All New American Girl Historical Doll HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK! Introducing CAROLINE ABBOTT!

16 May

For those of you who have been hearing the rumors, this isn’t shocking at all. The news of a new doll, especially one named Caroline, has been circling the internet for some time now. Caroline has been trademarked for a year, since before Marie-Grace’s and Cecile’s release so…this isn’t shocking for American Girl fans who have been following up on things. Some people even knew the author was Kathleen Ernst.

But for those of you who haven’t, this is it!

What we have been given is the month of release: September. So she will be here in time for the fall season, right after McKenna’s movie release on dvd. Yipeee!

The first thing we can be sure of is that there is only ONE girl being released this time, so from the looks of it, they’ll go back to the original American Girl book format. Even though the new format was interesting, it just didn’t promote the dolls as well. The older format helped modern girls relate to the historical girls, like seeing that girls from back in the past had holidays, school, birthdays, changes, summer fun, etc just helped girls relate to them better. It also gave relatable accessories that girls could set up and picture living during the time, how the girls interacted in school, ya know, it was just a more interesting experience. Marie-Grace and Cecile just gave the impression that they were display dolls, not playable dolls.

The second thing we know is the title of the book covers. American Girl Publishing has announced them: Meet Caroline, Caroline’s Secret Message, A surprise for Caroline, Caroline Takes a Chance, Caroline’s Battle, and Changes for Caroline. Sounds interesting.

So any skeptics? Theories? We know one thing: she ain’t Asian, not with a name like that. Oh darn. We also know she has wavy hair…Oh you don’t? Well, lets share a semi-picture.

I’m not sure about this, but she doesn’t seem to be wearing a bonnet. I’m not sensing a pilgrim here, but I might be shockingly surprised. What I wouldn’t be surprised about is a Western themed girl. Civil Rights seems like a no-no, but it might be. Who knows…I know one thing, I better be getting my red-head with the brown eyes this time around.

Any ideas from you guys? And do you have any other thoughts? Leave a comment below and look forward to a new friend this fall!

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Racism in England Against Pakistanians and Indians

10 May

This is pathetic. These little boys need belt whippings immediately. I would like to see these kids try to make it in a different country.

I get so tired of ignorant English-speaking (and when I say English-speaking people, I mean the US too) people who treat immigrants or people from immigrant families like dirt.  English people think of themselves as being superior. And they are always the first to cry, “Why are you here when you can’t speak the language?” (Even though many of Pakistanian and Indian blood were born in England and America). English speaking people (including Americans) can barely speak their OWN language, much rather try to tell a foreigner how to speak. Many of them speak broken English that NO ONE can understand. I went up to a supposedly English speaking person, and the first thing they say is, “You Ain’t.” Wow. Really good English.

Also, these people make these claims on lands. PAH! This is everyone’s land, and anyone can live anywhere they want to. That’s how the Native Americans used to think, and they are right. And when you think about it that way, who says where Pakistanians and Indians belong? Who makes these rules?

And judging how many English have moved across the border in the past, colonizing lands that didn’t “belong” to them, wiping nations out so they can own lands…they really need to shut up.

And of course, this isn’t directed to ALL English people. I know there are probably some English people who have sense and intelligence. But for those of you who think this behavior is acceptable, you really need a rude awakening. Justice needs to be served.

All of this behavior was spurred on by stereotypes about Pakistanians and Indians, things that aren’t even true of all of them. Just like all English people aren’t racist, all Pakistanians are not a like. You should meet each person for who they are, and then decide how the person is. But you can’t judge one person through a group of people, especially out of millions of people.

Next article will be on this video…

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The Avengers

6 May

A tin man who flies in a futuristic suit named Iron man…

A walking zombie with his flesh still in tact named Captain America…

A massive, bulky, girl-sweeping, norse God of thunder (scary), who speaketh weird named Thor…

Oh wait! There’s a girl hero in this movie! Wow! Where was her movie in the last couple of years? Meet the Black Widow…

A Robin hood guy named Hawkeye…

And it doesn’t matter if you’re white, black, or green, you can still be a super hero, like the Hulk…

Wait…the black guy was nick fury?

