Somewhere

Today, walking along the beach and through the streets of this small beach town, countless people yelled C-A-T-S cats cats cats! Or "Go big blue!" And other popular UK cheers. While there were many UK fans cheering for us there also existed those who were obviously Kansas fans. With scowling looks and evil eyes we knew that wearing UK apparel was sure to draw a lot of attention to us. However, somewhere in this world there exists people that don't care. People who do not care about basketball or the NCAA or sports at all. Somewhere there exists people who don't care about who wins or loses , who becomes national champions or who are the national losers. To someone out there, all that does.matter is everything but basketball. Maybe its football or maybe its baseball or maybe its food and clean water. To someone out there the end result of this game won't matter and will never even know of this game at all. However, to those people that really do care. The lexingtonians and the Kansas people will remember this game. The winner will remebwr with rings and glory and the losers will always remember the could have been glories. To someone out.there....everything about this game matters. To someone out there it makes all the difference.

5 o'clock Somewhere

As I'm sitting in a beach bar that ironically is currently blasting Jimmy Buffet as the obnoxious New Yorkers next to me loudly purchase more beers, it came to me that truly somewhere in the world it is five o'clock. For some this means happy hour, for others school is getting out. For impoverished Africans who can't tell time it doesn't mean anything, but even though five oclock may mean different things to different people, the fact to focus on is that the world's differences go further than just cultures and borders- the time that people are living in is actually different. Our physical living conditions are completely different. So, due to this enjoy spring break, don't go too crazy, and always remember that it's five o'clock somewhere. Also by the way sorry I couldn't post this yesterday, the Internet at our house went out and also Palmer sorry I copied you, I promise I wrote this yesterday

A Blog among Blogs

Somewhere in the universe... I'm more motivated to write an interesting and super cool blog, and this blog is way cooler and more insightful than it is currently.

It's about 7 o' clock at night, a couple days before the blog is due, and gosh darn it I'm no procrastinator so I'm getting it done before time gets away from me. I probably spent a solid hour or two just planning such an immaculate blog. It's witty and interesting and definitely not made up on the fly right before it's due. In fact, this Coleton always does his work far before its due, and these blogs are no exception.

Somewhere in the universe, this blog has great insight and thoughts all about what it's like somewhere in the universe, and definitely isn't just two or three paragraphs leading the reader in circles until the word limit is met. Actually, it is an entire catalogue of what lies beyond the inferior grasp of the human race through satellite, etc. Such a blog would reveal the mysteries of life and the ever-expanding realm in which we live. It reminds us how small we really are in such a universe. Such a blog's beauty and colorful ideas truly brings a tear to my eye. Sadly, it is not this blog.

(Maybe next time?)

The God of All Bears

At this moment, somewhere in this universe… water bears rule the world.



Over 900 species inhabit elevations over of over 6,000 meters and depths 4,000 meters below sea level. Freeze them, boil them, expose them to radiation—after 200 years, they will still be alive. These microscopic animals, only 1 mm long, can tolerate such extreme temperatures and conditions that they can survive in the space vacuum. They can survive a decade without water, and continue to thrive even when exposed to nearly 5,700 grays of radiation (10-20 grays can easily kill a human). However, these creatures are not so extraterrestrial—in fact, they’re probably looming in your backyard right now, just meters from where you are sitting. And on Earth, water bears are virtually indestructible (while still managing to be kind of cute).

And even though this remarkable animal can be found just about anywhere, it remains largely unbeknownst to man; somehow avoiding our exploitation of nature. Why? Because such a microscopic creature is difficult to explain when it stretches our understanding and of the microscopic world and its natural limits.

the universe

Somewhere in the universe at this very time, stars are slowly burning up elements through fusion and eventually they will die. Around some of these stars, there will be planets with other life forms. However, they will not be like the ones on Earth and are less sophisticated than us. In the universe, new stuff is continually created and therefore we are possibly older than other planets. The other life forms living at this time are probably simple or long lasting, with no other motivation in life other than to live. I don't really know what's out there and I don't feel like there could be anything farfetched. After learning in physics about our universe, my imaginary possibilities have been replaced by science and logical thinking. I like to think about things on Earth and not what's out there. Our lives are short and something going on in the universe right now will most likely not affect me. The movies make it pretty dramatic but I feel better knowing that unless our sun explodes, life will be good.

