A New Epidemic

Now that the new school year's started, my already exhausted mind and lack of creativity leave little to write about. The workload is hard enough. Add onto that the stress of being away from home, being at a new school and finding it very hard to fit in. Transitions like these are never easy.

As I walk from my last class to my empty room, as I awaken my dormant laptop, as I surf my way to Blogger, as I click on the familiar tab marked "Posting", my mind is itching to be read. The blank box springs before me and the cursor blinks condescendingly: "You don't have anything to write about, do you?" Most times the cursor is right; my feeble mind trudges away in embarrassment.

Not this time, cursor!

It has been a while, I know, but here I am again. It feels good to be back.

I spend a bit of my time on the internet and that might be an understatement. Yesterday I was looking at the Featured Videos on YouTube and clicked on one that caught my eye. It was about using algae as biofuel. It was one of many videos posted by GOODMagazine. Here's their description:

GOOD - a platform for people who want to do well by doing good. We engage and challenge the people, ideas and institutions driving change in the world.

I took some time to look through some of their other videos and found this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Q4vIm7YXg

Although it's highly far-fetched, it's a novel idea. If you skim through the string of comments that were posted on the video, though, you'll notice that most people say that this sort of thing already exists; it's called marijuana. The comments suggest that marijuana has the same effects on people that this virus would. They're probably right. Still, let it be clear: I am not advocating the use of drugs. But really, if something like this were to exist, the world would be a better place.

Excuse me while I head off to write about other corny subjects.