GMO's

 We live in a world and an age where the sheer amount of food needed to provide the world with nutrition is so enormous, farmers have to look for other ideas. To reduce money on pesticides and kill the Colorado Beetle that preys on top of the potato, scientists constructed a genetically modified potato with a bacteria inserted into it that secretes a protein that kills the beetle. It had the same nutrition as a normal potato, so it was introduced to McDonalds. For years people ate it without realizing the difference until McDonalds decided to make an official announcement. And then all hell broke loose. There were lots of protests about "fiddling with nature" and stuff. A couple weeks ago, McDonalds made an official announcement that they weren't using these potatoes anymore.
So one of my biggest pet peeves is when people take a stand on something without knowing the facts. So I'm gonna make a pro and cons list to decide where I stand.
PROS-

• On some level, we have to understand that the scale of food production in our world is so heavy that there really is no other option than to look to alternatives like genetically modified crops.
• People have to understand that scientists are smarter than us. If they say it's safe, it's safe.
• Any day I would rather eat something that is genetically modified than something that is sprayed over with pesticides.
• The cost of food will drop like crazy.
• A lot of time, this can create an unimaginable advantage. For example, the FDA genetically modified a certain rice crop to grow in parts of Africa with an incorporation of Vitamin A. This went to feeding a lot of third world countries, and saving many people with vitamin A deficiencies which are hard to battle.

CONS-

• So I get why people were mad when they realized they didn't know what they were eating. We put so much time into preparing our food and money into buying it, we should know exactly what we're preparing and spending money on. The FDA should definitely look into creating some kind of branding for GMO food.
• There are always drawbacks to modified things. It's been shown that a certain modified corn consists of a gene that even causes cancer.

I really like following current events, not just the news, but also in science. Our world is so based on technology that it's important to understand what's going on!

Confessions of a Random

1. I'm afraid of ducks.
2. My guilty pleasure is 90210.
3. I think Goldfish taste disgusting.
4. I'm kind of OCD about stains on tables.
5. I like vanilla better than chocolate.
6. My favorite color is pink, no matter how much I denied it as a kid.
7. I hate fake flowers.
8. I love baby books. Green Eggs and Ham. Berenstain Bears. The Cat in the Hat. Peter Rabbit. Cinderella.
9. I don't understand art. If its pretty, I like it.
10. I'm obsessed with showers.
I just realized how much I do confessions. Running out of things to blog about lol.

Welcome to the New Age

1. The shooting at the Batman premiere
2. The shooting of Sikhs at the Wisconsin temple
3. Sandy Hook Elementary School
4. The Boston bomb blast
5. Divorces. Rapes. Suicides. Murders. Bullying. Pollution.
Where are we coming to?
Thirty years from now, where will we be?
This world is such a huge place filled with millions of cities and I hate to know that in each and every one of those cities are so many people filled with cruel intentions and hard hearts.
I hate to know that for every butterfly there's a rattlesnake and for every birthday present there's a time bomb, and for every thousands of dollars donated to feed children in Africa, there are also thousands of dollars spent in finding ways to increase violence, environmental issues and the death rate.
Welcome to the New Age.

Favorites

Ok so my friend Questa wrote about her favorites on her blog which reminded me of how much I enjoy making lists, so I think I'll do one too.
Thanks for the inspiration Questa!!!
Favorite Book- The Host by Stephanie Meyer.
Favorite Songs- It's a tie between Thrift Shop by Macklemore, Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, The Only Exception by Paramore, and She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5. Ok that's a lot of music.
Favorite item of clothing- boots boots boots boots boots BOOTS
Favorite subjects- Math and history
Favorite movies- Love and Basketball, Chakde India, and Inception
Favorite inspirational movie- Perks to Being a Wallflower
Favorite Quote- "Life sucks. Grow a pair and deal with it." This represents my new attitude in life. Life's not fair. Good people don't often get the good stuff dealt out to them. Just deal with it.
Favorite City- New York- "There's not a dream in the world that hasn't passed through New York City"
Favorite Season- Spring
Favorite Sport to play- It's a cross between biking and running.
Favorite Sport to watch- It's a cross between cricket and basketball. They screen March Madness in our lunch rooms every day.
Favorite Coffee- Vanilla Frappuccino
Favorite Colors- Peach, Apricot, Olive and Teal. Though I would never wear teal. I'm not a white girl. I look AWFUL in teal.
Favorite Cuisine- Indian. Duh.
Favorite Pastimes- Shopping, Biking, Listening to music and hanging out with my friends.
Favorite food- Frozen yogurt. (Even better than ice cream)
Favorite dog breed- German Shepard
Favorite wild animal- The tiger. Or the elephant. Do elephants count as wild animals? I mean they're not exactly predators. But who's ever kept an elephant as a pet?
So there you go! 
 

