Cousins...

”Elliot... Elliot” “What?” “...hi”

-Beau, 2016

Until this Christmas, I hadn’t seen my cousins for two years. Considering that they are 8 years old and five years old, that’s a long time for them. In fact, I don’t even think Griffin, the younger one, remembered me. 

When I last saw them during the thanksgiving of 2016, they repeatedly annoyed me by being... well... toddlers. So I was expecting them to be the same when I visited them for Christmas, but instead, I found put that both of them had matured greatly in the two years I hadn’t seen them. In fact, after a few days, I had decided that I got along with them really well.

They seemed to know when and when not to visit me in the basement where I was staying. They also bickered only once, compared to the dozen when I had last seen them. Anyways, my point is, I like my cousins now, and enjoy their company.

Why Libertarianism Doesn’t Work

”I am Andrew Ryan, and Welcome to Rapture”

-Andrew Ryan

Recently, I finished the video game Bioshock which is set in and underwater city, in which society has collapsed. The story and setting were both cool and fun, but what interested me the most was the ideals in which this society was founded.

20000 Leagues under the sea

1. 30 minutes at one on Friday January 4th.

I read thirty pages in class, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to swim again.

2. 60 minutes on Monday January 7th at nine thirty.

I read sixty pages, and have been exposed to the wonderful vessel of captain Nemo.

3. 45 minutes in class on Tuesday January 8th at nine thirty AM

The more I have been introduced to the submarine world, the more I 

have liked this book, and I have a feeling Jules Vern is just warming up.

4. 30 minutes at home on Wednesday

I have come to actually enjoy the realism of the submarine.

5. 45 minutes in class on Thursday.

I Have decided I like the character of captain Nemo, his name and how much he hates solid land.

6. 30 minutes on Friday

I think I understand th entitle now, it puzzled me before, but now I understand.

7. 30 minutes on Saturday 

The crew of the nautilus have reached the Indian Ocean, I wonder if the characters I’m following will ever escape?

8. 30 minutes on Sunday 

Captain Nemo has let them stay on dry land, but he’s still hellbent on remaining in the sea.

8. Monday-45 minutes

The crew of the Nautilus Narrowly escaped a native islander attack, but they managed to escape by electrocuting the natives on the Nautilus and in the water around it. That was a fairly tense scene.

9. Tuesday-30 Minutes

Captain Nemo brought them past Sri-Lanka and to the Red Sea, where Jukes Vern somehow predicted THE SUEZ CANAL, but even so, the Nautilus only used an undersea passage to the Mediterranean. The whole undersea passageway made me squirm in my seat with satisfaction.

10. Wednesday, 30 Minutes

They traveled for the entirety of the mediteanean, and Ned Land and Consei ad well as Arronax tried to escape, but were instructed by a spontaneous dive. I sincerely hope they can escape.

11. Thursday. 30 Minutes

The Nautilus headed down South on the Atlantic and ended up at Antarctica. Their destination is the South Pole

12. Friday, 30 Minutes, They go under a massive ice sheet, and Captain Nemo ACTUALLY GOES ON LAND, as they travel towards the South Pole

13. Saturday.45 minutes

They reach the South Pole, but are trapped under an iceberg for a harrowing 10 pages, they narrowly escape in the tensest scene yet.

14. Sunday. 45 minutes

They depart towards Antarctica, and head to the North Atlantic, where the companions are about to once again, attempt an escape to “civilized countries” in this case it is the United States.

15. Monday 45 minutes

I finished the book, now I am ready to start the next book, that’s 50 points down. I will state my thoughts in a full essay, and not here.

20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Second Metacognition

“Come with me, and you’ll be, in a world of pure Imagination”

-Willy Wonka 

20000 Leagues metacognition

“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
― Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

I started “20000 Leagues under the Sea” By Jules Vern, in order to get to the 100 point goal the fastest, but I quickly got hooked by the book. Once this happened, I found myself regularly reading extra time, I found it really easy to just read 60 minutes instead of 30, and eventually I reached the halfway point. I did some math at the beginning of reading the book, and calculated that the diameter of the planet isn’t 20000 leagues, so I was going to call out Jules Vern for being scientifically inaccurate, but he quickly proved me wrong, he scientifically predicted how to run a submarine perfectly, explaining how the air locks and electricity worked, I think a submarine from the modern day actually might have been inspired by Jules Vern, that’s how actually he created the submarine. In the meantime, captain Nero wins the award for the most mysterious character. He’s filthy rich, hates the land, and owns a submarine in the 19th century. Not only this, but his name means nothing. I hope to learn more about captain Nero, his crew and the rest of the Nautilus, while I’m reading in class or my bedroom.

20000 Leagues under the sea

1. 30 minutes at one on Friday January 4th.

I read thirty pages in class, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to swim again.

2. 60 minutes on Monday January 7th at nine thirty.

I read sixty pages, and have been exposed to the wonderful vessel of captain Nemo.

3. 45 minutes in class on Tuesday January 8th at nine thirty AM

The more I have been introduced to the submarine world, the more I 

have liked this book, and I have a feeling Jules Vern is just warming up.

4. 30 minutes at home on Wednesday

I have come to actually enjoy the realism of the submarine.

5. 45 minutes in class on Thursday.

I Have decided I like the character of captain Nemo, his name and how much he hates solid land.

6. 30 minutes on Friday

I think I understand the title now, it puzzled me before, but now I understand, they travel 20000 Leagues under the sea.

7. 30 minutes on Saturday 

The crew of the nautilus have reached the Indian Ocean, I wonder if the characters I’m following will ever escape?

8. 30 minutes on Sunday 

Captain Nemo has let them stay on dry land, but he’s still hellbent on remaining in the sea.