Journey

Somewhere out there, in this god forsaken universe, there is a small town girl simply living her life and not expecting much, but hoping for more. She lives in a lonely world, surrounded by her fading aspirations; a world that she struggles to escape. One day, she decides to take a chance for a better life and takes the midnight train out of town-willing to go anywhere it should take her. There she meets a guy- a city boy from Southern Detroit that shares the same hopes and dreams that she does. They both know that they are meant to be together. They step off the train and spend the night drinking at a crappy karaoke bar. The place smells of box wine, smoke, and cheap perfume, echoing with the noise of what may just be the worst singing known to mankind. However, they only care about each other; the night goes on, and on, and on, and on.

Somewhere in the Vast, Infinite Universe

Somewhere in the universe, a pale blue dot exists. On the map of the universe, one mere pen mark the color of the sky lies, just a mere speckle on the confetti that is the universe. What is this dot, this little insignificant mark?

Earth.

We really take for granted how small our planet is in comparison to the galaxy. We let our insignificant problems loom over us as if the universe were collapsing in on itself, when really, we are no more than a crumb on the buffet table that is the universe.

Perspective is the key. If we let things get too out of hand, and we forget that every man has a purpose, we are merely fooling ourselves. Next time something seems to impossible to bear, think optimistically: I am just a small part. I'm just lucky to be a part of such a beautiful, intricate universe.

Somewhere Out There

First off, how can I write this blog without using "there" in the sense of a location, just a little idea; however I digress. Somewhere out there someone that actually believed that UK wasn't going to beat Louisville, they are still in disbelieve that UK won last night. From day one of Louisville's season they thought that they were going all the way, even with the horrible loses throughout the season. When the Big East tournament came around and they won; the person thought this is their year. They "breeze" through the tournament into the Final Four against UK. Obviously with the horrific lose to UK during the season, and even with UK the far and away leader for the tournament with a team that could compete with most NBA teams. When the game started this UL fan was thinking "This is gonna be amazing, we are gonna upset UK and win the NCAA championship!" Throughout the game with UK up, they were saying how UL was going to come back, Kuric is somehow going to make a shot and bring the team back. Obviously in the end UK won, as everyone in the universe expected, and this one fan who believed in Louisville is still shocked and he will never be right. UK > UL

It's 5 o' clock somewhere..

Right now, not only is there a Jimmy Buffett concert going on in New Orleans, but it is also literally 5 o clock somewhere else in the world. While I am sitting in a hotel room in Florida at 10:05, someone else is already enjoying the day that has yet to come. It's so weird to think that tomorrow, Monday, the NCAA championship will be on, but in Australia it would occur on Tuesday. It's crazy! The days on which world events occur are going to be remembered as being on different days than in other parts of the world.... Happy Spring Break!

somewhere in the universe

Somewhere in the universe...a girl is FINALLY on spring break. She has been working extra extra hard these past few weeks and is so happy to finally get away from it all. At this very second, she is sitting on her cute little twin bed in the house that her family rented for a week in Vero Beach, Florida. She is wondering why the heck she is writing this right now, as her mind is already very much on vacation. She just got back from a late dinner and a little drive around the town. She has had a day full of travel so she's quite tired in fact. Her friend Mary Francis is currently stalking people's spring break pics on Facebook, and both of them are listening to a very teeny-bop song from the new boy band One Direction. Earlier they had quite a scare when they walked into their room and low and behold a mini lizard was frozen in a chair awaiting their arrival. The first girl's father came and attempted to remove the creature peacefully, yet this act only ended in loss, as the poor little thing didn't survive. So yeah...somewhere in the universe the girl currently writing this blog is just very very happy to be in Florida. THE END.

