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A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, “You and me, babe, how about it?”

Juliet says, “Hey, it’s Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack”
He’s underneath the window, she’s singing
“Hey, la, my boyfriend’s back
You shouldn’t come around here, singing up people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?”

Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, and you exploded in my heart
And I forget, I forget.. the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dream your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me, as if I was just another one of your deals?

Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say, “Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know
I used to have a scene with him”

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, “I love you like the stars above, I love you till I die”
And there’s a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

I can’t do the talk, like the talk on the TV
And I can’t do a love song, like the way it’s meant to be
I can’t do everything, but I’d do anything for you
I can’t do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, and the bad company
And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of Orion
Juliet, I’d do the stars with you any time

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, “I love you like the stars above, I’ll love you till I die”
There’s a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo, he sings the streets of serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
He says something like, “You and me, babe, how about it?”
- Romeo and Juliet, by the Dire Straits

Love stories never turn out.  I’ll be honest, I miss you.

This is a Public Service Announcement.

Death.  My great grandpa died at 3:00AM this morning.  It wasn’t unexpected, he was 95.  That was my last remaining great grandparent though.  Not fun.

Sitcoms. They are ANNOYING.  George Lopez?  Unfunny.  Charlie Sheen?  Unfunny.  Any of the other idiotic sitcom stars?  UNFUNNY.  When did it ever become humorous to put people in completely unrealistic situations and have them act like complete and utter morons?  The characters have no depth, there’s no wit.  Is this really marketed to mainstream America?  Do some brainless souls out there actually enjoy watching this drivel?  (Haha, my sister.)  They annoy me to no end.  I can understand movies that have stupid characters in them, but characters that are on every day or week and do the exact same things is just NOT creativity.  It’s profit because there are people bored enough to watch.

Music Industry.  No, it does not make you cool to wear those iconic white earbuds in your ears.  It simply means that you buy into a system that is designed to make you spend lucrative amounts of money on music that should be priced much more competitively.  Will any of the huge music conglomerates ever realize that ALL SONGS ARE ALREADY ON LIMEWIRE.  No, putting a restrictive DRM on music does NOT help.  In fact it pushes more people to download illegal music, which can be put on ANY MP3 player you want.  Or to buy CDs, which could easily be illegally uploaded.  Want to shoot yourself in the foot?  Don’t do it at MY expense.

Stereotypes.  They’re wrong, period.  Try to stop using them.

Taboos.  Some things are not talked about simply because humans are too wrapped up in what’s ‘right’ or ‘wrong’.  The lines aren’t to be blurred?  Who made those lines?  Honestly, we do a great job emulating buffalos who follow each other right off the edge of a cliff.  This has been proven through literary trends, religious trends, artistic trends, etc etc.  Some things are, by nature, distasteful to talk about.  I’m not saying talk about anything you want, so if you dream about having sex with a dead person, keep it to yourself.  I’m just saying that things that everyone thinks, does, whatever should be a little more open.   The more we cover up, the more we want to look at what’s underneath when we think no one else is looking.

High Schoolers.  Although I’m often immature acting, my mind works at a much different speed.   Most high schoolers though are pretty immature through and through.  Oh, you don’t know anything about politics?  Religion?  Anything?!  Plus they tend to be inept at judging social scenarios and often are less than adults about relationships.  Come on kids, start thinking a bit more forward.  It just seriously annoys me to NO END when it seems like I have no one to discuss any serious topics with because it would all go over their head or they simply don’t have the ability to defend their position on something.

America’s Waistline.  Being obese is not healthy.  Can anyone name a positive about this?  You KNOW that exercise is good for you.  I’m trying not to stereotype when I write this, and I’m not going to make a generalization that all fat people are lazy, but I just don’t understand why people want to liberate themselves this way.  Sorry.

Current Government.  The way our government is set up, it’s no longer what it needs to be.  The ultimate and ONLY goal of government is to serve who they govern.  Are all those hoops that need to be jumped through to get something done that is common sense really benefiting the people of America?  Many politicians would say that it is done all for your good.  Many politicians are also good liars.

