Do you ever get really excited when you are watching a movie or something you enjoy? Does it get to the point where you laugh at something that really isn't funny at all? When you look back are you ashamed? Yeah...me too. Well that my friends is called fangirling. At least that's what it is to me.
This explains it A LOT better than I did...
There are only a couple of things that will make me act in this manner.
Multiple characters in Detective Conan
Pentatonix
Starkid
Anyway I was fangirling a while ago and then thought to myself "This is typically how girls act when they are extremely excited about something. So...how do the male species act?" Do they act all cool and are like "Yeah bro. That's my favorite band/movie/person/whatever!" Or do they just talk about how cool it is with their friends? Or do they giggle and squeal in excitement while watching their favorite thing in their room with no one around? I just can't picture it but I feel like they have to get really excited in some manner? How do they do it?! I don't understand!
That's pretty much all I had to say about this. What causes you to fangirl? If you are of the male species how do you "fangirl"? If you are of the female species how do you fangirl? Let me know! Don't make me feel like the only one acting like an idiot! ...Stay classy and remember that it is perfectly normal to get extremely excited about something you enjoy.
In the Future: College Observations, History of Nail Polish, Cologne in that order!
Sorry I'm late again on posting. I got home yesterday and was completely exhausted. Not to mention that this post took a lot longer to write then I thought it would. It is rather long. Anyway here it is! Enjoy!
What is friendship? Well that's a tricky question. It varies from person to person. This is what Google says the meaning of friendship is:
The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends.
A relationship between friends.
Really helpful right? That's probably why we all have our own definitions of friendship. I don't really now how to put my "definition" into words or even a one sentence explanation. It's not just "Oh yeah I have friends that I hang out with sometimes." It's so much more. For me friendship isn't just about talking and hanging out with people. It's what you DO for that person. Do you help them when they need help? Do feel awful if you get in an argument and want to find someway to fix it right away? Do you stand up for them if others talk badly about them or do you join in?
Everybody shows their friendship in a different way. Some go with the talking route; so they give their friends a lot of compliments and openly say how awesome their friends are. Others take the actions route; helping their friends through their actions. There are a lot of other ways people can show their friendship. I prefer actions because I think its harder for somebody to do something for somebody without really caring. People can lie and get away with actually feeling bad for something. Actions are harder to fake. At least I think so.
Every relationship requires a give and take. This is the same with friendships. You can NOT keep asking for something over and over again and never return the favor. Say you're at lunch with your friend and everyday at lunch you ask if someone will go across the street with you to buy lunch. Do you have that friend that always goes with you? Yeah, most people do. I happen to be one of those friends. Now say that same friend asks you to go with them. Do you go? I sure hope you said yes. I have been so annoyed when people refuse to help me even though I have helped them so many times I can't keep count (not that I would want to but still). For me personally I getting to the point where I was just done. If I wasn't going to get any help in return why should I return the favor. That may sound selfish but after always helping people it makes sense.
Think back to the same situation I was just ranting about. If you go with your friend do you go to benefit yourself? Is the first thing you ask "Will you buy me something?" when you already have a lunch? Now who sounds selfish. I never ask that question. When I do think about myself it's more of a "Will I be back in time for class" type of question. If you're going with your friend just so you can get something for free I don't think that's a very good friendship. That almost seems like you are using your friend. Also not good.
I have had friendships where I have felt like I was being used. Those friendships don't last very long. If you have a friend who has a special talent and makes awesome stuff don't use them as a source to get free stuff. Once or twice is okay but you can't expect them to keep making everything for you. Especially if they are using their own money to buy the materials. Plus they can begin to feel used.
Everybody has disagreements from time to time. Everybody is different and has different ideas and beliefs which is going to cause arguments. However, you can NOT go up to your friend say something that makes them cry and then walk away happily. 1) That's just not okay. You are their friend you should not be making them cry. 2) You made them cry you should have to deal with it. When you walk away you cause other people to "clean up your mess" 3) That should not make you happy. If you are happy because you made a FRIEND cry you should really think about your friendship.
