We Sell For More Every Day! Uh, I Mean...

So I was at Walmart with a couple of my friends one Wednesday night, and a sign near the front doors of the store happened to catch my eye. At first, the price didn't really matter to me. Until I glanced down and realized what the product was...

Since when does pop cost $97?! And it's not even the good stuff either... Somebody messed up when they were changing the signs! I almost wanted to go up to an employee and say something, but then that would ruin the fun for other people, wouldn't it? :)

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I Was Wrong...

My previous post about the co-president elections at school was actually written before the assembly where the candidates stood up and gave their speeches about how they would like to make this school a better place. And to be honest, I completely changed my point of view. Although my previous post was very true for other years, this year appeared to be different. Every single one of the candidates seemed to genuinely care about becoming co-prez so that they could do their best to better the school. They all presented entertaining speeches that seemed to address the concerns that most students actually care about. I mean, let's be honest... 99.9% of us DON'T care about the composting in the school! And before I have the entire environment club coming down on my head, I'll clarify that it's not because we don't care about the environment. It's just not one of our top priorities. We're teenagers, which means that we generally only think about ourselves. So really, the most important issues are the ones that are going to affect us directly. And I really think the candidates this year realized that and addressed all those issues.
So in summary, I apologize for my popularity rant on my previous post. I was wrong! Although my opinion still stands for previous co-prez candidates...

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We Live in a Political World... Everything is Hers and His

I thought I would continue the theme of lyrics as the blog post title... Those ones are from Political World by Bob Dylan.
The elections for co-prez at WO have always been and always will be a popularity contest. While it's always a lot of fun to watch the candidates put their all into vying for your precious vote, 9 times out of 10 they honestly don't care what your opinion is. Don't get me wrong, there's always the one or two candidates who genuinely do care about making the school a better place. But the other ones are generally only interested in the whole popularity aspect of it. Honestly, I'm not beating anyone up in this post. I like every single one of the contestants this year, I think they would all do a great job and they're all great people; however, even if they don't realize it, they're doing it to get attention. That shouldn't surprise you though, isn't that what politics is all about? ;) The majority of the people who run for co-prez aren't interested in actually doing the work that comes along with the co-prez responsibilities. Sure, being front and centre in the school assemblies might be fun. But that's exactly it. Most of them really just like the attention that accompanies the co-prez elections. I mean, who wouldn't want to have the most votes out of all the candidates? It means that people like you. And who doesn't want to be well liked these days?

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Courtney Mercedes (Yes, Like The Car) Hart

This is Courtney Mercedes Hart. Best friend since grade 9. Make-up artist extraordinaire. Dance fanatic. Also a natural blonde, I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this ;) Overall, I love this girl! From the first moment when I said I liked her Cars pencil case and she complimented me on my necklace, we were the best of friends. Of course it wasn't always perfect... We've had the occasional fight and falling out but we always manage to reconnect and become friends again. I can tell her everything and she never judges me. She always laughs at my cheesy jokes, and I always laugh at her's. It's a little understanding that we have :)

Although she's one of the most beautiful girls I have ever met, she never seems to think so. She's gorgeous, inside and out. She has a love for life that shines right through her eyes. She tries not to be bothered by what people think. She's been through so much in her life, but she still manages to keep going. I've always looked up to her because of that.

To show my love for this amazing friend, I decided to write this blog post for her! I know that if you ever met this girl you would love her just as much as I do!

