Prom...

Prom is coming up and everyone is talking about it. I go along with it but I’m really dreading it. Dress shopping comes first, which I haven’t even started. Unlike some people I know, I am not willing to pay $500 for a dress that I will wear one night. Most of the prom dresses out there are hideous and extremely overpriced. Therefore, I will be putting off dress shopping till the last minute. Also, a more important aspect of prom is a date. I have no one in mind at all to go with which leaves me in a tricky situation. I would go alone if another friend did, but pretty much everyone has a date. Prom isn’t like homecoming where you can bring a random date. You usually want to bring someone you actually like and will have fun with. If I bring someone from outside of school who doesn’t know any of my friends I will have to spend my night entertaining him and I can’t hang out with friends. What if I ask and he says no? What if he goes and is really bored? How do you even ask a guy to prom?! Also if I bring someone from another school, do I have to pay for my dates ticket since I’m inviting him, even though I’m a girl? A dress and tickets alone are going to be ridiculous! Then there are also shoes, hair, and possibly a limo to pay for! It’s all too much. Hopefully all the money spent is worth it in the end. It is said that senior prom is way better than junior prom so maybe it will be worth it.

Saturday Detention?

Nowhere in the handbook does it say you will receive a 3 hour Saturday detention for being late to homeroom. I have not received one of these yet but if I do I will be furious. I don’t understand how the school can make up rules mid-year making kids come on a Saturday morning when detentions have always been served after school. Are they really allowed to do this? And are they allowed to tell you to “wear clothes you can get dirty”? They act like these kids are vandalizing the school and they need to clean it. They should stop obsessing over kids being 5 minutes late to school and start worrying about bigger problems like the fact that every student is failing phase 4 physics. I know a lot of the people that have received these detentions and none of them are bad students. They should focus more on the kids who are disrespectful and need the discipline. A lot of other things about our school annoy me, like the plasma TV’s that are showing up everywhere and the unnecessary trophy case. Most of the huge TV’s are never on or in pointless places. This money spent on these items is completely wasted in my opinion. Why don’t they use this for financial aid or better tools for the teachers. Is the huge TV outside the gym (that is hidden by the huge trophy case) really necessary to announce the scores of games? I don’t understand.  All I know is I can’t wait to graduate!

Blue Gold

Blue gold week is coming up soon and there has been so much preparation involved to get ready! Before becoming a part of the team of chairs that organizes the entire group I never realized how much work went into it. I also never understood why there needed to be so many people to do the job. Every higher authority has at least 5 people below them so the chain of people involved in Blue Gold is huge. This causes a lot of problems though. Miscommunication happens so easily when you have to get one message from the president through 5 different people to get to the lower chairs. This has already happened in my section when my supervisor above me failed to relay a message that I was supposed to tell to the people below me. This kind of thing cannot happen because one little mess up hurts the whole group. It has taught me a lot about working with others and communicating properly. I have no idea how Amanda Walsh has done such an amazing job keeping track of every aspect of Blue Gold. From Athletics to concessions to buddy groups to planning events, she has to oversee that every little detail is taken care of and done correctly. On top of school work and everything else, I have no idea how she keeps everything straight. Blue Gold has been a great learning experience and it has made me appreciate it so much more to be a part of it this year.

What I will miss about home

As graduation approaches, the reality of college gets scarier and scarier. Don’t get me wrong, I cannot wait to get away from home and experience college! But I was just thinking of all the little things that are going to make a HUGE difference. First of all, sharing a room with a stranger could obviously be a really fun thing or really awkward/weird/bad thing. What are the chances that you get paired with someone you are 100% compatible with? I am an only child so I have never shared a house let alone a room with anyone else. I’ve always wanted a sibling/roommate to hang out with but you basically have no space to yourself to get away. Also, if you really don’t like your roommate, you can’t get away from them. I’m just praying I get someone I get along with and that doesn’t stay up till 3 a.m. when I want to sleep. Another thing I was thinking about was the showers. I’m going to miss having my own shower that I don’t have to wear flip flops in or carry my shampoo (ect.) back and forth to. I guess it’s something you get used to but I will definitely miss the privacy of my own home. Another thing I will miss is my puppy. She sleeps with me every night and I have to leave her and only see her on breaks. I’m worried she won’t love me as much after leaving her for so long. I wish I could bring her with me so she doesn’t forget me! I would also like to bring my car. I don’t know the area where my college is but it will be inconvenient to not be able to jump in my car and go wherever I need to. It’s also going to be weird to not have a kitchen right downstairs with the food you’re used to. This is going to be especially difficult for me because I live off of soy burgers and other non meat products. I really doubt my college will serve these foods so I’m going to be living off salad. Another sad thing about going to college is not having my mom right there to talk to whenever I need her. I talk to my mom about everything and always want her opinion. Even if I stayed close to home and went to UD she still wouldn’t be there to talk to. That will definitely be the hardest thing to get used to but that’s all part of growing up. Things are going to change so much next year and I’m excited and really scared at the same time.