Preconceived Ideas on Life.  Don’t mindlessly follow your religion.  Seek out what life means on your own.  That way when you choose what’s right for you and make judgements in morality you can defend your positions steadfastly.  If you simply eat anything that is spoonfed into your mouth, you will be caught naked when someone puts you on the spot.  I’m not advocating or dissuading one to seek or abandon religion, I just want people to really understand the choice they’re making.

The list could go on.  Sadly.  Did you really read that all?  Ha, some people can’t stand long, dry blog posts.

Look at stores nowadays.  Do you see as many ‘Merry Christmas’ signs as you used to?  Yeah, I didn’t think so.  This is because the nasty liberals of America have a secret agenda to erase religion out of the country.  This is OUR country, don’t let them do it!!  It’s CHRISTMAS!!  It’s what this nation was founded on.

It’s embarrassing that this nation, which was founded on Christianity, is submitting to the left just to be politically correct, or under the banner of being “inclusive” to other religions.  This is just another excuse for people to take religion out of everything.   December is practically a holy month because of the holiday.  No, Christmas was not instituted to coincide with an original pagan holiday when early Christians were trying to convert every breathing thing around them.  No, Christmas is not about the shopping and mindless self-indulgence we participate in to get the ‘perfect gift’.  These are just lies.

I mean, honestly.  What would the left have you believe?  That we were founded on religious freedom?  Oh, don’t make me laugh.  I’m going to agree with Huckabee, we need to take back this country for Christ!  We saw how one religion ruling has failed (Iran, Iraq), but in our ever present magnificence, we can do better!  Where were the framers of the Constitution that celebrated Hanukkah?  Kwanzaa?  So where do those holidays fit in now?  Exactly.  Nowhere.

(This is a fairly biting piece because of my constant frustration with the conservative side, the ones who are truly waging the war on freedom in our country.  Which is why I could not (and will not) bring myself to vote for a Republican in 2008.)

Just to clarify, I am actually Christian.  It’s just that I believe that sharing is good.  And this country belongs to no religion, it belongs to everyone in it :]

Ok, first I noticed that the Blackout single ‘Gimme More’ was really catchy.  And now ‘Piece of Me’ is even catchier (and has a decent point, at least for being a Spears pop song).  New guilty pleasure, and I may be on my way to buying the CD…  Crazy huh?

School formal was tonight, it went ok.  I went out shopping with Mark all day before that, it wasn’t supposed to be long, but he just had to buy $200 of stuff…  That kid goes through money like nothing else.  Actually it’s his credit card, and his Hungarian parents foot the bill.  I can’t imagine how much longer he will be able to get a bunch of Hollister, Abercrombie, AE, etc stuff before the kabosh is put on his plastic.

But yeah, it turned into a big adventure at Burnsville Center.  Then we drove around looking for an Arbys (even though there’s one in the food court…) and finally found it in Apple Valley.  After that, we went to  Target to check if they had some clay for my project which they didn’t.  So on the way back home I ran into Micheal’s real quick and got some.  No idea if how it’ll work, but hopefully well.

Then I came home for an hour, got ready, and went to Mark’s house to watch a movie.  We wanted Grace and Chris to come but I don’t actually have Grace’s number and Chris was over at her house, and there’s a gazillion people in this town with her last name.  So that fell through, and it was just Mark, his two dogs, a cat missing an eye, and me.  It was pretty fun.  He seems to think that the movie Mr Deeds is the most funny thing ever.  Sometime I’ll have to watch ‘There’s Something About Mary’ with him, THAT is true comedic genius (so is the movie Borat).

