Kieran thinks before dinner

I am the first person to blog in December!!!! Yesterday there was this weird white stuff on the ground. It was really cold and wet, and it made my car not turn over right away. While I may be the first one to post this week, I also haven't posted in a while. Life has been plodding along at the speed of life. And just as the speed of light depends on the medium through which it travels, the speed of life is similarly inconsistent. Big news from the last few weeks. My Academic team is number one in the district, now on to regionals. We may actually get somewhere this year. Who knows. Whatever the case is, this is a big deal. See this school, Hylton, always wins. In fact, until this year, Forest Park had only beaten Hylton in a match once. This year, not only did we beat them in a match, but we beat them for the whole kit and caboodle, (spelt right?). Whatever the case is, WE RULE!!! Also, we went to see a Cirque Du Soleil show, Kooza. Brenna has informed you, I'm sure. My favorite act was the Wheel of Death. We learned about torque in Physics, and this was nothing but physics, this act. They stopped the wheel by balancing their weight, they newton law'd their way through leaps of incredible proportions landing on the wheel as it came back around. I'm telling you, if I was a cirque performer, that would be the act I'd do! Other important events have included the election of a black man to the presidency...and to commemorate this event Prince William County Schools have given the county inauguration day off, and then reorganized exam schedules, robbed of us of a three day weekend, and ticked off a couple dozen teachers. Exams will now be split by a weekend, effectively killing it. President's day will no longer be a day off, much to widespread dismay. subject change I worked on Black Friday. After an eight-hour shift like that, It took all I had not to fall asleep standing up. I might actually have been asleep, I don't really remember. It was quite the experience though. subject change again (You can probably recognize without me telling you, but ah well) For my gifted education class we have to study and dress up as a philosopher. My philosopher is Rene Descartes, father of Incomprehensible Geometry. He is the guy that says "I think therefore I am." The context of that quote though is really weird. He basically says that anything he can't prove, he will consider nonexistent. He disproves everything except himself, and then he basically says that since he doubts, he isn't perfect, and since he isn't perfect, there must be something perfect, and hence God exists. Something kinda like that. Really confusing. I'm fairly confident that if people can understand you, then you haven't arrived at your philosophical potential. That is basically what is going on. I may add more as I think about it. All the Best, Kieran