Meta-Meta Blogging

Somewhere in the universe, teenagers are answering this prompt with one of two trite answers – firstly, that they’re writing this blog, or that the universe is expanding and nuclear fusion is occurring. It’s actually not hard to understand why this prompt is being answered this way at this time.

It’s very probable that this blog is being answered on Sunday, April 1^st, 2012, at around 9:00. This is because the blog’s due date is 12:00 AM on the 2^nd. Teenagers are usually procrastinators, so it is likely that as the time approaches 12:00 AM, the number of students working on or finished with the blog will increase, and the rate of students working on it will increase as time draws ever closer. Also, a notification sent via Facebook may prompt several teenagers that their blog is due. Therefore, it can be assumed that there is a student working on this very blog at 9:00 PM on the 1^st of April.

The bulk of these blog posts are about writing the blog post or the happenings of the cosmos for very obvious reasons. Most people are lazy, and don’t want to think about a creative way to address the prompt, so they either take it quite literally or try to circumvent the whole purpose of the prompt.

People are writing about the cosmos because many of the physics classes have had a recent unit on cosmology – they’re taking the word “universe”, connecting it to what they’ve learned about physics, and writing about nuclear fusion, the birth and death of stars, and all stages of matter in the universe. All of this stuff is probably happening all across the universe, trillions of times simultaneously, so whatever generic thing they write about speculatively is probably right somewhere. Hey, that’s the prompt, right? Somewhere, anywhere, in the whole universe, something is going on. Too bad the prompt didn’t include the infinitely many possible different multiverses, where anything can happen – from the laws of physics being completely different, to everything being absolutely the same, except for one infinitesimally small thing.

From personal experience, I’ve observed that many teenagers who are currently in the process of writing this blog assignment try to skimp out on the work by writing about whatever’s easiest, and adding unnecessary details that add to the word count, or rambling on for the same effect. (Hey, I never said that I didn’t do it! I’m just saying that people do that kind of stuff. For all I know, I could be doing it right now!) Smugly, they continue to write, stopping right at 150 or slightly higher to look like they’ve done something worthwhile.

There’s one thing that people tend to forget. Most of the time, in the universe, at this very moment, absolutely nothing is going on. Almost everything is empty space – all the matter in the universe essentially takes up absolutely nothing in terms of the actual space there is in the universe. Heck, most atoms are empty space.

That’s enough rambling for one blog post.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Somewhere in the universe right now is a pocket dimension that has sprung up in the most remote part of a nebula which reveals an alternate reality, one where the other me is currently living with women at his feet, and countries as his playgrounds. It is a place where Justins everywhere do not have to mop the floors only for other people to mess it up, where food is limitless, and everything good can happen.

Then, the pocket dimension's portal closes, and the thought of how much our lives suck comes up to all of us as we slave on throughout high school, waiting for our big break. On the other side of the portal, the alternate versions of us are merely laughing at our misery, as they have everything they need while we work for an uncertain future. But then here we are, on spring break, thinking all hope is not lost since the world might blow up at the end of the year, eliminating all pressure college puts on us.

Somewhere out there

Somewhere in the universe there is a planet just like earth except millions of years ahead of us. The problems we face today are a thing in the past for them. They've found a way to use water instead of petroleum, and they are constantly moving planets when the previous one reaches capacity. They've created ways of locating planets that can support live and moving. The engineering is second to none and they can build societies in the time it takes us to build a city. They, like us, are trying to locate various life forms out there. Even with their advanced technologies the universe is just too vast. It is only a matter of time before they stumble upon our tiny, insignificant planet and it will come at a time that we need it most. At a time when we will destroy ourselves unless something life changing occurs; whether they are the change we need or not only time will tell.

I wish I was somewhere else.