I had my last day of high school and either people are really upset because they aren't going to see some of their friends again or they don't really care because you make your real friends in college. I have an issue with both of these. Firstly, who says when you make your real friends. With that mindset of course you aren't going to have the best friends in high school. Secondly if you don't want to lose your friends then don't. Keep in contact. Make sure you hang out together when you can. Isn't that why we have all of these social networks? Or are they just there so you can complain to everybody and get grief? Or show how popular you are?
That's another thing. Social networks. How many friends do you have on Facebook? How many Twitter followers do you have/follow? Do you actually talk to all these people. Are you ACTUALLY friends or have you just heard of them because they are one of the popular kids in school? All my friends of Facebook I have talked to on a daily basis at one point in my life. I know every single person. I don't have that many and that's fine with me.
A while ago I told some of my friends "If they don't want to be my friend that's fine. I don't really care." Something along those lines and their reaction was something of "That's so mean!" First off, I didn't mean for that to be mean. It's how I feel. Going into high school I tried to be friends with them and I was shot down. That showed me that they didn't want to be my friend. Instead of sucking up to them and continually trying to be their friends I moved on. I already had friends. I already had my best friends. I didn't NEED anymore friends. Now if somebody wanted to be my friend I wouldn't shoot them down. I am willing to make a new friendship. If somebody shot me down already and then want to be my friend, sure I'll be nice and talk to them but I don't know if we will be actual friends in my mind. I'm not trying to be mean. I have a certain definition of "friend" and it's rather strict.
We were signing yearbooks this last week. One of my friends asked me if I had a lot of signatures. I said no and that I don't need a lot. I prefer my close friends to write as much or as little as they want. If they take up a whole page awesome. If they don't that's awesome too. If they do write a whole page it doesn't need to be entirely heartfelt. Whenever I take up a picture I always add a picture and just random ramblings just so I can say I took up a whole page. I don't need all these people to sign my yearbook just to say something nice and to wish me luck in the future. Besides half the time people always complain about how they never know what to say when people they haven't really talked to want them to sign their yearbook. I'm not putting them in that situation, they should thank me (just kidding). If someone wants me to sign their yearbook I will have them sign mine as well. Why? Because that seems like the polite thing.
I requiring theme in these last two paragraphs is NEED. What I want and what I need is entirely different. But that's a whole different discussion.
If a friend tells you something really exciting what would your response be? Would you be extremely excited and want to know everything or would you suddenly change the subject because you've had a sucky day and don't care about the good fortune your friend has. I don't know about you but when I'm in a bad mood I at least pretend to show interest in my friends good fortune. Even when they change the subject on me.
I have been very lucky. I have amazing friends. Ever since we've known each other I think the longest we have ever been mad at each other is less than 24 hours. That's pretty impressive if you ask me. Now I'm not saying that I'm the perfect friend. I try but nobody's perfect and sometimes you're just in a bad mood to be the perfect friend.
Think about what kind of a friend you have been. Really think about it. Truthfully. Have you been a sucky friend? Have you done some things you regret doing (in terms of friends...focus on that right now)? How do you want your friends to treat you? Then treat them the same way. If you're worried about losing your friends then maybe you should think about how you're treating them.
It really bugs me when I witness people being stupid with how they treat their friends. I tend to be on both sides of every argument and it stresses me out when I see my friends in an argument. Why? Because I find friendship EXTREMELY important and it bugs me when people take it for granted.
Well I'm done ranting. I hope that made you think. If you have questions or need advice I'm willing to help just let me know. Stay classy and remember to cherish your friends because they take a lifetime to make and a moment to lose (yes I know, its really cheesy but its true).
Here's a fun song about friendship...with super heroes! I want to be your friend forever!
The definition of "communication" according to Google is:
The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
A letter or message containing such information or news.
Basically we use it to talk to people to let them know how we are feeling, what we want them to know, to comfort them, or whatever else our silly little brains decide we need to say. It's such a simple thing yet can cause so many problems and misunderstandings. I believe that most of the arguments people get into is from a misunderstanding of what one person says. Think about your most recent argument. If it was about a difference of opinions. What probably happened (this is just my observation of what normally happens. Don't start yelling at me if I'm wrong.) was you tried to convince them that your opinion is correct and there's is incorrect. As you were arguing you were trying to find a way to make that person understand what is going on in your head. I don't know about you but when I try to do this I can never express myself in the way the would best express what is actually going on in my head. It is extremely frustrating. As humans we have become more and more used to communication and have created short cuts to make our conversations take less time. For example:
They're = they are (are we too lazy to say two whole words and we just made one?!)
lol = laugh out loud (too lazy to type three words out...pretty soon we are going to be making up our own abbreviations like "iduwyta" Translation: I don't understand what you're talking about (well that seems to explain everything extremely well)
it = anything in the world
he = Steve (but only if you know who you're talking about)
I recently had a conversation that went like this:
"What channel is it?"
