Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality bill

Hello,

It's Tuesday I have a very important biology test tomorrow, but I can't get myself to study. So, I've decided to procrastinate some more by writing a blog! Raise your glass to procrastination! Huzzah!

Today I want to discuss a very serious topic. You may have heard that in Uganda the government may be enforcing a Anti-homoxuality bill. I can not believe this might actually be happening. Even though Uganda is a less economically developed country, never would I have imagined that something like this would happen.
Not being allowed to marry is one thing, but an Anti-homosexuality bill is complete insanity.

Before I continue my rant on how awful it is, and why it's the most insane thing i've ever heard, I'll quickly explain what it is.
When enforced, this law will state that any homosexual who has been proven to be HIV-positive, are previous convicts or have been envolved in same-sex acts with under 18 year olds will be sentenced to death. Now, tell me, is that not the most insane thing you've ever heard?
A death penalty for homosexuals, this is complete madness! We (Enya, Hoba and I) are from a country where on the whole, homosexuals are accepted. Of course there are homophobics here, those people are to be found everywhere. But they have all the same rights here as straight couples do.
I am a straight female, but I believe in human rights and I think that it doesn't matter if you're gay, straight, bi, a mermaid or a marsian. Everyone is a human being and everyone should be treated equally.

And my biggest issue with anti-gay social/political/religious things are: If you don't like gays, don't hang out with them. You don't have to be gay yourself. Just don't get up in their business. They're not going to come looking for you, they mean you no harm. And if you do have a problem with people being gay, keep it to yourself. No one wants to hear it. It's a offensive and discriminating.
The argument i've heard a couple of times now is: "God didn't intend people to be gay." How do you know that? If you believe in God, that's fine. It's good to believe in something, whatever that may be. But if you strongly believe that everything is according to Gods will, then there would be no homosexuals. So your argument is invalid.

Like I said, being homophobic is one thing. But enforcing a death penalty is very, very extreme.
And yes, there are people who have sex with people who are underaged. This could either be by force or because that person is willing, either way it isn't any different than when a straight person does so.
Just because they are gay, which is clearly frowned upon in many countries, these people could be sentenced to death! And I know this country is less developed, but we live in the 21st century, even if you don't agree with homosexuality, for whatever reason, you have to agree that what may be about to happen is monstrous.

Anyway, you can sign petitions to stop this. Please do, it will only take a couple of seconds and you can save peoples lives!

http://www.allout.org/en/petition/uganda

So that was that. Thank you for reading, and I know this was a very serious topic but you know, sometimes you need to blow off some steam.

xx Eylinn

WE, WE SO EXCITED!

I apologize for quoting Rebecca Black's "Friday", but we truly are excited. At least I know I am. I'm pretty sure Hoba and Eylinn are as well and you should be excited too. I bet you know what I'm talking about... 

THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 PREMIERE! 

I must admit, I might have been a little skeptical back in '09 when I found out POTC4 had been announced by Johnny Depp himself as Captain Jack Sparrow at the D23 Disney Fan Expo. But as I was looking at the actual footage, on youtube, of Jack Sparrow telling us his wonderful news, I found myself feeling butterflies in my tummy like I did when I was twelve years old. Yes, I had a major crush on Captain Jack Sparrow when I was twelve, get over it. He's hot, okay.

I thought I had gotten over him, I really did. I had stopped daydreaming about me running into Johnny Depp and getting a (lead-)role offered by him. As we were getting to know each other to prepare for the movie, he would give me private guitar lessons as well as one of his very own guitars. I really wanted to learn to play guitar back then. 

I taught myself how to play guitar. Unfortunately, I never ran into Johnny.

So I thought I'd gotten over my crush for Captain Jack. But ever since I've seen the first trailer for the fourth installment of the Pirates-movies, the butterflies came back, one by one. For the past few weeks I've been too busy with school, testweeks, and then finally, being on vacation, to realise that we were getting really close the the premiere of POTC 4. As soon as I remembered POTC4 would premiere in May '11, which was yesterday, I called my homies to see when we would go see it. The date's set for next week's Thursday. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep until then.

