Funny Or True?

Why do they call it after dark when it's really after light? Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one? What if the Hokey Pokey REALLY is what it's all about? Who did let the dogs out? Why is there only 12 hours on a clock? How long is a piece of string? Why do they call it a pair of pants but only one bra? At a movie theater which arm rest is yours? Can animals commit suicide? Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs! Did London Bridge ever fall down? Is it possible to be allergic to water? Why do super heroes wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes? Why are women and men's shoe sizes different? What was the best thing BEFORE sliced bread? How do you make seven even? How many seconds are there in a day? Why do they call it a "Television Set" when there's only one? How fast do you need to cook for it to be considered "Fast Food"? Where does the "o" come from when we abbreviate "number"? Why do they imply the 'birds and the bee's' get up to something together? What can a deaf person use instead of an Alarm Clock? What does GOOGLE stand for? Would you like Fry's with that? Why are Softballs hard? Why aren't Blueberry's blue? Do Butterfly's make Butter? Does the Queen Bee have a King? Can you carry a Kangaroo on your back? Is a gold knife and fork still considered Silverware? Why isn't Chocolate considered a vegetable if it comes from Cocoa Beans?

My Future

For the longest time I used to think to myself that I was going to go to a University. I wanted to go somewhere like Harvard or Princeton. Now that I am a Junior I have to start looking at colleges that I would like to go to. Next year I am supposed to start applying to the colleges I like. The only problem is that this year I haven’t really looked at a lot of colleges. Now that this year is almost I don’t know that I want to be when I grow up and get out of high school. I keep saying that I’ll figure it out someday but that someday is coming up faster than I ever thought. I’m looking for colleges I like, but you can’t pick out a good college if you don’t know what you’re going to college become. I always wanted to do something new. Last year I wanted to design my own clothes. This year I am more interested in history and marketing and owning my own business. But what happens if I go to college and get a major in Business then I find out that I want to be a teacher? It is so confusing. I want to do something I am always going to love doing. And people are always changing. In 5 or 6 years what happens if I just don’t like my job anymore?

We Won!!!

I am so happy that we won! We get to stay! I fought so hard for this! I get to graduate here! I am so excited! This means that I don’t have to move! This means that a lot of people get to stay here! I am glad that I was here to experience this. Being here defending our school has taught me so much. I learned that it’s ok to stand up for what you believe in. it’s ok to be different. It’s ok to stand up and say “No! This shouldn’t be like this.” If this school had become a pre-k through 6^th grade school I would have been very upset. I don’t want to leave this school. I have been to 4 different high schools and this school is the first one that I have been really involved with. I am glad that I moved here. If not then I would still be a prissy brat. I have learned so much here. I have learned how to protest, how to own my own business, how to get around things, how to fight for what I want, and how to be me. The real me. This school means so much not only to me but to a lot of the students here. I knew a lot of middle schooler’s that didn’t want to have this place close down. They fought right by my side. They stood up and did what I thought I never could. I love this place. I love Mt. Tipton!

Our Messed Up World

Our world is so messed up! We have the most messed up government, law enforcement, and presidency! Our government is stupid because they shouldn’t be able to invade our privacy and tell us how to live in school, at work, and at home! Being a 16 year old girl I love my privacy and I intend to keep it. Our law enforcement is stupid because they are bias! No judge will ever admit it but they are very bias! A white boy kills his little sister and he gets 6 months in a federal prison with NO parole, and counseling. A white man that molested and raped his daughter for 6 years got 5 years in federal prison and 2 years of parole. A black man that stole money from a cash register and injured the clerk got 15 to life in federal prison with no chance of parole! How messed up is that! Then our presidency is just stupid all together. The president is supposed to be there for his country. Our president stated in a book that he wrote that if we were under attack and he had the choice to save us or join the other side he would join the other side and leave us defenseless. He would feed us to the dogs. Then his wife HATES America! She only does what she does to get publicity! She wants nothing to do with America. Isn’t it ironic that he husband is the president of America?

