>_< Cancer Beauty

You know what I'm talking about. From here on out this post is nothing but a little of bit of tough love, and some understanding on everyones part. I need some patience from everyone, because the things I plan to say may seem harsh, but as previously stated, needs some understanding. Let's talk real quick about what beauty is: different from everyone. Who I find attractive may be extremely different from who you find attractive and that's the beauty of human nature. You could be ugly as sin, but let me tell you ugly person - someone is going to find your ugly butt incredibly attractive.

Pictured: Beauty
(to someone) ... right? ... anyone?

Alright, it's time to real talk - what I came here for. I've been in a very bloggy mood lately, and I'm glad I have a lot to say. Theres a hurricane sandy one coming up, but let's wait until I have water and power back. *sigh ... but I digress. Looking through some popular pictures on instagram, I came across a picture of a fairly young girl, with a shaved head. Looking through the comments I'm seeing a majority of "OMG you're so beautiful." For one reason or another my mind automatically thinks, "there's something wrong with this chick." Horrible thing to say, right? But wouldn't you know it, she's got cancer. Before sh*t hits the fan, you should know that I was scrolling through the comments and I found one brave (or ignorant) soul that managed to leave this spicy comment: "wtf you're so UGLY." Boy did he hear it from everyone. In here lies the problem...

Apparently the imaginary line for beauty doesn't exist after some point. I understand that with chemo, amputees, bad scars, burns, etc  it can really deform your face or appearance. With  women especially it probably takes a huge hit on their confidence/psyche. The last thing that person needs is someone to call them ugly. I mean, come on... it's bad enough that they've gone through so much you don't have to remind them that right now isn't their best looking state. That's the argument for the defense here. Everyone jumping on the CANCER bandwagon (including me) telling this person off for being so insensitive. I'm jumping on here and not in the instagram comments, because my scumbag-brain suddenly has this thought:

fo 'real doe she ain't dat good lookin.

WTF brain?!?! ... and that's when I decided to write about the topic. This brave soul, most likely had no idea - like me at first - that this girl had a condition. He expresses his opinion like everyone else on the internet. My problem with this is that your average everyday people - even me - get called ugly sometimes... most times... whatever. But since your average everyday person - like me - doesn't have a condition then it becomes ok to follow through with this opinion, and have other support it. I took a look at this girl. She COULD be pretty, with hair. That's just the cold hard truth. Since I assume the chemo has affected her hair, then she has needed to shave it and I'm going to go ahead and say it's not a good look for her. Obviously though she can own up to it and wear it with both pride and confidence. I guess it's in there where her beauty shines through. From a physical d-bag standpoint, she's not really the best out of the bunch.

What I'm trying to get at here is that when knowing if a person is suffering from some tragedy that affects they way someone looks, we help maintain their psyche and confidence by always reminding them how strong and - especially if they're a girl - BEAUTFUL they are by saying so. I have an idea what girls are like, they'll always say someone or something that person is wearing is pretty and will turn to her friends and instantly take it back after the moment passes. I wonder if these people proclaiming beauty actually mean it, or if they just use it as a comforting lie to maintain peace...

I'd lilke to end by saying the person calling the cancer patient ugly was in no way wrong (however mean it was). HOWEVER, in that particualr situation with a public forum, you might want to keep to yourself first.

ta ta kids

>_< THE RESULTS

So unless you're living under a rock, you've probably already checked to see who won the election. I'd like to remind everyone that I still don't really know what I'm talking about in terms of politics or anything, so if I get anything wrong (and I probably will) please feel free to POLITELY educate me. I don't really think I'll go down into the nitty-gritty, I just wanted to express my opinion on the results. DISCLAIMER: I don't really affiliate with any political party. I don't know the issues, the people behind the issues, etc. I neither hate nor like obama, and same goes with romney. I don't even care to capitalize their names. I will from now on though. Promise.

So when you google election results, you're greeted with news stating Obama was re-elected and then you take a scan at the numbers. 50% to 48%. (Yes I know it's 98%... I think something happened in Florida... something always happens in Florida)

What a dick.

