That One Neighbor...

Cassius doesn’t think that he should be worshiping Julius, especially because he’s just an average guy like himself. It’s like worshiping one of your neighbors. You know, not a neighbor that you’re chummy with, more like that neighbor you sorta know and have talked to a little bit but you don’t know him too well. He’s a nice guy and all, but you just wouldn’t worship him. That neighbor is Julius in Cassius’s eyes. He figures that if Julius can be king, why can’t, say, Brutus? Brutus is probably even stronger than Julius, because Cassius had to save Julius from drowning once (Can you say pathetic? Though, that seems like a problem I would have. I digress). Cassius describes Julius further, making him seem like that old neighbor who’s been sick for a while and everyone just feels sorry for him. Except the realtors, who want to sell his house when he’s dead. Anyway, Brutus is mainly worried about Julius messing up the government. I think that Cassius is right with this one. Would anyone want a disabled old guy who doesn’t have a lot left in him running the country? I certainly wouldn’t. Round one goes to Cassius. *ding*

Steroids? I hardly know 'er!

If my friend were to use steroids to enhance his performance on the baseball team, I would probably tell the coach about it. It’s one thing to use, say, growth hormones, but steroids? What the flying monkeys? Do you have any idea what those do to your balsamic vinegar? If I didn’t say anything and we ended up winning the championship, I would forever feel guilty about it. It’s simply not worth it. Plus, saving my friend’s life is more important than our friendship. If he were a true friend, he’d be thankful I stopped him. The fact that he uses steroids makes him sound like a jerk anyway. Using steroids is pretty low, and cheap. No, the steroids aren’t cheap, he probably got those on the street for, like, $200. It’s a cheap move, is what I’m saying. I think there was a vocabulary word for this but I forget and I’m too lazy to look it up now. What was I talking about? Oh right, the steroids. If the guy’s using steroids, then he doesn’t deserve to be on the team, quite frankly. I guess that’s it then. Nothing more to talk aboooouuuuuuttt.................................................................................................................How long is this so far? Lemme just zooom out here.............. Darn, still not half a page. Hm. I hear that Harry Potter 7 was good. I haven’t seen it, but....... I’ve heard things. Man, I hate America’s Funniest Home Videos. It’s just a bunch of people getting hurt. Is anyone still reading this? This is SUCH a long paaageeee...... Just gonna zoom out again....... Aaaaand that just about does it. G’night folks.

Drawing

         We all know that drawing’s kinda hard, right? I know it’s easier for some and comes naturally for others, but it still takes some amount of skill. Well, most of it does. Let me rephrase: QUALITY drawing takes skill. And, of course, practice. Thanks to a cold when I was 8 and Captain Underpants, drawing became a hobby for me. It looked pretty bad and was terribly unoriginal. But like I said, this stuff takes skill and practice. I may not have had skill back then, but luckily, skill comes from practice. And after 5 or 6 years, I was thoroughly skilled in the art of drawing stick people. But towards the end of 7^th grade, I realized that I needed to stop drawing stick people and draw better after I was told that I needed to stop drawing stick people and draw better. So that’s just what I did, and over the next 2 years I became way better than I was when I was 8. I had finally gained some skill. But if watching movies has taught me anything, it’s that with great power comes great responsibility. Reality taught me that drawing well is harder than it looks. More skill meant better drawings, better drawings meant quality, quality meant taking longer to draw a picture, taking longer to draw a picture meant me staying up until 1 in the morning drawing. It’s exhausting. Not to mention how much I erase. I constantly mess up, which is annoying when you’re trying to make a good drawing. Sometimes the lines don’t erase well and it ruins the drawing. But that doesn’t happen to often, so the drawing usually ends up looking awesome (for my standards). In the end, all the erasing is worth it, because I can always look at the finished product and think, “That went better than expected”. I guess the lesson here is to lower your expectations and everything you do will be the best ever. Well that’s not a very good lesson at all, now is it............