It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down...

I FRICKEN HATE THAT SONG!

Oh well. Hello everybody. I haven't posted for a while because of a few giant things that took up most of my time. Namely, School, School, School, and Ponies (Don't ask). Fortunately, the first three things are ending next week and that's why I finally remembered to post this. School was great this year, one of the only times I've been able to say that. High School turned out to be quite a pleasant experience that was totally unexpected. I was able to do Debate, get my Drivers Licence, have Mr. Melville for Chemistry (way good teacher) and make some new friends. Also what ended recently was Special Needs Mutual, one of the greatest things I've ever done. The spirit there every Thursday was enough to recharge from the hard week behind me. I loved it and now wouldn't have missed it for the world, even though I had my doubts from before. If I could say one thing about it, it would be that my perspective has changed. Instead of terms such as 'Handicaped', 'Slow', or the absolutely dreadful "Retarded', I came to know them by another characteristic. "Gifted". These people are so amazingly innocent and special in a way we could never understand. I sometimes feel as if I envy them.

Here's the Pony thing if you were still thinking about it.
This is Official Content from the creators of the show.

When I was young...

I talked with my mom recently about the education system, and she tole me that I need to put this down. All I said was what I thought was wrong. It started with her saying that she was wondering if I was going to love college or not. I told her that I wasn't specifically excited or looking forward to that. She asked why and that started a very interesting conversation that will be put down here. Basically we discussed what flaws were eminent it the education system of the day. We discussed mostly college to begin, saying that we agreed it's priorties have changed. Anyone that's gone to school currently or recently knows that it's more like a franchise earning money then launching them at the professors expecting them to get an education then. I big thing that was wrong with education is that the entire system was based on forcing everybody to be the same. The standardized testing and current curriculum forces all students to conform to the same standards. It's very true. If you don't manage to graduate, you're marked for life. It doesn't matter how 'well' you did according to your 'grades' (which can be very innacurate because of teaching style and human error) as long as your resume says you made it, it doesn't matter what you graduated in for most jobs they hire you anyway. The pretext is that you can't be a prductive member of society, a good worker, or much better than a bum if you don't get through college. Education has become so far blown out of proportion that most of it will never be used once aquired. I basic education I agree is mandatory, but we don't need most of what we learn during 12 years of 7 hours a day. My first solution was that the teachers make the curriculem. While this has many gaping flaws, I have an example of this working. The best teachers are the ones that like what they teach and enjoy teaching. They also need to understand what they're teaching. My Chemistry teacher currently is the best teacher I've ever had. Mostly, it's because of the way the science CRT is constructed. While the math and language arts are memorizing rules and regurgitating information, the Science one is mostly just knowing enough to decipher an answer out of a paragraph of given material. This gives my teacher the unique position of being able to teach mostly anything he wanted as long as he got those few basic points. He spent the entire year teaching us wonderful stuff that was straight from what he had learned and truely wanted to tell us. It was what I view as the perfect class, but most teachers are restricted to a standardized test that limits their abilities and time to what 'the State' expects them to teach. My second solution, was reform it to something related to the Boy Scout system. For consistancy, I will refer them straight to the Scout reference. There would be a set of required merit badges for the students to earn. The end of the school year would be the deadline, with a final test as the last signature for the award. Then the rest of their time would be for the earning of whatever merit badges or extra-curricular things availible. The less motivated students could do just the minimum if they so chose with the accelerated students doing whatever else pleased them. This could even reduce the school year by half or some-such achievement. Just enough structure to maintain the order expected but enought freedom to advance at all their own pace. I see this in a much better and desirible light then the current education system. Comment and tell me what you think. (Also I'm planning to write either a suspence novel or a book on phiolosophy. Tell me what you think there too.)

Everything Funny I've seen in about the last Month.

IMPORTANT: My Mom goated me into this. It's a good Idea however. I'll probaly do one of these every few months. Take them one at a time and you'll get more funnies out of them. I need to say this for copyright laws, I'm just saying that none of this is mine and it totally awesome. Well,with Much Ado about Nothing, here goes.

MANLIEST THING EVER
 These Guys must have drunk Powerthirst

KID HISTORY
Purely a stroke of Genius.
Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80entLldZOg
Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXChsJCHNVM
Episode 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD2RO0Cws1Q
Episode 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVlaZfLlWQc

LOOK AROUND YOU
The Educational Videos that should have been made. This is a Link to their Youtube Channel, so watch all their videos on it because they are probably the funniest things I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JackofAllHades#p/u

HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED (HISHE)
These guy's just make animated videos of movies and say how they should have ended. Watch all the ones of things you've seen. SO HILARIOUS!
http://www.youtube.com/user/HISHEdotcom

NEWEST PONY EPISODE
This should help explain the above link. PURE AMAZINGNESS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lhXnuNP8g4

WOOSTER AND JEEVES
Some of the best books ever written. Jeeves, the origional gentleman's gentleman. Bertie Wooster, the absent minded English Gentleman. Look it up (all stories in the series are by P.G. Wodehouse). These are in my top 3 books of 'best ever written'.

