Stream+of+Consciousness

== Stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions. ==

__ Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea __  Because I was lacking inspiration, Mr. Gingrich gave me a topic to start on for my stream of consciousness this week: unicorns. Narwhals are rather like unicorns, aren’t they? Unicorns of the sea. I think that should be their name instead of narwhal. I mean really, who even comes up with the name “narwhal”? It’s not like it flows off the tongue nicely. Well, I suppose unicorn of the sea doesn’t either, but it’s still more fitting than narwhal. It’s such an ugly word. Another word that has always bothered me is moist. There are no good situations in which to use this word. There are, however, many fantastic opportunities to use the words sassafras, toboggan, and Armageddon! Armageddon is really fun to say in a Scottish accent; it sounds much cheerier that way. I think I’m part Scottish…no…I’m Irish…yeah, Irish. And British and German. And Native American. Why do people always assume that because I’m part Native American and my name is Cheyenne that I’m from that nation? Mohawk all the way, baby. Weren’t the Mohawk the ones to scalp people? That seems so violent. But I think they learned how to do it from the French or something like that. I remember learning that somewhere…eighth grade History, maybe? That sounds right. Mr. Marth was such a jolly fellow (that makes him sound like Santa…). Unless you got on his bad side, that is. If you got on his bad side I’m pretty sure you thought he was evil. I miss eighth grade. I miss Mrs. Wenger. I feel like second grade was the highlight of my educational career, though. Mrs. DeHaas is still one of my favourite teachers! In fact, I think I still have some sort of green M & M memorabilia to give to her…oops. Speaking of which, I got an email from Sheetz the other day letting me know that I get a free bag of M & M’s next time I go with my My Sheetz card! I also got an email from Sheetz last night about free Valentine’s Day candy. Blah. Valentine’s Day is the most pointless holiday. If you really love someone, you shouldn’t need a day designated to showing it, you should tell them and to sweet little things for them all the time. Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday designed to promote materialism and boost sales in grocery stores. Personally, I don’t want anything from anyone if they feel forced by society into giving it to me; that just seems wrong. People rely too much on material things to feel good about their lives. If you’re breathing, have full facilities, shelter, food, water, and someone that loves you (not to mention someone to love) you should be happy. What did I even start writing about? Narwhals? How do I go from narwhals to a rant about materialism? *facepalm*