"What?"
"What channel is it?"
"I don't know what you're looking for."
"I don't know what's on."
"..."
What is this it you speak of? You don't know? Then why didn't you just ask "Do you know what's on?" I don't understand! It doesn't make any sense!
I have noticed a lot of experiences like this occurring. Sometimes my friends won't even say anything just make facial expressions and wave their hands randomly and I will translate the meaning. How? Good at deduction I guess (honestly though, I have no idea). Recently I have done it so much that now my friends will be eating, mumble something incomprehensible, and then point to me expecting me to translate. Half the time I'm not even paying attention to their conversation and am talking to somebody else when they start waving at me and expect me to know why. I'm sorry, I don't understand mime. If I knew what you were talking about I might be able to make a reasonable guess but with no context I will either say "I don't know" or I will make something up.
Also I realize that sometimes things happen and you are annoyed and don't want to talk about it more than you have to. However, if you tell somebody at a large table where many conversations are occurring and then expect everybody to know what you said you are greatly mistaken. If I ask you about it later and you get mad at me because you already told "everybody" think about when you told everybody. Was I actually there? Was I actually in your conversation? Why would I be asking if I already knew the answer? It doesn't make any sense to get mad at me (or anyone else for that matter) because they ask you a question they know the answer to. If you have answered the same question many times for the same person, fine, you get at least tell that person that you already told them and if they say "No, you didn't" obviously they have poor memory or are just being mean.
I hate the question "Do you know...?" Because never know if they are asking you because they want to know or if they know and want to know if you know and if you don't know they will tell you (did that make sense?) It's a double sided question and half the time you answer wrong and then they get mad at you.
The of course there is gossip. Don't do it. Just don't. It may seem fun but I guarantee you that the person that it is about will eventually hear it and then it will just create more chaos then there needs to be. If you hear something from your friends brother that heard it from this guy that was told by this guy on his team that his girlfriend was told by her cousin that this happened stop and think. Is the source really credible? Yes? Do you even know who that person is?! Probably not. Plus what happens through that long chain of conversation is a game of telephone. I seriously doubt that the original comment will be told the correct way. Everybody interprets facial expressions and voice inflections differently. Plus some people probably don't care what happens to the person the rumor is about and could make it sound more exciting so their friends think they are cooler than they actually are.
We use communication all the time. Heck. We even use it when talking to our pets and our pets use it to communicate to us. Do we understand it? No, not always. Communication is an amazing thing and really helps us to get along but it can also tear people apart. One little slip or failure to filter what you're saying can cause you to lose a friend. With communication comes the responsibility of understand what is being said. If what is being said is misunderstood what was the point of saying it? If I say something and you ask me to repeat it and then I say never mind I guarantee that it wasn't that important. If I don't repeat it it wasn't that important. If it's a joke you missed it and it's no longer funny. If I have something important to say I will tell you.
Well this has been a long post and I got side-tracked. I wasn't going to talk about half of that and didn't talk (write? whatever) about what I wanted to so I will probably make another post about this. Hopefully it will be more humorous and shorter. Oh, sorry if there are a ton of grammatical errors.
Don't forget to stay classy and don't cause problems that can be prevented simply by closing your mouth.
I hate the orthodontist. Now I know what you're thinking. "They aren't that bad." "It's their job! Give them a break!" "They give you a perfect smile which is both good looking and good for you." "Hate is a very strong word." Yeah well I have had to deal with them for nine years of my life. Did you read that right? Nine!!!! That's half my life.
For the past seven years I was nice to them. Okay not really but I put up with them and tried really hard not to hate them. This last year I gave up. I decided that it's too much effort to show that I don't actually hate them. Part of the reason I hate them is I have had braces for five or six (not really sure) of those nine years. Yeah. I'm a little annoyed.