Yes, this movie brought together a mash up of super heroes, specifically chosen members, to be in  the Avengers movie. Mostly the ones in the movie were the ones who already had movies, all except the Black Widow and Hawkeye.

The movie was action-packed. What do you expect out of a super hero movie? And we’re not just talking about fights against the one main villain (yes one, and not one from every story), but a marvel vs marvel thing pops out once in a while.

To add there were TONS of laughs from every corner. And I’m always the person that gets all of the jokes, even from the lamest characters, so I admit I was laughing at all of the parts no one else was laughing at…

So anyway, had a blast! This is a movie to see more than once! Excellent for the whole family! It seemed everyone was at the show at the same time.

Oh and by the way, the whole story is centered around finding a blue block of ice (cough cough) if you saw Captain America, you know what I’m talking about.

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6 May

Sleeping with Sirens

12 Apr

On Sunday, I attended the concert Sleeping with Sirens with my younger cousin. I love rock, but I never heard of Sleeping with sirens (I like Queens, Aerosmith, Metallica, Avenged sevenfold, Korn…). But when I heard Sleeping with Sirens, they were pretty good! It seems like a teeny boy band, especially considering the number of fan girls who pushed and shoved me to get to the band’s lead singer (even though I was in the back…). But they weren’t that bad.

One blonde chick was just snapping on everyone around her, telling everyone to shut up singing because she wanted to hear the band (she’s saying this at a concert), and then she shoved everyone who was near her because everybody was squished together as it was standing room only. She was very interesting. She made my time very amusing. And her hand was marked on the left (which meant she was underage, maybe about 15). The lead singer is the heartthrob of the whole band. The whole time the opening bands were singing, the front of the stage was empty. Then as soon as the Sleeping with Sirens banner dropped, the girls swarmed to the front pushing and shoving. One guy was there on his crutches saying he was there for Abandon All ships, and the girls were just running him over. It was crazy, but normal.

There were four other bands there that I personally liked better. One was Abandon all Ships, Conditions, and Secrets. I really liked Secrets and Conditions. They were older and more my speed.
Well, I’m posting this just now because I’ve got “If You Can’t Hang” by Sleeping with Sirens stuck in my head. :P

Conditions!

Abandon All Ships

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Hunger Games Review

8 Apr

Can I just mention that this movie is just EXCELLENT? I haven’t seen a movie this good (especially based off of a novel) in a long time. The movie is original and inspirational. It wasn’t a “Marvel comic” movie. It was something deeper. Deeper than Avatar (which wasn’t so deep), and maybe a little less mind-tripping than Inception.

The story follows 16 year old Katniss Everdeen, a kind of tomboyish girl who knows a lot about surviving in the woods. She lives in a poor, starved town, a district near the capitol, Panem. Panem was once North America, and it is an advanced city that dominates all the other districts (everyone there looks like a clown). In this place, there is an annual event called the Hunger Games, where one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 are selected by lottery from each of the 12 districts surrounding the capitol to a “reality” television show. In this show, all of them must try to kill each other until one victor remains. This is based off of the novel by Suzanne Collins, who wrote the whole trilogy (guess that means two more movies, huh.)

The movie was so interesting, that it is still playing on my mind. It makes me wonder, not to sound like a mother Theresa, but how far will humans go for entertainment? Just like in the past, people used to make a day out of going to watch people at hangings…it’s pretty sick. But I guess it’s no different from modern-day wrestling, but at least today’s wrestling is by choice.

It also makes me think about one other question: What would I do if I had to survive that way?

The movie came together well from the beginning, leaving no plot holes, choppy scenes, and building up the emotions of the viewers for the climax. I felt anxious as I waited for the “hunger games” to begin. Nothing seemed to be rushed into the film to fit it all, it all came together smoothly. While at first glance, this may also come off like a silly young adult movie, it is pretty good for a story geared towards the pre-teen and teen audience. The movie took away most of the irrelevent parts of the book without running away from the novel.

I can say I was a little disappointed in the end at the outcome of the antagonist. But it just brought out the reality of the situation. I was impressed with this movie. It just really isn’t a copy cat movie, I swear. So whenever you get a chance, see this movie. It’s worth every penny.

