A Place

I've decided that everybody should have a place to go when they just need to be alone. A place where you can go just to get away. Away from life, away from family, away from friends, away from school, just away. A place where you can think and not have to worry about being interrupted or distracted. A place where you can feel comfort. A place where you can find peace. A place to relax. A place where you can scream. A place where you can cry (not that I cry or anything like that;) But mostly it needs to be a place where you can be alone where nobody would think of coming to look for you. You should use this place anytime you are not feeling right. That can mean you are feeling mad, sad, depressed, alone, confused, or even jealous. Just sit down in your own little place and absorb good feelings. I know that it sounds kind of cheesy but trust me, it works.

TAX

I just got back from vacationing in Oregon to visit my cousins, Stacey and Julie. Actually, I was visiting their whole family but since Stacey and Julie are closest to my age, and are the ones that I play with, I say that I was visiting them. So while I was on this vacation there were a few times when we would go to a store to buy something. The first time I was in a Wal-Mart and I was buying Wrigley's WinterFresh Gum TM. So I got up to the register and was prepared to pay for the 89 cent package with a 1 dollar bill. I did so and the cashier took my money and gave me back 11 cents in change. This caused me to pause and think for a moment. Surely this could not be correct, what about the sales tax, but then it struck me. THERE IS NO SALES TAX IN OREGON!!! This instantly put me in a fantastic mood and made me want to go buy more cheap stuff. We then went into a store with the title "The Dollar Tree" We have these stores in Utah also and they pride themselves in advertising that everything in the store is just one dollar. But If you only have one dollar you cannot walk into the store and buy a single item because of a sales tax. But when you are in Oregon you can purchase anything you want in that entire store having nothing more than 100 pennies. But of course there is always a drawback. Oregon makes up for the money by placing insane property taxes. This is why I have decided that when I grow up I will beat the system by living in Washington or on the peninsula of Idaho and crossing the border to do all of my shopping.

The Shaft

I've noticed that there really is no good way to break up with someone. No matter what they say to you to sugar coat it or justify it, it is still going to hurt. They could do it by saying that they wanted to play 20 questions and then ask "If someone were to ask you tomorrow if we were still together, what would you say?" Then when you answered "Well I would say yes" because you weren't expecting anything. But then she (or he) might just say "Well then you would be wrong." And that could totally hurt because that's probably not the kindest way to let someone go. But on the other end of the spectrum, they could just start a nice and totally ordinary conversation with you. Then they would ask some simple questions and give simple answers to your questions. And they could be totally loving and kind during the whole thing. And it would still hurt just as bad afterwards. So what I'm saying is that I guess I realize that these things are going to hurt so I might as well just learn to get over them. It's practically a natural part of life when you are "going out" in high school. Now if I could just remember that, this wouldn't hurt so bad.

A Kiss

So tonight for my "Introduction to the History of Theater" class I went to see a junior high school's production of "The Music Man" Since it was a junior high school production I did not expect it to be all that grand. And my expectations were actually almost exactly what the play turned out to be. But there were some things that happened that I was not expecting. Like the part where Marian and Professor Hill are talking on the bridge, they actually kissed. And it was not a kiss that Disney would have put in one of his movies (unless you count "A Cinderella Story" or other movies that have come out recently that I'm pretty sure Walt wouldn't be too happy about) So I'm sitting there thinking, wow, this kid is only 14 years old and he's already into the kissing bit. Then I finally realized what all of this meant. It meant that he had beaten me by 3 years!! That's just pathetic. So I leaned over to inform my younger brother of this humiliating discovery when he announced to me that this was not the first time, but that he kissed someone in a play last year. So instead of 3, he totally shows me up by beating me by 4 years!! And that's just counting the ones that we can prove. Who knows, he could have beaten me by up to 14 years! Actually I don't think it counts until after you are at least 12ish so the most he could have beaten my by is 5 years. So anyway, after the play I go to congratulate him on a play well performed and he's just got this smug little smile on his face. A look like he knows exactly what I'm thinking and he just thinks that it's funny that he is such an American Idol and I'm just a walking "wanna be". Except he's younger than me so that would make me a "wish I coulda been."