One appointment was particularly strange because I was happy and then I was extremely annoyed because they told me I was going to get braces for the third time. Well before that I was trying not to laugh as they worked on my teeth because I thought of this video. Specifically the part about a fire because I could see and smell smoke as they scraped glue off of my teeth.
I have had pretty much everything you can think of. I had a retainer to make my mouth bigger because I had a small mouth (so if anybody says I have a big mouth I can blame my orthodontist which is nice). I had springs in my mouth that I would play with and sometimes they would get stuck so I couldn't close my mouth (that was really awkward in school because suddenly my mouth would be open longer than normal and I would be freaking out trying to fix the stupid spring). I have had so many canker sores that stuff that my be extremely painful for somebody else is normal for me and doesn't bother me (one time the orthodontist said to use wax to fix it and I didn't understand why).
My third time having braces was probably the worst because it was in the very back of my mouth. The very back. The tooth that's farthest back in your upper mouth. Yeah. I had braces there which was the cause of bleeding and many canker sores back there (the bleeding was mainly because there was three centimeters of wire sticking into my cheek).
Before my third time I had full braces and then almost a year or two with a retainer. I got one of the invisalign retainers. When I got my third braces they took my retainer and cut it in half so I could still wear it at night.
I got a new retainer after the third time. I hate how they make the mold for them though. Using this gross pink goey stuff and put it in your mouth and then hold it there for at least a minute. Gross. Plus I have a huge gag reflex so half the time I'm gagging and can't breathe and they think I'm going to throw up, which I'm not I just can't breathe. So I'm gagging and can't breathe and they bring a trash can and I'm just thinking "That's not the problem! I can't breathe and a trash can isn't going to help me breathe."
Anyway after they give me my new retainer the lady tells me about cleaning it. I heard this when I got my first one but I didn't pay much attention to it. Then she asked me if I brushed my old retainer two times a day. I stared at her for a while and then just said no. Another lady in the background started laughing when she heard that and I don't know why. No, I'm sorry I'm not going to thoroughly clean my retainer twice a day I really don't care if it gets cloudy. I'm going to be wearing it at night so nobody is going to see if its cloudy unless I show them or they stare at my mouth while I sleep. Apparently I'm also supposed to clean it everyday in Efferdent or something like that but I'll probably do that once a month if I remember which I don't think I will.
That's my orthodontist experience I've also had one of the orthodontist say that I'm not as cool as another patient (it was a guy teasing the lady who was working on me that his patient was cooler than me so I guess it's not that mean but the lady didn't really defend me...). Maybe that helps you understand why I really don't like them.
That, my friends, is what was written on a sheet of paper that was taped onto a computer in my school library. Obviously it wasn't working. I don't know why but I found it both funny and sad at what they put on the paper. It's funny because they really do answer all of the questions you could think of asking (if not all then most). However it is sad because they probably had to put that on the paper because people have actually asked them those questions. Well I hope you enjoyed this short little post. I thought I would share this experience with you because it was interesting. Have a fantabulous day! ~Scooby
So before I go off on a tangent I'm going to say what needs to be said. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gobble Gobble
Yes I know that's tomorrow but I probably won't get the chance to say it tomorrow so I'm saying it now. Deal with it.
So thanksgiving break for me started really at 8:20 AM Friday last week. Why such an odd time? Well I will tell you why. SDYC was this last weekend and I went to that (that stands for Southern District Youth Conference. It's this big conference (imagine that) where youth (wow strange that's part of the name too) go to worship and learn more about God. We left on Friday around 11 AM. Will you be hearing more about this conference? Well I would like to tell you more but I probably won't. I had a test first hour that day and couldn't make it up the day before because I was making up another test I would be missing. So I went to school for the first hour to take the test (AP Biology test...not fun) and then left.
