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| vulnerable is never good. unfortunately, i still need to get that through my head.
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| reasons/times to be happy about
-when i finally figure something out in physics, math or chem
-when mr. stueben gives us redemption quizzes and i dont lose points
-working on a layout for newspaper for four hours and having ms seavey like it
-class ring
-spirit packs
-when people say i look happy
-that i get power points for football
-that tj football is in fourth right now among divison five teams= regional qualifying as of now
-the situation im currently in
-my grades are the best theyve ever been at tj
-i have a group of friends whom i love
-senior night on friday
-street law with mr. zack
-free pizza
-out of my league-stephen speaks
-country music
-my car
-the weather was beautiful today
-the long weekend coming up
and so so much more. in such a good mood. =) | | |
| okay soo.. i've been getting really annoyed with a lot of people
lately, and I think everyone probably thinks I just really dislike
them. which i don't. in reality, i really do love you all, but things
you do just get on my nerves.. and I want to not be annoyed anymore,
but I dont know how to fix that and I really dont want to be annoyed at
you because i love you so here it goes.
Jens list of pet peeves (I know I'm guilty of some of these, but bear with me, please)
1.
people who complain ALL THE TIME. listen. life is tough. I feel you. I
want to be there to support you and to help you through stuff, i really
do. But its really hard to work with you and try and help you out when
you're always complaining. Comon. you've got to be able to find one
thing that's going right in your life.
2. people who always look
at me after tests/quizzes/papers and ask me what I got. guys I know
that we're competitive kids and its important to us to see how all of
our friends did on stuff, but could we please cut this out a little
bit? I mean is it really going to help you at all to know how your
friend did on something? no. If you did better, then you're going to
make them feel bad, and if the friend did better, you're going to feel
bad.
3. people who say they're failing or theyve failed
something when really they've gotten a B. Unless somethings changed
that I dont know about, failing something is getting lower than a
seventy percent on it. Please please please, dont say youre failing
when you got a B or a B+ or even a C+. None of those grades will
seriously kill your GPA every once in a while. You got a less than
stellar grade. get over it.
4. people who are ungrateful for the
things they have. Guys, can I just say that its really really hard to
be happy for someone who beat you out or has something that you want if
theyre not grateful for it? If you get something that I want, beat me
out for something, or whatever, I'm going to be a little bummed. I want
to be happy for you because you won something, beat me out, whatever,
but thats so hard when you a)dont seem to care about it, b) arent
thankful for it, or c) (and this is the worst) complain about what you
did wrong EVEN IF YOU WON. ugh. thanks.
5. people who back down
on commitments. commitments are commitments are commitments, especially
when you make a commitment to a team or a group or whatever. Just
because you like one thing more doesnt mean you can let down the other
group of people, especially if the lesser loved commitment was made
first. we all agree to things that sound fun at the time and then lose
interest. that doesnt mean you can let down five, ten, or twenty other
people. you have to remember people are counting on you. If you cant
handle it all, then dont agree to do everything.
6. people who
get pissed off when someone doesnt particularly like them. everyone is
not going to like you. there are always going to be people who dont
particularly care for you, and you have to deal. get over them, and pay
more attention to people who WANT to be your friends. Which leads me to
my next peeve
7. people who take you for granted as a friend. I
love you all, I really do, but I dont like being the go-to friend when
your other friends fall through. either we're friends, or we arent, but
I'm not just going to sit around waiting for you to decide you want to
hang out with me again.
8. people who chew with their mouth open. enough said.
9.
people who tell me to calm down when i'm thinking out things outloud
and i get into it. aka, people who tell me to calm down when i'm being
competitive. it's how i am, it's how i've always been. i like to win.
seriously, thats how i am and it's really hard to change that. thanks.
10.
people who talk about me behind my back and then find out ive said
something about them to one of my friends because i get annoyed because
of one of the above things, and then try to make me feel bad about it.
if you want me to not say anything about you, dont say anything about
me. if ive heard something through someone else about you saying things
when i'm not around, ive lost respect for you and i'm less likely to
keep my annoyance in. and then when you try to make me out to be the
bad guy, thats even worse.
okay thats all. and like i said
before, i know i'm guilty of some of these things because i know im not
perfect.. but if it seems like ive been ticked at you alot as of
recent, this might help to explain it.
love. jen | | |
| um so im going to be on good morning
america on friday sometime between 8 and 9 am.. and im on page 148 or
something like that in seventeen.. except they misquoted me and made me
sound like an idiot. thats okay. good morning america makes up for it.
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| four years ago, i was a new seventh grader at robinson, a shy little
blonde girl who's biggest fear was that she wouldnt make any friends or
would get teased by a bunch of highschoolers. I was sitting in science
class, and the announcement came on the pa, and it never really set in.
i mean comon, America, the greatest country in the world, attacked like
that? I'll never forget when my science teacher turned on the tv and we
watched as the news replayed all of that disturbing video footage.
four years later, I'm sorry that I ever supported bush. I was glad he
was our president during his first term because he really seemed to be
trying.. I mean, yes, hes not the brightest crayon in the box, but he
seemed to care. And now, a year into his second term, he hasnt done
anything. he's stopped trying. And now, my cousin will be shipped off
to Iraq in a week to fight for a group of people who honestly i think
we should just let kill each other. leave them be. if they want to
screw up, let them. My cousin has three beautiful baby girls. he's
young and has his whole life ahead of him. but now, thanks to this
stupid war that has gone on long enough, he's being sent back to defend
people who could care less about his life.
i am disappointed in president bush. i am angry that while a disaster
happens in our country (which no, i don't blame on him), he's still
sending more troops over to fight. stop sending them, start bringing
them home. we should have been getting out of there a year ago.
that's all. i'm too angry right now.. this morning is when i found out
hed be going back. regardless, i'm damn proud to be an American, and
i'm damn proud of all of our troops that go and do what they do to
defend our freedom. I'm just disappointed in the president.
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