Anderson Issues

On April 16th, the  Westboro Baptist Church (no stranger to controversy) posted this message on their twitter:

THANK GOD FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBS!!Westboro Baptist Church to picket funerals of those killed. #PraiseGod>> twitter.com/WBCFliers/stat…

— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) April 16, 2013

Westboro claims that, because Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in the U.S, “God sent the bombs.”  In response to the announcement, infamous ‘hacktivist’ group, Anonymous, has responded with a their own threat:

If #WBC protests the Boston funerals, they will have to expect us.

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 15, 2013

 Anon has already hacked Westboro’s official Facebook page, and has apparently tried to make their point by posting numerous cat pictures.

However, Anon’s response makes me wonder… what if we just left Westboro alone? As in, did not give them the attention that they seem to feed off of. It sounds hard, considering how horrific their actions can be.

What do you think?

A lot of us are about to graduate and college brings about a whole new set of responsibilities and worries, although we aren’t there yet they are beginning to happen. Here’s a little guid to help you get through some of the tough parts of this and what to take to your dorm.

1. Don’t freak out if you don’t know what school you’re going to and it’s a week before National Decision Day. You’ll be fine! In a case like this you should sit down with adults(parents) and have a small conference to try and figure out what’s best for you.

2. Once you decide what school you are going to make sure to take the necessary steps such as deposits and submitting any additional paperwork that they need from you. This is easy, just keep up with it!

3. Scholarships, scholarships, SCHOLARSHIPS!
Teachers really can’t stress enough that kids should apply to as many scholarships as possible. It’s free money damn it, why wouldn’t you want it! Scholarships are always worth your time. ALWAYS! No matter what school you’re going to they’ll help. What’s better than free money.

4. SENIORITIS
I should’ve probably mentioned this first. Try your best to do your work, final grades still matter. A school can change their mind if you change your grades. And you still want to graduate.

Dorm List
1. Pillows, bring tons of pillows. They’re always comfortable and you won’t get tired of them.
2. Bed attire, you know other people have slept there before and don’t want to sleep on that bare mattress.
3. Bring a rug, everyone in your dorm will love you because when they go hang out in your room there will be more space for them to sit and play games on. Nobody likes a cold floor.
4. AN ALARM CLOCK! This will probably be the most essential thing that you bring with you to school. You might hate it, but this little buddy is going to make sure that you’re waking up for those morning classes.
5. You’re favorite piece of art should make the trip with you to school. This will be helpful to decorate those empty walls.
6. Bring a shower caddy, especially if you’re going to have a community bathroom. You don’t want to make several trips back to your room to get everything you need, Im mostly referring to girls.
7. Shower shoes! These are a must. Community restrooms are clean but you never know, better to be safe than sorry. And besides everybody that walks around barefoot is gross, what if they have foot fungus or something weird. (No offense to anybody)
8. For those who get home sick easily, bring pictures of everybody. Framed pictures are the best and look great.

Make sure to buy all of the appropriate book for all of your classes! You’ll need them, this isn’t high school anymore, you’ll use your book constantly.

We’ll that is all for now. As it gets closer to graduation I’ll come back and give you guys more tips. For now here is this handy link to a checklist from Bed Bath and Beyond.http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/bts01_checklist.asp?

New technology is being developed every single day, and our societies are continuously becoming more and more advance.  Our lives seem to be better-off with every new technological breakthrough.  Many people can’t even go a single day without using their phone, computer, TV, or any other electrical devices.  But could these seemingly harmless gizmos and gadgets actually be  detrimental to us?

Some say YES.

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Over 100 years ago if someone said “I’m going to do some cocaine,” people would’ve said “Oh that’s cool, maybe I’ll come join you later because you obviously have a medical condition that needs to fixed and I do too!” But now a days if I ask any random stranger to do some coke, they’ll probably flip shit and say “that’s illegal and dangerous, what do I look like, a junkie?!”

I’ve been doing cocaine daily since I was 12, and the only problem I seem to have is that the pink elephant won’t stop following me. Cocaine is not only great to relieve pain and boost your self esteem, but if you make it into crack and find someone willing to do it you can make triple the profit! For the record I don’t do crack cocaine, that shit is dangerous!

Everyone’s favorite caffinated soda, Coca-Cola, got it’s name from using cocaine as an ingredient when it first came out. I’ve tried replicating the formula by using my own supply of cocaine but it just isn’t the same. I think we should legalize not only cocaine, but all drugs so everyone can self medicate. I’m also sick of getting my coke cut with dog dewormer whenever I find a new hookup, it’s convenient to get the worms out of my system but dammit I wanted pure coke!

Recently, while browsing Facebook (obviously instead of doing my homework), a friend posted something that caught my eye. An experiment was conducted where several women described their faces to a forensic artist who drew what he heard. Next, strangers were asked to describe the same people, and he drew them again. The two resulting sketches contrasted how these women saw themselves and how others saw them. In my opinion, it was both surprising and predictable. Everyone knows that people are generally overcritical of themselves. I, for example, know every blemish on my face, from scars to freckles so well I can point them out exactly with my eyes closed. I see uneven skin when I look up close, and big bags under my eyes. But when I complain about things like bags or how sometimes one eye looks bigger than the other (silly, I know), my friends say they didn’t notice anything until I brought it up, or that they don’t notice it at all.  
I think that concept is shown very well in this video. One woman who is probably in her mid 30′s sees herself as much more saggy and wrinkly than she appears to everyone else because of the stigma aging has in our world. When they dwell on every minuscule detail, they slowly grow and grow in a snowball effect in their mind.

However, this could have been exaggerated or set up to emphasize the concept of “natural beauty” seeing as it was made by Dove. I do not discredit this at all, I would just like to point out the potential commercial aspect. 
Since we’re supposed to be anonymous on this site, I’d like to pose you all with some cheesy questions, especially because we’ll all be rushing to comment soon enough! How do you think people see you that’s different from the way you see yourself? What importance do you place on physical beauty (others and yourself)?

No worries, I’ll start. I think that people, when casually glancing at one another, don’t pay all that much attention to details. They might notice your hair color or type, that you have green eyes, or that your cheeks are rosy. I don’t think they’ll notice your awkward freckle or scar you got as a child. So, I think people do look at me differently than I look at myself in that they don’t see every bad thing that I do. And if I’m being completely honest, beauty is something I notice. I don’t base much off of it though.