Random Thoughts from My Head...Volume II

   Sometimes I wonder if parents really know that much more than their children. They (whoever they are) say you get wiser with age, but sometimes it seems that I meet kids who are a lot wiser than some adults I know. But maybe we need to think they know more than us just so we feel like we always have someone to talk to. Someone who is smarter and more intelligent. But as being placed in a recent situation of pure panic, I've really thought, if I told my Mom or my Dad, what more could they really do? Would they really be able to help?Would they think I'm just causing unnecessary drama?
That book I've been talking about. I finished it a few days ago. But after really reading it, I've decided I'm not going to publish it. From just reading it, I've learned so much. A lot of my errors. A lot of my mistakes. And maybe it won't be a book to change the whole world , but it changed my world, how I really see things. Because what it really comes down to is, it doesn't matter if we have the new phone, or if we have 20000000 friends on Facebook, or if our bangs are perfectly fixed. In the end, it's not really going to matter at all. What matters is the love we gave, and the love we've gotten back in return. Sometimes we act really stupid because we're blinded by our emotions. If we learn how to think before we act, something I really need to learn how to do, we've mastered the most important thing in life. And most of the time, when you do something good, you aren't going to get something directly back, except good karma and a happy soul. But that's what matters, right? ..Now the hard part. Taking what I know and applying it to life. Hooray.      A few more months till July. Goodbye 13 Year Old Liberal, hello new 14 Year Old Whatever. Another year, another blog. And I have BIG plans for the summer :D 
   PS Vote for Siobhan on Idol!!!
~Anneliese

My Friends Are Now Weight-Obsessed..Great.

     Long story short: My friend and I decided to join a gym. More people started coming. Now they're all obsessed with their weight, half the people just signed up for the gym to just look good, barely go and are starving themselves, or are convinced their ugly. 
  Honestly, none of my friends are unhealthily overweight. We were all pretty healthy really. But now my friends are trying to do all these crazy things. My one friend is as skinny as a freaking stick, but because she is tall and has a wider body structure, she is now only trying to eat 500 calories a day while burning off an average of 300+ every time she goes to the gym. My other friend is now trying to lose 16 pounds in four days.
  I want to make something clear. It wasn't the gym that caused the problem. My friends and I signed up with the right intentions, to be healthy. But now they are convinced that the only way to be healthy is by looking anorexic. This is really scaring the sh*t out of me. One of my friends might walk into school deciding the best option is to throw things up one day.
  There's a big difference between being a pole and being healthy. Weight loss is not = to a strong heart. Some people who are slightly overweight are a lot healthier than people who look like a car ran over them and turned them into a pancake.
<--- Don't want my best friends to look like this. Eek. 
  Even though I know all the facts, and I know that I'm well within my healthy weight range, I'm scared my friends could sort of rub off on me. All they keep saying is how skinny and lucky I am, but it's making me self conscious. Now I look in a mirror every time I walk by one. And the scarier thing, the friend who keeps telling me this is actually skinner than me. 
    Out of all the people who would develop weight problems, I would never guess it would be my friends. My friends were always the anti-make up, anti- sexist abercrombie shirt people. Even some of my guy friends are starting to have weight problems. I always thought people were exaggerating when they were saying the media is driving eight year old girls to bulimia, but it's real.
   I have met people who actually do have anorexia as an actual disease. Even though they are extremely skinny, they look in the mirror and see a blimp. No person should have to go through this. If you are going through this, keep on fighting the disease. It is beat-able, but it should never be any person's goal. 
   I don't really know what I can do to help. All I can say, is that if you are a parent reading this, please educate your kids about health, and give them the right facts (and from having some yo-yo dieters in my family make sure you do know the right facts) and teach them anorexia is not = to a healthy body. If you're a teen reading this, make sure you educate yourself about the right facts. Even when you know the right facts, it can be hard. But I guess all you can do is remind yourself that if you want to live longer, you have to be healthy. Along with the fact that if I want to live longer, I'll just have to accept the fact I'm pale. No more self-tanner chemical filled bottles. 
 - Anneliese 

The Blog is Finally Graded.

