RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THURSDAY.

I'm feeling pretty scatterbrained right now, and I sort of need to deal with all of the crazy, random, blog-y thoughts, so here it goes.

1) I want need a new title for my blog. I mean, MY BLOG is not creative at all. What a silly name. I want something that makes you want to read more. I have absolutely no idea of what I could change it to, but I am not such a big fan of MY BLOG as the title any more. Suggestions, por favor?

2) We are doing rant-y pieces for creative writing right now which is absolutely perfect for me because LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE BLOG. It's alllllllllll my ranting about random stuff that ticks me off. Basically, my "rough draft" is a collection of blog posts I'm going to rework until one of them is good enough to turn in to my teacher. The problem is, I don't know if any of my topics are strong enough. And also, I missed when she talked about the assignment in class because I was busy making friends with 8th graders.

3) My audition for Seussical is on Saturday (OMG!). I'm a liiiiiiiiiiiiitttle bit nervous, to say the least.

4) I got a job at Delias's today! I don't start until June, but I am soooo excited :)

5) I think I might have lost my drive to succeed in school. I don't really do my homework anymore. Tonight, I watched glee and blogged instead. (Winning big over here)

6) By the way, my AP test for US History is next Friday. Have I cracked open my text book yet? NOPE.

Sorry for the really crappy writing style. I'm too lazy to try, and mostly I just needed to vent. Yay, internet.

MUSIC STIGMA.

"What kind of music do you like?"

"Oh, you know, anything except country!"

Really? Anything? Really?? That statement just drives me up the wall. Not because people don't like country music- people are entitled to their opinions and if you genuinely don't like a certain type of music, that's okay. But I don't understand all the hatred towards country music. Is it because it's not the auto-tuned, digitally mixed crap that seems to be plaguing our radio stations? Is it because the people actually have talent? Is it because their songs aren't all about kinky sex, gangster life or drugs?

I don't get it.

I'm going to be honest, I really like country. No, I don't listen to it often, but it's always fun to tune into K102 every once and a while. Most of the songs are pretty upbeat and make me want to dance. Plus, artists like Willie Nelson or Rascal Flatts are great on road trips (I'm just sayin'). And let's be honest, we all went through a Taylor Swift phase.

I'm not trying to change your opinion about music- you're entitled to your own taste- but I just do not understand why everybody hates country so much.

Oh yeah! And ladies, listen to this song and tell me you don't like country. I mean DANG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADTbWQof7Y

HIATUS.

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EARTH DAY.

Earth Day is coming up (April 22!) so I thought I would do a post about one of my biggest pet peeves.
"Greta that doesn't make sense. Earth day and pet peeves??"
Au contraire. One of my biggest pet peeves has to do with loving the earth.

I hate,
abhor,
loath,
can't stand
litterbugs.

Seeing the ground covered in trash makes me want to cry. I don't understand how someone could just throw their rubbish (giggle) on the ground and not pick it up. Don't you feel a little bit guilty? I mean, littering is horrible for the environment. It harms and/or kills wildlife on the ground and then goes through the sewers to the lakes and oceans and harms/kills wildlife there and it's just this endless circle of destruction! I get a little big carried away... but only because it drives me nuts! And besides having negative effects on the environment, litter just LOOKS ugly. Think about how disappointing it is when you're on the beach watching the sunset and you see a wrapper floating in the water. Or when you're having a picnic and there's a rusty pop can in the grass. It kind of ruins the mood, huh?

The earth is so beautiful and it's our duty to take care of it. All of the animals, plants, oceans-- everything is a blessing to us. Ruining it with pollution and trash just doesn't make sense.

Now, I'm not going to pretend that I am a beacon of eco-friendliness. I don't utilized public transportation (or my bike) as much as I should. I don't compost at home, though I do at school. Those re-usable shopping bags are in a pile in my garage. Like I said, I am, by no means, perfect. But I do recycle as much as possible, I have a re-usable lunch bag, and I turn my lights off whenever I leave a room. And I definitely don't litter. In fact, I usually end up picking up litter when I'm out and about.

I'm not trying to sound like a public service message, but I'm about to so bear with me here. This Earth Day (April 22!!) remember to take care of Mother Nature. I know I am going to try really hard to do those things that I mentioned I'm not so good at, and I'll work extra hard at the things I already do. I encourage all of you to do the same- be conscious of the mark you make on this earth.
And please, don't be litterbug.

BLOGGING.

I'm obsessed with blogging. I'm on this website 24/7 and I even have a mobile app. I mean, if blogger was a boy, we'd be dating. Besides posting all the time, I like to check out other peoples blogs. Quite a few people at my school have blogs because of AP Comp (or just because) and I love reading what they have to say. Everyone is always so hush-hush about their teenage problems and insecurities, so seeing other people blog about it makes me feel like I'm not the only cray-cray one. The only problem with stalking other peoples blogs is that they all have a TON of page views. Seriously, they're up there in the thousands sometimes! I don't even know how to check, but I would probably be disappointed. I swear, my blog probably has like 2 page views. Also, I feel like everyone elses blog has a bazillion comments on it. I've started to get more now that I enable the anonymous comments but... I would LOVE to hear what you have to say about my blog. If something I said resonated with you (or pissed you off!) I want to hear about it! Sometimes, I feel like I'm writing to nobody, which is OK, because I shouldn't write for anybodies benefit but my own, but it would be nice to know my words don't just go off into cyberspace.