"It's been real, and it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun"

Looking back on all my blog posts, most of them had something to do with what was happening that week. It freaks me out how fast this year has gone by. I thought I was going to be stuck in high school forever, and now there's only two REAL weeks left of school before exams. I literally cannot even begin to believe that high school is almost over. High school has taught me everything I know. I thought I knew a lot coming in, but I was wrong. The friends you start high school with probably won't be the same ones you leave with, and the ones you leave with probably won't be the ones you enter college with. Family is important; you may think they're annoying now, but when the countdown begins for college, you'll realize that they won't be there for you next year. A lot of things that you've always depended on them for will have to be taken into your responsibility. You'll do things you swore to yourself you'll never do. Things that will disappoint people, and things that will make people look up to you. But the most important thing I've learned, is that you will change. Your hair will change, your clothes will change, your body may change, but your WAYS will change. You'll find yourself doing different things then you would normally. You might start seeing someone else's view on things and change yours completely.

I'm nervous for college, but I know good things will come while I'm there. Once again, things will be changing. I expected high school to be the prime of my life, and obviously since I'm still in it, it has been. But along with those really amazing memories, come the heart wrenching, terrible memories. These memories will be with you forever, and the only thing you can do is make new ones and block them out. That's what I'm using college as. I'm going to remember all the good memories: dubnation, winning prom queen, graduation, blink concert, so many get togethers, but I'm going to overlap over the bad ones.

High school: it's been real, and it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun. The real fun awaits.

"I can't tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is pleasing everyone"

I would call this type of person a "people pleaser." Someone who wants everyone around them to be happy with their actions. Someone who over does things for people, and changes their opinions in the face of different people around them. I think at some points I'm even a people pleaser. I want everyone around me to be happy with my decisions. I want my parents to be happy about where I'm going to school. I choose things based on other people, and not myself.  Sometimes, no matter what you choose, people aren't going to be happy with you. I always think that something might justify my actions, but usually they just make them seem far worse. My only suggestion is to do what makes you happy. Don't commit to a college that your parents want you to go to. Go to a college that's going to be well suited for YOU and YOUR dreams.

It's basically impossible to please everyone. You can choose to take your mom out to eat for her birthday, but someone in your family might not like the restaurant. The only goal here is to make your mom happy. Don't let other people's thoughts and feelings influence your every move. Do everything you want to do, and don't care what anyone else thinks.

"Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons"

 The worst thing to find out is a lie. Especially when the lie involves you and was told by someone you truly care about. I'm not talking about a "you look great today!" lie when you really look terrible, I'm talking about a lie that destroys other peoples' feelings. A lie that shows someone truly doesn't care anymore. What I honestly don't understand is why people lie to make themselves look better. I think everyone has done this at some point in their life, but when it comes down to someone you love, it's just not a good idea.

Everyone knows that people have ways to find out things about him. I promise you, if you lie to someone, someone, at some point, WILL find out about that lie. Someone will get the truth out sometime and the trust between the people is completely broken. The sprint is over.

The truth, however, can shine through anything. Even if something bad happened, I think the right thing to do is tell the truth. In the long run, it'll be more worth it to have told the truth out front in the beginning, then to lie and cause more turmoil. If you're trying to save a relationship, just tell the truth. More trust will be formed that way.

"Drunken words are sober thoughts"

I have no idea who said this, but they are a genius. I don't understand why everyone can't always have these "drunken words." Life would be so much easier if everyone just said what they were thinking. Secret thoughts complicate things much more than need be. I think everyone should just be drunk all the time so they just say what they're thinking.

"A tattoo is only as cool as the meaning behind it"

 Tattoos are a touchy subject, especially in high school. When people save up enough money, they can get anything they want permanently inked on their body. I have a lot of opinions when it comes to tattoos so I'm going to go ahead and share some of those.

