Cynacism

"Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”

-Stephen Colbert

I'm sorry, but...

I just need to come right out and say it: baby bumps scare the poop outta me. I mean, I know, it's a beautiful thing, you don't know until you've had one, life is a miracle. I get it, I do. But people taking pictures of their creepy bellys gives me the willies. Nothing against pregnant people. I love them. And babies. It just kinda gives me the heeby jeebies. Like people holding chainsaws. They're probably nice people. But it kinda scares you.

quick punch.

i think if i give someone a good quick punch to the face i will feel a lot better about things.

politalkks

Okay, so on May 2nd Canada is having an election. Again. It's the fourth election in seven years for us. Which, you know, probably sucks a lot for taxpayers and whatever (they seem to be complaining about it a lot, along with the HST, possible prison, our government...) but, seeing as I wasn't of age for the last election, it's very exciting for me. I love that I have a voice. A voice that they are trying to hear. I love that we are a democratic country, and that people are telling us we have a say in the matter.
What I don't love is people not caring. People saying 'I don't care who wins, it doesn't matter anyways, so I'm just not going to vote.' That, my friends, is what I like to call, stupid. Because we all care who wins. That's why everyone is complaining about our government all the time. If you really don't care who our government is, then you shouldn't be complaining the rest of the year about if we have a crappy government. Seriously, how often do you see someone not voting, and then complaining about our government as soon as the decision is announced? Very often. See, people love to complain. About everything. But if you aren't doing anything about it, you aren't helping any situation.

If you want your voice heard, you need to speak up when you're given the chance. 

There are so many people in this world who don't have the opportunity to vote, who would give almost anything to be able to. Yet here we are, free to vote and pick our leaders and who runs our country and free to decide how our country is run; and we choose not to? This is completely bizarre to me. 

If you don't think one voice counts, go google Rosa Parks. Google Martin Luther King, Jr. Google Nelson Mandela. These are all examples of one person who was able to take a stand, and make a change. If all of the young people who were able to vote, did, think of the change that would be able to make? We are the future. If we don't start forming opinions now, when will we? When it's too late? That shouldn't even be an option. Do some research and find out which party you agree with the most. You'll never agree with anyone completely, and it's the same with your government. But there's going to be one party who you feel is the best suited to you, and on May 2nd, go out there and vote. Your vote could be the change.

--t

april fool's...

Well, now today sure was a very interesting day. So at work today, Jake got into a minor car accident (minor meaning that nobody was hurt, but his car sure was). Thank goodness that there was a witness who was all 'nuh uh, ain't your fault' and Jake was all 'thanks man'. So yeah, we'll see how that goes, it should be interesting. Also what happened today. I went to the bank to get coin, and on my way back I see two guys running around a corner with envelopes in their hands. I thought to myself 'Aw, thats cute, they're racing to Monashee's to go apply for a job!'. When I got back to the theater, Ed asked me if I had left anything behind the counter. I said that I had left the tips there, because I had been splitting up the tips ($83.48) for Zach, Caitlin and I. Well, it turns out those guys who were running had come in to drop off a resume, and then Ed went to give the resume to Jake. When he looked back down to the lobby, the two guys were booking it out of the theater. They had stolen $49.36 worth of tips. It was just ridiculous. We did call a cop, and he came in, and was a very nice guy. And the best part? The guy had left a real resume...with his real name and number on it. I feel like it should be on a 'Dumb Crooks' type thing. I went to tell Caitlin, and she just assumed that it was an April Fool's day joke. It very obviously wasn't. Blechh.
Also, I went to the grocery store, and it turns out Chelsea had been having a bad day, too, and was sick, so that stank for her. And another one of my friends boyfriends said they should take a break, because they'd been fighting so much. So all around, not a positive day for anyone. Quite a shame, but there's a reason for everything!
So, that seemed to be my day.
As well, I have completely paid off my flights to New York and San Francisco, and we have our San Francisco accommodations booked. All we need to book now is our New York accommodations, and budget out the rest of the trip to see what we need. I'm super pumped, and I'm sure everything's going to be so great.
Yay!

Hope you all had a great day, and didn't get fooled!
--t