sincerely, me

I lost my phone over the weekend. I hadn't realized how much I relied on it until I couldn't readily pull it out of my pocket whenever I needed it. I can't even send a text to my best friend. Yes and no, I am/am not composing a post based entirely on the fact that I really miss my phone. This (among other such incidents) have made me realize I need to hold onto the things that matter to me. If I take better care of it all, I may not lose it. If I'd put my phone in my bag after I left it on the counter (the cashier oh so kindly ran after me and gave it back; yes, I am pretty stupid), if I'd learned from my mistake, I never would have lost my phone. You make a lot of friends in school. Most people make a lot of friends in school. I made a lot of friends in school. And I met a lot of people that I don't count as friends, but still thinking of them makes me smile and reminisce. I haven't kept a lot of those friends. It's sad to know that everyone was r...

I was checking out the Maps application in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. I scrolled on over to Canada, and then Iceland, and then Greenland, then decided to zoom out so I could see more. It was almost like going to see all of these places without having to pay airfare. After checking out Russia and Africa, I zoomed back in to check out Australia. It's pretty huge by the way, in case none of you knew. I'd heard about the Great Barrier Reef in one of my classes and read about the heart-shaped reef just off of it in one of those lists MSN is always advertising. I wanted to see it on the map. Just under Australia is Tasmania. Between it, and all around it is water, nothing but water. The sight of all of that deep, endless water (I know it's not actually endless) made my heart pound. I decided not to look for the reef. When I wanted to scroll over to see just where Nicaragua is (since my mom says she's moving there, I thought I'd see about how to get there) I didn...

Humans are angry, I've discovered. I don't know where it all hides, but there's an anger deep inside all of us, ready to pounce on anyone who dares say the wrong thing. My anger has been triggered... Let's just say, a lot. And it doesn't only respond to remarks that inflame anger, that are or are not meant to trigger an angry response. Many different feelings evoke an outwardly angry response. In class today, a girl reacted with a high amount of anger to remarks made by a couple of guys in our class. As far as I could tell, this is how the conversation went: Guy 1: In games girls are the ones who talk to you because they want something. Once they've gotten what they wanted, they find somebody else. Guy 2: That's in life, too! Class erupts in laughter. Honestly I didn't hear too much of what she said, but I can assure you there was a varied choice of curse words. Somehow she changed the topic from girls seen as "manipulative" to girls b...