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The War in Iraq [27 Jul 2006|03:00am]
[ mood | awake ]
[ music | Letterbomb-Green Day ]

Heyyy peeps. It's early in the morning, so I thought I'd pester you lot with my views on the Iraq situation. And yeah, I'm American, so that's the "we" I refer to. First off, I'll state the various major opinions.



  1. It was a stupid idea to begin with and we should leave ASAP.

  2. It was a great idea and we should stay as long as necessary (perhaps forever).

  3. It was a decent idea, but went all screwy somewhere down the line. Let's cut our losses.

  4. We started this mess (or prodded it into existence) and we're obligated to stick it out.


I happen to support Opinion #4. Why you ask? Because of these reasons:



  1. We are the bigger, more powerful country in this equation. The adult, as it were. Therefore we're responsible for taking care of business.

  2. The civilian casualties are in most cases collateral damage from attacks on coalition forces.

  3. Iraq is not prepared to stand on it's own. The government is barely set up. It would be abandoning a child only just learning to walk.

  4. Why waste the time, effort, resources, and (most importantly) lives that were devoted to creating a democratic Iraq?

  5. We look bad enough as it is. We'll look a lot worse if we pull out and abandon Iraq to the insurgents.

  6. If we were to leave, the chances of insurgents taking over in Iraq are high. We hardly need to give the terrorists a foothold to operate from.


Some of the common arguments for leaving include:



  1. George Bush only started the war because he wanted revenge for his daddy, he wanted to make his corporate buddies richer, and/or oil.

  2. People are dying.

  3. We came to stop Saddam from using WMDs. Turned out, no WMDs and we caught Saddam. Mission complete.

  4. We're just wasting time and money hanging around.

  5. It was none of our business to begin with, we need to just stay away from the Middle East altogether.

  6. We'll never succeed, we might as well stop trying.


Of course there are others, but I'm not going to attempt to remember them all. Now, some of these are legitimate concerns that make sense. I'm not saying that they are absurd points that were quite obviously thought up by inebriated hamsters. I'm just saying that good though the arguments for withdrawal are, there are still reasons why we should stay.




Want to learn more about the entire situation? Try these links:


In other news, judging on the contest is going well. I'm starting to think I have insomnia. The looming school year is beginning to make me nervous. And now I'm being kicked off the computer by my irate father. Farewell!
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Story Teaser!! [20 Jul 2006|12:35am]
[ mood | geeky ]
[ music | Foundations of Stone-LOTR Two Towers Soundtrack ]

My, my. I have been neglecting this journal, haven't I? Hmmm. Oh well. Whatever. I'm going to post a one-shot/teaser thingamabob, and see if I should write it. I've had some feedback saying that I should, but whatever. In other news, I got a back-to-school notice in the mail today. How lovely. How exciting. Another year of boring school. Joy.

Enough of my whining though! Giving up my vampiric ways can hardly be that bad. Yeah, that's what they all say....*broods*. Whatever.

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Controlling People [31 May 2006|12:05am]
[ mood | cynical ]
[ music | Panic! At The Disco-Build God, Then We'll Talk ]

Today I re-watched a DVD on the Medici's and how they affected the Renaissance. Awesome DVD, really, very in-depth and dealt with all the major artists of the time (Michelangelo, Donatello, Botticelli, Da Vinci, etc.) and the politics of the era. And of course they dealt with Galileo, the poor, unfortunate man. I always get aggravated whenever I study the Renaissance because of how the Church treated Galileo and other scholars!! I despise people who place their desire for power above truth and reason (not to mention intelligence). It strikes me as a tad hypocritical for people who bought their way into the Church to strut around, attempting to control the way people think, all in the name of God. Humph. 

What bothers me more is that such attitudes are still around today. Politicians, people who call themselves "educators" (I have an issue with that, I might tell you about it sometime), parents, the media, it seems that everybody just has to attempt to control what and how people think. All for their own ends. Politicians who tell you, "Oh, yes, everything is fine and dandy, the fact that people all over the world are starving and dying doesn't matter, because if you think about that, I won't get reelected!!" The "educators" tell their students all manner of lies and stifle creativity, because the purpose of (American) schooling is no longer to teach children, but to mold them into automata to supply the work force with. Seriously, it's true. Parents aren't so much at fault, they just want to be able to get through their day without their kids misbehaving. The media is supporting whoever pays them the most. Everything is going down the drain because everyone is out for themselves. Who cares that children in third world countries are surviving on three dollars a day, the same price as a cup of fancy coffee at Starbucks (ick, coffee). It doesn't matter to them, because it's not affecting them. Meh, I'd better go calm down...

On the upside, I posted a short story/essay type thing on FictionPress.com, so if you want to go read it, you can. It's titled The Locked Door, and deals with human curiosity. Totally pointless, but I had fun writing it, so whatever. I'm going to go do something calming. Maybe listening to enough rock will make me feel better. Hmmm. Well, it's worth a try...

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A New Orleans Witch in Hogwarts [27 May 2006|07:42pm]
If you read Harry Potter fanfiction, you've probably experienced the problem of reading 356274289595 versions of the same story. Well, I daresay that you won't have that problem with my story. A New Orleans Witch in Hogwarts is my attempt to be as un-cliche as possible. 

Summary:
Sixteen year old Anna-Marie LaBeaux was happy living in New Orleans until her parents were transferred to England. Now she has to go to Hogwarts even though she has been homeschooled for years. She's bold and headstrong, which puts her on shaky ground with several volatile Slytherins. Can she survive her sixth year despite a Dueling Class, secrets, and friends in Slytherin (yes, that is a plural friends)? We'll see.

There are a total of six chapters up at the moment, with many more to come. Click Here to go to the first chapter, and please review or post a comment here. Thanks.
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The Journal of Annatari [27 May 2006|07:02pm]
Welcome to the journal of Annatari! As you may know, I am an amateur writer. I write for fun and entertainment, as well as to improve my skills and challenge my brain. My customary genres to write include fantasy, science fiction, fanfiction, and some suspense. I also write the occasional essay. I enjoy reading nearly everything, as long as it's well-written and interesting. If you want to check out my various works, I have a FictionPress.com account and a FanFiction.net account. The links are http://www.fictionpress.com/~annatari and http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1033037/ . Please let me know if you read my work and what you think of it. I truly appreciate feedback. Currently, the stories I am focusing on are A New Orleans Witch in Hogwarts and Perfect? I Wish... Feedback on both would be awesome.
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