The Life of Me

I'm an "honors student." I'm in several honors classes. I've always been an "honors student." I get pretty good grades, I'm supposedly going to get into not-crappy colleges. But you know what?

I never asked to be an honors student.

I'm not ungrateful that I'm an honors student. I'm glad that I've been gifted with the ability to retain information, even if, to be honest, I don't understand any of it a good portion of the time. I'm not an incredibly smart person when it  comes ...

So, I was talking to my mom the other day about something or other, and somehow we got on the topic of forgetting. I do this a lot. I only ever remember the most unhelpful names--the flavor of Popsicles I got in the hospital when I got stitches when I was 2 (grape and cherry, in that order), the code for chocolate milk in my high school vending machines (E5-E10, and they were $1.25), the name of the person I technically haven't met yet so I really shouldn't know... You get it. But, lik...

Just a quick note.

I've been noticing everywhere online that when people post cute things, people comment with "awe!!!" "AWE" IS A NOUN AND A VERB YOU DIM-WITTED, CLUELESS DWEEBS!!! IT IS A FEELING OR THE CAUSE OF SAID FEELING!!! IT IS NOT A REACTION!!! WHAT YOU MEAN TO SAY IS "AW"!!!!

Awe: noun a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder; verb inspire with awe (according to Google)

Aw: interjection 1) used to express sentimental...

In my opinion, the world isn't in a great place right now. I believe that abortion, homosexuality, premarital sex, drugs, and a lot of other popular things are wrong. Unfortunately, as I just said, those things are popular, which would put me and my opinion in the minority. Which means that there's pretty much nothing I can do to stop these things on my own at the moment. Of course, I pray that they'll stop, but God seems to have a different plan than the one I'd prefer, so... I'll just wait....

I've just discovered something: Other people have feelings.

I know--whaaaaat??? I thought everyone else was just here to make my life easy and happy, and I could do and say to/about them whatever I wanted, because the world revolves around me! Mind. Blown.

I'm just kidding. I've been aware of this for a long time. However, I seem to be part of a precious few who are aware that other people have feelings, some feelings more fragile than others. Some people are good at hiding the fa...

I will never, in my entire lifetime, understand why I am considered my mom's body. I mean, technically, I'm not even my own--I'm God's. I'm just borrowing this until He takes me back.

But really--since when am I my mother's body? She's already got her own--or does she? Is she my grandmother's? Do none of the bodies we walk around in, use to think, eat, sleep, move, speak belong to us? Why is it a valid argument to say that abortion is okay because "it's your body?" IT'S NOT. Just becaus...

Socks are incredible things. They keep your feet cozy, they let you ice skate in places containing no ice, they look cute, the word itself is fun to say... ("Socks! Socks! Socks! Socks! Socks!") (Sorry... Got a little excited there.)

I recently discovered this AWESOME store in an AWESOME mall called Sock World Boutique. As the name suggests, they only. Sell. Socks. (And a few scarves and a couple shirts... But mainly socks!) They had every kind of sock ever: Toe socks, crew socks, ankle...

Wow! I apologize from the very deep depths of my soul! It's been almost 3 months! I've been busy and forgetful of the fact that I have a blog... We'll try not to go 3 months without a post anymore, shall we?

I do believe that the #1 thing on the list of Things I Don't Understand is People Who Dislike Reading. Now, I do agree with them if they dislike reading those long, boring, school-assigned books, or poorly written books. But just reading in general? What the heck is not to like? Rea...

So, this Kim Davis lady from Kentucky... You know, the religious one who refused to marry a gay couple? Yeah, her...

WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THAT??? WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION? Why was nobody okay with her freely living out her faith, but everybody celebrated when she was imprisoned for using her rights?

It just so happens that it's against Catholic beliefs for a man to marry a man, or a woman to marry a woman. Does the phrase "Freedom of religion" ring a bell? Well,...

Naturally, being female, I want women to be respected. Women and men are equal, just as peole with black skin are equals with people with white skin. We're all human. We all deserve respect.

That's what I think "feminism" is--being respected. "Feminism" isn't being able to do whatever I want, and all men being push-overs to me because I lack a Y chromosome. It's not "sexist" to say that women can't walk around shirtless. I've seen multiple things on Facebook etc. arguing that it's not n...