After that I went home to pick up my sister while Mark got ready, then we picked him up, then on to the actual formal.  And we were an hour late after all that stuff.  Ohhhh well.  Basically there were a lot of people that I saw and was glad to be around and stuff, but there were a few songs that hit key karaoke memories in Japan which definitely did not put me in a good mood, etc etc.  So I didn’t have the best time, but Sarah seemed to enjoy herself and poor Mark just stood there.  He did dance for the last, like, 15 minutes though.  He’s not really into the dances all that much.  I’m not sure if he would’ve gone unless I told him he had to.

So yep.  Now it’s 2:22AM and I think my parents just got home from their party.  G’night.  I’m sort of tired.

So, when nothing is planned in AP Gov for the sub, what else do I have to do but write a blog?  I’ve been meaning to get one up earlier, but sometimes it’s hard with my schedule.  Saturday I went to Mall of America with Mark.  He needed new basketball shoes ‘n stuff, and I needed to complete my outfit for winter formal.  That was pretty fun, and I ended up getting a $150 jacket at Hollister.  Under normal circumstances I hate that store and the conformity it stands for, but this was a really cute jacket!!

I also got into two spots of trouble with my car last week, Wednesday and Thursday.  The Wednesday incident was worse… I accidently went in the ditch.  Though I suppose one does not purposefully drive into a snow filled embankment very often, no?  Luckily my neighbors came and helped me out, so that was very nice of them.  A guy who was just driving past also helped.  My car and I were unhurt, so no permanent damage done.  On Thursday I left my lights on.  Oops.  I was in a hurry to get into school because I was late, so it slipped my mind that they were even on.  By the end of the day, my battery was out, but Kent gave me a jump because he had the equipment in his car.  Another lucky save, but unfortunately I was late and missed an appointment in the city.

A new dilemna in my life is what job to get.  I need an appropriate one, one that can support the lifestyle I like (fairly modest), and one that would keep me occupied.  Standing someplace all day is not my idea of a job I would like.  So I’ll be thinking about that, and anyone can feel free to give me suggestions.  I also don’t do enough graphic work to start up my own web design business, unfortunately.  Plus I realize I don’t have the discipline to be my own boss yet.  Maybe I should join the army… haha, no.

And I know I had one other topic that I wanted to hit before I left off on this blog.  It was possibly that I will be uploading Mexico pics soon to my PhotoGallery, so that’s cool.  I also want to do a vBlog with Mark so it’s more wordly.  Plus with my Mexico videos, I can make it a true global series :]  I’ll dig up some Singapore/Korea videos and make that into a thing too.  Ciao~

OH OH OH OH OH!!!  I got my ZUNE ON MONDAY!! So yes, I got a Zune Originals one like I wanted, and it is amazing.  I have a lot of stuff on it (pictures and videos), and obviously a lot to listen to.  So that is really cool, and I’m glad I’m not just another iPod conformist <3

So yeah, I’ve been pretty busy this week.  Not feeling 100%, school life is taxing as always, and blah blah blah.

I will run over some of the most important things that have happened this week though.

ACTs.  Did I mention I got a 28?  I might have.  I’m extremely displeased, displeased enough to mention it again even if I already have.  I should have 30 OR BETTER.  I was pretty unprepared for the quickness of the time.  Awww.  I still hit around the 90% ranking in all categories besides one though.  So nice, but not stupendous.  Yep, not happy.

I will share a bit of good news though!  The Zune80 that I’ve been lusting over, especially the ‘Zune Originals’ type has finally been ordered by me <3  This is absolutely exciting because I have been waiting so long.  I ordered a really cool picture to be etched in the back too.  I’ll definitely post pictures when it arrives.

I think there was other stuff.  But I’m tired.  So ‘night all~  (Notice I did not say “y’all”, because I am not a creepo Southerner.  Just kidding!  I love you all down there!)

PS- I just remembered what else I was going to say.  I went to Ashley’s house tonight with Callan and we watched Superbad.  It was really really funny.  Are normal guys that desperate to have sex?  Hmm…  I think it was just a tad over the top throughout.  But I ate a whole HALF PINT of ice cream and now I feel so fat.  I’m just not going to eat tomorrow.