What makes this week even awesomer is the release of the Lonely Island's second album "Turtleneck & Chain", including a song (+ awesome videoclip) called "Jack Sparrow". It is awesome, but they should have called it "Captain Jack Sparrow" though.

I laughed forever.

This amuses me way too much.......



xoxo Eylinn

ps. I realize it's Zac Efron AGAIN. But you gotta love this.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Awesome

I love to read and so do Eylinn and Hoba. My room is scattered with books and I carry a book with me where ever I go most of the times. I'm not sure though which one is my favorite. I love the Harry Potter-series. I even enjoy reading the Twilight-series. But only when I really miss my boyfriend, otherwise Bella's whining is too much. And, come on, who doesn't have a weak spot for sparkly vampires?


There's book called "Elsewhere". It's not very well-known, but it's awesome. It's about a teenaged girl, Liz, who dies in an accident and ends up in Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the place you go after you die, the afterlife, heaven. Elsewhere is just like Earth, only you get younger instead of ageing. When you turn zero, you are send back to Earth to reincarnate as a baby. She meets her grandmother there, who died when she was really young. She also meets her favorite rockstar, who's apparantly died of an overdose. Liz becomes obsessed with watching her family, friends and the guy who ran over her with his taxi cab through so-called "Observation Decks". She gets really depressed that she will never grow up, get her driver's license, fall in love, get married, etc. I won't tell you what happens in the end because YOU HAVE TO READ IT. Because it's awesome!


I also love the Princess Diaries-series by Meg Cabot. I basically love all books by Meg Cabot. And the The Luxe-series by Anna Godbersen. They are like the Gossip Girl books (also awesome) but then set in the late 19th century. I like bookseries more than just seperate books. I guess, because bookseries are just really thick books. And once I love a book or story, I don't want it to end.

I've read a book once and I remember I loved it. Too bad I don't remember what do book was called or who has written it. All I can remember is that it was about a girl, teenaged again (there's something awesome about teenaged girls), who's pregnant. For some reason, she ends up living with a lady whose husband just died. And guess what, they were trying to get pregnant. It doesn't sound all that interesting, but I la-la-loved reading it. So anyone who recognizes this storyline and knows the title of the book, please, please, please, contact me. I'd love to read that book again.

I'm always looking for new books. "Marked"  by Kristen and P.C. Cast has been laying on my bookshelf, waiting to be read. Too bad I have to read so many books for school... I hope you love the smell of books as much as I do. Then you must must must read Elsewhere (by Gabrielle Zevin). Oh, and while you're at it, you should really read the Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants-series as well. Because they are awesome as well.

My ray of sunlight

Let me introduce you to someone who often puts a smile on my face when I'm having an emo-day: Lord Voldemort. Not the actual Voldemort, but the Voldemort from twitter. I mean, I'm not saying that's not the real Voldemort, cos that would be awesome because then the whole Harry Potter-world would really exist. But then again, it would also be kind of sad, because it would mean that I'm not a witch. Unfortunatly I haven't received an invitation to Hogwarts back when I was eleven.
Anywhoodle, I was talking about Lord_Voldemort7. I'm not promoting him/her, I've never spoken to him/her, I'm just saying he/she is awesome. And I'm hoping she's a girl. She probably is because she knows everything about Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus and she's probably following oceanup.com as well. Or maybe it's the real Voldy. That would be funny, Voldemort reading oceanup.
So everyone, from the Netherlands to the U.S.A., go follow Lord_Voldemort7 because he'll brighten up your world.

http://twitter.com/#!/Lord_Voldemort7

xoxo,
Enya

P.S. Today was the first day I wore shorts to school this year. It was awesome.

Who cares about structure anyway?

Our original plan was that I would write on Mondays, Eylinn on Wednesdays and Hoba on Fridays. We followed that plan for about three days. Which is probably a record.
Our new plan is for all of us to write at least once a week. Sounds doable, right?

If you know where the above image is from, you are awesome. PERIOD.
That's all for now. Expect more this week though.

Xoxo Enya

PS

Follow my blog with bloglovin