My Handwriting Is Much Too Normal

Everybody always says that my handwriting is really good.  I smile, thank them, and look at theirs.  It's either like mine - maybe a little more slanted - or terrible, can't-even-read-it stuff.  I wish I had cool, interesting, scratchy, loopy handwriting.  It could be angular, or taller, or something.  It's just so blah right now.  I think that I might change my handwriting style again.

See!  There are some pretty neat styles in that picture, plus some pretty cool quotes.  Why don't ya have a look see?

Also, I'm sorry for the long delay in between posts and this very short post.  Just had a sudden burst of handwritey inspiration and had to get it out.  Also, if you're interested, one of my friends has started a blog: http://isshereallyworthit.blogspot.com/

I have to warn you that it is really angsty, sad, depressing, black, mispelled, and so on.  

Blueberries Are Good For the Soul

I'm running on around 7 to 10 hours of sleep over a two day period.  I'm not at the point of hilarious insight into the world, but more the point where I just want to sit and stare.  You sit, you stare, and you wait.  What are you waiting for?  The hilarious insight, what else!?   Agh, so tired.

Clever Terrorists are Just as Fun to Watch

So, September 11th is coming up.  Or 9/11, whatever you refer to it to.  Now, before I go on a potentially offending rant, let me get some things out it the open.  I don't hate people.  Terrorists are exciting.  I feel bad for those people that died in 9/11 and their loved ones.

WARNING!  POTENTIALLY OFFENDING RANT BEGINS HERE!


Once every year, on the anniversary of the falling of the Twin Towers, we 'come together' and feel pity for those who were left behind when some really clever terrorists killed a whole bunch of people.

Let's start on that fact.  These were some unusually clever terrorists that were still on the news.  Now, usually terrorists on the news are really stupid failures.  If you're really good, you're either not on the news at all.  That, or you're on the news because what you did was huge, successful, and very hard to ignore.  These particular terrorists fall into the second category of 'clever'.  So yes, this was huge, successful, and very hard to ignore.  In fact, nobody ignored it.

So we sent aid, counted up the numbers of our dead, and somebody actually counted the number of the people affected.  (How could you count the number of the still living people affected?  It's a chain reaction, 'we are one' and all that, it would be everyone.)  Granted, I don't know much about this.  Sorry, I'm a little bit of a hypocrite.  However, hypocrisy is nearly impossible to avoid.

So people mourned.  There were services.  There were speeches.  That year, maybe even the next.  We remembered the people who had died exactly one year later.  365 days.  Okay, take a deep breath.  Is everybody okay now?  We've had around 12 months to get through this, mull it over.

No.  They are not okay.

Still people are not okay.  Still people must be reminded what somebody else did ten years ago.  Whatever happened to forgive and forget?  Obviously whoever said that first was not an American.  We hold grudges.  Remember Bin Laden?  Now he lives in a pineapple under the sea.  Okay, now are we okay?  We got revenge, so that wipes out the 'forgive' part.  But no.  Killing someone responsible will not do.  We will never forget.  And they refer to themselves in the royal we!  Are we not to have individual opinions on this?  Never.

Think of it from the perspective of someone 'directly affected'.  Think of it from the point of view of one of the around 1,600 people they estimated had been affected.  How might it feel that one day a year when you're forced to remember what happened to your husband?  Your wife?  Your son, your daughter?  Aunt, uncle, brother-in-law, sister, lover?  That day must tear you apart every single year.

People will give you pitying glances the whole day, and every pair of eyes that laid upon you that day would weigh so heavily.  It would feel like they were inside your head.  Because that one day of the year, they are.  They know who and what you're thinking about.  Because they don't want you to forget the ones you loved, and they feel personally responsible for making you feel better.  But they aren't bad people, they just want to to the right thing.

Remember them every single day if you don't want to forget them.  Don't reserve one day of the year to remember the laughs, the kisses, the smiles, and all the good times.

Stupid 'Likes' on Facebook

It occurred to me today that there are a lot of stupid things to 'like' on Facebook.  So I will redo two of them right here on this very blog post.

Original:

5 things boys should know about girls.

1. when we look at your moth we want to you kiss us.

2. when we say we're fine, we're really not.

3. when we say we're cold we want you to hug us.

4. when we don't wear makeup it's because we trust you.

5. when we put our hands by our side we want you to hold it.

Fixed:
5 things boys should know about girls.
1. when we look at your mouth, it's because we have nothing to say and looking in your eyes would be awkward
2. when we say we're fine, sometimes we are
3. when we say we're cold we really are, do whatever the heck you want to remedy that
4. when we don't wear makeup it's because we were too lazy to put it on that morning
5. when we put our hands by our sides, don't mind that. That's how a normal person stands.


Original:
I'm the type of girl who can be so hurt but still look at you & smile. The type of girl who is willing to brighten your day even if i cant brighten my own. <3 <3


Fixed:
I'm the type of person who can be so hurt and look at you and refrain from ripping your limbs off.  The type of person who is willing to have you brighten my day instead of pretending that I'm awesome and wasting the last of my good energy on making you happy. </3 </3


Okay.  That was rant-esque.  Sorry about that, it just pissed me off.  Stupid people. *shakes head*


I finished Chapter 7 of 'Time Changes' today.  It's short (a little over 2,000 words) but I think it adds a lot to the story.  Toph and Zuko team up to get their respective crushes, instead of Toph and Iroh teaming up like all other Zutara stories.  I feel so original :D

Storms are Enthralling

When a storm is coming, but the rain is not yet falling, it's gorgeous outside.  I love it the sky thickly blanketed in those dark clouds.  I wonder how it feels to be up in that endless gray sky.  I bet you can't see anything, it must be wonderful to be so alone like that.  A huge expanse of space separating you from all other life.  It would be freeing and liberating.

And then, when the rain first starts dropping tentatively.  You can hear each drop that hits your roof.  The leaves are turned inside out or upside down, and flip back and forth.  But the best part of the rain is when it starts to pour.  The noise is deafening, and I imagine how the sky might feel.  It would be falling apart, literally melting from above.

Storms are just so gorgeous and exciting.  I love them.

Both of these are insane, and I want to be there and watch it happening.

A Post or a Status Update?

My blog titles are getting less and less original.  But there is a difference between a blog post and a status update.  A status update...well, it updates your 'friends' on what you're doing that very second.  A blog post is much more witty, thought out, and creative.  Also, instead of 'friends' you have followers, which is so much cooler.

Well, usually blog posts are supposed to be witty, thought out, and creative.  But lately, mine just aren't.  I can't stay on one topic for very long, and so I guess I need to actually plan out my posts.  I hate planning, but I'll do it, just to add coherency to these little paragraphs!

But right now I'm really tired, and I want to go to bed.