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did you know?...


Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.
(see, you people need to recycle! yes, i'm that girl that keeps a personal recycling bin at work and collects it in the office to take home once a week.)

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. 
(i don't believe this...my fish, Big Boy, he knows me. and knows when i'm about to feed him too...he comes up and starts eating the air if i just put my hand over the bowl..haha)

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there. 
(no one drinks enough water these days. do you see why it's important?)

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
(i never see hummingbirds at my hummingbird feeder. lame.)

A jellyfish is 95 percent water. 
(ever seen the movie SEVEN POUNDS? it's good. see it.)

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. 
(gross. cover that, plzkthanx)
 
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. 
(i used to love this movie. i never noticed though. 4:20, very fitting.)
 
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
(that's what happens when you are THE MAN. and he was THE man.)

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.  
 (how do people even counterfeit it then?)

Slugs have 4 noses.
(gross. i say pour salt on them all! if you don't know what that does...go try it :)

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
(ugh. why don't they just become their own country already?)

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
(my dad actually knows this word. he can spell it to. typical.)

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are witren, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
(fcasntnaiig)



a m a z i n g  p a i n t i n g s....












i want to perfect the skill of palette painting like mr. afremov.
new goal!




i have an obsession with

my playlist consists of it lately.
like everyday.




 and i've seen this movie too many times.
i'm not quite sure why it never gets old for me.

BOO america...

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i'm writing a paper for my english class
on the negative effects of the media in today's society.

it's something i feel VERY strongly about.

remember when we had the snow/ice storm like a month or so ago?
days stuck at home
naturally, i turned on the tv to pass some time.
my options:
True Life Story: Britney Spears
or
a talk show with 12 year old girls dressed like prostitutes claiming to be sex addicts
AND PROUD OF IT!
the one girl declared that she wanted to be just like Snookie from Jersey Shore.

now i've never actually SEEN Jersey Shore myself
but i've heard enough about it
and i know Snookie's reputation

i mean, i know "SEX SELLS"
but honestly...at what cost?
look at what it's doing to society.

pathetic. we live in a pathetically dark world.
with hardly ANY moral standards anymore.


FACTS:
According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.




---> Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24
--->Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home:
6 hours, 47 minutes
Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66%
Number of hours of TV watched annually by Americans: 250 billion
Value of that time assuming an average wage of S5/hour: S1.25 trillion

Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 3.5   (sad)

Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54%

Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500 hours 


BOO AMERICA!!!
FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR TIME!