I just fell in love with Tumblr.
http://loverwife.tumblr.com
Also, YouTube. I only have a couple (crappy) videos up. My editing software is an asshole. But Imma get another programme soon. I hope.
http://youtube.com/amyleona2
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
blog whoring.
my blog is private but if anyone is interested in reading it send an email to watermallow@yahoo.com
here's the deal
i'm not regulating this anymore, as you've probably seen.
it's not that i don't care, it's that i don't have the time, and i forget.
to all seven members of the collab: feel free to continue. if someone has something they want to write about, go ahead. the rest of us can write what we think about what they think xD.
if you have something you want people to know, write it here.
if anybody actually reads this stuff, you can go ahead and follow all of our individual blogs.
thanks.
it's not that i don't care, it's that i don't have the time, and i forget.
to all seven members of the collab: feel free to continue. if someone has something they want to write about, go ahead. the rest of us can write what we think about what they think xD.
if you have something you want people to know, write it here.
if anybody actually reads this stuff, you can go ahead and follow all of our individual blogs.
thanks.
Friends vs. Family
So this week's topic is to respond to that age old saying blood is thicker than water. For those of you who have never heard this phrase it basically means that family matters more than anything esle.
The second part of the question is about friends. Can friends be family? Most teenagers would argue yes; most adults would argue no.
All in all, is it really plausible that only those who share a gene pool with you would be there for you through everything?
Here's my take on it. Sure blood is thicker than water. But there is something more than "water" between my friends and me. We are not just swapping petty gossip and doing stupid/dangerous things together. I know that this is all my parents perceive. They think all my friends and I do is party and hang out. I don't know what kind of friends they had when they were my age, but that is not how it works with Glee Club.
I consider my friends my family. A couple of us were sitting around one night and we figured out how our relationship/group dynamic works. All of us are completely fucked up. Mentally at least. All of us are insecure, irrational, passionate, fragile, daring, unaccepted/unpopular, and unique. We all break the stereotypes of what we should be-what people think we should be. At first glance none of us have anything in common. The fact that we are could be friends makes no sense at all. They say birds of a feather flock together, but our backgrounds are worlds apart. We are complete opposites-gay, straight, black, white, extroverted, introverted, academic, slacker. The thing that holds us together is love. That sounds cliche, but it's true. Each one of us has a set of issues that we need to deal with. But we don't judge each other. And we don't say I told you so. We accept everyone, no matter how dysfunctional they may be. No matter how many issues they have. We listen and share. We open up. We just try to help each other through.
To me a key role of "family" is that they are always there for you no matter what. Maybe to adults it seems like teenagers can't do that. Can't be a shoulder to someone 24/7 without asking anything in return. But my friends and I manage to do it. We are there for each other no matter what. We can talk out our problems without fear of being judged. Without the fear that anyone will be disappointed in us. I think it helps that we are all going through the same things. We're all discovering ourselves and learning about the world together. We are leaving the ideas we were raised on behind.
The last thing I have to say is that my friends know everything about me. And I mean everything. They know all my secrets and all my faults. They have seen me at my worst when I am on the edge or when I'm having a break down, when I'm scared and unsure of where I'm going, and when I'm so upset I can't even speak I can only cry and gasp for air. Sure, my parents have seen me like this too. The difference is my friends help me. They understand. They know to hold me until it stops hurting-until I can breathe again. They take one look at my face and know what's up. Know if I need to talk about it or if I just need someone to hold me while I cry or if I need a quick distraction. My parents dismiss my distress as teenagerism. They can't even begin to understand. And they don't want to. So you can see where family falls short. Where age is a barrier that even blood can't break.
So this is my answer. Most sources say that a family is a group of persons of common ancestry. I say that a family is a group of people united by certain convictions; united by common stuggles and triumphs; and united by whispered secrets and shared stories. These are the bonds that blood cannot form; these are the bonds that blood cannot break.
I know there is strength in the differences between us and I know there is comfort where we overlap.
The second part of the question is about friends. Can friends be family? Most teenagers would argue yes; most adults would argue no.
All in all, is it really plausible that only those who share a gene pool with you would be there for you through everything?
Here's my take on it. Sure blood is thicker than water. But there is something more than "water" between my friends and me. We are not just swapping petty gossip and doing stupid/dangerous things together. I know that this is all my parents perceive. They think all my friends and I do is party and hang out. I don't know what kind of friends they had when they were my age, but that is not how it works with Glee Club.
I consider my friends my family. A couple of us were sitting around one night and we figured out how our relationship/group dynamic works. All of us are completely fucked up. Mentally at least. All of us are insecure, irrational, passionate, fragile, daring, unaccepted/unpopular, and unique. We all break the stereotypes of what we should be-what people think we should be. At first glance none of us have anything in common. The fact that we are could be friends makes no sense at all. They say birds of a feather flock together, but our backgrounds are worlds apart. We are complete opposites-gay, straight, black, white, extroverted, introverted, academic, slacker. The thing that holds us together is love. That sounds cliche, but it's true. Each one of us has a set of issues that we need to deal with. But we don't judge each other. And we don't say I told you so. We accept everyone, no matter how dysfunctional they may be. No matter how many issues they have. We listen and share. We open up. We just try to help each other through.