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How to be an Ignorant Black Person: Guide to Ignorance

15 Mar

ignorant black man on a roller coaster

The title isn’t the real title of the article but seeing the content of the true title, it just wouldn’t be the appropriate way to title it, but maybe it was…

The article I was inspired from for this article was an article made by a man named Vader:

How to be a Nigger : Guide to Niggerdom.
Of course, me being a black person and all, I just had to read this article to the fullest. I read all sections, the whole thing. The article is pretty long with over fifty ways to be a nigger. To me, nigger is just another word for ignorant black person.

Even though I could see a number of black people being offended by this article, I can’t deny how much I was laughing at it and how true it really was. It is pretty mean, calling black people niggers and such, even coming from black people it annoys me. But it’s also straigtforward and honest. To me, I feel when black people read this article, again they’re going to cry racism and ignore anything being said. I’m a reasonable person. Obviously, this person isn’t hating a black man for his skin color but for the ignorant things they DO. The content of the black man’s character today ISN’T very reputable. So this isn’t what I would call “prejudice”. This person seems to have experienced black people first hand. The problem I see with black people today is they feel that everyone is racist. They feel that just about the same things that happened when their grandparents were growing up are still happening today. As a history major in college, I can honestly say that isn’t the case.

In the old days, (sorry to give you a history lesson) black people didn’t let racism bring them down. In the old days, even though racism existed, black people still flourished in school, excelled as inventors and entrepreneurs, and even opened up their own schools. My great-grandmother, who is still alive, grew up wealthy during the Great Depression. She was black but her family had money because her father owned a cleaners. Even though she experienced TRUE racism, the one thing she told me was that the black people then were different from the blacks now. She said it was BECAUSE of racism that they had to build their own towns and make their own money. It was BECAUSE of racism that people wanted to further their education and travel to broaden their minds. It was because of racism that families stayed together, fathers in the home, both parents taking care of the children. It was because of racism, a form of hate, that black people were pleasant to one another and other people even though other people hated them.

But the black people of today…it’s just not the same thing. Racism, the true meaning, is controlling a whole group of people based on ethnicity or culture, or based on the color of one’s skin. Prejudice means hating someone simply on one’s natural born qualities without knowledge of the person’s personality traits. While the man above is generalizing all black people the same, which can sound prejudice, it has been my experience that black people do act that way. Also, everyone has their own generalizations, like saying “white people are racist”. That is generalizing a whole group of people. But it is impossible in America today to be RACIST. No one is controlling black people from doing the things they want to do. In fact, today black people hinder themselves.

Unlike the TRUE racist times, “racism” today isn’t encouraging black people  to succeed, it’s supposedly doing just the opposite. Racism today is supposedly done by the media, brainwashing children to grow up to be in gangs, deal drugs, and put them in prisons so the “white man” can enslave us again. The “white man” isn’t supplying us with good books and qualified teachers so that’s why our students aren’t doing well in schools, and why our schools have the worst behavioral issues and why all of them are doing poorly academically. It’s supposedly because the government isn’t providing money for school activities that the schools don’t have activities. And all of this negative talk about black people in the first place is strictly because the white man focuses on the negative of the black people instead of the positive, and because the black man is always the first to be pointed out with his bad qualities. Basically, the white man is just trying to make black people look bad. But we’re really good people deep down.

All of those excuses above sound ridiculous compared to what our ancestors truly achieved. Obviously, because black people lack the books, nobody in the black community has read W.E.B Dubois’s autobiography, and how he believed in his time that it wasn’t racism that was the problem; it was money. The reason why black people were hated after the Civil War was because there was competition for jobs. Note that this was the problem in the NORTH. Yes, the south had animosity towards blacks which turned into pure hatred later. But what about whites in the North? No, it was about the money. Black people being free meant that there were more people to supply jobs to, and that would create some competition for people in the job market. So the rich, protestant, British/French cultured white man oppressed not just the black people who were competition, but the new wave of immigrants who were not Protestant such as the Irish, Italians, Jewish and the new wave of immigrants who were not white such as the Spanish speaking  groups and the Asian groups of people. Let’s not forget the Native Americans who were stripped from their homes and dumped on little strips of land, to add they were ignored during this whole process.

