What People Don't Understand

I'm a nature lover. I enjoy hiking and camping and one day I would enjoy living in the wilderness for one month to a couple years just for the experience. A man that I admire is Henry David Thoreau. I have recently gotten his book "Walden" from my public library and have started to read it. For those of you that do not know, Thoreau went into the wilderness for two years, two months, and two days. He lived there, on his own for that time just enjoying life.

I was on Yahoo Answer earlier just putting in different things and came across this-

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060724093800AA7UVUg

"I am a former longtime boyscout and outdoor enthusiast so survival would be a challenge but very possible. I have become very upset with the direction society has taken and would like to live in a remote undisturbed wilderness location for 1-3 years to search for the answers of life that I can not answer in such a jaded society. ~ Jett

I think this is a very good idea, as you already know. It should be an exciting experiment to go out for 1-3 years just living in the wilderness. I would enjoy doing something like that sometime. However, as I was reading through the answers I came across a few that I found interesting.

"Yes you can. i have been unemployed for the last 4 yrs at a university. Same difference. you will probalby find it very unpleasant out there. maybe you need to stay in contact with people. you need to find friends and get educated. there you will find the answers to life. when you come out of the wilderness in three years, you will probably find your self so different that you will run back in the for good. you won't live a long life due to no medical care. wouldn't you rather make money and visit the planet than be broke and live in the woods? i hope that you don't make any foolish decisions." ~ Careful

"I don't see why you would want to do that. I guess it would be legal as long as you aren't trespassing on private property." ~ Josh

"I would not totally live in tha wilderness maybe you could live in a camper or RV in tha woods but not completely." ~ brandy c

These three people are the ones with answers that I do not agree with. I'm going to respond to them, and then I'll respond to the answers that I enjoyed.

In response to Josh and Brandy C-

You two do not fully understand the minds of some people. There are those of us that actually enjoy experiencing life and living it to the extreme. There are those of us that would enjoy living in the wilderness with no modern day technologies just to see what it's like. Josh, you may not want to do something like that, and that's alright but some of us find it quite exciting. Brandy c, Why would we take a camper or RV along with us? Part of the experience is living without these "comforts" of life. A tent maybe, or even better, going out and making your own shelter. Why take along a vehicle when that's the type of stuff that we're trying to escape?

In response to Careful-

First I would like to address that second to last sentence you have right there. "wouldn't you rather make money and visit the plant than be broke and live in the woods?" That's a good question and I can't answer for Jett, but I can answer for what I think. Money isn't everything, in fact for people that know me, they can tell you that I wouldn't care if I had almost no money. Also, who says you can't visit the planet without money? Sure it would be hard to go overseas, but you don't need money in order to travel, you only need basic survival skills. I would love to live in the woods and not have to worry about money or any of the other things that society tells you that you need these days.
Living with no medical care? That's fine, the natives did it before we came to America. Plus there are plants out there that will actually clean your teeth and do other things to help take care of you, and it doesn't cost any money, it only requires a knowledge of wildlife and plants! Addressing your comment to a long life, how about living a short life but being happy?

Anyways, hope you people enjoyed this blog post, I may have gone a little crazy. :D

~MIGZARELLI~

U.S. soldiers burn copies of the koran! (good job!)

I don't know if you people heard about this, but some U.S. soldiers burnt copies of the koran because some muslims were using it to pass messages to each other. The muslims then got angry about this and killed at least six soldiers. Then to make matters worse Obama apologized to the muslims...where do his loyalties lie? Because he doesn't seem to care about his own troops at all, he even had the soldier arrested and they are now awaiting punishment. This is crazy! I think we should give those soldiers medals! They burnt messages that muslims put in their own "holy book", it was their fault not ours. Don't punish our soldiers, punish those crazy muslims! And would you look at this! Our soldiers, putting their lives on the line every day for us and securing our freedom can't burn the koran, but the muslims can burn and disrespect our flag?! I say, send in our military and kill those people! If they don't want their "holy books" to be disrespected then don't write in them in the first place! And don't burn our flags! And stop those terrorists that they support! Our soldiers should not be punished for what they did!

