I love Discovery Channel’s new show, “The Colony.” It really gets me thinking on how anyone could survive the end of the world. But then I got thinking: How would I survive?

Well, lets set up the scenario: I live within close proximity to O’Hare and Chicago. A prime target for attacks. Let s say every 1 out of 100,000 lived. That leaves somewhere between 28 to 40 people left in the chicagoland area.

Lets say I lived, and was at my house. The first thing I would do is get some food and a transport. A rugged car, like a truck or something, would be great to drive over debris and get around obstructions. I will gather essentials and start heading downtown. It would be a great place since everyone might converge there, and if rescue comes, I am near the lakefront. Then I will set up camp in a secluded area, or if any buildings were still standing, a 2 story building. Having a 2 story would make it easier to protect yourself because you only need to protect the ways to the 2nd story. From there I would just wait for help, or if help doesn’t come in about a month, I would move out west towards farmland where I could sustain myself for a long time.

If chicago got destroyed by a weak atom bomb, I would take shelter at O’hare. It would make a great spot for rescue, and I could make shelter in the Control tower, where most of the equipment probably have backup generators (in case the power goes out.)

Of course, I would probably find some other survivors or I will team up with a group or something. If that happens, I would probably just use my knoledge of whatever I learned from life to help the group. I hope we find a great place to stay near the lakefront.

But what if I need to stay in my area? The plan is simple: move to the nearest river (for a supply of water) and wait there.

How would you survive the end of the world?

–Brian

Oh school. That staple of society that makes sure that kids are ready for the real world as adults. Each class has a purpose: Math for…Math, Science for understanding of the world (But for some reason, on the ACT, its like, information processing. Whatever), History so we learn from our mistakes, Literature and Composition to further your understanding of your own language.

It’s so important. So why does it seem like no one sees it that way? I tend to completely blow of school because, well, that’s just my way of life (Not the best, not recommended, but hey, it’s mine) School can be so much more for anyone and everyone: A place to meet friends every day, have fun, play sports, or even ruin your life (But that’s so rare I think there are better odds of finding Bigfoot)

School, at the time of this post, is getting ready to start in my area. I got my schedule, School-issued ID, and all the information I need to go. I am really looking forward to it, since now I actually have something to do during the day. It’s amazing how when I was 5 I, like everyone else, completely despised school. But we learned how important it was from, well, school. The circle of (school) life? Who knows.

So lets have some fun.

–Brian

I always find it so interesting when I hear a song that I haven’t heard since I did this, and the memory of “this” comes flooding back.

Music for me is part enjoyment, part memory refresher. For instance, I constantly played Panic at the Disco many times at the beginning of the school year. I soon got bored of it, and I started to play something else. At the end of the school year, when I played the song again, I remembered all of the good, bad, or strange things that happened to me when I played that song.

I love going back to remember what I did when I heard this. Some songs even make me remember things from around 7 years ago. Nice.

But with my constantly expanding playlist, I sometimes never get back to my old music. I may never remember what I was doing while listening to Boston or such. But it may not be only music that can refresh my memory.

It’s just that music is so common, so music always brings me back

–Bri

I nivvah knowed hao stumbleded apon teh meme dat iz LOLCATZ, but I wont b foargettin dem anytyme soon. Deir funnyness adn kewtness juss mayks meh laf. I wish haded a cat. But I kant, since mai om adn mai competitor(s) iz allergic.

Az foar meh, I wish ta sitz in front uv teh TV whiel pettin a cat. But I kan ownlee doez dat at frenz territoriez. adn eet izn’ teh same thar wif deir puny TV’s.

I goted mai TV, laptop, adn territory theatah system awl foar free frum Panasonic thx ta teh Livin in HD program. I wuz sow happy teh dai teh peeps comed owt ta install eet awl, den teh dai wehn mai hooel famley wuz interviewd by peeps frum teh Livin in HD program. Whutz becom uv teh futaeg, I dunno.

uv cors, I wuz xtreemly luky. We werz wun owtta  20-30 or sow hoo wined. Nao we iz part uv a select few uv peeps.

