Screwed Up Society

Were screwed up. We all know it, we all are in our own weird way. We all have our own little things that make us different and strange in our own way. Some of them may be obvious, others hidden deep inside our personality and emotions. Some of us hide them, other show them off for the world to see. Thing is if you want people to see it or not society doesn't want to. I think we should let people see us but the rules say we shouldn't.

That what is screwed up about us as a whole today. We made a norm and now everyone has to stick to the norm. I appreciate the people who go outside the lines and ignore what the rest of us say, but the fact is they will be outlawed. It's just the way things go. It's sad but i speak the truth and it's still sad but you know I'm right on this point. We all have things hidden from view because were so afraid that we will no longer fit in between the lines.

It's so stupid when you think about it. That our lives are governed by something or someone other then us. Society forms what we turn into, what we think, and what we do. Let me give you and example: swear words. Every swear word has a real meaning, but someone at sometime decided that all of sudden that word was unfit to be said. And that idea slid into others, spreading like a disease, infecting more and more of us until the word became socially unaccepted. It's so sad that something like that can happen.

If you don't believe what I'm saying listen to this. The bible shows us that these words were once accepted. In fact the bible actually uses the words, shit, bastard, and ass. To further my point here are the definitions of each word as written by the Merriam-Webster dictionary that sits in my house.

Ass- African mammal (East asinus) that is the ancestor of the donkey
Bastard- an illegitimate child( meaning a child born from two unmarried parents.)
Bitch- the female of the dog or some other carnivorous mammals
Fuck- to express anger, contempt, or disgust
Shit- Human feces or a worthless, offensive, or detestable person

See what i mean, they all have real meanings. They all were used in daily language like anything else. But society managed to change them and now we are their next victims. Society picks at us and tries to dig it's ideals into our heads. This is right, this is wrong, you can say this, not that. What the hell happened to our freedoms. I don't have the freedom to think how i want to, because when i do and i say it, I'm shunned, thrown out, and forced to keep silent. People say we shouldn't have our full rights of freedom, we don't know how to use it, we don't know the boundaries. Well to everyone out there that thinks that I, as a person have to stay were they can see and hear me and tell me whats right or wrong, SHUT THE HELL UP.

I am a person and i will express myself as i see fit to do. And until i start threatening you and pressing my viewpoints onto you i am free to do so. As i see it, my constitutional rights are violated. I am told what I am not allowed to say and do when i am young. See people press their ideas on us when we are young and we don't know it, and we begin to follow what they show us because we don't know any better. That's infringing my right to believe and think what i want to, before i can even stop you.

So as i close i ask you now, as a group of young people who can shape the future. To not accept what society throws in our face. Lets express ourselves, let's swear, after all, there only words that have been banned by someone that decided that they needed too. Your not going to hell for it. I'm pretty sure the bible never said, "Don't say Ass, Shit, Bastard, Bitch, or Fuck." So please let your voice be heard above the noise that is society and please tell me of what you think we can do to change this problem in our lives.

Just Think About It,
Tufte

A Flashback to Remember

Well this post is a little different then the other ones on this blog. It will make more sense if you read Two Lasting Candles. But anywho yesterday or October the 4Th i had an anniversary, you all know it anyways, it was mine and Maranda's year anniversary. But this isn't about that it's about what it brings back. It through me into flashback mode, and i can't get out of it. All i can do is sit and think about the past year. The memories are about me and her but also about everything else that has happened it the past year. I never realized it but a lot has happened.

There is so much i could write about but this is my main point. The change that happens in time. You don't notice it until you take a long look back. I've made lots of new friends in the last year, I've also lost a few. I've changed more then i thought, not in physical appearance but just as a person. I guess I've helped i few people along the way as well. The change though was immense. I've learned how to deal with people. I've seen people go from some of my best friends to someone i don't talk to anymore.

That is just some of the change though. I used to never plan ahead or to make decisions even important ones, i was a procrastinator. But that's changed. I now plan ahead sometimes when i have to and with a little urging I'll make a decision. The biggest change has been my life outside of myself though. Over the last year I've become a lot more social then i ever was. Came out of my shell if you will. I can thank Maranda for that.

These may seem petty but the biggest part about it is that I accepted the change. I hardly even noticed it but that's a good thing. People need to be able to change, and to change for the better. I know i have. For some people it's hard, i understand, trust me i know a few people who i had to work over before they started to let themselves change. But once you do it's so much better then before. I said it in Cats and Dogs, if only we were all more open to change the world would be so much better. So i leave thanking you Maranda, for and amazing year and for changing me into a better person, and i hope everyone who bothers to read this that the same can happen to you.

Just Think About It,
Tufte

F---- High School

Sorry Mr. Worth but it had to be said. I'm not saying that to the teachers or the school board or the enormous amount of of homework. I'm saying this to all the stupid, pointless, idiotic gossip and lies that float around the high school like fleas in a glass of soda. It makes no sense why people do it, yet they do. It's not only the spreading, but the willingness to listen that pisses me off.

Were all guilty of it, i know i am. But that's something we have to change, when we hear something we know is not true or is something that we know should stop, kinda obvious we should stop it. It may sound like something your 3rd grade teacher told you but it rings so true in life. When we first heard it we just nodded are head and said "yes Mrs. Smith" but we really should have listened. I've said this before, the truth is one of the most important things you will ever have, so you should try to make sure you live a life full of it.

And think about this, when you spread a rumor you've heard from another source, your just as guilty as whoever started the damn lie. And you know what you deserve whatever is coming to you as a result. The fact that we as people cannot stop something because it's the latest news is so absolutely stupid and destructive to us as people. When you can't tell the truth when your young, what do you plan to do when your an adult. You can't lie your way through life, so unless were all going to grow up to be politicians i propose we change.

It's true we as people need to change. It's not even a difficult thing to ask, to tell the truth is so much simpler then telling a lie. The fact that it seems like there are only a few who understand this is what ticks me off the most. The urge to spread things is like an infection with no cure. It takes over and know one can stop it until it eventually kills itself out. And a few weeks later it starts again. We need to be that cure, we need to stop this now. We need to stop this S---.

So as i sign off i ask you to please do this, tell the truth and nothing but that the truth, not so help you god, but so help yourself.

Don't Just Think About It, Do Something About It,
Tufte