Don't Call My Crush Ugly (I Like Him, Okay?)

What is it about some people that just makes them so cute? I swear to god, having a crush on someone is like looking through glasses that let you see your crush for what you think they are: perfect. I once fell for a guy who had such bad acne his face was like a Jackson Pollock painting. Yet I loved each one of those friggin dots (not only because I had acne too and could empathize but also) because a guy's personality is what I really go for. I guess I fall in love with the guy, and then because of that I fall for his looks too. I'm a hopeless romantic.

Every Reason You Should See 50 Shades of Grey

Oh wait, you shouldn't.

To the People Who Hate Valentine's Day

"It's just a holiday made up by card companies to steal our money! Why would I ever participate in something like that?! I don't need a day set aside to tell people I love them, I can do that whenever I want!" Sure, let's just assume for the moment that everything you're saying is correct. The original goal of Valentine's Day might as well have been to score extra cash for the card and flower companies, and of course you can tell someone you love them everyday. However, if your loved one wants to celebrate Valentine's Day with cheesy cards and heart shaped boxes of chocolate, you should indulge them!
If this is someone you really love, then buying an overpriced bouquet of flowers to make them be happy should be a pleasure. I understand that's it glorified and the whole idea of love can be lost though the media's portrayal of it now a days, but you shouldn't be upset about the holiday because you "don't need a certain day to tell someone you love them." You should be happy to have another reason you get to say it to them again.
As for those single people out there, no need to ruin the fun for the couples - this is still just as much about you as it is about them! Celebrate platonic friendship and familial love, or buy yourself a box of chocolates and eat it in your bed while watching Netflix. Do something that makes you feel good. So Happy Valentine's Day! Single or taken, remember to love and care for yourself more than anyone else! If you're still not in the mood to celebrate, then hang in there! 75% off chocolate is just a day away.

Wait. I Changed My Mind.

I was standing in line at Panera Bread today, looking forward to getting Mac n' Cheese in a bread bowl with a brownie and large soda. This was a rare opportunity. Once every other month my mom will take me to Panera, and I had been looking forward to this one for weeks. As I stood in line, a group of guys about my age came in behind me, and I was suddenly hit with a wave of self-consciousness. When it was my turn to order, I felt so much anxiety from the presence of my peers, I wound up ordering a small salad with no dressing, and a water.  I wasted my much anticipated meal on a stupid pile of leaves all because I didn't want to be perceived as fat or made fun of by complete strangers who probably weren't even paying any attention to me! Ugh. I'm an idiot sometimes.

Weird! Why Aren't You Vegan?

My day consists of sleeping, eating, complaining, and trying to mess with people. I recently discovered that you can sign up for weekly or even daily emails from websites just by submitting an email address. Nothing else needed. One of the great things about having our school use iPads is that we are all assigned similar emails: first initial + last name @theschooligoto.com. After stumbling across a website called bible gateway, I saw that you could sign up for daily emails and that's when I had an idea: I would sign other people up. After all, I knew their email addresses. Once I had finished signing up a few atheist friends of mine, I went on a quest to find something even better. I was not disappointed. Finally, I found the best website ever: Weird! Why Aren't You Vegan? I was thrilled. I signed up teachers, friends, strangers, and now I'm just waiting for the madness to ensue.

For your own mischievous purposes, here's the link: http://whyarentyouvegan.com/email-signup/

Why I Never Buy Anything

When I was out shopping because of the great after christmas sales, I wound up in a store that was selling calendars for half price. I picked two of them up because I had been looking to buy a calendar, and continued to carry them around the store for the next hour and a half I was in there. One calendar was one of those day by day tear away things with pictures of weird people seen at Walmart and the other was a bunch of dog pictures. It's like they were handcrafted for me and me alone; they were perfect. But as I continued my shopping, I kept thinking about these five or ten dollar calendars that I was going to buy. That's when I noticed a pattern that always seems to occur when I go shopping. The more time that passed since I picked up the calendars, the more I talked myself out of buying them. It almost always reaches the same conclusion: I put the items back. Well, when I say I put them back I mean that I stick them on the nearest shelf when no one is looking. Still, I can't help but feel each time I go out shopping I hold on to things I'm interested in until I eventually talk myself out of buying them. Other people have to do this too though, right?

2015?

When I looked in the fridge, I saw a hunk of some kind of meat wrapped in deli paper and put on the bottom shelf. Upon closer inspection, it turns out it was part of the pot roast we ate on Christmas Eve. I couldn't help but notice something was off, however I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then it hit me: a perfect example that shows just how unprepared my family is to start the year 2015. On the package, the date clearly showed "12/24/13." One of my parents had yet to adjust to the change of 2014 a shocking 357 days into the year. I can't help but wonder if this means that they'll just start writing 2014 on everything now. Perhaps they're just a year behind.