MUSIC VIDEOS
A variety of stuff that I've seen recently
Complete History of the Soviet Union through the eyes of a humble worker to the tune of Tetris

TRON Rap

What is Love?

She's a Lady

Not Telling! Just Click to find out!

PICTURES
Lots and Lots o' them.

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I'll take an Apple. AND EAT IT! (Mmm. Juicy!)

GASP! yay!



What IS Love?



I love to see the Temple...

Today I got the most remarkable experience of being able to participate in Babtisms for the Dead at the Salt Lake City Temple, the most iconic temple ever to be built. The trials the remarkable builders of this remarkable structure had to go through made our lives seem downright easy. Sometimes I wish I was with them... Their trials were mostly of the physical labor type, while ours are mostly of the slow creeping temptation that steadily eases you into a false state of mind. The Temple trip was one I had been put in charge of, and had been planning for the last few months. It really helped me put everything into perspective, and I realized that I missed when the Temple took several hours. It didn't give me as much time to think. Anyway, there was a different feeling while I was in the Temple. It was peaceful. It seemed to let m leave my problems behind and see what is still good with my life. Which I hadn't thought about for a while. I saw that the good outweighed the bad 10 to 1 when I stepped back and took it all into perspective. I love to visit the Temple when I can. It truely is our place for heaven on Earth today. I felt the effort it took those pioneers put into Their Temple, through the 40 years of construction it took, even uprooting the foundations and starting again near the beginning. You could see the carving of each piece of wood, each brush stroke on the oxen under the font, the love the pioneers had for what they did. It was an experience I will never forget, and am glad I could have it.
-Coy Christensen

If Dr. Seuss Wrote the Book of Mormon

Nephi: Of goodly parents I was born

I’ve never drunk, I’ve never sworn

This is Lehi, he’s my dad

Laman, Lemuel, they are bad

And who is this? Why this is Sam.



Sam: Yes, this is Sam; Sam I am

Laman: That Sam I am, that Sam I am

I do not like that Sam I am


Sam: In a tent, my father dwelt

Laman: And it’s so hot, I think I’ll melt
Lemuel: Our father’s brain is out of whack

Laman: Yeah, it’s too hot, I’m going back

Lehi: Then go and get the plates, my dear

Laman: On second thought, I’m staying here

Nephi: You said you’d leave and go away

Now all you want to do is stay?

Lemuel: That Nephi always gets his way


Laman: Here we are in this damp cave

Sam: We would not be here if you’d behave

Nephi: I will go and I will do

There’s the angel, that’s my cue

Laban’s had too much to drink

Now he’ll lose his head, I think


Nephi: Look what I found, a brother from the quorum

Sam: We will take him home, we will call him Zoram


Laman: Our gold and silver we have spent

I do not like it in this tent

Lemuel: I cannot read the Liahona

I must have drunk too much Corona


Laman: We hate it here, we have no lives

Lehi: Then go back to the city and get some wives


Lehi: A tree, a tree, I see a tree!!

The fruit is white, the fruit is free!

A floating building, could it be?

Why do they laugh and stare at me?

Laman, Lemuel, come and see!


Laman: We will not eat your precious fruit

Lemuel: We will not wear a tie and suit

Laman: We will not help you build your boat

Lemuel: We do not think that it will float

Laman: No not this boat, it will not float

Not even in a shallow moat

I do not care what Nephi wrote

Lemuel: We will not eat your fruit I say

Laman: We will not eat it on a tray

Lemuel: And we won’t eat it in a tent

Not even if your clothes you rent

Laman: We’d rather have a can of spam

L&L: We will not eat it, Sam I am


Sam: You do not like it, so you say

Try it, try it, and you may

Try it and you may I say


Laman: Sam, if you will let us be,

We will try it, you will see


L&L: Say, we like this fruit of life

Sorry that we caused such strife

You’ve saved us from an awful jam

Thank you, thank you, Sam I am!

(I didn't write this, but I thank whoever did!)

1st on Facebook

Hello everybody!

Just so you know this is the first post I'm making that my blog is posting on Facebook. Kinda Cool. I think of it as just another way to get what I have to say ourt to people. I porbably won't check Facebook too often, I would just update when I have a new post up. That's all for now.

