Well, for one, I ADORE J.K. Rowling..but I saw this article and I think she's spot-on. And this is an extremely important concept. (Though many of you will say wow what a hypocrite, posting an article about appreciating yourself and loving who you are. However this is a bit different: I may be a bit self-deprecating ["a bit?" you mumble] but I am not anorexic. And this is to all those girls out there who think they're fat. Who cares anyway?
J.K. ROWLING’S OPINION OF OUR THIN-CRAZED WORLD
Hey, guys! Sorry I haven't blogged seriously in a while.
Break has been blissful, and though I miss my friends and can't wait to get back to them, I'm sort of dreading school tomorrow...
Okay, so why don't y'all tell me (and then go tell Elena at her blog, which you will find a link to at the left, because she has a similar blog post but it's much more heartfelt and meaningful and worth your time [:) what your New Year's Resolutions are? Here are mine:
1. Eat healthier.
2. EXERCISE. (I want a Wii fit!! :P)
3. Try to build some gosh darn confidence.
4. Be more dedicated to my work...less procrastination, more LET'S GET THIS DONE AND DO IT RIGHT.
5. Say hello and call people by their names... I just never do that, it's a thing of mine.. I don't know.
6. Give more hugs. <3
7. Smile.
8. Just be happy... you can't let life get you down. It's too short.
9. Gain people's trust. I love giving advice and helping people..even just being people's shoulder to cry on. But not many people seem to trust me with that stuff, so I'd like that to happen, though I can't really force anyone to do that, obviously.
10. Live a little. Don't worry so much about the consequences.
Adding to number 9, I know I've sort of dropped the whole "advice" thing, but really, if anyone has anything they wanna get off their chest or get advice about, I'm here...and I'd never tell anyone about anything you say. [:
Okay. OH, and check out my youtube channel. I love to sing, and I've started recording songs and posting them to get feedback. You can comment there or here for songs I can sing next. :D
Click here -> http://www.youtube.com/user/stagegirl2013?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/Nq_aS0waDrE
Recommend, por favor! :D
<3 madi
Okay, it works. Guys, I can now send posts right from my phone...so if I die or something amazing happens...I'll send a picture. HOW COOL IS THAT?!
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Ok so I actually looked accurately at where I was in the realm of page views...
Pageviews all time history |
1,677 |
I must say, not too shabby! But I was looking at where people go from when they're viewing and such, and it's either my friend Elena's blog, my friend Jake's blog, or this website in the top three:
http://remroom.ru/
Click that. It's in a foreign language. I find that quite peculiar. And it's not like it was once either. Strange? I think so!
I love how the two main things people search on google and find this blog through are hitchhiker's guide quotes... what an honor. :D Anyways.
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I get page views from Russia, man!!! I know where the Brazil and Taiwan ones came from though. :P
So this boosted my blog confidence. End of story.
<3 madi
This is what happens when I try to write a serious essay about death and meaning.
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| Curse my father for his sense of humor when making fun of my cheesy, cliché endings... and this is what I wrote instead, just to spite him. |
And now to write an actual closing sentence. Why can't I be a normal person? Because it's just too damn boring.
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You wanna see pathetic?
This is what I do in my spare time.
I figure out new ways to make Word '11 for Mac cool.
For this first one I wasn't even thinking about posting it on my blog until after, so I was doing this purely for fun and for myself...pathetic? yes. insane? yes. out of the ordinary? nah.
<3madi
HOLY CRAP. JUST LOOKED AT MY PROFILE AND SAW SOMETHING EXTREMELY EXCITING AND PATHETIC AT THE SAME TIME.
I HAVE EXACTLY 42 PAGE VIEWINGS.
On the one hand:
That's kinda pathetic because if you think about it the majority of those were probably me, which means there are only like 3 people who actually LOOK at my blog. And they've each only looked at it like 6 times. And I've been here since May.
On the other hand:
HA! 42! I WIN! **dances**
(If you don't get this reference, shame. Go read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or I refuse to speak to you. Not really. But go.)
Now, you 3 people who look at my blog every once in a while, go read the less recent post cause this one's almost pointless and I put a whole lot more work into the other one.
GO.
<3madi
I love it when I find some new way to distract myself from life and homework, such as a blog, and immediately lose interest when I find a grammatical error.
