The Saltwater Room

I opened my eyes last night, and saw you in the low light. Walking down by the bay on the shore, staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore. I was feeling the night grow old, and you were looking so cold. So like an introvert, I drew my over shirt around my arms and began to shiver violently before you happened to look and see the tunnels all around me running into the dark underground.

All of the subways around create a great sound.

To my emotion fatigue, farewell. With your ear to a seashell you can hear the waves in underwater caves, as if you actually were inside a saltwater room.

Our time together is just never quite enough. When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home. What will it take to make or break these ends of love? Only time.

Can you believe that the crew has gone and they wouldn't let me sign on? All my islands have sunk in the deep, and I can hardly relax, or even oversleep. But I feel warm with your hand in mine when we walk along the shoreline. I guess I'll never know why sparrows love the snow. We'll turn off all of these lights and set this ballroom aglow.

So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time.

Our time together is just never quite enough. When you and I are alone I've never felt so at home. What will it take to make or break these ends of love? Only time.

When we're apart, whatever are you thinking of? If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?

So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time.

All the time.

Just Wondering...

Are blogs supposed to be about experiences that I've had? Are blogs supposed to be about writing down my feelings? I know I've had a blog for about a year and a half now, but I just have to ask, am I doing this right? Not that it matters. I like posting random things. Keeps you on your toes... But still. It seems as though I'm, shall we say, different?

Good :) Let's keep it that way. But ya know...

I was just wondering...

The Near Future According to Trevor

It'll all start with cheese...

It always starts with cheese, right? Well this time will be no exception.

As we all know, there are many different types of cheese. Pepper jack, cheddar, american, goat, etc. But as we may NOT all know, cheese forms out of either a) plants, or b) pre-mature baby animals. Today, the cheese incident happened because of b. That's right. Pre-mature baby animals. In a black hole.

4.6 Billion times the size of the sun

So for everybody to fully understand the mind boggling numbers, let me just compare Earth to the Sun. How many Earths do you think can fit inside the sun? Well, according to something I heard yesterday, approximately 1.4 million Earths could fit inside the Sun. Or something like that... So anyway, this is the size of our Sun. Recently scientists have discovered that there is this black hole 56 million light years away from our puny planet. So how large is 4.6 BILLION? Well, let me put it this way. You could fit 4.6 BILLION SUNS INSIDE OF THIS BLACK HOLE. Now, 56 million light years seems very vast and far away. But in universal terms, this black hole is basically right in Earth's backyard. So, are we going to die? The answer is obvious.

Duh!

But most likely not by getting sucked into this black hole. Odds are you'll probably die either by a truck, or an ominous looking cliff, or maybe even a rabid panda bear (although sightings of these pandas are rare).

But I'm getting off of the point. We were talking about pre-mature baby animals creating cheese, yes? Right. So pre-mature baby animals all start in a black hole (as we also all know). And these pre-mature baby animals that are developed in black holes create what we Americans like to call, Cheddar cheese. BUT! Unbeknown to man, this black hole 56 million light years away from us, which is 4.6 BILLION TIMES THE SIZE OF THE SUN is mass producing pre-mature baby animals like polygamist rabbits. So by the time we get this Cheddar cheese from this enormous black hole, scientists predict that one block is bound to be the size of western Canada.

Unfortunately, Canadians don't like dabbling in American science, and like keeping to themselves. Therefore these Canadians will have no idea where this ginormous cheese block came from, and they will be forced to blame China. Because who else mass produces cheese the size of western Canada? Before long, GIANT CHEESE BLOCKS WILL BE FALLING TO THE EARTH LIKE METEORS COMING TO DESTROY THE WORLD. Many people will assume that the Mayans were correct after all and will run around in circles, screaming at the top of their lungs.

China, however, will not be fooled because, even though Canada has convinced the world that those Chinese are up to a conspiracy to destroy the world by cheese, China knows that they are not mass producing these destructive blocks of orange food. So China will soon send up super cool and extremely Asian ninjas up to the Hubble telescope and they will take control of it. Soon they will figure out that there is a big mass of NOTHING in the middle of NOWHERE (don't ask me how anybody figures out where a black hole is. I'm only predicting the future here, not answering sciencey questions). The Chinese will immediately believe that this big mass of NOTHING must be mass producing huge pre-mature baby animals, thus creating ginormous blocks of cheese coming to destroy the Earth.

The Chinese will then construct a battleship as large as India so that they can launch it into space to destroy this black hole by launching enough material into this big NOTHING so that it becomes a SOMETHING, thus preventing any more production of giant cheese blocks and ultimately saving the Earth. Unfortunately, the rest of the world will still think that China is behind this, so China will be forced to build this battle ship all underground. Since China has so many resources though, they will be able to build this battle ship as large as India in under 3 months. The launch date will be 5 hours after completion of this ship, and they will name it "驅逐艦無中生有," which translated means, "Destroyer of Nothing."