How

I hate stupid people. Not the ones who are blonde but the ones who are really stupid. I almost lost the one thing that matters the most to me this weekend. If he would have died I don't know what I would have done. I wouldn't be the same person if he died. Things would be so different. My life wouldn't be the same without him. What really hurts the most is that he was so close to not being mine anymore. I can handle a lot of things. I handled my dad getting put in jail. I handled my step dad being kicked out. I'm handling their divorce. I'm handling school. I handled being alone for 15 years. But if I lost him. I wouldn't be able to deal with something like that. After I found out about the crash, I cried. I hadn't heard from him and then hearing that he was in a really bad accident just broke my heart. Things will never be the same. The accident took part of me. No I wasn't in it and I'm sure that the ones who were in it are probably more affected then me. But did the driver even think about anyone that was in the car? Did she even think about her speed? Did she think about what she was doing? Does she understand how completely lucky they are? They could have died. Then what? Her parents go and apologize to everyone? That won't make it better. She could have hurt more people then she had. If anyone had died, she would be blamed for it. Losing someone you love is painful. I know for a fact how hurtful it is. When my great grandmamma died, it almost killed me. If I had to live without him...it would ruin me...I would become like those prissy girls who don't talk to you because they think that their so cool. I would be so prissy even they would come talk to me. My heart would be broken and no one could ever fill it. It will never be full without him. He pulled me out of the dark and got me to talk to people. He made me the person I am today. I love him and the last thing I want is to lose him. I just want him to be safe and happy.

Funny Thoughts

Do fish get thirsty? If everything you say is a lie, are you telling the truth, or lying? If we’re closer to death every day of our lives, is time really on our side? Why do some products state, “Not recommended for children over 12 years of age” - aren’t people over 12 years of age not children? Why is Greenland made of ice and Iceland made of green grass? Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected become the expected? How come wrong numbers are never busy? If all the nations in the world are in debt, who’s got all the money? Why do some directions for medicine read, “Only apply to infected area” - where else would you apply it? What color is a chameleon on a plaid shirt? Why is it when you transport something by car it’s called a shipment but when you transport by ship its called cargo? How come you never read about a psychic winning the lottery? Is it really necessary for the Postal Department to print the words, “Post Office will not deliver without postage” on your package?  Why do they call the airport a terminal if flying is supposed to be safe? Why is bra singular and panties plural? Why is the man who handles all your money is called a broker? Why isn’t the word, phonetic - spelled the way it sounds? Did Adam and Eve have navels? Does anyone ever vanish with a trace? Why are those “easy open” food packages never easy to open? How come when socks come out of the dryer, there’s only one of each? Why do gas stations advertise their prices with a 9/10 at the end - does that really help sell more gas? Why do restaurants offer appetizers - don’t you already have an appetite if you’re there? What happened to the other 56 varieties of Heinz 57 sauce? Why do some moist towelette packages come with instructions that read, “Open package and use” - what else would you do with them? Why do some people feel the need to say, “Know what I’m saying?” after everything they say? How did James Bond know if his martini was shaken and not stirred? Why do people who sing the loudest tend to be the ones who are the most off key? Why do shampoo instructions read, “Rinse and repeat” - do they think we missed our head the first time? If one person is a size 52 and the other is a size 2 can one size really fit all? 

Spring Break

Spring Break was pretty fun. I left for Bakersfield, California the Thursday we got out. It takes 6 1/2 hours to get from my house to Bakersfield. When I got there I really thought my mom was lying to me. I honestly didn't think that this was the place where I had once lived. I lived in Bakersfield from the time I was one until I was eleven. When I left it was so small. Now it is more like a mini L.A. It kind of scares me how much a small town can change in five years. Things are so busy there. Now that I actually got to see almost all of Bakersfield it really has changed. I ran into people I remember from kindergarten that would never do anything wrong because they were so innocent. My old friend just had a baby and she had always said that she wasn’t going to have sex until she was married. My cousin smokes and as a kid he used to say that he wouldn’t ever smoke and now he’s a chain smoker. A girl that I have known since she was born is now a slut. Things have changed so much over there. What is really funny is that growing up everyone thought that I would be all those things.