late post, merp.

I keep forgetting to get on here, sorry! I don't know why but blogger doesn't work at Jim's house (my dad). I call them by their names, just so you know. One of the most irritating things in the whole world to me is when I correct people and they say 'we're not in English class'. What they just told me is that they're absolute dumb-butt's when they leave that class. I don't see why it is SO difficult for them to realize that proper grammar and spelling should be used even after you leave the classroom. What happens when they graduate high school, eh? No more english class, does that mean that our future generation is going to be even MORE stupid? If only I had a time machine, I'd go back to the good ol' 60's. When metal wasn't scrawny emo kids screaming god knows what into a microphone, wearing all black, skinny as heck, etc. When metal was with guys that had amazing hair, all the ladies, muscles, and true talent. I think you of all people wouldn't definitaly agree with this statement, if you've seen the new 'metal' bands they have now days. I've just about lost track of how many times I have complained about this generation, but I just can't stop. It's just too horrid for me to stop talking about, I swear if it ever gets any worse I'm going to get all the top scientists in the world and a group of asians to build me a back to the future car. That would be sweet. Back to the future is one of my favorite movies. My brain is temporarily not working, MERP. So you've seen me use merp before, yes? Yes. I will tell you what 'merp' means. It is just kind of like 'eh'. Example: "Want to go out for dinner?" "eh" but in my case, I would say  "merp". It's rather fun to say, actually. On another subject not so similar to this one, I really wish I would've taken computer tech this year. Now, I have to take it in high school in which I've heard is much harder. Good thing I type like my life depends on it, my family sometimes thinks I just run my whole arms across the keyboard when in reality I'm typing. This is really just one big pointless blog, sorry you have to read this. I'm going to get to 499 words simply to make a blog that just says merp.(: I'm pretty scared to go into highschool, I'm not sure if you saw my post on the forum but I am simply horrified of the thought of leaving this school. There are so many things that make me not like this school but I know every place and in high school it's like fairfield times a million, I feel like a little sevie again. Some kid tried spell correcting me yesterday on my own spell correcting status, funny because I made him look stupid because nothing was wrong with my post to begin with! Teenagers and their smart-butt personalities, got to love 'em. (Sarcasm to the maximum) The whole 499 word thing didn't end up working out for me, oh well.

late late blog. :( Black death.

"The Black Death"


"The single worst phenomenon in the history of the world." The black death affected many countries around the world with devastating results and agonizing deaths. The Christian and Islamic religions gave people a chance to redeem themselves or fail in the eyes of their lord. The Islamic and Christian responses were different because of their varying religious beliefs. There were many factors that caused this tragic event. Muslims thought this plague was a 'divine act of god' (Doc.4); Christians thought it was to replenish their good by being killed out for their born sins. The Jewish people were blamed for this plague and killed in great numbers.
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The first reports of this epidemic were heard about in china; little did they know this horrid plague would pay them a visit. Following the same trade routes to the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe the Black Death found it's way to them. Symptoms of the Black Death include: Bubo's, spitting blood, tumors, etc. (Doc.3). Certain symptoms came from specific diseases which were the main components of what made the Black Death. There were strange reports of other factors contributing to the horror of the Black death such as impure air, warm ovens, sin, 'evil moisture's', abundance of shooting stars, etc. (Doc.5)
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The plague made people turn to their religion. Some saw this occurrence to be a blessing to them from God. Others, however, saw this act as a punishment for the sins they are instantly born with. Both the Muslims and the Christians were simply looking to God to help them get through this epidemic. No help to the English priests', that is. They scammed the people out of their money claiming they would free the people of all their sin for the right price. As you can tell the priests lived an overly comfortable lifestyle. The English behaved in a evil and wicked manner, others went into the temple of their religious state of being and prayed.
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Fourteenth century healers were at a loss of words to explain what was happening. To attempt and explain this phenomenon they Europeans turned to earthquakes, astrological forces, and the poising of wells by the Jewish people. Since people back in those times were unknowing of virus's and infection, the exchanging of diseases was little understood back in the fourteenth century. Many portrayed only God's ager could create such guesome displays. Jewish communities suffered many attacks during the reign of this killer disease. The Jewish communities of Cologne and Mainz were esterminated in August 1349. February on that same year, the people of Strasbourd brutally killed about 2,000 Jewish people.
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In conclusion, The Black Death was the most brutal population killing spree there ever was in recorded history. It spread throughout many countries following their trade routes. The Muslims and Christians were the two main religious groups involved in this plague besides the Jews. They turned to their religion to help understand why this was happening to them, if it was a 'gift' from god or a trial to get rid of the sins they were born with. Some religions acted out in violence and rage, others fasted in their temple of choice and prayed (Doc.9) Virus's and disease carrying rats were unknowingly causing such a devastating event in history, not the Jews.

Mayans and 'The end of the world.'

I don't understand why but when I'm at my dads house on his computer blogger doesn't work. I again apologize for this late post. If you haven't noticed I have recently began to put how many words the submissions to my article have. Thanks to the following website (Here!). It's on my "Labels" On the bottom of the blog. I thought it would help you out, and if you don't believe me you can check it yourself (: . Lately on facebook I have been seeing posts about the mayans and their soon predicted dooms day. They claim the mayans made the calender before leap year was invented, if there was no leap year we would be in July of 2013. So with them not accounting for the leap year, the world should have ended 7 months ago. I find this incredibly interesting so I decided to go further into this and not just take people's word for it. I have watched many History Channel clips about the end of the world predictions from the Mayan people, but I have never heard them bring up anything about leap year (or atleast as I can remember).  "Scenarios suggested for the end of the world include the arrival of the next solar maximum, or Earth's collision with a black hole or passing asteroid, or with a planet called 'Nibiru'." It seems insane how accurate the 5,125 year old calender is. Mayanist scholars have said that predictions of state that predictions of approaching doom are not found in any of the classic Maya accounts. The Long Count calender ends on 2012, but people misinterperate it as the end of the world ; It misrepresents Maya culture and history. I think if you took it into a scientific matter and seriously thought about it it seems rather implausable. How could an entire world just end in 48 hours? In my opinion I think it would take a gradual amount of the time of the world wearing down to it's utter most weakest point, then dying. But the world, though in danger now, doesn't appear to be sick enough to die within a couple months. Our Ozone is fading but it is not gone, our water is polluting but there is still fresh water, the forests are dying but there are nature preserves. It just doesn't seem possible. Also, on the Mayan Calender (as I saw on a documentary) that the Mayan Calender resets 4 times, we are on the 4th calender. The reasoning behind it is the gods created three failed world but a successful fourth world thus is why humanity has flourished.  The world did not simply end 3 times and build itself back up in a matter of 5,000 or so years, we would have no record of the past. Some people think our universe would be completely obliterated in December 2012 "when the Great Cycle of the Long Count reaches completion." In my opinion the end of world is merely a recently made thought, no where in any document does it say it was a day of doom. It might be a day of celebration, for all we know. "something unknown happened to shake the Maya civilization to its foundations. One by one, the Classic cities in the southern lowlands were abandoned, and by A.D. 900, Maya civilization in that region had collapsed. The reason for this mysterious decline is unknown, though scholars have developed several competing theories." Since a majority of the Mayans were wiped out mysteriously, they might not have been able to completely finish their calender. Rather strange how a once thriving population can mysteriously with no record decline at such a rapid pace. Scholars believe the most reasonable explanation could have been an intese drought, causing lack of crops and water could have been a very plausable way to kill out a population such as the Mayans.