Black people are so haughty and think themselves so superior to believe that their ancestors were the only ones in the United States to be oppressed, much rather the whole world. Or rather, they feel their ancestors were oppressed the worst out of everyone. And they use this as an excuse to blame the white man for their ignorant behavior, and then turn around and beg for the white man’s money to fix it. That’s not what our ancestors did, is it? And Martin Luther King Jr. would roll over in his grave if he could see the black people today. Instead of blaming the white man for brainwashing your kids, prevent your kids from watching television and put them in front of a book. If your school doesn’t offer activities, form PTA meetings, or get your child involved in an activity outside of school like community football or dance team. If there aren’t enough books in the school for your children, why not form volunteer organizations to raise money for books or write one yourself? Oh! And when you offer these suggestions to a black parent, they bring up the excuse “I work a 9 to 5 job and I don’t have time. That’s the school’s job”. Having teachers raise their children because they had them when they weren’t ready to have them. It never stopped the black people in the old days, who had to work longer hours than the black people of today.

Whose fault is all of this? The white man’s? So it’s the white man’s fault that your kids are so impressionable and you’re so into yourself that you can’t raise your children to be cordial? You don’t have your own mind? You’re so brainwashed that you have become ignorant? Your mind wasn’t strong enough to ignore or fight the brainwash? No. It’s the black man’s own fault for the way his community is. No one makes a kid rob a store, kill his fellow black man, and deal drugs but the negligence of his parents. Young kids shouldn’t even be at home by themselves, I don’t care if you’re a single parent. You need to find a housekeeper, just like they used to in the old days.

I have experienced all of what this man has stated. I’ve gone to all black schools my whole life, and have lived in all black communities my whole life. I still live in one. And even though all black people don’t act like that, the great majority of black people do act according to his descriptions. I’ve experienced the loud and ignorant kids in the mall getting attitudes. One black girl even told me at work she hates her job so she doesn’t smile, greet the customers, neither does she say, “Thank you for shopping here and come again” or at least”Have a nice day”. It’s as if black people don’t know how to be nice, pleasant, use their manners, or behave cordially. Black people have always treated me worse than any other race of people, and I’m black. They’ve bullied me, talked about me, tried to fight me over small things instead of being reasonable, and have said my opinions are void because I’m “brown” not “black”.

Black people complain about anything they’re given, even the Disney princess, and the only thing they do about it is sue someone. Because really black people could care less about their fellow black man, they just want some money.

The thing I find most ironic is I hear black people talking about the way other races handle their children, and talking about what they would do if they had the child, such as “smack their child on the head” or “throw her into a wall”, but…with all of this supposed “good discipline”, why do the kids turn out so wrong?

So what were some of the things the man mentioned? It was pretty long, but I’ll summarize for all of you who don’t have time to read it all:

*How black men walk, talk, wear their clothes, deal with their women and children, and how they make a living, and how they handle their neighborhoods.

*How black women have tons of children, how they talk, how they dress to impress their mates, their attitudes, how they handle people in public places, have no manners, and think the world revolves around them. Also, how they deal with their children.

* Black communities, their failing businesses, their reckless mayors (my community had one), their academically messed up children, and who they look up to and admire. Also, how black people deal with the government and natural disasters.

*The black religions, their excuses to why they are failing in life, and black people’s priorities (which I felt was true. Black people will have iphones and tons of clothes and cry broke). Also, about black comedians vs white ones.

So that’s all I wanted to say on the matter. I’m sorry about the long rant, but it irritates me. So what do you guys think? I know this is a controversial matter, but I’m eager to know people’s opinions on this issue. so leave a comment and let me know.

I think some black people are proud of their ignorance, otherwise they would’ve made the changes.

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Guess what is on Teen Nick? Hint: the ’90s…

2 Mar

 

The ’90s are back on Teen Nick! Everyone’s favorite ’90s shows that sparked the Nickelodeon Renaissance! Too bad this comes on late at night, 10:00 pm to Midnight. For some people, that’s bed time. Hopefully, it reaches prime time hours. It’s just sad how much Nick and Cartoon Network have gone downhill today. The shows they show nowadays REALLY SUCK. Even Disney’s Renaissance is dying. It really kinda died after Hannah Montana, but it was the true end after the release of Wizards of Waverly Place. Everything else is pretty…repetitive.