To me a key role of "family" is that they are always there for you no matter what. Maybe to adults it seems like teenagers can't do that. Can't be a shoulder to someone 24/7 without asking anything in return. But my friends and I manage to do it. We are there for each other no matter what. We can talk out our problems without fear of being judged. Without the fear that anyone will be disappointed in us. I think it helps that we are all going through the same things. We're all discovering ourselves and learning about the world together. We are leaving the ideas we were raised on behind.
The last thing I have to say is that my friends know everything about me. And I mean everything. They know all my secrets and all my faults. They have seen me at my worst when I am on the edge or when I'm having a break down, when I'm scared and unsure of where I'm going, and when I'm so upset I can't even speak I can only cry and gasp for air. Sure, my parents have seen me like this too. The difference is my friends help me. They understand. They know to hold me until it stops hurting-until I can breathe again. They take one look at my face and know what's up. Know if I need to talk about it or if I just need someone to hold me while I cry or if I need a quick distraction. My parents dismiss my distress as teenagerism. They can't even begin to understand. And they don't want to. So you can see where family falls short. Where age is a barrier that even blood can't break.
So this is my answer. Most sources say that a family is a group of persons of common ancestry. I say that a family is a group of people united by certain convictions; united by common stuggles and triumphs; and united by whispered secrets and shared stories. These are the bonds that blood cannot form; these are the bonds that blood cannot break.
I know there is strength in the differences between us and I know there is comfort where we overlap.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
cool, favorites
I like a lot of stuff, but this is what I can think of right now.
I'll add more later. and I'll make movies more specific. :d
video games: Counter-Strike, Bioshock, ROSE, Soulcalibur
games: Cranium, Apples to Apples, Taboo, Spoons, BS
foods: pepperoni pizza, chicken strips and cheese fries (and cheeseburgers) from Beef-a-Roo, Chili's molten chocolate cake (and their cheeseburgers and eggrolls), Tom and Jerry's hot dogs and cheese sticks, strawberry yogurt, cheerios, baked Lays (sour cream and onion), vanilla ice cream + Oreos, Doritos
drinks: strawberry banana smoothies, orange juice (no pulp :B), white cranberry juice, AriZona green tea, chocolate milk, root beer
tv shows: The Office, Glee, Futurama, South Park, Grey's Anatomy (my guilty pleasure)
movies: anything with zombies, explosions, or sexy men with guns
I'll add more later. and I'll make movies more specific. :d
video games: Counter-Strike, Bioshock, ROSE, Soulcalibur
games: Cranium, Apples to Apples, Taboo, Spoons, BS
foods: pepperoni pizza, chicken strips and cheese fries (and cheeseburgers) from Beef-a-Roo, Chili's molten chocolate cake (and their cheeseburgers and eggrolls), Tom and Jerry's hot dogs and cheese sticks, strawberry yogurt, cheerios, baked Lays (sour cream and onion), vanilla ice cream + Oreos, Doritos
drinks: strawberry banana smoothies, orange juice (no pulp :B), white cranberry juice, AriZona green tea, chocolate milk, root beer
tv shows: The Office, Glee, Futurama, South Park, Grey's Anatomy (my guilty pleasure)
movies: anything with zombies, explosions, or sexy men with guns
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I Think That It's Rant Week...
Originally I was going to rant about flaky people, but I won't.
Because guess what this week is?
Banned Books Week.
So I shall semi-rant about how ridiculous it is to ban words put on mushed up trees.
Semi-rant because I'm not in a ranting mood. More of a sleeping one.
I've never understood this completely. Because when a book is banned, it just gives the author and the book more attention.
Like The Da Vinci Code. Until fundamentalist Christians were all "Woah. Dude. This is blasphemous," not that many people knew about it. And those who did had probably read Angles and Demons, so they knew that Langdon didn't hate the Vatican, just some of the people in it.
I'm looking at my bookshelves right now.
Almost all of them have been banned of challenged.
Everything from The It Girl to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe*
The best books of all time have been banned, I think.
Like, The Awakening. And A Separate Peace**.
Also, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. Because it depressed readers. And, in Lebanon, as it positively portrayed Jews. :facepalm:
My favourite challenging has to be A Catcher in the Rye.
Let me tell you about this book.
I hate it.
And it's been banned and challenged since it came out. In 1951.
The same school boards keep trying to ban it. After nearly sixty years.
More information:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
Imma go lay down and watch vlogbrothers.
