Tuesday, December 11, 2007

a few annoyances...october 27, 2006

1. STEREOTYPES: THIS IS BY FAR MY BIGGEST ANNOYANCE. SINCE WHEN DO OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO CLASSIFY A CERTAIN GROUP. IT REALLY BUGS ME HOW PEOPLE CAN JUST CLASSIFY SOMEONE AS A CHEERLEADER OR A PREP AND THEN JUST ASSUME THAT THEY LISTEN TO LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS ! HOW GAY! OR FOR THAT MATTER, THAT SOMEONE IS GOTH AND THEN PEOPLE SUDDENLY ASSUME THEIR WIERD OR JUST TO UNLIKE YOU TO EVER GIVE THEM A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME! HUMANS ARE COMPLEX ANIMALS WITH MORE THAN JUST ONE PART ABOUT THEM. I AM NOT JUST A CHEERLEADER, JUST A SMART KID, OR JUST A GOODY- GOODY (AS SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE) I AM MORE THAN THAT. AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE GIVE A STEREOTYPE TO. WE NEVER KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN SOMEONE ELSES LIFE, AND THEN TO ADD ON TOP OF IT KIDS FEEL THE NEED TO CLASSIFY OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THEY MAKE. NOW I AM CERTAINLY NOT SAYING THAT I NEVER DO THIS! I AM HUMAN, BUT I AM ALSO AWARE OF MY PROBLEM AND IM CURRENTLY REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON IT. SO IF YOU READ THIS AND FEEL LIKE I HAVE STEREOTYPED YOU, IM SORRY NOTHING PERSONAL REALLY, AND I OBVIOUSLY THINK YOUR A COOL PERSON CONSIDERING I DID APPROVE YOU OR ADD YOU!

2. LITTERING: FOR GOODNESS SAKE WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST PICK UP THEIR TRASH! IF YOUR DRINKING A DRINK AND YOUR THROUGH WITH IT, WALK YOUR BUTT OVER TO THE NEAREST GARBAGE CAN AND THROW IT AWAY... CHANCES ARE THERE IS ONE WITHIN JUST A FEW FEET OF YOU! AGAIN, NOT SAYING I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS, BUT LIKE THE OTHER SOMETHING I AM TRYING TO STOP!

3. SOCIAL GROUPS: OK, SO THIS KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH NUMBER ONE, BUT NOT REALLY. BECAUSE OF STEREOTYPING, PEOPLE END UP IN CERTAIN SOCIAL GROUPS AND THEN FEEL THE NEED TO STICK WITHIN THEM .I AM JUST AS GUILTY OF THIS AS ANYONE, BUT NOT BECAUSE I REFUSE TO TALK TO OTHER TYPES OF PEOPLE, BUT BECAUSE I ADMIT I AM SCARED OF WHAT THEY MAKE THINK. EVEN WITHIN WHAT IS PERCIEVED TO BE THE POPULAR CROWD, THE PEOPLE WITHIN IT STILL DEAL WITH FEAR, DOUBT, AND SELF-CONCIOUSNESS; JUST AS EVERY OTHER HUMAN BEING DOES. SO TO EVERYONE READING THIS, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STEP OUTSIDE YOUR SOCIAL GROUP AND BEFRIEND SOMEONE YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T!

4. HOMOSEXUALITY: OK, SO I AM PROBABLY GONNA GET LIKE SHOT OR SOMETHING FOR POSTING THIS, BUT WHATEVER! MY TAKE ON GAY PEOPLE ARE LET THEM BE. THERE NOT RUINING THE ENVIRONMENT, THERE NOT HURTING YOU, AND THEIR NOT KILLING ANYONE. IF THEIR NOT AFFECTING YOUR LIFE IN A DIRECT WAY, LET THEM BE. I DON'T CONDONE THEIR BEHAVIOR ANY MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF IT. IF THATS HOW SOMEONE CHOOSES TO LIVE THEIR LIFE IM NOT GOING TO ABANDON THEM BECAUSE OF IT. SURE, ITS WRONG; BUT ITS NOT LIKE TH FLU. YOUR NOT GOING TO CATCH IT BY TALKING TO ONE OF THEM! SO WOULD EVERYONE JUST HUSH ABOUT ALL THIS DUMB CRAP ON GAY PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T HELP WHO THEY LIKE ONCE THEY ARE SET IN THEIR MIND AND WAYS THAT THEY ARE GAY, ANYMORE THAN WE CAN. SO TO ANYONE WHOSE OFFENDED: IM NOT SAYING I ACCEPT THIS OR APPROVE OF IT, BUT IM SAYING I DONT REALLY CARE AND THEY CAN DO THAT IF IT MAKES THEM HAPPPY; LIFE IS SHORT PEOPLE!

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