Sunday, April 05, 2009

Hey. I know I've just been writing a butload of junk lately. I promise I'll stick in a picture or video soon so this blog doesn't get too boring. But I was just at home cleaning my room and I found my high school graduation speech. Apparently it was good, but... well... let's just say it was high school and I had my reasons for doing certain things the way I did then. Hymph. Anyway here it is. Some stuff won't make any sense cuz they're inside jokes. I'll highlight those and explain them later if I feel like it, not that I was a big fan of them back then or something. Anyway it was a memorable speech so I'm sticking it in here. Oh and the theme was really cheesy: We may not have it altogether, but together we have it all. Lame huh? Ugh doesn't bring good memories. Oh well. I'm still happy with my life.


If we do not have it altogether, what’s the use of having it all? There’s no point in accumulating thousands upon thousands of irrelevant ideas, objects and experiences if there is no order.
As you might know, I work at the Orem Public Library. I’ve enjoyed learning from the detailed librarians and have noticed their strict attention to accuracy and perfection. They check every barcode twice, they examine each book carefully for damage and without fail, they snap at every patron who attempts to re-shelf any library item. Some may call it paranoia, but judging from experience, I believe their concerns are quite rational. The Orem Library, like most other libraries, truly has it all: books on religion, books on tape, books on hair style, even books about making chairs. It’s all there; but if it weren’t altogether and readily accessible to the public it would only be a damaged building housing a but-load of unorganized literature. That’s why just one out of place book at the library is a hazard to the community, a threat to life itself. One lost book means weeks and weeks of searching, losing valuable time that could be spent elsewhere. Not to mention the horrible mobs of people who beg for their books and scream furiously when The Mayor of Casterbridge cannot be found. To prevent these crisis, at the library we constantly strive to keep things in place, to keep things altogether.
Now my fellow bruins, we’ve gone through twelve years of public education. We’ve endured endless tests, assignments, teachers, and classes. Surely we’ve had it all. Like librarians we’ve trained ourselves to keep things in place and prioritize our activities. Do we not have it altogether?
On June 6, 1944, allies invaded Normandy France attempting to free it from its Nazi occupation. Months of hard work and organization were put into these attacks. Everything was to be carried out with precision and exactness. It was a brave undertaking. The original D-day was planed a day earlier in bad weather, but luckily General Dwight D. Eisenhower knew the importance of having it altogether. Thousands of healthy troops, tanks and planes were anxiously awaiting his orders. Eisenhower had it all, but he also knew that if he didn’t have it altogether it would make no difference. He delayed D-day one day in order to have a perfect execution of the invasion of occupied France. Because of his planning and having it altogether, D-day was the turning point of World War two.
Life can be compared to doing a puzzle: we can have every piece out of the box, ready for action, but a puzzle really isn’t a puzzle until it has all been put together. An unfinished puzzle is like a shoeless pariah, preventing the progression of society, piling up like excess sewage. Let us not leave all of the pieces of our lives lying around on a table. We already have all the pieces, why not have them altogether? There is really no logic in having a life full of un-finished goals. However, I don’t think this reasoning is applicable to us today. Look where we stand now, about to graduate from Mountain View High School. Something has obviously come together.
According to our theme, we MAY NOT have it altogether. I completely disagree. How could James Bond’s class of 007 not have it altogether? We’ve done it all. We’ve prepared and organized ourselves for the future. We DO have it altogether; therefore, we have it all.



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