I've come to realize why you've been driving me crazy recently!
You're a little bit too selfish this year. A bit desperate for attention as well, now that I think about it...
But yet when you're given attention from those who have the past couple of years, you shrug it off because "they'll always be there" and "they'll love you no matter what"...
Are we taking bets on that? I'm not 21 but that hasn't stopped me and apparently it hasn't stopped you...
Age is but a number, although I don't recall you smoking every night when you turned 18...
Two wrongs don't make a right. What about 17? 32? How many wrongs does it take to get a right...might as well be finding the center of a tootsie pop...
Are you going to learn to love him for this too? I mean, that is what Jesus would want...
Did you know that thinking something is stupid won't stop you from getting in trouble for it? I mean call me crazy for following rules, I wouldn't want to kill someone...
WOW it's amazing how much I really resent you when I think about it. Maybe I haven't figured it out. Maybe if you stop trying so hard to change for no reason we can sit down and actually get somewhere in our quest for happiness.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Random Fact
It completely pisses me off when people put the dollar sign after the number.
This was a status on facebook:
"I just found 20$!"
Really? I mean, yeah that's how we say it...but when you were in first grade and learned about money...you learned that the dollar sign went in front. Remember?
...stupid people
This was a status on facebook:
"I just found 20$!"
Really? I mean, yeah that's how we say it...but when you were in first grade and learned about money...you learned that the dollar sign went in front. Remember?
...stupid people
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
I'm about to Punch Righteousness in the Face
I've seen this post a couple of times on Facebook in the last couple of weeks:
"Kids with Special needs aren't weird or odd. They only want what everyone wants.... to be accepted. Can I make a request? Is anyone willing to post this and leave it on your status for 1 hour? It is Special Education week & Autism & ADHD Awareness month, and this is in honor of all children"
This completely pisses me off. First off, I hate those statuses where they want everyone to re-post. That within itself makes me feel like it's a complete guilt trip sham. But *then* when you get your facts wrong. Here's another example of that:
"IMPORTANT ALERT: Gerber is asking everyone to return all banana baby food expiring 2012; they may contain pieces of glass. Please copy and paste for all moms and babies safety..bar code 761303308973"
I mean...do people seriously not check on facts before they put it out there on the internet? There's this little site called SNOPES.COM and it will tell you whether something out there is true or not. Back to the Gerber example, it got so out of control that Gerber had to release a statement saying it was false! and on snopes.com it said that it was a complete sham, it was a french baby food company not even affiliated with Gerber that found ONE SHARD OF GLASS in ONE JAR, and then recalled the order for precautionary reasons. Here's the article:
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/babyfood.asp
And then back to the Autism awareness month, that one makes me mad because I have an autistic brother. I care very much about him and my entire family has been educated on autism and special education. And then there are these people, these righteous people, who I feel have never truly experienced what it's like being close to an autistic person, who are posting these things. And maybe they do, who am I to judge, but I feel if they truly did, THEY'D KNOW WHICH MONTH IS *ACTUALLY* AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.
It's April, by the way, in case you were wondering. Here's the information on that:
http://www.autism-society.org/about-us/national-autism-awareness-month/
Does it make you feel better posting statuses like that? Do you feel like you affect someone? What's the point? What does re-posting do? It spreads the lies, and it gets almost as out of hand as those old "if you don't e-mail this to 10 of your friends my ghost will haunt you tonight at midnight".
Get Educated. Ignorance gets you no where.
"Kids with Special needs aren't weird or odd. They only want what everyone wants.... to be accepted. Can I make a request? Is anyone willing to post this and leave it on your status for 1 hour? It is Special Education week & Autism & ADHD Awareness month, and this is in honor of all children"
This completely pisses me off. First off, I hate those statuses where they want everyone to re-post. That within itself makes me feel like it's a complete guilt trip sham. But *then* when you get your facts wrong. Here's another example of that:
"IMPORTANT ALERT: Gerber is asking everyone to return all banana baby food expiring 2012; they may contain pieces of glass. Please copy and paste for all moms and babies safety..bar code 761303308973"
I mean...do people seriously not check on facts before they put it out there on the internet? There's this little site called SNOPES.COM and it will tell you whether something out there is true or not. Back to the Gerber example, it got so out of control that Gerber had to release a statement saying it was false! and on snopes.com it said that it was a complete sham, it was a french baby food company not even affiliated with Gerber that found ONE SHARD OF GLASS in ONE JAR, and then recalled the order for precautionary reasons. Here's the article:
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/babyfood.asp
And then back to the Autism awareness month, that one makes me mad because I have an autistic brother. I care very much about him and my entire family has been educated on autism and special education. And then there are these people, these righteous people, who I feel have never truly experienced what it's like being close to an autistic person, who are posting these things. And maybe they do, who am I to judge, but I feel if they truly did, THEY'D KNOW WHICH MONTH IS *ACTUALLY* AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.