I planned on getting a lot done over thanksgiving break. I had planned on making like 4 bracelets, reading a book, finishing with college, and doing all my homework in the first two days. I had also planned on blogging everyday. Well I finished 2 bracelets, read half my book, did some college but not a lot, and haven't even started my homework. Obviously I haven't been blogging everyday either. That sounds like something so simple to do. Just share a video or something dumb that happened and post it. Hurray! Easy peasy.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy
Well turns out its not that easy. See some stuff happened in my life that caused that to happen. The main one is that iTunes hates me and decided to stop working. There was an update for my iPod so I tried to do that but I had to get the newest version of iTunes. So I did that thinking "Well at least I will be all updated." Then when I tried to update my iPod it said "Couldn't connect to iPod server." Well when I read that I was like what and just tried it again and as you can probably guess it still didn't work. Oh I couldn't sync my iPod either.
My look when it said it couldn't connect to iPod server.
So I googled and everything I found was too smart for me to do or I didn't understand what they were talking about. So I told my father and he tried all this stuff and that didn't work so he emailed the iTunes people. Well when they replied they told him to try everything he already tried. Thanks that was really helpful...not. So my father downloaded the newest version of iTunes onto his computer and I was so impatient that I went and updated my iPod on his computer. Well I lost all my music, apps, and videos by doing that. I still have all my pictures though which is very strange to me but whatever. I got very frustrated when this happened because well iTunes on my computer didn't have any music or videos or anything because he uninstalled and reinstalled so it was blank.
Stupid Apple
My father found all my music and stuff though and put that on iTunes. Still can't sync my iPod though so I have an iTunes that is rather useless and can't use my iPod for anything I really want to use it for. So my father was on my computer for a good amount of time so I couldn't use it (I suppose I could have used his computer...oops).
I also watched the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I learned that I don't really like them because they are so gross and strange...but they are so good! I finished watching the third one today and well it took me 6 hours to watch the whole thing (I was interupted many times and had to leave the house to do errands...hurray (<-- read in sarcastic tone)). That was fun and I finished some bracelets during that time.
While I was doing my errands there was one dude that annoyed me. I was stopped because the light turned yellow and the dude behind me wanted to turn right. I was the only person in front of him and I was going to straight so normally he would have to wait for me to go before he could go. Well when I looked in my rear view mirror he was all like "You have got to be kidding me". That didn't bug me though because I tend to get that reaction a lot. What bugged me was that he started to turn his wheel and went up on the curve to get past me and turn. Really? Come on now.
Because of this dude I have decided to share this video with you about driving. Note: It is a series with 10 episodes and this is the fourth episode. It is probably my newest and shortest obsession. You should watch it. Anyway this explains the rules of the road because I think the world needs to be reminded about how to drive.
I found that quite amusing and maybe it will remind you to be careful when traveling. Enjoy Thanksgiving!
~Scooby
I'm back!! Did you think I had gone forever and would never come back? Well never fear I am back and ready to rant! Hurray for rants! Oh wait! Before I do that...have you forgotten who I am? Well I'm not really going to say who I am but I will catch you up on what has been happening in my life (even if you don't really care).
Let's see the last post is Fun Facts About Life (Part 2) which means school must have just started. Oh yes, that's why I have been neglecting this blog. Well let's get started then shall we?
School started and took over my life. How? Well with all the homework the teachers have given me and the clubs I decided to join. The classes are actually classes that you have to think in (unlike some of the classes people I know are taking so they are just cruising there way through school all happy with no homework). There are a couple of AP classes in there (I'm still not sure if that was a good idea on my part) and then government. Oh government. Government as you can probably guess is about politics and the US constitution and all sorts of that good stuff that I am clueless on and really don't care that much about (probably not good considering I live in the US...oh well). So I have been struggling a lot more than normal to keep my grades up in government and the AP classes which is rather frustrating and annoying. Oh! I almost forgot about zoology. We have very little grades in that class and we turned in this journal of our labs and what not and he graded it. Well the teacher is a lot more picky than it would seem. For example, he took points off on me for not coloring I drew in my notes while we were dissecting it. Normally I wouldn't care that much but the jellyfish was clear. CLEAR! How the heck am I supposed to color something that is clear? Sigh silly teacher.
Continuing with sill teachers...teachers are mean. They say, and I quote, "Make this the best year you can!" So I think to myself okay cool I will try to go to every event and just have a great time. But then the teacher follows up with: "Here's your homework." *falls off of chair* Seriously? I can't do everything if you keep giving me a ton of homework! Ugh.
