>_< A (Very) Brief Look Into the Past

It's no surprise that once junior year of high school rolls along, we as teenagers start to miss what life used to be like when we were little tykes. Let's face it, the life we once led - before we knew touching ourselves felt good and made stuff come out of us - was probably one of the better years of our lives.

And with that in mind, a question comes to mind... "What three things do you miss from your younger years?"

OH GEEZ? Just three? That's not fair at all... but if I must choose...

1. Being Carefree
I bet this is probably on a lot of people's list. I forget when exactly I started missing this. Maybe around my freshman year of high school. But as my life flew on by it made me think that I probably should have lived my life with a little more excitement. Of course maybe during my yesteryears I was probably having a blast. Its just... this whole thing our parents call "the future" (or rather OUR future) never mattered until we as up coming teens could learn to understand the concept.
I want to go to school and learn, but not have homework. I WANT NAP TIME BACK. RECESS? YES PLEASE ^^. I miss the computer games - Number Munchers, Dr. Quandry, Treasure Mountain, Oregon Trail - all of it. Without worrying about what college I'm applying to and without wondering what my annual salary should be in order to maintain a happy and somewhat stable family.
I want someone to ask me "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and I want to say "A Neurologist" (true story I swear) and have everyone in the room laugh at my naivety. I'll look at them with a confused look on my face and move on with my life.
I want someone to hold my hand and guide me through th rest of my life. Because I'm sure as hell I can't do it by myself yet.

2. The Individuality and lack of judgment.
When all of us were young... and unless you were living in some kind of nutcase family. Who you hung out with wasn't a big deal - to you or to them. It was magical. You're taken to a your local towns park. Sure there were different type of people there... one kid had really yellow hair you've never seen before. The kid next to him looked darker than you. The kid next to him looked exactly like you but with smaller eyes. The kid next to THAT was wearing a friggin sombrero. All of you looked at each other the same way and still you could sit down right next to them and have the best time of your life.
It's not like that now. Sometimes it is. But everyone knows it isn't. And it's not just them... it's me. When you learn to understand things called stereotypes and racism... you can't help but judge the people you want to sit down with. Sad truth. It really is. But if you can show me that you can break the barriers of your own stereotype, then by all means sit next to me. The seat's been open for awhile now...

3. Cheap Gas and a good Economy
Oh what, you thought I was going to be deep the whole way through? This one even though it's not so "deep" is still very much true. Who remembers the days of 99 cent gas? I remember my parents being outraged for having to pay 1.50 for gas. Now 1.50 is so far away. And it sounds incredible right now. I think in the past a lot of people were happier... but now it seems like we're all in such turmoil and running around with our heads chopped off because we're in desperate need for money.
We need to get back to the way we used to be. And I sure as hell know that it'll take more than and old guy or a black guy as our President to fix the shithole our countries been going down. So kudos to whoever wins, but I know neither of you have the balls to put this country back on track. But go ahead prove me wrong. I'll wait for whoever takes your throne next.

In Conclusion: Life as a lot easier when you didn't understand the complexity of things.

ta ta kids

>_< WORDS VS. ACTIONS

What do you think is more powerful? Actions or words?

Lets take a look at some opinions before i give my own -- and these will remain anonymous.

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"I believe words can be actions"

"Actions! It shows your thoughts and efforts, words is just way too easy for anyone to say. People can be yapping on and on about how much they love you, cares for you, but really... words are just there to 'support' it."

"Words are more powerful. Actions leave marks that fade and go away but words stick with you forever."
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All very decent opinions and I can honestly say I could go both ways. It definitely depends on the situation: whether it affects your life at that moment or if it affects your life for a long time. But then again, actions and words can both be longterm and short term. I suppose I'll state my opinion for both... then maybe I'll come to a conclusion by the end of the blog.

Let's start with words. Words, as many of my English professors say, are the most powerful tools in a humans arsenal. Take for example The Catcher and the Rye. A majority of the book deals with Holden's struggle to get people to listen to him, and it shows through the characters he interacts with. When he was in the room with the prostitute? He didn't want to have meaningless sex, he wanted to talk to her. Even towards the end as it becomes clear that Holden is telling the his story to a shrink, even the shrink doesn't listen. The power of words shines through the fact that this novel has become one of the greatest novels ever written (and my personal favorite) as we as humans are finally the only people who listen to him, and relate to his struggle. In that sense words are much stronger than actions.

Words to me can do a lot of long term damage. We as humans can be affected greatly by something in a book, or what our parents say to us when we are children. Words are affective in a sense that we have more time to think about what to write and publish before we do anything we can possibly regret in the future.

Of course words in my opinion are words that are written down. The quote at the beginning states that words can be actions. Which is completely true. Spoken words are definitely actions. Which is also part of the reason why this topic brings so much debate. But lets move on to actions anyway.

Actions are the best way to support your words. You don't want to say you're not a racist in a blog and get caught saying a racial slur. Actions are a great way to prove to other people that you mean business. In that sense actions can be better than words, they're quicker to present to people and downsides include actions you didn't really mean to do.

Like the quote above, you can say that you love someone. But you'll never get them to believe it unless you do something that shows your love. In this case actions are more powerful than words. Again in goes back to the whole "in a given situation thing."

Being a minor pacifist, I would definitely prefer words. If someone makes me angry, I'm not going to go punch them in the face... I'm gonna blog about it on my xanga. That's the way i deal with my problems, and so far so good.

IN CONCLUSION. Actions and words are best when they're combined together. It helps to say/write what you think, but no one will ever believe you unless you step up and show them. Actions can't be better than words, and vice versa. It takes a harmony of both to truly make a point.

ta ta kids