What The Weekend Means To Me

Hello gingers! Here I am going to tell you why the weekend means something to me.

There are many glorious things that come from days off, but none of them can compare to my weekends. I think it goes a little something like this.

Well, I will slack off all of Friday and try to make fruitless attempts at making plans with friends on the weekend. I will lug myself throughout the school day and then praise the lord once the bell rings. I go home, eat food because that's what I do, and do mindless, easy tasks on the internet. It's nice.

But then when I wake up the next day, glorious things happen. And it starts with a C. Coffee! Loads of creamy, delicious coffee. Oh. Yes. Honey.

And I will slack off all day and relax in my gym shorts and usually the shirt I wore the day before. Things go nicely.

Then Sunday I pick up the pace a bit, but still slack off until about 10 and then things get hectic. It's just who I am guys.

So my weekends are important. It's the one time I get to slack off and be my lazy self.

So thank you for understanding why I keep weekends wimpier with these blogs. Because I know you do.

Keep On Having Great Weekends,
Rachael The Ginger

Censored

Hello gingers! Today I want to talk about this. Because I can.

I was talking about politics and such and about how people in the left side of things tend to understand more about internet freedom and how important it is.

And someone in my life said that they were all for censorship. -_-

I've had to read a lot of Sheltering Suburban Mom to calm down about this.

I mean a lot.

So today I will do my best to gather all the thoughts I have about censorship and put it in here. Because I can, and I will.

You all know about the SOPA/PIPA/ACTA stuff that went on and how much of a fight the world put up. And all these new "internet freedom" organizations with huge corporations like Amazon, eBay, and Google. Which I don't necessarily trust that much.

But it could all become a reality in a matter of days, and it's going to be a tough battle to fight forever.

I believe censorship is the worst thing you could ever do. You are shutting off a voice that could possibly change the lives of millions. You are shutting down a revolution that is never going to stop.

And I think it's because people are scared. People don't understand, and are not willing to understand what the internet has to offer. And people are scared that the offering is something bigger than themselves.

You can sit in your office all day and solve all the world's problems, but until you actually figure out who they are happening to, and what is really happening amongst them, you will never understand the power of the people behind the protests. And who they are behind their username's.

The labor strike in China had a huge influence with the internet.

People are powerful, and people underestimate the power that the people hold.

Keep On Having Freedom,
Rachael The Ginger

A Ginger's Guide To The Common Cold

Hello gingers! Right here I will explain to you how to utilize your sickness to the best of your ability.

First you need the right supplies. To be sick you will need: tissues, nyquil, cough drops (like 3 bags), orange juice (like 3 bottles), french toaster waffles, and other preferred medications. These are very important.

A netflix account or a YouTube series is recommended as well.

Step 1) Make sure you lay in bed as much as possible. Except for occasional breaks for waffles and or cough drops, and or orange juice. Make sure you stock up for in-room hibernation when you do need to leave your bed though. Also, wear your comfiest clothes possible. Gym shorts, sports bras, and t-shirts are all recommended.

Step 2) Pick a TV show, or a YouTube series that you have heard about and always wanted to watch but never have, and crank out 1-2 seasons each day you're sick. If it's a YouTube series shoot for 20 episodes a day.

Step 3) Make sure to lose all social interaction with other human beings. That will just ruin the nice sickness you have

Step 4) Blog your pain on the internet

Step 5) Sing as much as possible, your throat will thank you later when you can't sing after not singing for a couple weeks.

Step 6) Enjoy your disease

Keep On Enjoying Sickness,
Rachael The Ginger

Not All Jokes And Laughs

Hello gingers! I have reached a drought in creativity, and why not share it with you.

Right now I am currently whitening my teeth. Riveting, right? And I should write a whole blog about how whitening strips have been a useful aspect of society and it reflects our narcissistic culture here in America.

But no. It's really not that interesting. And I don't think you want to talk about politics.

And I've really had to debate with myself about what to blog about these days. Things just haven't been that interesting in my life, I guess. The high school dust cloud has settled, and things are just painfully normal. Even though I pray for structure in my life.

But I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not always bursting with ideas and creativity. I have good and bad days just like everybody else. And I get bloggers block quite frequently.

But it's kind of crazy. I have forced myself to do this everyday, good idea or not, and on days where I feel the most boring and out-of-touch, the greatest ideas come out of me. Which so interesting to me.

When we are simply thinking about what we are thinking about we force amazing ideas out of ourselves, and this blog has made me do just that every single day. So that's a thing.