1. My first issue is couple tattoos. If you haven't been dating for a long period of time, it's probably not a good idea to get a tattoo of the other person's name on a visible spot of your body. This couple that I work with was dating, and she got a tattoo of his initials and the word "forever" on her wrist. They recently broke up and I have no idea what she's planning on doing with the tattoo. I think it's different if you get the date you've been together because the time you were together is still significant after you've broken up, even if the person isn't significant. Another thing that seems acceptable is just a matching tattoo with someone that you love. That tattoo will remind you of all the amazing times you spent with that person.

2. My second problem is princess crowns. When you're 16, walking around saying you're a princess might seem like a good idea, and getting a tattoo just to show all the other girls at your school who call themselves princesses might seem like an even better idea, but it's not. You are AN IDIOT if you get a tattoo of a princess crown. How does that have any significance? When you grow up and realize you're going to have to make your OWN money, and you're not just being handed money like princesses are, you're going to feel stupid. I have no sympathy for these people.

3. Face/neck tattoos are the worst decision you could make. You can't cover those up; you'll be able to see it through make-up. Have fun finding a job in the executive world!

4. Popular tattoos. Don't get an infinity symbol, butterfly, star pattern up your back, flower tramp stamp, or cliche quote in another language. You're not even trying to stand out; you're conforming to the rest of society.


The coolest tattoos are the ones that have meaning behind it. Nobody wants to hear you tell them a story about how you got a tattoo just because it looks cool.



This girl's tattoos are the days she survived cancer. Now THAT is meaning.

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on”- Robert Frost

April 1st is the big day, folks. That's when most people have found out whether they got into the college they want to attend. Throughout the past week, myself and a few of my friends have found out that they didn't get into the college they were hoping to go to. I got wait listed at NC State. Jimmy and Greg got wait listed at Virginia Tech. Elise didn't get into Virginia Tech. Kyle didn't get into Boston University.  Although none of us got immediately accepted into these schools, all of us STILL got into amazing schools. I got into Tech, East Carolina, Christopher Newport, and VCU. Greg's already planning where he'll live when he goes to VCU. Jimmy got into Appalachian State and James Madison. Elise got into Radford, Longwood, Old Dominion, and VCU. Kyle got into RIT and UMASS.

Getting wait listed at NC State was the last thing I wanted to happen; I had my whole life planned out around me getting accepted to the University. I still got into Virginia Tech, which was the school I'd been dreaming of going to ever since I was in middle school. When I first found out I got wait listed, I was completely upset. I cried and I was angry toward people that got in. After wasting a few days doing that, I realized that my life is going to go on no matter what. I'm going to get a college education, I'm going to be successful, and I'm going to make things work with Hunter, even though we're going to separate colleges.

I hope every single one of my friends becomes successful in everything they do. Even though they might not have gotten into the university they wanted to go to, they still have the ability to be happy and live an awesome life. College is going to be a life-changing experience, and no matter where we all go, we'll all end up somewhere great.

"The couple that fights the most is the one most in love"

This quote annoys me. If you're in a relationship, you probably know that the worst part of that relationship is getting into fights. When all you're trying to do is be happy, and have a nice time, a fight always seems to pop up and ruin your plans. I used to believe this quote for a long time, but now I just think it's a total lie. To me, the whole point of being in a relationship with someone is to be happy. They're supposed to make you happy and vice versa. If more time is spent mad/upset with each other than happy, I don't see the point in being in the relationship anymore. The other person in the relationship obviously isn't doing their job.

I've basically seen this happening throughout a relationship of two people that I'm friends with. At the beginning of their relationship, everything was smooth sailing. They were both content with everything. As the relationship progressed, they started fighting more and more, and never got out of that funk. They continuously fight when it's just them, and it seems like they're never happy anymore.

Showing that you can overcome a few big fights may prove that you're a strong couple, and you're the "most in love", but if they're happening every single day, something isn't right. If more of your time in the relationship is spent worrying about fighting instead of actually letting loose and being happy, give it up. It'll be for the better. You aren't really in love, and things will steadily get worse.