It's April, by the way, in case you were wondering. Here's the information on that:
http://www.autism-society.org/about-us/national-autism-awareness-month/
Does it make you feel better posting statuses like that? Do you feel like you affect someone? What's the point? What does re-posting do? It spreads the lies, and it gets almost as out of hand as those old "if you don't e-mail this to 10 of your friends my ghost will haunt you tonight at midnight".
Get Educated. Ignorance gets you no where.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Makes sense to me
Stance 1: "It's easy to be Pro-Choice when you are not the one being killed"
Stance 2: "It's easy to be Pro-Life when you are not the one being pregnant"
The one fallacy of the human mind that has always driven me crazy is the ability to derive conclusions without having experienced what we're concluding. I remember when I was about 4 and I wanted to go out somewhere, but my dad said no because my little sister was taking a nap and she'd be too cranky when she woke up. I disputed this and said "No, pretend I'm Rachel. I'm sleeping, and you wake me up, and I'm fine!" I saw in my mind waking up and being fine, even though I hadn't been asleep and abruptly awoken to find out if I actually was fine or not.
That's how I feel about abortion. I feel like most of the people who say that they are pro-life say that because they think that they could never abort an embryo or fetus. They see that as murder as much as killing a 30 year old. But they say this while they're not the ones pregnant. What if it's YOU who's the 17 year old having sex and all of a sudden you're late for your period. The only thought that consumes you is "I hope I'm not pregnant". But then if you find out you are, what's your thought process? Can you still rationalize not wanting to terminate a pregnancy? All of a sudden it's *your* life that is "ruined", it's *your* future that has gone down the drain...and I'd imagine getting rid of a pea-sized embryo doesn't sound as harmful as it did before it happened to you.
This is why I am Pro-Choice. I'm not saying every unplanned pregnancy should be terminated, but I feel that it should be up to the mother (or the mother's mother, if the mother isn't of legal age) to decide. If she/they believe that keeping the baby is possible then go for it. If they feel that it's a mistake then they can terminate it. It's the CHOICE part that I like, because it's not constricted to one stance. Pro-Lifers think all termination is wrong. You can be Pro-Choice, not get an abortion, and still be true to your beliefs. You can't be Pro-Life, get an abortion, and *not* be called a hypocrite.
On that note, I am a firm believer that the well-being of a baby's life is 100% impacted by the well being of the parents' lives. There is absolutely no reason for a 15 year old girl to go through a pregnancy and keep the baby, because it's not the 15 year old who's doing all the work, it's the parents of the 15 year old girl. If they're supportive, great. I just know that if my daughter got pregnant before 18, she would get an abortion, because until then she is my responsibility and I have that right. I'm just hoping that she'll be smart enough to wait until then =)
Stance 2: "It's easy to be Pro-Life when you are not the one being pregnant"
The one fallacy of the human mind that has always driven me crazy is the ability to derive conclusions without having experienced what we're concluding. I remember when I was about 4 and I wanted to go out somewhere, but my dad said no because my little sister was taking a nap and she'd be too cranky when she woke up. I disputed this and said "No, pretend I'm Rachel. I'm sleeping, and you wake me up, and I'm fine!" I saw in my mind waking up and being fine, even though I hadn't been asleep and abruptly awoken to find out if I actually was fine or not.
That's how I feel about abortion. I feel like most of the people who say that they are pro-life say that because they think that they could never abort an embryo or fetus. They see that as murder as much as killing a 30 year old. But they say this while they're not the ones pregnant. What if it's YOU who's the 17 year old having sex and all of a sudden you're late for your period. The only thought that consumes you is "I hope I'm not pregnant". But then if you find out you are, what's your thought process? Can you still rationalize not wanting to terminate a pregnancy? All of a sudden it's *your* life that is "ruined", it's *your* future that has gone down the drain...and I'd imagine getting rid of a pea-sized embryo doesn't sound as harmful as it did before it happened to you.
This is why I am Pro-Choice. I'm not saying every unplanned pregnancy should be terminated, but I feel that it should be up to the mother (or the mother's mother, if the mother isn't of legal age) to decide. If she/they believe that keeping the baby is possible then go for it. If they feel that it's a mistake then they can terminate it. It's the CHOICE part that I like, because it's not constricted to one stance. Pro-Lifers think all termination is wrong. You can be Pro-Choice, not get an abortion, and still be true to your beliefs. You can't be Pro-Life, get an abortion, and *not* be called a hypocrite.
On that note, I am a firm believer that the well-being of a baby's life is 100% impacted by the well being of the parents' lives. There is absolutely no reason for a 15 year old girl to go through a pregnancy and keep the baby, because it's not the 15 year old who's doing all the work, it's the parents of the 15 year old girl. If they're supportive, great. I just know that if my daughter got pregnant before 18, she would get an abortion, because until then she is my responsibility and I have that right. I'm just hoping that she'll be smart enough to wait until then =)
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