I'm A Fangirl, I know.

   Fangirl. (n) An obssessive female fan, especially technological or from popular culture.

      (Thanks, dictionary.com)

   Well, for me, this definition is a little off, mainly the part about the 'technological or from popular culture'. I'm not the type to fangirl over nominal things, like boy bands or teen pop idols. I fangirl over more....sophisticated things.

   I'll just dive right in and explain.

   I fangirl over John F. Kennedy.

   At the mere mention of the name 'Kennedy', I get sent into automatic freak-out mode. I get so excited, and I go off, recounting the issues he faced during his presidency, problems with his marriage, his family, his morals, and his assassination. From him, I tell stories about his brother, his father, his mother, and their children. Sometimes, I'm even brought to tears by just the sheer magnitude of information I spout off about. People actually get really scared, or rather annoyed; all they have to do is say something slightly related to JFK, and I will turn into a history book.

   I also fangirl over Lincoln, but not as hard as I do with the Kennedys.

   Hmmm..who else....

   Being an aspiring actress, I obviously tend to fangirl over actors. Like Liam Neeson. I love Liam. He's so British, and is extremely talented at what he does. The other one tends to be Leonardo DiCaprio, and NOT because of his looks or anything. He's actually a very talented actor (go watch his movie 'J. Edgar'; he was phenomenal in that [he also relates to JFK in a distant way, so the mere mention of the CIA sends me into fangirl-mode]). More recent actors I've begin to fangirl over include Hugh Jackman (the guy who plays Wolverine) and Chris Hemsworth (the guy who plays Thor). [I've recently taken a liking to Marvel superheroes; Robert Downey Jr. is TO DIE FORR (But that excludes the Captain America guy; he just doesn't really do it for me)].
   And of course I would only fangirl over male actors....I mean, there are female actresses that I like, but none of them are worthy of my fangirl-freakouts. (:
   I can also fangirl over particular subjects. For instance, I am very fascinated with the WWII era, so anything that relates to that topic sends me into a trance where I tell everything about anything dealing with it. I also really like the Roaring Twenties era; not as much as I do WWII, but I will kind of rant a little bit about that topic. What I could probably fangirl the most over is current events/politics. Especially if I've conducted my own outside research on the subject. That's how you know that something is really fangirl-worthy to me.
   The funniest thing is that all of these things that I "fangirl" over will automatically bring me to tears when I start talking about. I've been in full-fledge debates and my eyes will immediantly become a self-controlled sprinkler. And it's not because I'm sad; it's just that the excitement that I feel over these people/topics is just so strong that it actually emotionally moves me.
   Anyways. That's just a tad bit more about me. I there anything that you guys fangirl over? (Or fanboy, because that does actually exist) Let me know!
   Hope you've enjoyed reading!!(:

Ground Zero Controversy--2010

   Soo I was going through my archives of writing excerpts and I found this miniature essay-thing (or whatever you'd like to call it). It is dated for 13 August 2010. It's fairly informal, and is full of my opinions. Hope you enjoy it!!


   So I'm sure that we've all heard about the recent controversy over Ground Zero. That is, if you listen to the news. And since I know that there are a lot of you who spend your days watching shows like 'Jersey Shore' and 'Teen Mom', I guess I'm gonna have to explain it to you, since you're completely oblivious to anything happening outside your living rooms.
   Recently, land 2blocks away from the memorable Ground Zero site was purchased, And apparently, because it is being purchased to be the new site of a Muslim mosque, all hell has broken lose in America.
   Now, people are protesting against this, saying that it is an insult for Muslim people to be trying to buy land so close to the 2001 bombing site.
   So you've heard the facts. Now here's the fun part: where I get to state my opinion and position on this matter, and maybe throw in a few insults here and there.
   What I want to address first is that the only reason people have a problem with this whole thing is specifically because the land is being purchased by Muslim people. What are we, "the land of the free", or freakin' Germany of the 1930s, where we tell people of a certain religion that they're not allowed to purchase land somewhere on American soil?!?!
   I have a HUGE problem with the way the AMerican public is going about this. They're acting as if the actual people who bombed the US are trying to build an anti-America store on the land. You know, I heard one of the 9/11 widows say that they didn't want any "terror" or "fear" near the site and just wanted "peace". Are you freakin' kidding me?! They're building a freakin' mosque, for goodness sake!! How is that in any way supposed to invoke fear?!?!Just because it's not a Christian church?? They pray too!! Yeah, they're gonna be praying!! How much more peaceful can you get than praying?!?!
   *Sigh* I'm sorry. But that widow just kinda ticked me off with that statement. And another thing: I mean, yeah, they're Muslim, but more than one country in the world has people that practice that religion. I mean, there are Muslims in the continent of Africa (and no, just because I'm from Africa doesn't mean I'm Muslim. I'm actually Christian, but that's another speech). Just because they're Muslim doesn't necessarily automatically connect the purchasers of the land to the 9/11 terrorists; they could be from two completely different countries.
   Now, some women on the news were saying how the site is supposed to be a preserved area. Let me just mention again that the and is 2 blocks away from Ground Zero, and if it was supposed to be part of the preserved area, it would have been dubbed under the name 'Ground Zero' as well.
   Anyway, if you believe so strongly in that land being preserved, you should've went and bought it and preserved it yourself. But let me guess: you don't have the financial means, right? And the people who had the money just happened to be Muslim, and they invested in it. (Which technically means that they are financially higher than you, and I would think that I could infer that they are smarter than you, too, because they probably strategically invested in some other things leading to their wealth. Yeah, I said it.)
   Also, rather than targeting the buyers of the land, why don't you go chastise the former owner/seller of the land? He was completely away of the location of the land and who he was selling it to. If he thought that it should be preserved, he wouldn't have put the land on the market. He obviously wasn't doing anything with it, and when people approached him who not only has something they wanted to do with the land, but had the money to back it up too, he jumped at the opportunity. And he probably knew the buyers' intentions of what to do with the land and either a) had no problem with it, or b) had a problem with it, but said nothing and gave into the sale, because he was about to get paid. So those of you who disagree with this, why don't you target the source of this controversy (the owner/seller) and interrogate him about his decision to sell the land.
   But, of course, at the end of the day, that's just my opinion, and we all have different opinions and the right to speak our opinions as we wish. And I just took full advantage of that right (thank you, Founding Fathers!!) So I hope that I gave those of you who know of this matter some reasonably intake from a different perspective, and that I educated those of you who weren't aware of this on something other than fist-pumping or being '16 & Pregnant'.