I'm all for majority rules and stuff, but when choosing the leader of our country... I think it should probably be a little more one-sided than 50:48, don't you? I know it goes without saying, but if you had 100 people in a room, 50 would want Obama, and 48 would want Romney. I guess I'll be part of the leftovers. If you upscale that number to USA size... we're talking a pretty undecided country here. I know there's a lot of number crunching involved, about which states have more electoral votes, if each voted is weighted differently based on population... a lot of stuff a normal person doesn't have time for. I'm just looking at it from the surface, 50 to 48. It just doesn't do it for me for some reason. I hope I'm not the only one who thinks so. Even worse, when you look at the breakdown by state, Obama took 25 states to Romneys 24. And Florida was grey becasue it's a little bitch.

Thanks to some fine print in the rules that basically gives more "pull" towards more populous or whatever states then Obama was able to win. So where does that really leave America? With a leader that technically only kinda half wants him there. At least that's the way I see it.

Again, I'm neither pro or anti Obama. I want a President who can impact my life. Maybe I'm still too young to understand, but I don't think my life would change 4 years ago with McCain, nor do I think it will change 4 years from now with anyone else. I'm still going to pay my taxes, fill up my gas tank, go to work, raise a family and do what I can to get by. Sure I'll complain about how high gas is, how much is getting taken away from my paycheck... but what is there that I can do? I can't run up to Obama, slap him in the face and demand lower gas prices.

Who could argue with that face?

America surely is the land of the free, but the most important group of people lack a voice. The voice comes from a rep who has already been jaded with his power. Like I said previously, ultimately it doesn't freaking matter. No one normal working-man voice is going to change anything. Suck it up and move on with your life.

>_< ROCK THE VOTE (Don't tip the vote over?)

Lay it out on the table first. I don't really have a lot of knowledge on how America works when it comes to politics and elections. I did take a high school history class, and they did teach me... but if I actually cared I would remember. So know that from here on out, I'm just kind of talking out of what I know. Please feel free to educate me, but in a educating manner. Don't get on your soap box and start preaching what I should and should not do. Thanks much! Now without further ado...

I don't vote. I don't know if I ever will vote. I understand that voting is one of the rights we have as free Americans and we should practice that right for "the good of our nation" and all that patriotic bull crap, but when it really comes down to it... does it really matter? Does my vote, the one with my name on it... does it really matter if I put it into the slot or not? Does it matter if I send it in? Here's a quick understanding of how I think this whole electing our president goes. I remember it being clearer when Obama got his first term but now I guess it's a little more fuzzy.

So each state has some kind of representative that indicates whether or not it's going to be Republican or Democrat. From these reps, the bigger guys see where the country is leaning toward and make a decision based on there own decision. And the majority wins. Bigger states have more votes in the Electoral College. I believe NJ has 14 this year (after looking it up). Anywho, if it's tied, then it goes to the house and then my voice is heard even less. My question is, where does my vote matter? I'm aware that people in the electoral college pledge to vote based on popularity, but it seems (at least in NJ) that we're going to go Democrat, whether I vote or not. So again I ask, what does it matter?

Maybe I'm too young to see the impact of a new/returning president. I think someone needs to physically show me that my vote matters in order for me to get up and actually do it. I've had a huge problem with the "voice of the people" ever since the occupy movements. Mainly - we ultimately don't have one. Countrywide, people were protesting and bitching about the 1% instead of actually going to work and doing something and, yes, it DID get media attention and it did inspire some people. However, what was the outcome? People were pepper sprayed and sent to jail thinking they were standing up for a good cause, and yet there isn't anything to show for it. Seeing all of this unfold it's not that hard to see that even if a mass group of people come together for one cause... if any one of the "big guys" doesn't want change to happen, it won't happen.

For me that goes with this whole election scheme. People are given the illusion of power, when the ballots are probably connected directly into a paper shredder. This country has already elected it's president, MONTHS maybe YEARS ago. I firmly believe we have no say in who gets to be put in a future Social Studies textbook. If I'm wrong, then I'll be happy to listen as to why.

On another note, I just visited doesmyvotematter.org. When I selected my state, "Assuming 3,868,237 people vote in New Jersey, the chance of your vote mattering is 1 in 17 Billion." 17 Billion. That's not enough of an argument to even consider voting. It goes on to explain why, and it's exactly as I put. Unless we're a hugely contested "swing state" then most likely the state is going to vote the way it's always voted. NJ has voted Democrat in the last 5 elections. So there.

Some people are happy to vote, and I'm not going to convince you not to. Just know where I stand. It really doesn't matter.

ta ta kids.