   As many of you non-existent readers know, I started this blog as a school project for my English teacher over the summer. I made it cyber safe by changing the names, being cautious, etc. and I wrote for hours on end for the pure entertainment of my family and friends who loved making fun of what I said the day after. I found my edited and printed blog that I put in a pink binder in my desk a few days ago. And? A+! I don't want to brag, I just thought it concerns the blog and stuff. Yes!! 
  I can't wait to start high school. I want to graduate. And as many of you asked, no I did not make Stuy :( But I did make my second choice, and a few other public&catholic schools. Of course, I'm not putting where I'm going up here. I'm not that much of an idiot. I just want my freedom, to pop this stupid protective bubble I've been in and discover the world. I have no idea what I'm going to be in the future, or what I'm going to be. But high school is the next step to finding myself, seeing what my whole life is going to be. I can't take the frustration anymore! I want the state tests to be over and savor the last summer I'll have relaxing and LEAVE. 
   So anyway, that's just a little bit of an update.
- Anneliese

I Wonder if the Media Knows How Much Power They Have....

Thoughts of the Day:
   Sometimes I wonder if the media understands how much power they have. Of course, the media isn't to be blamed for everything. But it's a little hard to not be subconscious when everyone on T.V. is picture perfect. It's a little hard to be so perfectly innocent and clueless when even TV-PG shows have "that's what she said" jokes. 
   It's our job as individuals to understand that these shows are good entertainment. Many shows actually show such inappropriate/ offensive things because they want us to understand our own errors in society. But it's hard for kids to get that. Yes, we will always be a little swayed by the media because the media creates our environment. 
    And we also have to realize that sometimes the media is right. Sure, the occasional show may bring out a point that may offend a certain religion or belief, but the media encourages us to make decisions for ourselves. This is unlike the brainwashing ways some religions resort to. 
    Thinking for yourself is the greatest gift you can give to yourself. Yeah, it can suck to think for yourself sometimes. I'd rather walk around and ask my friends how my bangs look constantly, but that would really piss them off. So I just have to look in the mirror and decide it for myself.


    Main Idea: The media is powerful in a good (and sometimes bad) way. 


Quote of the Day:
   

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

Oscar Wilde quotes  Song of the Day:   Weightless by All Time Low

-Anneliese

Calories Are Overrated. Nutritional Value is the Real Deal....And Dieting Doesn't Really Work, Eating Healthy Does!

Thoughts of the Day: 
  I know this is a change about what I write about but I'm putting this out there because I know my readers tend to be around my age, along from some family members and maybe a few bored freaks who randomly stumble upon things on the internet.
   I read an article today about how school lunches still suck. Even though they cut all the fat and some calories out, the food is still bad for you. This is why I bring my lunch to school. A lot of my friends seem to think calories play a major role in health and weight loss. The truth is, they don't.  People, calories really are nothing. Sure, it's not going to be great to eat something that's 2000000000 calories, but it's all about nutritional value. Your body doesn't stop when you are full of calories, your body stops being hungry once you're full of your daily vitamins! If your diet consists of iceberg lettuce, you're probably heavier (and less healthy) than someone who eats a full three meals and lettuce other than iceberg, like spinach, which actually contains some calories. And all that sh*t and chemicals they put into "diet" stuff. It usually makes you eat more. Why don't people tell you these things? $$$ Just one of the things I learned on my path to being a vegetarian....
  And eating healthier is ten times better than dieting. Sure, those little tiny portions may help you lose weight now, but what happens when you go back to eating like a regular person? Use your brain. But why do people spend so much money on diets? Companies know you want to look good, and they convince you into thinking their product will make you look good, and as long as it does temporarily, they make tons of money off you! Then, once it wears off, you go back to another diet, and...Jesus, just learn how to eat your vegetables instead of eating 1 centimeter thick brownies!
  
Quote of the Day:
"The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling."
~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

Song of the Day: 

Imperfect is The New Perfect by Caitlin Crosby