-axis, it's goign t slower to the left.  The areas bounded are really just the total distance it travels.  And the derivative of the velocity is its acceleration... Blah.

Ever wonder why people are so lame?  I don't understand how a guy can get really mad at his girlfriend for something she did (maybe didn't do).  And then he'll throw stuff and cuss her out.  That's no way to treat a lady.  I don't get how there'll be five or six guys in my creative writing class complaining that they're getting in trouble for bringing drugs to school.  What did they expect?

Maybe pastors at churches should start a thing when the preach what they practice... Maybe EVERYONE should do that.  Hmmm.  I wonder what Christianity would be like then.  Haha.  Dang.

"I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians, for they are not like your Christ."  Gandhi was a smart guy.  He knew stuff.

I could go on about religion.  But I won't.  Enough of that.  Too many stuck-up, religious extremists will get in my face.  Hey, I'm not pointing any fingers, but I am sorry if I won't condemn the nice Muslim man who owns the coffee shop at the Moline Public Library to hell.  I am also sorry that I don't think gay marriage isn't logical.

Okay, maybe I'm not sorry.  Sorry.

Has anyone realized that when we grow up we're going to be paying taxes out of our butts?  We go in debt.  Ouch.  Raise taxes!  We nearly have a government shut down.  Raise taxes!  Terrorists? Nah, taking care of them is a waste of our money!  Possible loss of life (and the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent people) in Libya?  Nah, let's stay out of it, or rather, let's get involved because France asked us.  If you're confused about the movement on Libya, just so you know I support it.

Ohhh. Yess.  It's a waste of money.  Saving lives.  Is a waste of money?  Hmmm.

So is the universal healthcare bill.  What a joke.

And some guy told me today that the solution to 9-11 was to close our borders, build up walls, and stay out of everything, and convert to something other than an oil-reliant economy and nation.

Smart guy.  Very smart.  But not very realistic, it seems.

Check out the song "Therapy" by All Time Low.  It's pretty good.

Hey, if you wanna be in my book, let me know! :D

I'm getting off. Thanks. Bye. :)