stormydawn's blog

A few weeks ago, I was reading a Times article in which one person wrote a letter to the editor about Hillary Clinton. The reader said that he was democratic, he agreed with all her views, and he liked her just in general as a person, but he refused to vote for her. I was initially confused as to why he would be so against the woman, but I soon stumbled upon it. He didn't like her last name.  Read More »

Movies have greater purposes than just mindless entertainment. I believe that we sometimes use movies to say things through the characters that we have wanted to say, but for some reason have held back. When the characters say them, we get a feeling that we're not alone and that the truth the speak is universal.  Read More »

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.-Voltaire

At one point in our nation's history, this statement was accurate. However, in recent years it has become more of "I disapprove of what you say, and I will fight it to the death that you have no right to say it."  Read More »

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you- Ray Bradbury

During a disagreement between my parents and me, my mom said that I don’t face reality. She was wrong to say that I don’t face it, but she wasn’t very far off the mark. I don’t like to face reality too much.  Read More »

October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month, has just passed. In the spirit of "giving back", many stores are making new merchandise to lure buyers into purchasing these products with the guarantee that the company will give a percentage to breast cancer research.  Read More »

I have been taking a state standardized end-of-year test(First it was the TAAS, then the TAKS) since I was in the third grade. The alleged "reason" for this test is to see how much students are actually learning, but it learning for the test, in the long run, we learn nothing.

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This is a rant that both my parents and my friends have heart many, many times. If you spend any time with me at all, you will quickly learn that while I am not the most grammatically correct person, I am the English-friendliest.  Read More »

Why is it that "Christian" music is constantly in it's own little box? It gets its own section in the stores, sometimes halfway across the room from all the other CDs, and as soon as a "Christian" band becomes popular, it has "sold out", and the entire Christian community starts questioning the band's salvation.  Read More »