For Real.

Have you ever heard the statement, "boys are stupid"? I have many a time. I don't really think it's true. Sure, guys do stupid things, especially in relationships with girls, but a lot of times girls are just as at fault. A friend of mine asked what the point of dating in high school is. She said that it's pointless, because it's all about drama and not at all about the person. I guess that's true. Anyways, dating is kind of annoying to me anyway(I know, ironic). Like I know this one girl who literally had a boyfriend within a day of dumping another guy. It makes me mad. I mean, I know I'm young, but I take dating pretty seriously. I'm not dating Cory to get attention, I'm doing it because I like him and he's fun. I don't constantly post pictures on Facebook or change my status to make myself seem like a... scandalous person. ha. But back to what I was saying, why do we say "boys are stupid" when one guy frustrates us. Why does every guy in the world have to receive a bad reputation because of what one guy did that may or may not have been bad? Why don't guys say things like "girls are stupid" when their girlfriends dump them? Some of the nicest people I've ever met have been males, and some of the jerkiest people I've ever met have been girls. Think before you speak.

So, this past week we've been reading The Diary of Anne Frank in English and studying Hitler and World War II in History. I know it's cliche to say it, but it really is interesting to study. We watched this video the other day in History that completely appalled me. I almost cried, not even kidding. It was a Youtube video of some old movie about Hitler, but it was in German, so the maker put subtitles and made it about Xbox and Hitler's disappointment when his account was deactivated. Are you serious? Hitler is possibly the most openly evil person to ever walk this Earth -he dismembered people and built gas chambers so the lucky dead people could turn to ashes and the living people could scream until their lungs filled with smoke and they suffocated- and this video turned him into some kind of joke, just a spokesperson for Xbox. That's just one example of the many ways people at my school have completely turned our studies into a joke. It makes me extremely angry.

Speaking of the Holocaust, I'm going to an exhibit about it tomorrow. I'm pretty excited; hopefully people at the museum will understand the gravity of it and not just laugh it off like it's a joke book.

Have you ever wondered why the world is the way it is? I have, and I think I got the answer the other day when a student in the band room said that A Haunting in Connecticut is based on a true story. Are you serious? Dead people don't come back from the grave and kill people or whatever else is in the movie. It looks horrifying. I saw the first seven seconds of the trailer the other day and I couldn't get to sleep for a good fifteen minutes that night.

Oh, sorry I only got to Day 4 of my Spring Break Blog. Um, on Friday I went shopping or something, then Juliana and Kendyl came over. We watched White and Nerdy about 77,889,457 times. We also watched videos about the Holocaust,The Great Depression, and The Scripps National Spelling Bee. I have such nerdy friends.

On Saturday, I went to Cory's where he taught me how to do a Rubik's Cube. True story. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life.

But Spring Break is over and this has been one of the worst weeks of my life. Seriously. It was terrible. I'm so tired of being around people and being forced to build relationships with them when I don't even like most of them. Oh, speaking of liking people, I read in one of Don Miller's books that people tend to like other people as much as they feel the other people like them. Isn't that interesting, but insanely true? But anyways, school was really lame this week. I'm ready for Summer.

Much Love,
Marissa.

Spring Break '09, Day 4: Smack Down, Stirrup Pants, and Spiffing Up

Hello!

Can you believe tomorrow is the last official day of Spring Break? It makes me sad. 

My mommy took off work today so we could hang out. 

We started our day by going to the 10 A.M. karate class. It was crazy. These two older ladies were there, and one of them was trying to lay the smack down on me; I didn't greatly appreciate that. After class, my mother and I went to Olive Garden. It was delicious, and we had a delightful conversation about brain cells. That's always fun. Then, we went to World Market, which is closing, so the few items left are insanely cheap. They're even selling the display racks; how cool. After that, we went to overpriced Dillard's to shop. We didn't really find anything, so we went to Rue21. That store, however, makes me feel like an immature teenager for some reason, so we left and trekked to Marshall's. Ah, I found the most amazing/expensive clothes ever. Thankfully my birthday was last week, so my mother paid for it. :) I bought these really distressed 80s jeans, and I almost bought stirrup pants. Haha. After about three hours there, we finally came home. 

An appraiser is coming bright and early tomorrow so we've been cleaning like crazy tonight. Actually, I've been cleaning like crazy (well, along with the occasional Facebook/Twitter breaks). So, it's been a Gilmore-less day today, but fun nonetheless.

Much Love,

Marissa.

Spring Break '09, Day 3: Jazz, Onion-Flowers, and Lessons Learned

Hola. My sister left for a vacation this morning, so I went to my grandmother's house where I spent the day reading, watching TV, and napping. I then went to church. Two things I've learned today: It's 2-for-1 day at Blockbuster and Blue Like Jazz is an awesome book. Also, that onion-flower sauce from O'Charley's goes on basically anything.

Much Love,

Marissa.