Bugs, bugs, bugs

I don't think it exotic to eat bugs. To be honest, most people now-a-days have probably eaten a bug anyway. They could be on our fruits and vegetables or somehow mixed into our food. The only difference is that you don't exactly know at that moment you are eating the bugs, so it doesn't affect you. For me, when I know I am eating a bug, I would be totally disgusted and probably spit it out.

I agree that eating bugs would do great wonders, but it'd be a hard thing to change into. It could save our economy big time. It would also save all the animals from dying or becoming extinct from being hunted, killed, and eaten.

I am amazed that, if you took the total weight of all the bugs in the world compared to the total weight of all the human beings, the bugs would weigh more. There are A LOT of bugs in this world, though, so it isn't totally insane.

I, personally, would prefer not to eat bugs, but I wouldn't totally say no to the idea either. Hey, anything is worth a try.

The Only Alien on the Planet

            The Only Alien on the Planet, by Kristen D. Randle, is absolutely one of my favorite books. I could reread this book constantly, really, and I am the type that does not like to read a book more than once.

            I found this book because I enjoyed our reading circle book, Breaking Rank, very much. The book is by the same author. I think she is an amazing author, even though she is not big on explaining things out with details, but that is okay, I still love her books. She has a neat way of pulling in the readers and I sure hope she writes a lot more books for me to dive into.

            This book is actually about a teenager who has spent his entire life neither speaking nor simply touching anyone. The main character, a girl, had just moved into his neighborhood and her new best friend and her set on a mission to discover who the boy really is. I think the book had a lovely ending and I felt very much in the book.

            I would recommend this book to just about anyone. It isn’t a weird romance book, even though there is a little, it is more of just finding out about someone and understanding and helping. Give this book a try.

Holidays

            One thing that bothers me very much is when people put Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving has even passed. Yes, the lights are very pretty, and the decorations, but, really, let one holiday pass before you begin on another. If you want to show some holiday spirit, go stick a turkey in your front yard. J

            I do enjoy Christmas very much. I am pretty bad at choosing out gifts for people, but I sure do love getting them! That’s not the only reason I like Christmas though. It is one of the few holidays a lot of our family members get together. Thanksgiving and Easter are the other two. It’s really great to get to sit around, laughing and enjoying those days. Especially when there is snow outside!

            I love holidays because they also get us out of school. How can’t you love something that does such a great favor for you? Having no school relieves some stress for a short time. You do not have to worry about homework or dumb grades. You get to enjoy your sleep and boredom.

            I’ll sure enjoy these holidays this year!

Writing About Nothing

Sometimes, I find it hard to write just a simple blog. I am quickly running out of topics to write about between them and the papers we are required to write. I also understand wanting us to write so much. It’ll improve our writing abilities fantastically. I don’t mind doing the research to write a paper, but I like to write many different types of papers. I am very big on poems and short stories.

            Short stories can be very hard to write. Often, I want to just keep writing and add way too many details. Details are wonderful, but you cannot overdue it. Also, when writing a story, you often get stuck on a similar topic in many of them. You write one about a killer, the next one you may also want to write about a killer. Especially if you get great comments on the one before. You start to think it’s your best topic, and you want to use it to the best of your ability.

            I find it quite nice that I can write a blog on not having an idea. I guess my simple thoughts are enough to get me by. Now, if only my thoughts would supply me with some great, long writing pieces. J

The video we viewed on Prader Willi Syndrome yesterday was very was touching. It is a syndrome that I have never heard of before. I could never imagine feeling how the boy did in the video, how he gets such stabbing pain when he can’t eat. It seems like his whole life revolves around food. It must be so extremely hard for him to know food is near and also know he cannot have it. It also angers me that anyone would make fun of someone with a syndrome like this. That’s inappropriate and immature. Nobody deserves to be treated without respect.



            I researched a few syndromes that I have also never heard of, and guess that many others haven’t either, that I would like to bring into awareness. The first syndrome is a syndrome called: Moebius Syndrome. Moebius Syndrome is a syndrome where the person it affects doesn’t have any function to the face. They cannot blink, smile, frown, move eyes laterally, and others. They tend to have speech problems and swallowing problems, are very weak, have sleep disorders, visual impairments, and more.

            The second syndrome I would like to talk about is: Marinesco–Sjögren syndrome. This syndrome involves coordination issues, mental retardation, muscles weakness, inability to chew food, thin brittle fingernails, and sparse hair. It is a rare autosomal recessive disorder.

            The third is: Freeman-Sheldon syndrome. It is a rare form of multiple congenital contractures and is the most severe form of distal arthrogryposis. It includes drooping of the upper eyelids, low-set ears, gradual hearing loss, walking difficulties, scoliosis, strabismus, and more. The pictures added of each can help you to actually visualize what these syndromes do to just your physical appearance. Nobody could imagine what it would be like to be them.

Marinesco–Sjögren

Moebius Syndrome

Freeman Sheldon Syndrome

Consumers & Producers

            Happen to love shopping for clothing? I sure do. Buying clothes is a nice thing and most people are excited to wear their new outfit. There are so many stores out there to stumble upon. I have a few favorite stores, but to be honest, it’s rare that I shop at those stores.

            It is ridiculous, the price of clothes at some stores. They charge you so much more than you know it took to make the clothing. In my opinion, I think it is unfair. It seems greedy to charge such a high price. Then again, the consumers help to lead the producers to the decision to raise the price.

            Maybe if, one day, everyone decided that they weren’t going to buy from a certain store, or a series of stores, because of their prices. Do you think they would lower them? Maybe they would, or maybe not. They would probably think, “They’ll have to buy clothes soon, and they’ll want the same clothes that they’ve always wanted, so they will return.” Hopefully not. Hopefully there will be that one store that does lower the prices and everyone decides to go there and other stores will follow that path.

            The consumer-producer relationship is a weird, but strong one. It would be hard to break it for any store. So I guess we’ll just have to live with these always-raising prices.

Trash Attack

Our world’s usage of plastics, and other materials, has gotten out of hand. Wherever you may travel to, whether it be down the street, to another state, or to another country, you will see trash littered on the ground, in the water, and other places. In my opinion, it is ridiculous.

It’s sad that we aren’t going to be able to stop this problem anytime soon. Many people may try to persuade others to recycle and to not litter, but there will still be more that will continue to. Most of our population just doesn’t care because they know that when the problem gets extremely big, they will already be gone from earth and won’t have to put up with it.

I don’t recycle, but it would be nice if I started to. To be honest, it can be an inconvenience at home, but I’m pretty sure many of us can let something that could have such a big impact slide for once and just do it. I also don’t litter. It drives me crazy when I see people throwing trash out of car windows or out of the windows at school. There are trashcans for a reason!

Maybe this problem could get better in the future, and maybe it’ll get worst. Hopefully, people won’t just sit around to wait and see and they’ll just do something about it. They’ll take it into their own hands, their responsibility, for once. We’ll see.