-9.81 m/s^2

GRAVITY: The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.
[Note that this is a definition from thefreedictionary.com, hardly a reliable source for academic purposes. Since this blog is not (yet, if ever) for academic use, this definition, given the context of my blog post, should suffice. :D]


Acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is also equivalent to 35.316 km/hr^2. Pretty fast, for a force that is universally and continuously present.
And that's why it's so hard to say, run up a hill. So much power is put into working to get up, and you don't even feel like you're covering any distance. :| Same with bikes, and since I ride a BMX, I only have one gear.
The same force makes air travel so difficult (and expensive), not to mention the amount of greenhouse gases and pollution commercial airplanes emit. Without Earth pulling us down, I could go to outer space! :D
Gravity makes it painful to fall down, it makes people heavier, and may make Physics a lot harder to understand. XD


It may be safe to say, then, that gravity is Enemy #1.
Think about it! Without gravity, there would be no limits! Without gravity, life wouldn't be so heavy.




Without gravity, we wouldn't be alive. Without gravity, the universe would be missing one of its fundamental forces, which I'm pretty sure will disrupt a lot of stuff. :P


Say we were to survive. Still, we would miss out on activities that are definitive of our human lives -- plane rides (the amazing feeling of being able to fly), bike rides, that awesome feeling you get on roller coasters and jump off stuff. Falling in love? Hahaha.




Gravity keeps people together. Gravity keeps us grounded.
Without gravity, we would simply float away into the unknown universe. It also keeps us together literally, if I'm not mistaken. Without gravity, nothing would be applying pressure to keep our bodies intact.
We would simply explode.


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Now what's with the sudden mention of gravity?
Answer: I suck at driving up hills. :|


Oh gravity, why can't we seem to keep it together?

Oh, intro!

DERP.

I just read my first blog entry, and mahn, it sounded SO weiird. @-)

As a proper start then, I believe I owe you an introduction. :D

So Hi. :) I'm Nikki, a.k.a. Galaxy Defender (Hahaha).

This is my blog, titled after a phrase in an awesome McFly song, Star Girl (whoo, although I'm not really sure what made me start using it :o). I like space, haha. :D

BUCHIE <3

My URL, buchinicole, is a name(?) that I've been using for around seven years now, and it's a combination of my current dog's name (Which was first the name of three of my stuffed animals. Really, how creative can kids get?), Buchie, and mine. It's pretty cool because it's always available as a username. Hahaha.

As you may have noticed by now, this blog is going to be full of random nonsense. :) It may be wise for you to stop reading now, as to avoid wasting several minutes of your life. :D


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Over the years, I've developed a certain style of... typing, which involves any or all of these to better convey my message. :P I just thought you should know (plus, I don't have anything else to write about):

1) I enumerate things.

2) I use parentheses to include random thoughts to sentences, or to add more information which may otherwise interfere with the sentence structure.

3) I also use / a lot (the explanation is too long).

4) I prefer to state something "in this way" than in-this-way. Hahaha.

5) Emoticons convey emotion is excellently. =))

6) I say "Haha."

That's all I can think of right now. :P

Okay, BYE. :D

Blog entry #1

Hi there stranger, and welcome to my newly born blog. :D Indeed, I am exponentially bored, especially when faced with the fact that I must endure this boredom for another 67 days (Oh the irony of life as I now long for the schoolwork and stress that I also begged to be taken away from me a month ago.). Hihi.

So here I am, trying my hardest to find some worthwhile way of spending my time. Blogging, wee.


(I wonder how long this will last. :P)

P.S. Cute-ass dog. :D ^