If you're a guy who wants a girl like me--and I know you do ;)--there is one HUGE thing that I am certain will win a girl-like-me's heart:

CHIVALRY.

(Gosh, I hope I spelled that right... It looks misspelled...)

Now, I'm not totally into the whole push-my-chair-in-for-me-all-the-time (I don't want you to push it in too fast or too slow--if I'm already sitting down, you're going to have a tough time pushing it in, to be honest), but I am all for holding a door for me when...

Are miscarriages murder? No. N-O. No, no, no, no, no. When a woman miscarries, her baby dies without her consent/help. Pro-life people get this. We aren't mad about all pre-birth deaths! (Well, we're mad, but we aren't saying they're all horrible things to do, and it's all so-and-so's fault...) (We're really not saying it's so-and-so's fault for any pre-birth deaths, really... We're not trying to blame someone, we're trying to save several million someones.)

Multiple times within the pa...

(First of all, I'm sorry I'm bombarding you with deep posts! I'll try to post some random ones soon... I guess I'm just feeling really "Make the World a Better Place"-y lately...)

I suppose this is more like "Science and Reason" than "Science and Faith," but the latter sounds so much cooler.

A lot of scientists are aethiests. Not all, but a good amount. Is there some reason for this? Yeah. For a lot of the un-believing scientists, it's because there is no evidence of God, or of so...

I do believe this is a first: I'm doing a movie review!

(I don't really see why that's significant, but... Oh well.)

I just saw the movie "War Room" in theaters. As you know, I'm Catholic (Christian), and I try to practice my faith as much as I can, but I also am perfectly aware of the fact that Christian entertainment has a habit of being corny. Christian music is kind of childish a lot of the time--though I've found multiple really good Christian artists (Matt Maher, For King an...

*In the previous post, I mentioned that my flash drive's name is Darwin. I did NOT name it after Charles Darwin, the guy who said that a long time ago, my ancestors were monkeys. I just found the name kind of amusing.*

Now, I've always been aware of people who are really into environmentalism and everything, and I've got nothing against those people. I mean, I'm not like "SAVE THE TREES! DON'T USE PAPER EVER! SAVE WATER! STOP TAKING SHOWERS!" but I do agree that we so tend to waste pape...

(First off, I do apologize for taking SO LONG to post something new! I'm sure my billions of fans out there were getting so worried that I'd died or been kidnapped or gotten amnesia or something. Truth is: Webs randomly didn't let me sign in for a while, but now it's working again. Do NOT judge Webs for that--every website has its faults, and Webs is still an awesome site-building website, and you can make websites for free if you don't want all these snazzy things that paying people can get ...

My mom tells me that my sisters and I never liked naps when we were babies. (My poor mom! She had three wide-awake babies all day! Sorry, Mom!) I truly wish I had taken advantage of those beautiful things. I need naps now. I know, it's summer, so I'm not as busy as I am the rest of the year, but still... I'm always at least a little tired.

I can't take naps. Not only is it a bit difficult to find a good time to take a nap, I just can never fall asleep during the day, unless I'm absolute...

I do not have an Apple laptop. I don't have an iPhone. I didn't even have a cell phone until my 14th birthday. Guess what? I didn't die! Sure, I really wanted a phone for a few years before I got one, but I survived! Somehow, I managed it. (Although I honestly couldn't see how I had lived without a phone once I got one... They're quite handy!) I didn't have a Facebook until a month after I got my phone! I still don't have Instagram, Twitter, or any of the other "awesome" social media s...

Again, I'm not that politically active, but I have been told plenty about this whole homosexual marriage issue. And here's what I think, and what I know.

I'm Catholic. I have always been and always will be proud to call myself Catholic. I am also straight. I am about as straight as you can be. Does the fact that I'm a straight Catholic mean that I hate gays/lesbians? No! That's (oh, no, language!) bs! (I don't really think swearing is necessary all that much... If you think the fact tha...

I was on Facebook today, and one of my friends had shared this blog post about the movie "Inside Out." I saw and quite enjoyed the movie, so I read the post. It made me so mad!

First, the writer (I didn't bother to read her name... Oops! Let's call her Sharon) was talking about how she and her kids never really went to the movies or watched TV because a) lack of interest, and b) it's all too sex-drugs-alcohol-inappropriateness-etc. She mentioned the Carls Jr. commercial that used sex to...