SMILE-it’s a good life

There’s Never a Right Time to Say Goodbye.

In this song, Chris Brown is talking about saying goodbye to a girlfriend.  But I think that this phrase is true in more than just love, but in life.  When a loved one dies,  you don’t want to have to say goodbye.  There’s never a right time to and no one should ever have to, but everyone does.  I have been lucky enough not to have anyone in my family that I was really close to pass away.  My great-grandparents did, and I loved them, but not as I love my mom, dad, sister, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents and friends.  I grew up with them and was born into a very closeknit family, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.  I know a lot of people out there feel the same way and have to bite their lips when their mind starts to travel down the thought of a loved one dying.  I have been lucky.  But many others I know haven’t. 

I have a friend.  She is one of the coolest and funniest people you’ll ever meet.  You would never guess that she had to go through the tradgedy of losing a parent at a young age.  She passes it off like she’s okay, but I sometimes wonder if her hurt is deeper than the eyes can even begin to see and the soul, begin to comprehend.  One of my dad’s best friends growing up had a son.  He was a tall, skinny basketball player who was in college.  He comitted suicide.  No one knew why.  He seemed fine.  The hurt that his parents feel, I know that it will never go away.  Every little thing will remind them of him, and they will have to live the rest of their lives thinking what they did wrong to make their baby kill himself.

Death is a part of life.  Sometimes, you know that it is coming.  But sometimes, it sneaks up on you.  But whether it is expected or unexpected, you need to know that the last thing you said to them was nice, that you went the extra mile to make sure you saw them.  Because if it is unexpected, you will never forgive yourself for calling them something mean, or not calling them to see how they were doing.  Tell the people that you love how you feel.  Live life to the fullest.  Make sure that when you have to say goodbye, there are no regrets.  “Death is not the greatest loss in life.  The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

                                                                 Norman Cousins 

She makes it so obvious

Everyone can tell that she loves him

Except for him

She makes it so clear

Everyone understands that she wants him

Except for him

She makes it so easy

Everyone sees that he has the opportunity to go for it

Except for him

She lays it all on the line

Everyone wants it to happen

Except for him

She gets over him

Everyone understands that she doesn’t like him like that anymore

Except for him

     Today in Highlands Ranch, another girl was diagnosed with the like syndrome.  She was in her language arts class when she said like 14 times in one minute.  She was immediately rushed to the emergency room where her doctor diagnosed her.  “She is one of the worst cases I’ve seen” said Dr. Valleyboy.  The like syndrome, for those of you who have been lucky enough not to cross it’s path, is a syndrome thats affecting more than 3/4 of America’s adolescence.  It is a highly contagious bug that causes the host to use the word ‘like’ as a pause rather than an actually meaning  excessively .  For example “I am like so pissed of cuz she like, was totally being a jerk and I was like oh my gosh, just chill out!  Its not like that big of a deal!”  It is so unfortunate when someone you love is diagnosed.  I don’t think that anyone takes it harder than the parents.  “She was just a normal girl who loved to play sports.  I don’t know when it hit her, she never use to say like, but all of a sudden, she said it 5 times in one sentence and I thought I was protecting her by not taking her to the doctors, but…  I guess I shoulda taken her in, maybe we could have caught it early.  She is wavering and is in the contagious period, so I can’t even talk to my baby! Excuse me…”  was all that her mother was able to tell us before she burst into tears. The name of the girl is being held confidential.

     There is another girl who had a similar case, though her ending is a parents worst dream.  Her name was Veronica and she lived in Dayton, Ohio with her parents and older brother Scott.  She was a tomboy, she always had her hair up, sporty clothes on and dirt on her face.  ”She never said like,” recalled her brother, “she was always playin football with the guys and didn’t have time to say like.”  Then one day, she got the bug.  ”I remember every detail.  We were sitting at the kitchen tabel eating KFC, when all of a sudden she said ‘This is like really good!’  We were proud of her at first because we thought that she was becoming more of a girl,”  said Paul.  “Then she just started saying like in a row, ‘like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like…’ and we were all flabergasted.  We immediatly called 911, but when they came, they told us it was too late.  The bug had consumed Veronica’s identity.  She slowly began to say like in every sentence, flip her hair around, wear nice clothes, and talk in the fake, valleygirl voice.

     This syndrome is sweeping the nation. The best thing you can do to protect yourself is by not saying like as a pause at all. Also it is best to seperate yourself from anyone who does, for it can become highly contagious. If you do get like syndrome, then you must be ready for intense theropy. It may take weeks of rehab to break the habit and force the bug out. BEWARE OF THE LIKE SYNDROME AND KNOW THE SYMPTOMS! For more information go to www.likelikelikelike.com

Shoes
Shoes
Shoes
OH MY GOSH SHOES!!!

Let’s get some shoes
Let’s get some shoes
Let’s get some shoes
Let’s get some shoes

These shoes RULE
These shoes SUCK
These shoes RULE
These shoes SUCK

Shoes
Shoes
Shoes
OH MY GOSH SHOES

These shoes RULE
These shoes SUCK
These shoes SUCK
These shoes SUCK

I think you have too many shoes
SHUT UP
I think you have too many shoes
SHUT UP
I think you have too many shoes
SHUT UP
I think you have too many shoes
SHUT UP

Stupid boy
Stupid boy
Let’s get some shoes
LET’S PARTY!!!

Well for those of you who haven’t seen the shoes video by Kelly, you probably think that I am totally insane and crazy about shoes. For those of you that have, you know the rythym to the words and how hilarious they are when said by a man dressed up as a woman. This is probably the most random thing that I have ever seen, besides the charlie the unicorn video but that’s a story all in its own. Anyway, it is funny in an indescribably crazy sort of way. I think it is the tone of voice, the uglyness and the fact that he is an extremist shopper addicted to shoes. I will warn you that the ending is weird and he starts to say some pretty bad and unnecessary things so if I were you I would stop it right after he starts to say “These shoes are $300″ because then he goes a little crazy with a certain word that is not a good word to be screaming at the top of our lungs. It is a funny random video and the beginning is pretty fricken funny so YEAH!!!

She said this.  He said that.  Gossip.  Hearsay.  Why do we do it?  Why do we feel the need to say stuff that can be mean, cruel and untrue behind people’s backs?  I will admit that I have done it, but come-on, everyone has.  But WHY???  I have a thought.  I think that when someone that you know does something, especially if it is mean or out of character, you feel the need to tell someone so you don’t hold the burden of knowing the truth alone.  So instead of telling your family who will just listen but probably not care a whole lot, we tell our second family who are also known as friends.  We spill and feel the relief.  We feel proud of the fact that we share the burden of the truth with someone.  But just like you, your friend feels the need to tell, so they tell someone else.  This cycle continues and sometimes the stories get warped, for better or worse.  Another thought.  When our friend does something we don’t agree with we freak out.  But instead of telling them how you feel to their face, we go to our friend who agrees with us.  We go back and forth dishing the person until we feel good enough to just forget about it and move on.  The next time it happens, the same response with the dishing.  But sometimes your friend finds out.  Then they get upset that you didn’t have the courage to stand up and tell them how you felt.  People are going to get hurt in life.  That’s just part of the game.  But how would you like your friend to get hurt.  By you being honest, telling them how you feel, and working it out together… or by hearsay.   

1.) I want to learn how to match my makeup, hair, and clothes with my features by reading articles from magazines. I will need magazines, makeup, hair products, and clothes

2.) I want to learn how to make a really cool video on iMovie by reading an info packet and cool ideas. I will need a computer, video camera and actors/actresses