The Chinese will launch the Destroyer into the atmosphere, miraculously dodging all of the falling cheese blocks that are as large as the ship (just cause they're Asian). Because of the immense thrusters on the ship it will take less than .05 seconds to leave the atmosphere of Earth, and only 6 days to reach the black hole 56 million light years away.

Unfortunately, the Chinese will put their whole population onto the Destroyer. And because black holes are immensely powerful, (not to mention all of the pre-mature baby animals inside) it will only take .1095928485 seconds for the Destroyer to be sucked inside. Thus causing an immediate extinction of all Chinese life forms.

While back at planet Earth...

Everybody will still be screaming and running in circles, while the houses and cottages will all be crushed by giant blocks of cheese and random fires will sprout from the most random places like in the middle of the ocean or on a cloud somewhere over eastern Turkey. Then everything will seem like it freezes in mid-movement and somebody in South Carolina will shout, "Hey everybody! What about those French people? Don't they like cheese?" And everybody around the world will be able to hear AND UNDERSTAND this South Carolinian. Then everything will go back to its normal speed, but the Americans will use one of their fancy telescopes and check on France, and sure enough, it'll be the only place in the ENTIRE WORLD that isn't covered in cheese.

So with time, large cranes and immense space ships will be built to transport all of the cheese blocks to France, where the French will devour all of the cheese instantly. Unfortunately, without the Chinese, progress in building these immense space ships and large cranes will slow considerably, but they will get done eventually.

Thank you for listening. Now do not be scared by the immense accuracy of my predictions. That is why they call me a predictor. So that people will not be frightened nor surprised by what is about to happen.

Brace yourself.

Top 10 Things - Captions

Top 10 Things

Great animal pictures that are just begging for captions

1. "Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all day! And night! Actually, thinking about it, I'll be here the rest of my life! And now the next thing I'd like to sing..."

2. "Are my pupils dilated enough now? Or should I stare into that camera light a little longer? Oh, what's that? Shift my pose? Ok... This good?"

3. Left: "Hey, Jack! Look at what I found! It's... I don't know. Oh wow... We sure are high up..." Right: "I can't believe we were classified as cats..."

4. "Hey you two! Get down from there! Especially you Jack, don't make me tell your mom! I know how dangerous your daydreaming can get!"

5. Top: "Mmmm... Your hand smells good, mate. But how come Joey here gets all the food? Blimey! He doesn't even want it!" Bottom: "I can't believe we weren't classified as cats..."

6. Left: "How did we get ourselves into this mess? Well, we can try jumping right? What's that thing the humans always say? Cats always land on their feet right?" Right: "That's only when they're looking. For some reason we never can do it when they're not looking... Man I hate being a cat."

7. "How's it lookin', doc? Anything wrong with my throat? No? Whew! What, what's that you say? Lions aren't supposed to have white fur? No! My parents just said I was special!"

8. ~Grunt~ "Paparazzis..."

9. "I knew I shouldn't have gone for that pre-killed meat on a suspicious looking string attached to a hook. But hey! On the upside, I now have all the time I need to wonder about how the heck I got classified as a cat..."

10. Top: "Dog pile!!" Third to bottom: "WE GOT HIM BOYS!" Second to top: ". . ." Second to Bottom: "Ugh... Who thought that... this was... a good... idea?" Bottom: "Great teamwork guys. Can I finish that fly casserole you guys so rudely interrupted me while eating by ambushing me all of a sudden?"

Dawn Of A New Day

You're probably going to want to turn off the music from playlist

The dark, navy blue sky feels oily as you run your fingers through its misty substance. The mountains you're on are rough and jagged like your grandmother's dentures, but the solidity of them gives you the sense that nothing can ever bring you down. The world hasn't even begun to wake up from its deep and nauseated sleep yet, but you're up.

Why are you up?

Is it because you've been up all night at your Aunt Phanny's New Years Eve party? Is it because you couldn't go back to bed after getting up and chugging that creamy white milk? Or maybe it's because you just wanted to witness the spectacular sight that you're about to gaze upon with those large, glossy eyes. Maybe that's why you have been up for the past hour and a half.

Yesterday night you were deeply troubled. Scared. Saddened. All of the above. What caused this? You know what it was. It was the phobia of never being able to see the next sunrise. Never being able to take in the next fresh, frosty breath of oxygen you've so been so fortunate to have been given each day. But why did the fear of death frighten you especially that night?

The truth is, you're secretly worried about it each day of your life. Not the actual process you go through to die. No. Just the fact that you believe that if you don't embrace your life while you have it now, you may never get a second chance.

You know it's coming. The moment you've been anticipating for two hours now, as you trudge along up the winding canyon trails to the top of the peak. Better get a good view. You look around and see a bench on the trail. The bench is old, paint long since peeled. It's a wooden bench. Erected there long ago by tired, grumpy park rangers. There's moss growing to one side of the bench, and a few small cracks here and there, but right now it looks beautiful. You sit down and position yourself in such a way that the two pine trees in front of you make a V-shape, and right in between those two trees, you see it. The sunrise. The dawn of a new day. It's beautiful, a bright pink mixed with golden yellow, dulled slightly by thin mountain mist that's still lingering in the air. You take in a deep breath and slowly exhale.