~MIGZARELLI~

Random Thoughts

I was sitting in my Science class the other day, being bored and I decided to start writing. Enjoy.

Success is not how much money or how many possessions a person has, but how happy they are. A man who has many possessions and lots of money could be a very unhappy man and yet a man who has little to nothing could be very happy. Sometimes when you're working hard, trying to make money and be "successful", you are just wasting your life and not enjoying life. He who is happy has had a much more successful life than he who is not happy. I say ignore the world's version of success and make your own. You don't need to have a really good paying job to travel the world, just travel.

~MIGZARELLI~

Friday Quote #3

This Friday's quote is by Barack Obama!

"America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

Is that so? I see a lot of muslims going around blowing themselves and other innocent people up...how is that the same for America? The muslims consider everyone else who isn't of their faith to be infidels and think they should all be wiped out, so much for tolerance and dignity. And speaking of dignity has anyone else noticed that their wives (and other females) are treated like they're inferior and don't have any rights?

Dignity (from dictionary.com): A sign or token of respect.

Well so much for that. Muslims make their women dress completely covered, push them around, DON'T treat them with respect, and have many wives. I think someone needs to rethink their ideas about America and Islam being the same!

~MIGZARELLI~

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber

Selena Gomez is one of my favorite artists and I was listening to her songs when this Youtube Video popped up as a suggestion. I clicked on it and watched it. You people are crazy and stupid! You saw Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber at the mall, so what? They're normal people, they do normal things, and they enjoy hanging out at malls and such places. That doesn't give you the right to follow them around, get in their way and ask them stupid questions that you want to know the answers to! In case you people didn't notice, THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU THERE! LET THEM ENJOY THEIR TIME TOGETHER!
I would hate being famous, I would probably end up hitting someone in a situation like that!

~MIGZARELLI~

Friday Quote #2

This Friday's quote is by Confucius.

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

What a quote! So simple, and straight to the point. How true this is, right? How many people choose a job and don't enjoy it? That just makes it harder for them to actually do the work set before them. On the other hand, someone who has a job they enjoy, it's barely anything for them. In my opinion a person should go for a job that they enjoy and will allow them to get by, instead of a job that they hate and make a lot of money with. It's even better when they have a job that they enjoy and make money with!

~MIGZARELLI~

Celebrities

Alright, I have a question for you. Why does everyone get all caught up in what celebrities are up to and the types of things that they enjoy and don't enjoy? I was scanning google news earlier for any interesting news and I noticed this article, Outrageous Celebrity Demands. What is wrong with these singers wanting certain foods when they're on tour? The article said that Selena Gomez enjoyed turkey sandwiches but didn't like wonder bread. What's wrong with that? And how is it outrageous? I don't like wonder bread. I prefer 8 grain bread when I make sandwiches, but nobody is going to get all crazy if I say that. So why do they think it's "outrageous" when someone famous wants it their way?
Adele also enjoy sandwiches but on hers she doesn't like, "Chili, vinegar, tomatoes or any form of citrus.." OH NO! SHE IS SO PICKY! guess what people, so am I! I like tomato, but not too much of it. and vinegar? I don't think so.
Finally in the end of the article they come out with Katy Perry's CRAZY demands. "Katy's tastes are a little weirder than her fellow pop stars. Along with a water cooler- plus a SIGG bottle for each of her crew members - the recent divorcee also demands freeze-dried strawberries." And we all know that wanting to have WATER of all things is completely OUTRAGEOUS, right? Why would she want a water cooler, when all she's doing is SINGING?! and strawberries?! really? hey people, LET THEM ENJOY THEIR FOOD! What's wrong with wanting the type of food, or drinks that you enjoy? I also love how they just HAD to point out that Katy Perry is divorced. I didn't even know that until I read this article, and guess what? I didn't need to know that! No matter what you people may think, she has a private life too! Stop following these people around just because they're famous. Don't tell us every little detail of their life! IT DOESN'T MATTER!

~MIGZARELLI~