We have orchestra auditions tomorrow, and I went to the first speech and debate meeting today. So that was pretty great. I guess I'll talk about that tomorrow.

But for now, I have to leave you. Thank you for keeping me company this year, because most of the time, I feel like I'm talking to myself.

Keep On Talking To Yourself,
Rachael The Ginger

Politics

Hello gingers! Today I'm going to talk about what has been on my mind the most today.

And that thing is politics. Which is really weird. But really true.

I am very interested in current events, and the world around me, and politics falls into those categories a lot. So I play attention to politics a bit more than the average teenager, I would say.

But I was thinking about the election and my stances, even though it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter this election that much but if Mitt Romney wins, then it will matter to know where my stances are.

And that is because I will be voting in the 2016 election. Which is really crazy, but it's the truth. So I realized that after this election I need to be paying closer attention to the election so I could cast my vote for who I believe is the right candidate.

I have always been somewhat interested in politics, but it never mattered. Now it kind of does matter because I am actually able to put my 2 cents in on a ballot. I get to choose. In 4 years I will finally be practicing one of the policy's that made America, America. And that's pretty awesome.

So I do need to start paying more attention, because I believe that my vote matters.

But that's all for today. Today was a pretty rough day, so thank you for bearing with these weird blogs. I love you guys.

Keep On Voting,
Rachael The Ginger

The World We Live In

Hello gingers! As you probably know, Neil Armstrong passed away yesterday.

I didn't talk about it because I was so obsessed over my things and I wanted to save my big rant about it today.

You guys know my opinions on NASA and space exploration in general, and having something like this happen has a substancial impact on my world around me.

I already talked a bit about what happened on ION. Here's the link if you would like to check it out: http://teamion.blogspot.com/2012/08/mr-armstrong.html

But I don't think I talked enough about Mr. Armstrong himself. He was not the one who made lengthy novels about his trip to the moon and him being the first one to step on another world. He did not act like he was the amazing outlier that he was.

And I'm so glad for that. I'm so glad he didn't tell us everything. I'm so glad that he kept us guessing until the very end.

I could never imagine what walking on the moon would be like. And it's not like I could just google it and find out the real answer. Mr. Armstrong left us wonder what mysteries lay in the last frontier.

And I like to think that he was just waiting until the day we could all go to the moon and experience it for ourselves. I may not live to see that day, but I will sure try.

Mr. Armstrong broke boundaries that others wouldn't. And we tip our hats to him, and everyone who has helped to make this world and the worlds that lay beyond it a better place.

Thank you Mr. Armstrong for your time and dedication to space exploration, and thank you for paving the way for others to be inspired.

Thank you for inspiring me.

Once again, go humans.

-Rachael Robinson

Shayaversary!

Hello gingers! Today I have been doing SHAYTARDS things and such.

Because it's my Shayaversary. That's right. I watched my very first shaytards vlog 2 years ago at about this time. Which is so amazing.

This was the first SHAYTARDS video I ever saw.

Don't you see that beautiful face? So I made this video.

It's very long and boring I know, but I wanted to say what I wanted to say. Considering this is a very special day for me. And I won't bore you like I did yesterday with all the reasons why the SHAYTARDS and ShayCarl are amazing and how they have changed my life and made me the person I am today. Because you can just watch the video for that as well.

It's just crazy to think that I have watched about 730 videos, plus all the videos on their other channels. And I have tuned in for every single one of them because I am so weirdly loyal to a family that is not my own.

And it's crazy to think about the fact that these people are the reason that I'm doing this. I would not be blogging if I hadn't been watching them. I would not be making youtube videos if I hadn't been watching them. I have no clue where I would be if I didn't watch them.

And they have showed me that it doesn't matter what other people think. And that's why I'm so outgoing. Because of them.

And I am so excited to for many more Shayaversary's to come. Because this is seriously the best feeling ever. And I'm so excited to watch the first year vlog of today, the vlog above, and today's vlog. That is going to be so cool. And I'm going to listen to their podcasts, and I'm going to do everything SHAYTARDS.

And I will do it all wearing my shirt, and just loving this community that I belong to. I will write lengthy comments about how I care about them so much, and what they mean to me.

And I will enjoy this day, because I know it's an important one.

And I will think about how much they have helped through these past 2 years. And how crazy it is that I first started watching at the beginning of middle school, and now it's the beginning of high school.

So I will enjoy this. And next year, I will enjoy it even more.

-Rachael Robinson