How I Will Celebrate Turning 18 !

So, one thing that has been on my mind recently is my birthday coming up this Tuesday. Like most people my age, I’m excited because it is my 18^th birthday. However, others are excited to be considered an adult, be able to get a tattoo, vote, ect.. I on the other hand am looking forward to something completely different. I can’t wait until I am able to volunteer at the SPCA! I know I’m weird for getting excited about that, but that’s all I can think about. When I tried to sign up to volunteer a couple of months ago, I went in the room where the dogs were caged and knew immediately that I had to help out there as soon as I turned 18. Seeing the sad faces on the dogs that never get any human attention broke my heart. Even worse, little dogs were huddled up in the corner of their incredibly small cages because no one cleaned out the poop. Since then, I have been set on becoming a veterinarian when I grow up. It bothers me so much to hear about animal abuse and to see the caged animals that I am fixed on helping animals in some way the rest of my life. I don’t understand how people can just abandon or disregard animals like they are trash. Furthermore, I don’t know how they can actually abuse them. You can’t say animals don’t have feelings because anyone who has a pet can tell when they are sad. Volunteering at the SPCA will be a small test to see if I will be able to handle the sad animals and circumstances. I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to put animals down, but I guess I will learn that it actually is best for them. Only 6 more days until I can finally help out. Can’t wait ! J

ghost stories

So the rumor around my workplace is that it is haunted by a ghost. The building is ancient and the last owner passed away upstairs. So when I first started working, everyone told me ghost stories of slamming doors and salt shakers falling off the table. I knew they were just trying to scare me but tonight I experienced it firsthand. I’m not saying I believe all that paranormal activity stuff, but the most subtle thing freaked me out tonight. I was by myself refilling things and I felt someone walk behind me, but of course no one was there. It sounds like nothing, but that feeling is enough to send shivers down your spine. I told my coworkers about it which led to sharing weird stories that are hard to believe. It seems that everyone has experienced some weird phenomenon outside of work in their own lives. Its less believable when they exaggerate it in movies, but when you hear it from someone you know its freaky. After talking about it that’s all I can think about, so I wonder if other people have experienced anything that has made them question if it was a ghost. I don’t necessarily believe most of what I hear, but some things make you wonder. I’m freaking myself out sitting here writing this and thinking about tonight. I’m a baby so I’m probably going to be sleeping with a light on.

yum.........

I chose to write about eating meat because I would love to hear everyone’s opinion. No one ever considers what they are eating when they eat a piece of meat, whatever it is. They eat it because it tastes good and because that’s just what everyone does. Disregarding the fact that our bodies are not meant to eat meat and do not need it, how can anyone eat it while knowing at the same time these animals are poorly treated and killed. Personally it makes me sick. Maybe people don’t realize how inhumanely the animals are treated, or maybe they just don’t care. Before cows are slaughtered, protocol calls for them to be stunned which involves a metal bolt shot in the skull. If every farm did this properly the cow would be knocked unconscious before killed. However, the farm’s goal is to kill as many animals as possible, so they do not take the time to make sure every animal is stunned properly. More often than not, the animal is not stunned properly because farmers miss their mark while the animal is struggling and panicked. So whether they are unconscious or not, they are tired to the ceiling with chains attached to their legs. Next they have their throats stabbed open, and if the worker does not get a good cut, they remain conscious. Then they travel along the “bleed rail” where they bleed to death. Finally, their heads and legs are cut off and the remaining parts are thrown in scalding hot water. This description does not include the process of slaughtering chickens which are not required to be stunned when their beaks are cut off and throats slit. Just from hearing this, doesn’t it gross you out A LITTLE?? Most people probably think this is all made up, but I can’t take the chance of contributing to this.