THE MYSTERY MAZE!!

k, so I know that this has nothing to do with honors english, but the drama class is putting on the play The Mystery Maze next weekend ( may 3, 4, 5) at 7 and we really want all of you to come!!! It's going to be wayyyyy good and you don't want to miss it! Thanks =]]!!!!!

Just A Thought

Haha,ok, so I was sitting in my Seminary class thinking about how stupid people are sometimes when I remembered something that I had done that perfectly proves my point. Not too long ago, I was home alone sitting in my room when I saw some matches that were still in my camping bag. I was really bored and decided to light all of the candles in my room ( and there were quite a few because my grandma likes to give me candles for no reason at all). So I was just lighting all of these candles when I saw this binder that was full of old papers and such that I didn't need anymore. So I, obviously not thinking clearly at the time, just decided to sit down and light the corner of the binder on fire. It actually looked kinda cool at first and i wasn't too worried about it. BIG MISTAKE!!! The next thing I knew the flames on teh binder had become HUGE! I started freaking out because heck, there was a burning binder in my room. I grabbed the binder and ran in the bathroom. I flung open the shower curtain and threw the binder in. I turned on the cold water as far as it would go and then jumped back. Now,the fact that I was burning a whole bunch of candles and also that I had just lit my binder on fire would end up leading to the fact that the fire alarm started going off. Even though I was the one that did it, I'm still shocked that someone could do something that stupid! Ha ha, so the next time that you find yourself doing something totally stupid, just remember, it happens to all of us!

Mixed Messages

About a week ago I walked into the grocery store and saw that my favorite magazine, Seventeen, had just come in. Later that night I decided to read some before I went to bed. Now, usually I don't find anything wrong with whats in the magazine, but this time I couldn't help but notice that they were sending all sorts of mixed messages about one particular subject, body image. When you open up this months issue, there are tons of things like " eat heathier food at parties so you don't pack on the pounds" and " Get Flat Abs in 4 FUN Steps". Now, I think it's great that they are trying to help girls become healthier and more happy with themselves, but then they throw in an article called Skinny Scandal that's all about how the fashion industry is sending the wrong messaages to girls and that they should be happy with whatever body type they have. Then I went back to look at the other issues that I had and I noticed the same thing. In the April issue they had a section called Just Flaunt It where they showed you how to flaunt your best features no matter what size you were and on the cover of the March issue, they had a quote from Mandy Moore saying " I'm not Nicole Richie. I'm not a toothpick and I never will be.", and a story line Cute Clothes For YOUR Body. Then along side all of these things that are telling us girls that we should all be happy with our bodies they put things like Sexy Legs Workout, Get Your Best Butt, New Body-New You, Is The School Food Making You Fat?, and so on. It kind of leaves you wondering what it is you're supposed to do. I think that it's fine that they are trying to have a happy balance, but it seems to be one extreme against another. They bash the fashion industry for not sending good messages to young girls and then 4 pages later they're telling you 8 easy ways to slim down just in time for summer.

Teen Hangout

It seems like when you're friends want to hang out, somebody usually suggests the mall. What is it about the mall that attracts all of us teenagers? Is it the shopping? The food? The boys? The girls? Personally, I like to go to the mall and just see all of the different people there. I love seeing how everyone dresses. Some people treat a visit to the mall as if it were an apearance at the MTV music awards. They have makeup, fancy hair, and are wearing their best clothes. Then there are the people that wear their pajamas to the mall because they couldn't care less about the fact that hundreds of people are there. Then this is the one that confuses me, the people that wear black and pierce odd parts of their bodies and say that they hate everyone that smiles, still go to the mall just like everyone else. Maybe the mall is just something that we all have in common.