i thought i could start a new blog

HA! I actually thought I could get away from this one and start a new blog. That is clearly not going to happen. I am way too in love with this one.

Day One: Now I know how forever feels...

Hey all!
Okay so I may, or may not, have gained a couple of pounds since October. I was at 137 then and now,get ready, my fat butt is at 145!!!!!!!
That's a 13 pound gain that I blame mostly for my lack of exercise. I think it is time to lose it, hence why I am blogging about it. I feel that I should be held accountable for this, and what better way than broadcasting this change to the world, in a sense of speaking.
I figure if President Obama can wake up everyday and go to the gym, why can't I?

Today was great I didn't eat much, walked around my block and replanted a meal. I feel great and I think that in one month I can bring that massive number down to a 135, or maybe even lower:0)

I don't wanna be the rule anymore!

I just watched He's Just Not That Into You, and I am leaving that movie feeling so- blah. I am sick of living my life through movies and thinking that the acts that play out on the TV will somehow come true.
I will never be sitting in my car and listen to a radio show and fall in love with the guy spilling his heart on the other end. I am not going to fall in love with someone via the Internet, I am not going to fall in my with my best friend, I am not going to be that girl because those girls really are the exception. I am not sure what the rule is, or how us rules get our happy endings, but I know we will somehow...

I may not end up with some crazy, insane love story but I know for a fact that I will find someone, one day. And if that movie taught me anything it is that I am not going to be single forever, I just need to stop thinking about boys who clearly are not that into me. There is no point!
Why spend another second on dreams that will never begin... new found glory said that once, and I think it holds true for me too...


So to all the hopeless romantics out there like me, keep watching those love stories, believe in them but come on...
no one finds the love of their life when they are 10, (sweet home alabama).

Back for sure now... i promise!

Okay so I was out for a while. but with good reason!
My computer was broken until now. I finally have one that works perfectly, and better yet it didnt take me a while to get used to the keyboard. And to me being able to type with ease is a major selling point when it comes to a laptop.

I will write more in a bit, promise!

Lair if we're keeping score, then we're all chior boys at best!

First of all:
Forgive me reader for I have sinned. I have not written because of a broken computer and although that is not a valid excuse, I cannot type on any other computer but my own. Sorry but it is not happening! (I think better with my own computer... is that wrong?)

Secondly:
Forget that last post about a theme for this blog. Like I can stick to a theme. You are hearing about my life and are going to like it! (haha)

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So as you can tell by my title I am upset at people who lie right now, but when I am not. But what is better than people lying to you is catching people in the act. No you say, HA- look what I caught in a writers story. The original line he sent me was:

Gas prices may be down, but money still may be coming up a little short after this draining holiday season. With limited funds, a full course load, and the ever mounting cost of textbooks how can students get all their necessary materials for classes?

I told him that was a lot of opinion so he should change it, maybe get someone to say something along those lines so the opinion can be in a quote. The line I got was:

“With limited funds, a full course load, and the ever mounting cost of textbooks, how can students get all their necessary materials for classes?” said junior [name here].

Because that is not the line that you had in the story that you just added a name onto.
AHH!!!

And then I get another gem of my phone broke so I missed your missed calls for the past three days. What I don't understand is how peoples phones always break when you try to call them and why people never check their messages on landlines! BLAH! I mean my computer is broke and I know I did not update the blog but I was still checking the e-mail and getting work done.

I love these lies, long with the million others I have gotten these past few weeks. Do people actually think that I don't look into things? I mean you are talking to the worlds most overly cynical person ever - of course I am going to check it out. GOSH!
This is why the first rule of journalism is to never trust anything people tell you- if your mom says she loves you, ask her proof.

(happy new years by the way!)

Because these things will change...

First of all, sorry I have not blogged for a while, long story.

Secondly, I just was looking at the Dove Web-site and I am officially in love with it! I knew about their campaign for change for a while, but I did not know how serious they were about it until recently.

Watch this ad:



Now I have said it before, if we are going to talk about feeling insure about your self, I will win that battle most of the time. But I think most girls feel that way. I know it is old news but I know I have a new found love for DOVE about watching this, and I have decided to dedicate this blog to just that, ways to make yourself feel better about you.

I for one am sick of always feeling as if I am not good enough and going through life like it is some kind of competition. NO, not any more.

Finally after how many years I have a theme for this blog, but I think it took this long for me to find what is important to me, and that is not feeling bad about being you.

Falling into you

I cannot believe I did it!
I make fun of people all of the time for falling into journalistic traps, and I go and do it tonight. I am always sick of it when people ask me how I feel about 9/11. Yes, I know a lot on the subject but after a while I start to have fun with people.
I will make them feel guilty about the way Muslims were treated, and although I was a victim of a lot of hate, I tend to get more emotional when I tell these stories. I am sick of the questions about Islam always being asked to me, and I often wish I could lie about those.

So what about the military?
In the new industry soldiers are seen as easy bait. Get a story about a soldier going to war or coming back and you have at least 10 inches of space in the paper, along with photos, most likely in color and hundreds of people reading your work. Who does not love a story about a solider?
But what about the soldiers themselves?
I love how they are seen as an easy story, and not as complex people. I think this needs to change, and I think that when soldiers hear that people are going to ask them questions they need to feel safe knowing it will not be the same old questions being asked.
As sad as it is, the only time we see a soldier these days is in a political commercial, on the news talking about the war or at war. We rarely speak to those who are not at war.
We never hear the stories of soldiers do not want to fight.

I really wanna change this. Who knows I may be wrong, but there has to be more to our soldiers than what we need on TV.