Now for some scary adorableness. To have it explained, see my 2 previous posts.

Whoa dang...

So much has been happening (and is still happening) that I haven't thought about the blog until a few minutes ago. Yesterday and the day before I was at State in Debate. As you may know I hate to brag (it nearly killed me when Mom put up a sign telling the world about it on the front door) but for my journal's sake I won 3 of 5 rounds at State; as a Sophomore; first year debating. I must have picked up a bug at Weber State because I woke up sick today. Besides that, the 3rd quarter of school is almost over in perfect timing with finishing the online math course I started last year, wrapping up my Eagle Project, getting my Drivers Licence, waiting for Munchkin Zombies to come out next month, and keeping up n my new favorite show-that's-being-currently-made. Which might I add, is one of my best enjoyments as of now.

IT'S AMAZING! THE SHOW IS SO WELL DONE!
I AM NOT CRAZY OR MAKING THIS UP! PLEASE WATCH!
By the way, if you haven't yet, go see my last post.
If you watch all the videos, even the one at the bottom, then I think it's fine to skip ahead to THIS episode (awesome!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-5JBrMIHx4

There's no way you couldn't at least LIKE this show by now because

                             

HOW COULD YOU?

Don't judge me...Please!

       I am proud to admit that I have become facinated with a particular show that I will omit mentioning the title til later. If I were to tell you the name now you would shut off your computer and think that I have finally went round the bend. That is why I will now tell you the facts to interest you before I reveal the name.


       This show is definitly one of the best I've seen yet. I had my doubts when my friend told me he started watching it but now am a true believer in the power of its entertainment. It is being produced by Lauren Faust, famed for her work on Dexter's Lab, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Power Puff Girls. It is being broadcast on the Hub, which is what Discovery Kids once was. The characters are amazing, the writers fantastic, animation awesome, and voice actors perfect. The only reason that it has a bad reputation is because there was a previous show of the same name that was pointed directly at young children of the female gender. Let me just say that this show is nothing like the origional at all. If your wondering, the top age group of people that watch this on Youtube is 18-25 year old Males. A character from the show said this line, and it describes the show perfectly. (Character names left out for obvious reasons)
"Dear -------- --------
I'm happy to report that there are wonderful things in this world you just can't explain, but that doesn't make them any less true. It just means that you need to choose to believe in them, and sometimes it takes a friend to show you the way.
Your faithful student, -------- --------."

Open the following in new tabs or windows if you can.

Whatever happens, Just keep watching. It'll do you good.

To Begin the revealing, Here are some Songs directly from the show.(The No Fear song).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM&feature=related
That did it. Here's another. (Evil Enchantress)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkOfhCK4Zo&feature=related
And another.(Winter Wrap up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjhcsQzjScQ&feature=related
There's a lot of Great songs on this show. (Stitch by stitch...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS5t5Nvgnj0&feature=related
And this proves it. (Cupcakes)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOVDu7etQlc
Then last of all.(Hush now, quiet now.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQs-W7_gFrM&feature=related
And this is just AWESOME! (To Glory)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJhWrqI6Qvk


And now, if you feel ready, here's the first episode. Please remember that the first 2 episodes are the worst because they carry a plot. They get much better after the first 2 episodes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgsXkmQ6ZI
You can find links to the next episodes on the side bar. There are 18 so far, it's a fairly new show. A new episode comes out each week, Here's the second episode (Part 2 of Episode 1). Remember that the episodes bet significantly better after the first 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBMnjlqHYQ
KEEP WATCHING!
I know you want to watch more.















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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_yO8IIEPp4&feature=related

PURE, FRIGGIN, GENIUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqazJcj2jgA

And then this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJhWrqI6Qvk

Hmmm...

Life is strange. It has it's twists and turns, it's up and downs, til your so up-and-down and side-to-side that your not sure who's what and where's when and your not sure whether to laugh or cry. Or sleep. I think I chose the prize behind lucky curtain #3. And that was best. The weeks are long and the days are short and just to be able to lay down and rest with the world going by really put my life in order. With school and homework and activities and people and things to do and places to see, I'm not sure how I survived.
Thank goodness for prayer.
And the people that care about me.
-Coy Christensen

Common sense is not so common.  ~Voltaire

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.  ~Abraham Lincoln

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ~William Shakespeare



When in Doubt, Don't.~ Benjamin Franklin
 
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ~Henry Ford



Make only Friends, and you'll have no Enemies.~ Coy Christensen


(This is my recent life summed up in a few words)