Spongebob.

Wyatt: I wish I was Spongebob. I wish I was him more than anything. Spongebob has no certain gender so no one can judge him on that (but for this sake, lets make him a he). He is always smiling so everyone wants to be around him. He only gets caught up on the little things and life is always sunny side up for him. He has a best friend who is always loyal and come on.. the sky is FLOWERS! He is so bubbly and carefree and I think that the only way to truly be happy is to be the closest thing to Spongebob Squarepants, life would be so simple. Thats all.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.

Reed
You know what really bothers me? How the word "christian" has become synonymous with the term "good person." To an extent this would suggest that if you were a good person, you would be christian and vice versa. Here's my problem: I know plenty of people who are truly wonderful individuals with the biggest hearts I've ever seen, but they're not christians. Why is that a problem for some people? It shouldn't be. Why do people in a certain religion think you have to share their belief to be considered a good person by that group of people? What about the Jews? I LOVE Jews. They're good people, and so are hindus, muslims, buddhists, etc. I've grown up in a community where pretty much 100% of the population is christian. Through this, I've witnessed several individuals claiming to be devout christians do terrible things. Also, a large part of the community thinks that everyone needs to go to church. Why? It's like anything good or selfless that somebody does is automatically cancelled out by the fact that they don't go to church. I don't get it, and quite frankly, it kind of pisses me off. Please keep in mind: I have no problem with religion. I think it's a very deep, wonderful, and personal thing.

Email.

Wyatt: I hate emailing any assignment. It makes me so nervous that something will go wrong, like today. Today I had an english paper due so I emailed it right on over. At first the email didn't send and it gave me some strange message. Not wanting to mess anything more up I made a new email and sent it on over. Done. Well, about 4 hours later right after the Who performed at halftime (wonderfully, may I add!) I checked my email again. I notice that the head of everything computer at my school had emailed me. He said that I had emailed all of the 2nd grade parents my english paper and was wondering who I meant to send it to. I emailed him back apologizing and I think he managed to block the email after a certain amount of time. But I guess the 2nd grade parents are better for the experience. Before this all happened they would have never known the feminist perspective in Willa Cather's, My Ántonia. That is why I cannot stand emailing assignments!

Mannequin

Reed

"Oh, I wanna hit you just to see if you cry
I keep knocking on wood
Hoping there's a real boy inside"

I hate fake people. If you don't like me, don't talk to me. Simple, is it not? I understand wanting everyone to like you. I really do, but if all of your friends are based on this person that they think you are, then what's the point? I recently came into contact with someone who I can only describe as a manipulate bitch, excuse my language. Anyway, she has made everyone believe that she is this sweet and innocent little baby; however, there are a select few of us who know otherwise. Still, it amazes me the lengths that she will go to win me over. Until this point in time, she has refrained from directly speaking to me, but last night, she sent me an apology text because she was "under the impression that I didn't care for her because I didn't think she cared for me." Well, gee! What ever gave you that idea? She then proceeded to launch into this big explanation of why she acts the way she does and a few other things not relevant to this blog.

Now coming from any other person, I would have taken this as a kind way to "bury the hatchet" so to speak. Unfortunately for her, I can't see this as anything more than a desperate attempt to add another name to her list of "friends." With that said, I can't help but respect her. Before you say anything, hear me out. This girl, in her own fucked up way, has reached out to me in a seemingly "adult" manner to, if nothing else, keep up appearances. Therefore, I should respond in a similar way, so I did. Now, the interesting part of all of this is that she gave me complete and total power. I could have lashed back at her with some type of meaningless, "bitchy" comment or chosen to handle it the way that I did, civilly. From here, I can proceed any way I want. The ball is in my court. I'm running the show (however you want to phrase it), and it feels good. This must be the feeling she thrives on. So if nothing else, whether she knows it or not, her apology gave me a glimpse into her thinking, her real thinking. I don't necessarily like her any more than I did before, but I understand her. That's all.

Adaptation and Replacement

Wyatt: After a long and emotional day, I fall back on my bed, listen to my iTouch, and look at my watch. It was at that moment that I realized how different my watch was than my old one. This may not be a big deal, but I had noticed that I had completely changed my usual routine of how I operate my watch from my old one to my new one and haven't really given it a second thought. I had replaced my old watch and never really given a second thought about it. Now I am sure that the fact that it was a watch had a lot to do with, but on the other hand I was adapting to something new. This is when I was wondering.. is there any difference? Do they go hand-in-hand? And what about people.. we eventually adapt to their absence and replace.. either with a new life style or with a whole new person. The whole idea of it is just freaking me out. But even more importantly the fact of how weird I must be to come to the conclusion of this based on a watch.. or the horrible writing.. I hate insomnia!

Reed:
So I'm directing a free benefit performance to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. All proceeds go to the foundation. Since admission is free, the money raised will come from donations and purchases made the day of the event. We are also accepting donations via snail mail. Check it out!

Here's the Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=250513521950&ref=mf

Good News. Bad News.

Wyatt:
Good news! the LOVE Project which I have been working on for sometime is FINALLY up! Click here.

Bad News? I feel gross. Sick and tired. A good blog will be up soon.