As for the clubs well I am currently in Culinary Club, Anime Club, and National Honor Society, and Drama (kinda sorta...I will elaborate in a bit don't you worry). I helped my friend last year make an Anime Club and it's really pretty cool. They people are very interesting and have a lot of character that makes it fun to get to know them. In the club we really just watch animes so overall it's a good time. I helped some of my friends make a culinary club this year too. That's also a good club because you make good food and I really like food. I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want to join that club because it's food. Who doesn't like food?! National Honor Society is really easy there's only one meeting a month and that just tells you about volunteer opportunities. It's good for me that I sing at my church and get all my hours there so I don't really have to worry about that one very much. And then there is drama club. Okay. So I have gone to a meeting and helped with the set (for like an hour). I was going to do more but before I actually started going to meetings (well...a meeting) I was busy. I can't remember with what, probably school, but I was busy. Then I was going to help with the set (because I can't act so I'm going to help build the set) after school for a week!...but then I got sick...Oops. So Drama is the one that I really need to start doing more, don't worry, I am working on that.
Then there's work (there is a more detailed post about this I just haven't finished it yet...sorry). I close on Friday's and work in the middle of the day on Saturday. That is (was) my main homework doing time. Now I do like an hour of homework here and there...it's such a struggle. Then on Sunday I have church (which is good and am never going to stop going to) and youth group...so that means I have very little time on Sunday to do homework. (I think this paragraph was supposed to be about work and not be complaining about not having time to do homework...oh well).
Oh yeah, did I mention that I missed a week of school because I was sick? I didn't? Well I missed a week of school because I was sick. Luckily I didn't really miss anything and stayed on top of it while I was home (I also watched the Lorax =) it was fun...I really just said that so the smiley didn't have a double chin).
Now I am on fall break! Hurray! I have no idea what I'm going to do but maybe I will be able to post stuff and rants. We'll see what happens.
Well that's been my life for the last month or so. I probably forgot something but that's just how it goes. I was going to rant about some stuff or share stuff I have discovered throughout but well this post is already rather long so there you go.
~Scooby
P.S. Do you like the design? Yes, I like the holidays I might even post about them so there is your teaser to come back again...I don't know.
I think people are confused. I keep seeing people walking or running in the middle of the road. I don't know why they are confused...maybe the name isn't clear enough. Because of this confusion I have decided to do my best to explain the true purpose of a sidewalk.
I'm going to break down it's name first. A sidewalk. It's not something you walk on the side of (I think this might be what most people get confused with). Sidewalks are very convenient. They are on the SIDE of the road so that you can WALK on them. I hope that makes it more clear.
The purpose of a sidewalk (you don't have to have a dog to walk on the sidewalk either)
http://www.picturesof.net/pages/100207-128817-601053.html
I was driving to work in my neighborhood when I saw these two middle school students (at least that's what I'm assuming) that were walking in the middle of the street. Normally when you are walking on the street and see a car you move out of the way because the car can, oh I don't know, kill you! Well maybe more like injure you but still. These students didn't move. They kept walking towards me (yes we were moving towards each other) while I was driving my car. I (Me! Not them, me!) had to move around them unless I wanted to hit them (I didn't go with that option mainly because it's too much paper work. Just kidding! I'm not that mean.). That's ridiculous. There is a perfectly good sidewalk that you should be using. We even have to shovel the sidewalks when it snows (by law where I am). Use the stupid sidewalk!
Another time I was in the passenger seat with one of my parents driving, I can't remember which but that's not important. Anyway I saw this couple walking their dog on the street. The couple were in the street. The dog (yes, I said a dog) was on the sidewalk. Wait. What? The dog was smarter than the couple! All they had to do was a take a step up onto the sidewalk. Is that really that hard?
Well that's the end of my rant about stupid people and sidewalks. I hope you enjoyed and I'm sorry but I still don't have a catch phrase (if you think of one and feel like sharing, please do otherwise I might never think of one).
Oh one more thing. USE THE SIDEWALK!!
~Scooby
P.S. You can still walk on it if it looks like this but I recommend admiring it first and taking a photo and don't smear it because that would be sad (yes that's a very bad sentence but I'm not a writer and you should know that by now).