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College or Job blues? Which to choose?

23 Feb

Okay, so I’ve recently been struggling with a life decision. It’s weighing on my health and I’ve been seeking all kinds of advice. The last place I wanted to seek advice from is the internet…so I’m choosing my blog.

So here’s the thing…I’m living in a situation that is emotionally intense. I’m always nervous, and always walking on egg shells in my own home. I want out. But I’m not sure of the best course of action. I just don’t want marriage to be my only option out. I’m not interested in anyone and I want to get out of my situation on my own hard work.

So here are my two options: College or Job

College

Okay, so this is definitely my first option. Going to a good University and getting my piece of paper seems to be very important today. It’s hard enough to get a job in this economy, but to add many of them want people with experience or a little more education. I’ve already been to a 2 year college (it was very local and it was cheaper). However, I want to go to a 4 year college.

But I have several concerns about it. For starters, I’m thinking of going away and staying in the dorms. The problem is there is no money for it, and financial aid didn’t cover all of the expenses of the University I wanted to attend. I could take out a loan, but I’m afraid of having to pay it all back. What if I don’t find a job after graduating college? I’ll be stuck with a loan that will be hard to pay back. I’ve heard of several of my friends who got their Bachelor’s and Masters and still can’t find employment.

Now, I could go to a local University, but they don’t have on-campus living around my area (go figure) and I’m trying to get out of my situation. So that brings me to option 2. The local college I went to didn’t even give out loans…

The biggest pro with going to college is I can choose a career to build upon, and it can be something of my choice, something that I enjoy. I realized I don’t really want to go into the profession I originally went to the 2 year college for. I can start over, and do something I love. Also, with a degree, it would be less of a struggle to find a job (as I don’t have much work experience), and get paid a decent salary to sustain myself.

Job

Now, this was my option 2. I could work full-time, save to move out (with the preparation of a credit report, as you can’t get anything without that), and live out on my own for the time being. I could re-enroll in a local college when on my own. The issue would be choosing hours in college while trying to work full time. This means no sleep, right? But I guess the sacrifice would be worth it at the end. My great-grandmother had to do it. So did many of my other friends and relatives. To add, some jobs give you benefits if you go back to school…and they even help you.

But also every person I know that worked and went to school had a harder time going back. Many of them dropped out of school. I don’t want to go to school just to drop right out. And let’s face it: School=respect.

I could just work very hard, and try my best to climb the ladder where I work. But that’s very hard to do. To add, I have insurance to pay on my car, and my cell phone bill to account for. I can’t rely on family to do that for me.

So it’s all very confusing. Advice is needed…my age…21 years.

What would be the best course of action guys? Any options on jobs that could be good for me in this case? Or any options on courses to study in college? Leave me a comment and let me know.

Anyone else going through the same thing? Leave a comment and share your experiences!

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Good-bye Whitney Houston, We Will Miss You

12 Feb

I never expected to pay this tribute any time soon. Yea, sure, she did drugs, but so do all of the celebrities. They are on all kinds of depression, anxiety, and energy pills. With the kind of work they do, and the extreme expectations that they have to live up to, it’s no wonder all of them aren’t dropping dead every day.

What’s sad is the best talent is always the most exposed, and therefore they always become the worst victims of the paprazzi, the fame, and the money.

when you’re so used to being on top, it’s hard when you fall rock bottom. For a while, it seemed Whitney got herself together and came back, but judging from the many negative reviews of Whitney’s last album (ya know, the one where everyone said “she lost her voice” and “It wasn’t much of a comeback” ? Yea that one). I’ve even heard that so many people were so disappointed with how her voice was now, that many walked out of her performances. With all of that, it’s no wonder the next thing we heard was she was dead.

Well, I’m going to make this brief. It’s very sad. :(

I’m going to play my two of favorite songs and videos by Whitney: 1) I’m Every Woman. The original song was sung by Chaka Khan. But I think Whitney slammed down on this song, and what was even more inspirational about the video is she was pregnant! It just goes to show the power of her voice and her amazing talent! I send all my prayers and respect to the family. 2) It’s Not Right, But it’s okay. I love her outfit in the video, and she’s amazing in this song.

 

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