Always A Person

People are terrible.

Which doesn't make much sense to me.

Because every individual person is a good,

and amazing individual.

But when you turn a person into people,

they turn terrible.

Which is why,

I am determined to always be a person,

and never a people.

Because I don't want to be terrible.

And I like to think for myself.

Surprising, huh?

How Not To Behave At A Funeral

• DO NOT try to turn the entire family against the widow/widower over the will.
• DO NOT rip pictures off of the funeral collages. NOT CLASSY.
• DO NOT sneak out to the truck after the ceremony to have a drink. :D
• DO NOT mention to the pastor that you didn't really know much about the guy except that he had a temper. They don't tend to like that.
• DO NOT get up to share a story, and then just start talking to one person in general. We're all terribly sad and in mourning, but we don't have the TIME!
• DO NOT give the widower's trailer park trashy daughter evil looks, and get caught.
• DO NOT restrict your family members to one hug.
• DO NOT share your opinions about anyone if you have only been in the family for less than one year. YOU HAVEN'T EARNED THE RIGHT TO VOICE THEM YET.
• DO NOT get up and dance to the songs the deceased has picked out. I've been informed that this is innapropriate. Take it up with my cousin.
• DO NOT take anybody seriously. They're hurt, they're going to act idiotically. Take it all with a grain of salt, and maybe a shot of liquor.

School Shootings

There was supposed to be a school shooting at my school today.

Guns.

Dead people.

At my school.

Don't get me wrong,

we've gone through lockdowns and rumors before,

but this was scarier.

I mean, of course there wasn't a shooting,

but alot of kids were freaked out.

It's really sad that our society

has gone so down hill,

that we can't even trust the people

we go to school with.

Our youth, our generation,

is the future.

But at the rate we're going now,

the future's going to be much,

much worse than the present.

Maybe our parents have screwed up
the world, but its our responsibility
to make it right again.

I say we give it a shot.

Take The Individuality Challenge

In Honor Of Lawrence King

On February 12 2008 a fifteen year old Lawrence King

was shot in the head in a computer class

because he was openly gay.

On March 18 2007 a 17 year old Catholic school girl

was brutally beaten and left blood stained on a bus

because she looked Chinese.

In 2006, there were at least 7,722 hate crimes committed.

A hate crime is basically a wrong commited against
somebody just because
they are different.

How many of you take pride in what makes you different?

It makes you unique.

It makes you who you are.


All people deserve respect.
All people.
Before you judge somebody to the point of
laying your hands on them,
think about how many faults you have.
Think about how you would
want to be treated if the tables were turned.


I'm challenging you,
to take pride in your differences,

and to admire other people for theirs.
Because if everybody was the same,
this world would be extremely boring.

Visual Misconception

Beauty does not bring you power, confidence, or happiness.
It's entirely the other way around.
How you carry yourself, and how you act makes you beautiful.
Confident, powerful, happy people are truly beautiful.
You're always going to see the people who make you the happieset,
as the most beautiful people in your life.
It has completely nothing to do with the way you look.
It's the way you make others feel.
If you want to know how beautiful you really are,
don't go to the mirror.
Go to the people you love.
They will give you a better reflection of yourself than a polished piece of glass.
I promise.

Our Bite Of The Apple

Drugs or overeating or alcohol or sex, it was all just another way to find peace. To escape what we know. Our education. Our bite of the apple.

CHUCK PALAHNIUK, Choke