It blows my mind....

Several things blow my mind. For instance,

• the size of the universe. Just think about it. If you were to fall in space, where the heck would you go? Would you just float in space? Is our universe within another universe? Oh my gosh, it creeps me out. Conclusion: The universe is HUGE.
• the concept of eternity. Do I really want to live forever? What would I live for? What would I do? Wouldn't you get extremely bored? I feel like some things have to end, even if eternal happiness is promised. Conclusion: Eternity is a really, really, really long time and sounds extremely boring.
• the concept of a Nazi-Zombie-Communist. You might be thinking, "But, Bianka, Nazis and Communists hate each other. They can't co-exist within the same being." Conclusion: A dead person who shares equally with all while believing in a supreme race. I dig it.
• time. I mean, what's with time? We try to measure time and our whole world is bound by time. Really, there is no such thing as time. The future is quickly becoming the present and the present quickly becoming the past. There is no time. Conclusion: It's a conspiracy.
• Volansky. What the heck goes through that woman's head? Conclusion: I will never know, nor do I necessarily want to know.

Camping, Stars, and Rain

I'm going camping for a whole week. I'm looking forward to it.

There's something oddly soothing about camping; it's relaxing.

I remember the first time I really saw the stars was while camping in Montana. Yes, of course I've seen stars in the night sky, but not like this. There was something different about these ones. There was little to no air pollution and when you looked up, the sky was permeated with them. Little clusters sprinkled across the sky, natural illumination as far as the eye could see. It was breath taking as I lay there with my father while he showed me constellations. I remember thinking that it looked as if God had taken a salt shaker and shook it vigorously across the sky.

In ninth grade I learned in Earth Science that for most stars, it takes eight years (or more) for their light to reach Earth. Ever since then, I've always thought that looking into the night sky is like looking into the past. Then I get all nostalgic and then common sense kicks in.

Shut up, nostalgia.

Anyway, camping. I hope it doesn't rain. There's actually a 50-60% chance that it will, but I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't. Rain is terrible while camping. We're going tubing and hiking, we're making peach cobbler and s'mores.

Yeah, it should be good.

Hello?

Hi. It's been a while....

New layout! Thanks, Andrea! I really like it, by the way.

Summer is here. Why does it take forever to feel like summer? Just when it starts to feel like summer, it's time for school to start again. This seems kind of unfair.

Last Friday, on the last day of school, I felt like I would be back there on Monday, doing homework during one of Watson's lectures, cringing/rolling my eyes at Volansky, loving one of Bryen's classes, and falling asleep in Shupick's chem class while Vera drew something wildly exciting. The normal routine of life. But it's over and I'm sad. I think I'll miss many aspects about school. It provides me with a motivation to work. I need to stay focused this summer; we're looking to have an amazing quiz bowl team next year. I just hope I'm here.

I'm glad summer's here anyway. I don't have super exciting plans (no Germany this summer), but I am going to quiz bowl camp! NERDS OF THE WORLD UNITE! (Yeah, that was a Communist Manifesto reference.)

Super psyched nonetheless!!

Also, I've learned something a bit...frightening? exciting? surprising? since school ended. I'm not quite sure how to respond or if I'll even need to respond. Probably the latter, but it's OK.

Ahh, the relaxation of summer.