So most of my posts have been either school related or are semi-serious so I thought I would share this YouTube video for anyone who likes cats, funny remixes, e harmony, or just a good laugh. I'm not crazy, but maybe I have a weird sense of humour for laughing so hard at this? I can never get enough of this and I do love cats, but apparently not as much as this emotional, feline-frenzied woman.

I suppose this post is a rant so here it goes..

This rant is about judging people, particularly about physical aspects. Now I know that I do that sometimes. You do that.We all do. Even just a little. Even if we don't like to admit to it or just don't want to judge people in general. It happens. I just am sort of against people who harshly critic other people. I would like to say that I'm not judging people who judge other people, because that would be a lie. I mean it's understandable if you're in some kind of competition perhaps but in day to day life is it really necessary? You have multicolored hair that is obviously not natural? awesome. Your body is covered head to toe in tattoos? excellent. It is your body do what you want. I'm not waving a sign that says "SUPPORT EVERYONE OR ELSE" but people are much more than what they appear. It's important to see the person underneath and to analyse or flow with the character they have within themselves, like you would with any person deemed as looking "normal". If you only search skin-deep you could be missing out on a great person. I guess that is the real message that I'm trying to get across.

I absolutely love this song and particularly the music video. It shows the different types of love and this poor girl is seen as a sort of Cupid. It also shows those who maybe see love all around but feel like no one loves them or just don't feel loved. In the end you can kind of guess that she does end up falling in love. I just am in love with this short story portrayed in the music video.

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die. 

Mary Elizabeth Frye

I love this poem that I came across a couple years ago. Even though I've never personally had someone close to me die, I love the beauty of the words and the images I get that turns something so sad into something stunning and hopeful. I would love to show this poem to anyone I know who's lost someone close to them and are grieving. 

My digital footprint

Writing Survey

For me, reading has had a large impact on my life. I read every day and all together I usually spend a couple hours in total reading per day. Reading has turned into my own sort of escape especially since I hide away in stories when I feel upset. I lose my problems and let my feelings dissipate when I start to read and I get so caught up in the book. Since I tend to stress out easily, reading is something I do constantly so the impact of every book is large and I never completely forget about them. Also, when I start loving certain characters in a book I see qualities in them that I admire which makes them and the book stand out in my mind and where my mind sometimes wanders. Like “what would so and so think or do in this situation?” Or sometimes I connect with a book when I see characteristics in the characters that I relate to. To me it shows how seriously I connect with books and it shows that books impact in such a strong way, that I couldn’t live without books or reading. Reading impacts me every day and I am thankful for that.

It’s easy for me to read anything. I normally decide which books to read by recommendations from friends, family, and teachers, basically anyone. If it interests them enough to say “hey, you should read this” then it must be worth the time. If I end up choosing a book on my own, I usually choose a random book off the shelves around other books I’ve read and read the summary at the back or inside the cover. When I start reading books that have been suggested to me as well as books that I’ve discovered on my own, I end up having enough reading material for the next couple months. I’m very open when it comes to deciding which books I should read and I’ve never regretted reading a book so far.

Of course I re-read books. I have so many at home but I re-read them all the time. It might not be brand new to me, but sometimes little details I have forgotten about or somehow missed pop out at me and the feelings I had that first came with the book never leave and I experience them all over again. To list the books I have re-read they are; the Hunger Games series, Twilight series, Mortal Instruments series, Infernal Devices Series, Anne of Green Gables series (not in a while), some Pretty Little Liars books, Guardians of Ga’Hoole (when I was a little younger) and that’s all I can think of at the moment. I love to re-read books so I can re-live them all over again.

I do have a smartphone with Internet access, it’s an iPhone. I take my phone with me everywhere like most teenagers so I will have it in class. I could possibly bring my laptop but it’s big so it’d be a bit of a burden to carry around in class. I kind of wish I had an e-reader but I don’t. I do have a twitter feed where I retweet a lot of my idol and sometimes I tweet funny things I think of. I have a blog obviously now for my creative writing class but not for anything else. I don’t have much interest in using a lot of technology in class. I like writing with pencil and paper and reading an actual book rather than online.