I luvz awl uv teh stufs. eets graet. Nao if ownlee I’d a cat ta maeks eet awl perfick…

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My dad is quite a character. Of course he’s my dad, I cant say much against him. Except his bad memory.

I get yelled at a lot by him. He usually punishes me somehow. Lets say that I can’t use the computer untill I get my grades up. Common, Right? Now lets wait. About 10-15 minutes will do. I will go on the computer. My dad will come into the room, perform some task, and will walk out of said room without saying a word to me.

I learned this at a very young age. He would say "No TV tomarrow" and we would be sitting, watching together the very next day.

I do feel kinda guilty. I mean, aren’t I supposed to be learning a lesson here? If I dont get punished, will this teach me anything? Probably not.

Another thing I have picked up from my Dad is the ability to find loopholes. I feel like I am a Lawyer sometimes trying to figure out loopholes in my punishment.

He will say no video games. No problem. Ill jump on the computer and play Roblox. No TV? Same deal. Go play something else.

Go to your room? Bad idea when theres a DS and a laptop in the room.

Parent need to learn a lot before they give out punishments. Hire a laywer and get a contrat against your kids.

Everyone has their own habits. Wether is be stupid, funny, nessicary or un-nessicary, you have one. My “habit” is simple: Having a very dim light on in my room so I can see where I am going before I go to bed. Of course, I wouldnt dub it as a nightlight.

My younger brother bought the lamp for me as a birthday gift. The real use of the lamp was to jiggle around and look like jello. Or thats what the box said. When I opened it, the lamp simple just turned, to give the appearance it jiggled. But, a nice feature was that the lamp had a blue, dim light inside of it.

One night I needed a light to do something. I didnt want to wake my brother, so I turned the lamp on. After I had finished, I noticed how the light changed the ambiance of the room to a relaxing light blue. I left it on for awhile, then turned it off. I started to turn it on and off every night, untill we got into the habit of leaving it on all night.

3 years later, being constantly turned on every night and off every morning, and after a room change and a dresser change, the bulb finally blew.

That night I had realized how much I missed that lamp. I ran into multiple things, and my neighbors lights shined right into the room, and the flag outside their house kept on flying in the way. A contsant stream of on/off light.

By now I am sorta used to it, but I still fumble around the room at night.

(P.S; The rain stopped. Unfortunately, it took a serious toll on our area, and our High School Back lot is flooded, allowing no students to drive and all buses to drop off at the front.)

Living in Des Plaines isnt always nice. Yes, Des Plaines is a very nice city, and theres nothing really to argue against that. However, Des Plaines is notorious for flooding of the Des Plaines River. I dont live near the river personally, but I am affected all of the same. If it rains enough, my backyard turns into a pond, because we are at a low point. But its not only our backyard thats affected. The water usually ends up in 3 other neighbors backyards too.

My dad had just took the shed down, and today, with the rain, I noticed that the water actually streches all the way behind and under the shed. A thing which we never noticed when the shed was still there.

The rain will continue down for the next day or so. I dont think that this will be a repeat of the August 07 storms. Those were the worst. My High School had to be shut down that day.

Rain, rain, go away…..

Why is it that my school bus is so rowdy?

Everyone on the bus thinks its funny to pull the red handles and make the buzzer go off. They think its funny to chuck stuff around. They think its funny to scream really loud. Mostly, they think its funny to dis-respect the bus.

I just usually sit there and pretend nothing is going on. But on Fridays, when everyone is super-anxious to go home, its beyond belief.

Today was no exception. The bus was the first one here, so we had to walk to the front of the bus line to get to our bus. At first, not many people piled on, and I almost got a seat to myself. However, the attempt was futile and I ended up having a parter. Right when we pulled out, the back of the bus was so loud with people screaming and stuff that I knew the next half hour was going to be annoying.

It was. Pens and Paper balls were flying. Anyone who could of been hit did. Some people even decided to throw whole notebooks around. The bus stopped once, and he told the people in the back to stop screaming.

Too bad everyone was screaming and didnt hear him.

I got off the bus first at my stop. Luckily, the student behind me was caught throwing items, and got a dentention. He held anyone behind him too. I didnt.

The rain was nice today.

–Briguy