But why aren't you satisfied?

It confuses you. The sunrise was beautiful. The scenery was priceless, yet it didn't match up to what you wanted. You slowly hike back down the trail to where you parked your old 1986 Ford. As you hike back down, you keep trying to embrace all of this. It's beautiful! Why can't you enjoy it as you'd like? It's just not what you wanted for some reason.

About a half a year later, and with many more similar disappointments such as the first, there comes a knock at your door at about 6:00 or 7:00 P.M. You can't remember. You open the door and see two young looking boys in white shirts and ties with name tags. You're slightly curious, although you're pretty sure they're solicitors. They greet you and introduce themselves as missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Whew. Long name. They quickly explain about a strange looking book they're both holding, The Book of Mormon. You're curiosity is growing, and so you invite them in. The young boys look overjoyed.

Six months later, you love these young boys. You love everybody. You love that mysterious book they showed you, and most of all, you love your life, because now you know that you don't have to be afraid anymore. Because these young missionaries taught you of a wonderful fact; that there is life after death. When they had told you this, you had immediately embraced the fact and wanted to be baptized into their church immediately. And now, two months after your conversion and baptism, you make the same hike you did nearly a year ago. Except this time, you're not troubled. You're not scared, and most of all, you're not afraid. Because you know that just like sun rising in front of you between the two pines, you will rise again. Just as your Savior Jesus Christ did so that you could live again. You take in a deep breath, and slowly exhale. Completely void of all depression, because the best thing you've ever experienced came your way, that fateful day six months ago.

The Dawn of a new Day

Dawn Of A New Day by Tikah

Top 10 Things - Camping

Top 10 Things
To do while camping

1. Fires!!!! (Given. I didn't even need to try to get creative on that one)
2. Tent-poleing
3. Rock skipping races down the river/lake. Whoever gets farthest OR has the most skips wins
4. Playing pranks on the campground ranger (Example: pretend you saw a bear near your tent. When he goes away to investigate, get into that insanely realistic bear costume you just happened to bring along with you and go around terrorizing everyone else in the campsite while he's away)
5. Eat everyone else's food before your own. Then when people start getting angry that their food is somehow disappearing, blame it on the bear you "saw"
6. If you are on a backpacking trip, when you take a rest stop, swap out Bill's backpack for rocks instead of all those first aid kits. Who needs those?
7. When Bill realizes that he had rocks in his pack the whole time and starts accusing everybody, refill his pack with those first aid kits.
8. If you have a fishing pole with you, try to use it as a grappling hook and climb the tallest tree. The fishing line is supposed to be strong, right?
9. Zip tie everybody's tent zippers together at night when their sleeping so in the morning they can't get out. Except for one tent. Leave that tent alone and zip tie your own. Trust me. It's fool proof.
10. If by some crazy happenstance the campmates suspect you, blame the bear
    

EHS - First Assignment

So this summer my mom has my signed up for EHS. It's an online schooling thing and I'm taking Health so that I have an extra period during school to do something I actually WANT to do. So anyway I started it today and I was compelled to do my first assignment.

Great.

So the assignment was on decision making. At first it was hard. But then as it progressed, I found that doing these assignments could be kinda fun (as you'll soon see). So in my teacher's eyes right now, I'm probably a punk kid who never takes anything seriously. But in my eyes? Well, I'm me. :)

The Assignment
(These are my exact words)

1. Identify the question
Should I go to college?

2. Gather information
What kind of jobs do people who went to college get compared to those who got a job after high school?

3. Brainstorm alternatives
a) Have my parents pay for college
Positive
I. I wouldn't need to worry about it
II. I could spend my time that would have been spent earning money doing something that I'd rather do
Negative
I. My parents might get angry at me for being "lazy"
II. I might start expecting my parents to fund everything I do

b) Pay for college myself
Positive
I. It would "build good character"
II. I would learn how to work
Negative
I. I would have to spend all of my free time working
II. I would miss out on a lot of fun activities my friends might be doing

c) Get a job after high school
Positive
I. No more school!
II. I could start earning money right away
Negative
I. After a while I would be earning a lot less than I could have been earning had I gone to college
II. I probably wouldn't be as happy

d) Drop out of high school
Positive
I. Again, no more school!
II. Get a jump start on the money earning. More hours with less school!
Negative
I. Everybody would know you as "that one kid who couldn't last through a few years of school"
II. My parents would kill me

e) Live on the streets of NYC playing the harmonica with a jar for tips
Positive
I. Harmonicas are cool!
II. I would be able to grow a beard without anybody caring
Negative
I. Let's face it. Who really even tips harmonica players?
II. I'd probably get mugged and all of that hard earned money of the day would be gone

4. Forgotten aspects
Do I really want to spend a whole another six years in school?

5. Your choice
I've decided that I will go to college, because I figure that it's definitely worth it. Plus some things are fun to learn

6. Action plan
I plan to save up as much as I can, and earn as many scholarships as I can so that I can pay for most of my schooling

7. Evaluate
I feel confident in my choice