Somewhere in the universe, spring breakers are vacationing on the beach: enjoying the waves rolling up to the shore, laying in the warm sand, and reading their favorite book. They visit some relaxed coastal town where the possibilities of things to do are limitless. Those vacationers are swimming in the ocean, shopping along the boardwalk, building sandcastles, looking for sea shells, and relaxing until their heart is content. Oh how I wish I was at the beach! But in reality, somewhere in the universe, a girl sits at her laptop writing a blog post and pinning on Pinterest on a lazy Sunday afternoon with the windows open. She hears bird chirping and sees her cat pawing at the window. She wonders why the cat is so dumb and why he believes he can catch the bird through the window. Then she realizes that the cat is just like her. The cat is looking for an adventure beyond his current territory. She sits pinning beautiful locations to her “Places I’d Like to Go” pin board. Therefore, they are working toward the same goal, but the cat seems to be more productive. Unfortunately for both of them, they will be doing nothing exciting over the break (except watching some Wildcats eat some Jayhawks), but it’s always nice to imagine what other people are doing somewhere in the universe.

As if millions voices cried out in terror...

A man is sitting on his chair, laughing, patting himself on the back for such a job well done. He knows that earlier that day, he did a wonderful thing. He created hope, the very essence of it, as thousands of people clamored in ecstasy. They were brought back to their childhood, of the good ol' days when they didn't have a care in the world. Yet then, without so much as a trace of remorse, he utterly and completely destroyed it, leaving behind in his trail only an empty void, deprived of any sense of joy. Happy April Fools, so it goes.

It was a typical Saturday late night run on Cartoon Network. The ever so family oriented Boondocks was wrapping up, and people were calling it a night. As the typical late night commercials came on, people got up and were preparing to hit the hay. And if this was like the countless other Saturdays, this is where the story ends. Yet, on this very routine day, something came up that suddenly grabbed their attention. It was the familiar voice belonging to a very old friend.

They couldn't believe their ears, yet they still turned their heads around. They wanted so desperately for it to be true, that this wasn't a dream, that it was actually happening. What met them was, without a doubt, the real deal. Tom, in all his glory, calmly announced the schedule for Toonami, as if it was just last week that he had his last broadcast. Next Bleach. After that, Dragon Ball Z. And later, Gundam Wing.

Wait, what? Toonami? Toonami was canceled three years ago. Bleach was on every Saturday, and no one cared about it anyways. But Dragon Ball Z? And Gundam? Surely, this is but a mistake on the programmer's part? They had almost convinced themselves that. But still, they kept on watching, praying that on the off chance it was true. So they endured half a hour of Bleach, in which the characters fought for two minutes, then spent the rest of the show explaining what they just did.

The clock ticked closer to 12:30, as the moment of truth drew nearer. If Dragon Ball Z was indeed next, then their prayers have actually come true - Toonami is back. The next few moments seemed to almost be an eternity. Slowly, but surely, the screen cut to Gohan struggling against the powered-up Cell. There were applause, cries of joy, pleads for Adult Swim to have their babies. The religious thanked their respective Gods; the Atheists thanked Richard Dawkins. And so, they kept on watching, blissfully unaware of the circumstances.

After Gohan triumphed over Cell and saved the world, next was the story of everyone's favorite giant robots. However, they couldn't help but feel this lingering sensation deep down that something was amiss, that something was not quite right. As time went on, more and more people caught on. Those smiles were turned upside down as the truth dawned upon them. The date, right after hitting 12:00, had turned to 4/1, April Fool's Day. They realized they had been deceived, mislead, bamboozled even. Soon, despair overcame them. There was great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Curse you Adult Swim, curse you.

nothing

Somewhere in the universe, all is quiet. everything that scientists may have thought about aliens is wrong, we are the only life out there.
somewhere in the universe a rock floats by, breaking the complete immovableness of deep space, only a little bit though. the silence and stillness of deep space prevails.
somewhere in the universe, a storm rages on a planet, a perfect storm. one that is so destructive that on earth it would have ripped apart all of humanity in minutes, but its not on earth, and so the time passes.
somewhere in the universe, a black hole decides it is hungry, and eats things as they float by, sucking them in and they are never seen again.
somewhere in the universe, the earth is spinning, everything is quiet, and a boy is typing his blog post.
somewhere in the universe, everywhere in fact, time passes. slowly but surely it passes, and onward time keeps ticking while 11:59 draws nearer and nearer.