2 comments at 3:36 PMAs you can see from the extensively long title, I was procrastinating (what a surprise! gasp!) today, and I was lookin' for something to catch my interest. I found this blog that took inspiration from my beloved Hyperbole and a Half (sound like anyone?) and began to read. I suppose I shouldn't have started at the earliest post. It was unfair. My earliest post is boring and stupid (as are the rest of them) and I wouldn't want anyone to base their opinion of my blog on my earliest post. BUT, I did. And I read the beginning... I was impressed so far! Interesting topic, whatever... but behold, an error. One of my pet peeves...
This person, who I assume is a very nice, respectable, blog-tastic young lady, replaced "lose" with "loose"... twice, actually... I couldn't bear to read on. And that sounds rude and horrible (probably because it's rude and horrible), but I just have a thing for grammar...
PEOPLE. LOOSE AND LOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WORDS.
If they weren't, there would probably be drastic communication consequences. And if I were funny and able to think of examples, I would put them here. But I'm not and I can't. So you're just gonna have to be creative.
UPDATE: I just went back to the post to give it a second chance. Found a few more typos, but the post had quite a good message. I'm going to take the things this person laid out and agree with them! Yay!
So it's about things she's learned about love. Obviously I've got a lot to learn... so I'mma teenagify this shniz.
(She put more stuffies in here that I'm going to replace with mine... comments under the numbered stuff. And I fixed the typos. This is actually a really good post. I'm just obnoxious.)
1. You can spend, minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened - or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.
Hah. GUILTY. Overanalyzing stuff is sooo not worth the time... most likely, it doesn't mean anything. (COUGH HYPOCRITE BLOGGER COUGH) So although sometimes it's good to pay attention to people, make sure you don't take what they're saying and twist it SO much that your brain explodes trying to figure out what this person could POSSIBLY have meant by such and such action/phrase/etc. Most likely, you WILL live not knowing every single thought in this person's head. I promise.
2. Don't be afraid to be alone.
I know this is good advice, but being alone is scary! Buuuuut she's right.......... you have to be independent. Because without a firm "me", there can never be a firm "us".
Look at me, bein' all logical.
3. Don't fall so quickly, you lose yourself in the process.
Okay, so I guess what she's saying here is make sure you keep who you are, even if you are devoted to someone else. Make sure you're (insert name here), not (insert name here)'s boy/girlfriend.
4. Don't be afraid to speak up if you have a problem with a relationship, and don't be afraid to end it.
Agh. See this is hard too. But yes yeeees, you are right Ms. Wise Blogger.
1. Speaking up
Si, make sure you speak up if you have a problem, but make sure it's not nagging. No one's gonna want someone who's trying to change their significant other (SO for the rest of this post and eternity) for their benefit...know when to stop.
2. Ending it
If you've done all you can, end it I suppose... and it'll be hard but do what ya gotta do? I have no idea, I don't have any experience with any of this! Haahaha I'm gonna abstain from commenting on this...
5. The end is of "us" is not the end of "me".
Sorta repetitive. But basically you'll move on, everything will get better, even though it feels like your life is gonna end right now, you will look back and say how, as my great friend Elena taught me, the pain has made you stronger.
6. It's ok if you move on slower than he does.
I mean at some point you have to let go I guess, but taking a while doesn't mean you're weak, it means you cared.
7. You WILL move on.
...said this :)
So yes, good post, I'm obnoxious, teenagers are dramatic, blah blah blah.
AAAANYWAY.
I was asked a LOOONG time ago to make a comic about test grades. I will. I promise. Eventually. Maybe.
...Maybe. Better go with maybe.
I love you all.
Sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth (as far as this blog is concerned) for the past month or so. Not that anyone cares.
<3madi
PS there's probably a few errors in here and I therefore am a hypocrite because I don't feel like proofreading.
Hey, guys!
I'd like to let you know about a great cause that I support.
LLS's, or Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's, Light the Night walk is very soon, which means we need donations now more than ever.
Not only is it a great cause, but Stage Left Children's Theater is a firm supporter of LLS because one of our dear friends and alumni has recently been diagnosed. This gives us all the more reason to help all we can.
Please, if you can, donate here:
http://pages.lightthenight.org/wch/Rockland10/MDeming
A little donation of even $5 dollars will make all the difference.
Please donate whatever you can.
Thank you,
Madi
P.S., in case you ever need the link, it's now in the box to the left that says BLOGS AND SITES TO VISIT... and yes, it used to be labeled affiliates :P