*WTF? Aslan=Jesus
**even though I totally hated A Separate Peace, it's apparently a classic. Whatever.
Because guess what this week is?
Banned Books Week.
So I shall semi-rant about how ridiculous it is to ban words put on mushed up trees.
Semi-rant because I'm not in a ranting mood. More of a sleeping one.
I've never understood this completely. Because when a book is banned, it just gives the author and the book more attention.
Like The Da Vinci Code. Until fundamentalist Christians were all "Woah. Dude. This is blasphemous," not that many people knew about it. And those who did had probably read Angles and Demons, so they knew that Langdon didn't hate the Vatican, just some of the people in it.
I'm looking at my bookshelves right now.
Almost all of them have been banned of challenged.
Everything from The It Girl to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe*
The best books of all time have been banned, I think.
Like, The Awakening. And A Separate Peace**.
Also, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. Because it depressed readers. And, in Lebanon, as it positively portrayed Jews. :facepalm:
My favourite challenging has to be A Catcher in the Rye.
Let me tell you about this book.
I hate it.
And it's been banned and challenged since it came out. In 1951.
The same school boards keep trying to ban it. After nearly sixty years.
More information:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
Imma go lay down and watch vlogbrothers.
*WTF? Aslan=Jesus
**even though I totally hated A Separate Peace, it's apparently a classic. Whatever.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Il m'aime. Il ne m'aime pas.
I'm combining favorites and rants. Sweet, huh? Here we go.
Movie: currently it's RHPS. not sure what my all time favorite is.
Musical: Hair
Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Quote: "Not everyone has a sob story. Even if they do it's no excuse."
Candy: Twix
Song: Human the Killers
Class: Art/Theatre. It's a tie.
Word: Shyster.
Color:Blue
Shape: squares
Past time: Hanging with my homies.
Place: House on the Rock. closely followed by Hippoland.
Food: Fried Rice.
website: MLIA
tv show: Bones, CSI
And now for the Rant:
This girl got expelled from my school. She's been threatening my friends since the beginning of time and has carried some of the threats out. Why? All because we are friends with her ex. Whether or not her ex deserved to be attacked is not the point. The point is the we, his female friends, never did anything to her ever. Why? Because none of us wanted to deal with her paranoia and various other issues. Some of my friends and I went in to our, for lack of a better word, principal. And we just told the truth. We did make anything up. We didn't have to-that's how bad she treated us. And I was just like, I'm not intimidated. Not for one second. But some of my friends are to the point where they can't even stand to be in the same room as her. This is a school we pay $14,000 to go here we should at least feel safe. She has yet to be punished. Every single time she gets off with a slap on the wrist or less. And it's not stopping her. And she's actually trying to pick fights with us.
Her friends don't see that she was a total bitch to us and we never did anything to her to deserve that.I've been avoiding her since freshman year just so I wouldn't get caught up in all her drama, and I still got bitched out by her for something I didn't even do. They're actually questioning Dr Lee's decision. Like he's just gonna be like oh my bad, threatening to kill people is no big deal. She can come back. They don't see this though. I can understand that. Everyone views their friends as innocent until proven guilty. But still. Get your facts right before you open your mouth.
Movie: currently it's RHPS. not sure what my all time favorite is.
Musical: Hair
Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Quote: "Not everyone has a sob story. Even if they do it's no excuse."
Candy: Twix
Song: Human the Killers
Class: Art/Theatre. It's a tie.
Word: Shyster.
Color:Blue
Shape: squares
Past time: Hanging with my homies.
Place: House on the Rock. closely followed by Hippoland.
Food: Fried Rice.
website: MLIA
tv show: Bones, CSI
And now for the Rant:
This girl got expelled from my school. She's been threatening my friends since the beginning of time and has carried some of the threats out. Why? All because we are friends with her ex. Whether or not her ex deserved to be attacked is not the point. The point is the we, his female friends, never did anything to her ever. Why? Because none of us wanted to deal with her paranoia and various other issues. Some of my friends and I went in to our, for lack of a better word, principal. And we just told the truth. We did make anything up. We didn't have to-that's how bad she treated us. And I was just like, I'm not intimidated. Not for one second. But some of my friends are to the point where they can't even stand to be in the same room as her. This is a school we pay $14,000 to go here we should at least feel safe. She has yet to be punished. Every single time she gets off with a slap on the wrist or less. And it's not stopping her. And she's actually trying to pick fights with us.
Her friends don't see that she was a total bitch to us and we never did anything to her to deserve that.I've been avoiding her since freshman year just so I wouldn't get caught up in all her drama, and I still got bitched out by her for something I didn't even do. They're actually questioning Dr Lee's decision. Like he's just gonna be like oh my bad, threatening to kill people is no big deal. She can come back. They don't see this though. I can understand that. Everyone views their friends as innocent until proven guilty. But still. Get your facts right before you open your mouth.
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