Creationism conflict response

I think that the reporter took a very strange (at least to me) and ineffective approach in covering the story. I found it exceptionally hard to follow, as the majority of the story consisted of quotes and descriptions of what each person said and how they said it. The lede was just ridiculous and inappropriately flippant compared to the seriousness of the topic. "Big Tex" and "Tyrannosaurus Rex"? Really? At that point, I just wanted to stop reading. The writer could have also gotten the side people who were pro-creationism (if that was in there, I probably didn't notice due to the excessive ratchetness around it). The topic is pretty important, and Mark Wiggins just confused all of his readers, if he has any left after this article.

If I could wear one outfit for the rest of my life...

I would wear a strapless sweetheart dress, flats and a cardigan. This is my usual outfit anyway, and it's what I'm most comfortable wearing. I can wear it out, to school, to work, and I can just take off the cardigan for dressier occasions. It's literally perfect. I freaking love flats and strapless dresses so much, they make everything more fun. Pants are kind of constricting, so I don't like them that much. Skirts are kind annoying too because you always have to adjust them. I would be completely content with wearing my go-to outfit for the rest of my life.

Remembering 9/11

I'm really afraid of expressing my opinions about patriotism-related things because, in addition to me being extremely distrusting of the government, I'm not really from here, so I really don't know how to react when people get all gung-ho about America. And then there's 9/11. Should we remember it? Sure. We remember the Holocaust and pre-Civil War slavery all the time (i.e. 3/4 of all of my summer reading books ever). People died during 9/11, so I completely recognize that this is a deeply personal event for a lot of Americans.
But.
I have a little bit of suspicion that there was some kind of government involvement in the event. I mean, after that day, there was a face to the name of terrorism: Al Qaeda, and more specifically, Saddam Hussein. I don't mean to be all conspiracist-y and stuff, but there was some evidence that showed that some parts of the story didn't add up, like the hole in the Pentagon being too small for the plane they said crashed into, and the plane completely missing.
In a completely and unequivocally unbiased and probably extremely un-American way of thinking, wasn't the US bombing the Middle East too? I mean, they're pretty much terrorizing those people too. At the very least, it gave Al Qaeda another motive for committing that act.
So yes, we have to remember 9/11, I mean we're forced to, anyway, so we might as well think about why we remember it. To commemorate the people who died? Well yes, but people died from Hurricane Katrina, and we don't have a huge TV specials to remember that (there are some, but it's not as prevalent as 9/11). So what is it? Personally, I think it's to keep the fear of terrorism alive. Why? To make the government look good? To prepare us for some sort of bigger plan in the future? I don't know. I've definitely noticed people's diminishing emotional investment in remembering 9/11 over the years, but at the same time, there's an omnipresent atmosphere of "you better feel super patriotic on 9/11 or else you suck as an American," so no one dares says anything against it (this is why I usually stay quiet). What I can say is, 9/11 is definitely one of the main defining factors of American identity.

Who would sing my life ballad?

Adam Levine would sing my life story and express my infinite splendor in a detailed, lyrical fashion. He would then end the ballad with a touching marriage proposal in which he would go on about his burning, unending love for me. I would feign shock and then reluctantly accept his hand in marriage so that we live happily ever after and he can prove his love to me through music until the end of time. The end.

What is the most interesting thing in the news currently?

Honestly? I don't mean to sound like an ignorant consumer, but I don't think that a political rant would be very fun right now. In light of superhero day, let me just put this out into the universe: Ben Affleck CANNOT be Batman. I SHAN'T ALLOW IT. *Sigh* I can't even imagine what compelled the directors to pick Ben Affleck over Christian Bale. Christian Bale is like, half of the reason I am obsessed with Batman. This just really upsets me. Ben Affleck wishes he could pull off a toenail's amount of Christian Bale's swag. This is really annoying. I make a better Batman than Ben Affleck. My costume is awesome. I'm going to be crying on the inside when Man of Steel 2 comes out and Christian Bale's beautiful face doesn't grace the screen.

MY DREAM HOMECOMING DATE

OK. Let me just take a moment right now to appreciate the absolute perfection and magnificence of this one human being... Dave. Franco.

OH. MY. GOODNESS. I can't even begin to fathom how such a perfect male specimen can exist in the world. I would consider the entire human race to be blessed by his mere presence. 

He is just so beautiful and adorable and so perfect... I can't. 

So yes, Dave Franco would be my dream homecoming date, prom date, banquet date and just my dream lifelong partner. He can just be in the same room as me and with that one moment, I'd be set for life. 

Actually yesterday my Instagram post for #mancrushmonday was a collage of three pictures of Dave with my face photoshopped over the head of whichever girl was standing next to him. It was pretty hilarious. 

As for my realistic homecoming experience, I did get asked, but my friends and I are going to Six Flags instead because we can.