SUMMER

SUMMER.
Two syllables that encompass basically the best time of the year.
AND IT'S SO CLOSE.

Brampton Problems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzkJIwy1WU

So if you follow this link, you can watch a video that a girl in Canada made about her issues with Indian people "filling up her country".
As an Indian immigrant, this is an important issue to me. It's very close to my heart. I've had to deal with insults about curry, our food, our values, our culture or and all I want to say those effin racist pigs is.
LEARN SOME RESPECT YO.
Now most white people are not like this. 90% of my friends are white and they have never treated me any different. But there's always that one guy who thinks he's so cool who will call me one of these names-
1. terrorist- Now I have things to say about this. First of all, Indians are NOT terrorists. It's racist and wrong to group all brown people together. Second of all- who the hell gives you the right to go around calling anyone terrorist? I mean nobody goes around calling all Americans "pregnant, divorced McDonalds eating teenagers." You know why? Why we don't do that? Because it's offensive and rude. And if I EVER heard a brown person talk like that, I would get all up in their face. I'm not saying that we are an exception. But to call a brown person, any brown person, from any region, just proves your ignorance. And you know what happens to ignorant people? They end up alone. So have some respect for people!
2. brownie- Now I have no problem with anyone calling me brown. I never did. I mean, I call people white all the time, and there's nothing I hate more than double standards, so call me brown. Call me brown, brownie, brown bag, whatever. I have learnt to embrace my brownness. What I have an issue with is when people use that term offensively. For example, there's a kid in my World Studies class who trips me EVERY effin time I walk by him, and calls me a brownie. THIS ISN'T 1985. SHEESH. Martin Luther King. Rosa Parks. Nelson Mandela. HAVE YOU LEARNT NOTHING? And when I see that same kid being all patriotic and emotional at the Martin Luther King Assembly, all I want to say is that skin color issues don't just apply to African Americans.
3. prude- Ok so you know what? I am not planning to lose my virginity to my first boyfriend on prom night. I'm not planning to get drunk every Friday night and throw up in the bushes. I'm not planning to dress like a stripper. I'm not planning to get high before school and then burst into giggles in biology class. GIVE ME A BREAK. You don't have to agree with my beliefs but you sure as hell have to respect them just because I respect your decision to be a tramp ass hoe/ "independent, self-respecting woman".
I think what truly hurts is when people insult my culture or my heritage. In the video, this girl makes fun of turbans. Turbans are a sign of respect. People wear them as a dedication to their religion or as respect to a higher power. Rosaries. Burkas. Turbans. These are all parts of different cultures and the people who wear them, wear them for a reason. Learn to be sensitive and understand that.
Another thing that pisses the crap out of me is the idea that immigrants are "filling up your country".
MICROSOFT.
AMAZON.
And if you're racist than even - SEVEN ELEVEN.
None of these things, in fact no business would run without the thousands of brown people working hard and using their brains to serve a country that they look to for opportunities. So you know if we stop "filling up your country", there won't be no country.
I am SO proud to be Indian. I am proud to be from a country that gained its independence through non-violence, a country that is deeply rooted with culture and respect. And I'm proud to live in America- a county that prides itself for being tolerable to everything. So it truly breaks my heart when things like this happen.
It's the time when I truly feel like we may never belong.

Confessions

1. I can swallow pills without water.
2. I hate jeans. Like I truly hate them. I wear them all the time, but I hate them. I hate how they feel, how they look, and the effort they take. Shout out to yoga pants for making you look sexy and feel snoozy at the same time!
3. I'm terrified of crime shows like Castle or CSI. Like who wants to spend 45 minutes every day watching all the different ways to die?
4. I truly believe that one day Niall Horan will show up at my doorstep and ask me to marry him in his ADORABLE Irish accent. Like no joke.
5. I think Goldfish taste disgusting. Like I do not understand why anyone wants to eat what essentially tastes like cardboard and cheese.
6. It truly bothers me when people ask me to go to the bathroom with them. I'm sorry, are you Hermione Granger? Oh you're not! So we don't go to magic school and you're not gonna get attacked in the bathroom. Then what the hell? There are only 1440 minutes in a day and I sure as hell am NOT gonna spend 5 of them listening to you pee.
7. I hate snow. I truly hate it. Like honestly, a part of me wishes global warming would happen just so that I will never have to see flaky white stuff on the ground.
8.All reptiles freak me out. Like those people who have snakes for pets? WHY? WHY when you can have a puppy or a bunny or a horse would you have a snake?

Blonde Jokes

Actually, let's not call it a blonde joke.
That's offensive.
Let's call it a people joke.
A "people" orders a pizza and the clerk asks if he should cut it in six or twelve pieces.
The "people" responds "Six please. I could never eat twelve pieces."
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
I love corny jokes.