A bit late for this but this is awesome.

STEVE BREEN HAS JUST BEEN ADDED TO MY LIST OF AWESOME COMIC ARTISTS.

California be like...
Read the comic here http://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2014/12/11

Tips for a Stress-Free Senior Year

Hello Fellow High School Student!

Feeling just as overwhelmed in your studies as I am? Never fear, tips to having a stress-free year are here!


It's okay, we all get a little stressed sometimes. Just breathe, take ten minutes out of your day, and eat a Popsicle (because those help). ;)

Expert Advice for Nerds Who Want to Stay Stress Free This School Year

The Letter Challenge

Hello there, you may have guessed that I have not been on in a while. This will not be a permanent thing, but I will not be back soon, as I must complete Senior year of High school.

In the mean time, I want you, yes you, to accept this tumblr challenge I found.


The Letter Challenge


I'm doing it, you should too! Hey, I might even post one or two of 'em. Just keep in touch and talk to you later! 

To the Guy Who Doesn't See the Point of School: A Rant on School

The days have been semi-chaotic now that March is here.

Ah, March: the month of getting serious about grades, taking the SAT or ACT, taking SAT or ACT prep classes, and freaking out about school overall--

Wait, that last one is a daily occurrence for me. 

But alas, March is also the month of SPRING! And of Daylight Savings, a time which all student should hate since it technically means that we get one less hour of sleep, one less hour to do homework, and one less hour to chill out. But it also means that we have one less hour in school... but that means school would go more quickly, and when things happen quickly in school, they are usually more difficult. Either way you look at it, Daylight Savings is not a very fun time of the year. I miss those long winter nights of pure, uninterrupted sleep. 

Life during Junior Year isn't so bad... until you reach the second semester. If you're like me-- meaning that you plan to take the two major college tests, complete fifty community service hours, sign up for summer courses or activities, meanwhile having other commitments elsewhere that demand at least two days out of the week (and you've agreed to commit to at least of these things), all in one semester, then not only are you insane, but you're probably blowing your brains out as your eyes scan the text written on this page. All I can say to that is: you're not alone. It sucks, yeah. A lot. Like, more than a lot... It sucks more than a ton. 

But you know what sucks more? Chemistry. Before you nerds out there stone me, hear me out: Chemistry is a sucky subject to learn, especially if you practically self-teach yourself. I say this, not only because I am failing chemistry in school, but because I believe there's no point in learning the broad ranges of chemistry like net ionic equation or what Vaan Der Whals forces are if the information will only be useful to you for one week and not learning how this actually applies to your life... although, you could figure out how these things apply to your life by yourself, but doing so is quite tedious and impossible if you're juggling fifty-million other thoughts at once. 

I know I sound a bratty teenager saying this stuff, but it's true! When else will I ever going to need to know how to mass-mass or mass-mole equations besides this semester's finals? Surely not during a dentist appointment, or to get my driver's license. It makes no sense to learn these things without learning the significance of learning them, is what I'm saying. I'm not being close-minded, but honestly, our society has no room for each person to be a science nerd, math geek, musician, gymnast, literary analysis expert, historian, superhuman! If all of us were this, we wouldn't function very well, would we?

But perhaps I am missing the point. Perhaps it isn't that we're put into school to become these crazy, superhuman, mutants. Perhaps the point of being in a school and being forced to take various classes is so that we become well rounded people, and learn how to deal with different things in life. It could even be to expand our options within the world. Not everyone sticks with one thing forever because their interests change. Perhaps it's better that we get this kind of education, because well, we are not robots. We can't be told to do one thing, and just keep at that forever. No human works well that way.

So, in the end, I guess school is somewhat beneficial for us all. Even though not everyone can be interested in the same things, it really helps us focus on what we do like doing, and learn more about ourselves in the process-- in other words, we can be taught in reverse by school. And I know there are probably other, even better, ways to go about learning about the world and how it works, out there, but school is the only one I know of. The point of being in school does not always have to be about learning fundamental subjects, but learning how to dictate your life in a way that helps you be a better person. So thank you chemistry, for helping me learn that I absolutely do not want to become a chemist. :) 

Adieu,

SpatualaBurgers