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Feud Between Families

I would bet an arm and a leg that the majority of you have at least heard of the popular TV game show, Family Feud. Personally, I love it. I can't get enough of it! I'm not actually able to watch it at home, but every time I'm at my friend Emily's house it's on. They're as bad as I am for it! It's just so entertaining to watch, especially when some of the questions should be so incredibly obvious, but the families still manage to screw it up a lot of the time. It actually gets me fired up sometimes! Seriously, they miss the most obvious answers to the most obvious questions. It just makes me want to give them a good shake.
There's also an 'app' on Facebook where you can play Family Feud. You can even play Fast Money, where you guess the answer to several questions, then you can choose to send it to your friends on Facebook, who will help you achieve the required 200 points by choosing different answers to the same questions. It's actually addicting, I can't stop playing it! Unfortunately you're only allowed playing one episode a day but trust me: I'm on every single day :)

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My One True Love

So I realize this post is several months overdue... But since I never did get around to writing it, I thought I would do it now! It's never too late :)

I can't really remember having a constant crush on someone when I was growing up... I guess you could say that I wasn't very picky when it came to the male species, so really any boy who I thought was "cute" was on my list. And yes, I had a list. There were several classmates on that list, mostly the rowdy boys who thought it was cool to grow their hair so long you couldn't see the top half of their faces, and who were also dressed head-to-toe in West 49 apparel. Ah, let's just say my taste has gotten slightly better, thank goodness. But one who especially caught my eye was a man - and I mean man, I wasn't picky about age either at this point... - by the name of Chris, who was a firefighter alongside my father. Although he must have been at least 20 years my major, it was true love. I was almost sure of this, for whenever I tagged along with my dad to the firehall, I would almost always find myself thrown over Chris' shoulder and on my way head-first into the garbage can before he valiantly decided that this fate was much too horrific for a classy little lady like me. Yes, I really could pick 'em. Unfortunately, he decided to get married and have a couple kids, so that dream was quickly extinguished. Sigh, I will always wonder what could have been. Our romance could have revolved around piggy backs through the firehall and daily dunks into the child-sized garbage can. What more could a girl dream for?

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Wouldn't Change for NOBODY

Yes, I do realize that's horrible grammar in my title... But it's for the sake of simply proving that I really wouldn't change for anybody! Just go with it ;)
Even though I'm not perfect, not even close, I'm still so happy with who I am. I know I'm unique and sometimes people really don't understand my jokes... But I love how I can laugh at myself, even if nobody else is laughing along! I'm confident in who I am and although I still care about what people think about me, I try not to let things bother me and I never feel the need to change for anybody. In the end, most people in our lives aren't worth the stress and worry that we usually go through for them. As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent". Life isn't about impressing other people. The only person you should be impressing is yourself.
I guess if there was one thing I would change about my personality it would be to not be so hard on myself when I fail at something, no matter how small it is. I tend to beat myself up if somebody else lets me down, also, even if it's not my fault. So even though I'm content with who I am as a person, this is one thing that I would probably change about my personality.

Careless Scribbles in the Colouring Book of Life

Coloring Book

Connie Wanek

 

Each picture is heartbreakingly banal,
a kitten and a ball of yarn,
a dog and bone.
The paper is cheap, easily torn.
A coloring book's authority is derived
from its heavy black lines
as unalterable as the Ten Commandments
within which minor decisions are possible:
the dog black and white,
the kitten gray.
Under the picture we find a few words,
a caption, perhaps a narrative,
a psalm or sermon.
But nowhere do we discover
a blank page where we might justify
the careless way we scribbled
when we were tired and sad
and could bear no more.

This was really the only poem that caught my attention while looking through one of the sites given to us. I couldn't really relate to any of the other ones and to be honest, I thought most of them were irrelevant to my life. But this one is so cool, in my opinion. She tied in both the carefree ignorance of childhood and the struggles of adolescence and adulthood. She first describes the simplicity of being a child through a favourite childhood activity: colouring. And then by the end of the poem, without warning, she describes a feeling that I'm sure everyone has felt at one point in their adolescence or adulthood. What I got from it is that sometimes you come to a time in your life when you're fed up with pleasing everyone - by doing what everyone expects and wants of you. You just become fed up with life and don't want to try to stay inside the lines anymore. And I think that's okay. It's okay to stop trying sometimes and do what you need to do for you. That's why I loved this poem. I think everyone can relate to it.

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