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So, I haven't been providing many posts as of late and, for that, I apologize. I have a habit of disappearing from here for long periods of time since I've discovered tumblr.

(speaking of which, read the latest thing that I've posted that's as close to a post as it gets lol)

There's been a lot happening in the world. Lots of problems, lots of dying, lots of bad, and some good. Honestly, to really keep up with my thoughts and things, check my tumblr.

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Please, please, please. If you have serious negative feelings against the death penalty, I strongly encourage you to check out my petition. After the recent Troy Davis situation, I really wanted to do something because I was, more or less, really pissed off. I figured, why sit around and wait for something to happen, when I can try to start something myself? It's just a petition. No, I'm not starting riots or even all-out protests, but a petition is a nice step, right? On the petition page (check the widget to the right sign it) I explain my feelings on the death penalty. If you agree with me or have your own feelings and wouldn't mind supporting my cause, PLEASE sign the petition and get the word out about it. I would really appreciate it.

Thanks for reading.

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Amy, Amy, Amy

I haven't posted in a while, once again. I feel like I'm going to do this once a month now lol.

This afternoon, I got word that Amy Winehouse had died. As I'm writing this right now, I'm still crying a little bit. Amy Winehouse had so much talent and was such a tragically beautiful soul. To hear the pain and raw emotion and realness behind all of her music is an experience that is rare to find in a lot of today's music. Truth be told, I can't say that I'm shocked about her death. But I think that's what makes it hurt that much worse. A lot of people always knew that her time would come sooner than it should have. But at the same time, I, for one, had a lot of faith in Amy. I always hoped that one day she would decide to really get herself together and come back with another album, and keep doing what she does best. But she didn't.

I'm not taking this very well. Amy Winehouse inspires the hell out of me, and I loved everything about her, drugs and all. She was human, she was imperfect, and she knew it. She never pretended that she was otherwise. She was aware of what was going on in her life and how she felt about it. In addition to her unwavering realness, she was so talented. She combined the two to make some of the best music I've ever heard. And that's really saying something. I've heard a lot of music lol. Amy's music always touches me in a special way. It's so good and it's so real, and I can't help but try to follow the story behind every song. And I want to do that. I want to be that talented, and I want to be able to share my stories with the same realness that she did. It really hurt me to hear that it finally happened.

She was so young. Like a couple of my other personal favorites, Amy was only 27 when she died. The whole "27 Club" thing kinda scares me.

Looking at the bigger picture, Amy was pretty messed up. It hasn't been publicly confirmed that it was drugs, but everyone's making that assumption given her track record. Whether it was or not, she was going through a lot, and I was really hoping she would turn it all around. And for people to be so insensitive as to talk shit about her and how she POSSIBLY died really rubs me the wrong way. If drugs were the cause, who is anyone to judge her for how she lived her life? No one knows what all she went through, no one knows anything but what the media let them see. And then there are the people who are all butt hurt because people are sad that she died instead of being all in a slump because of the tragedy in Norway. It's not like we're completely ignoring the issue. People probably connect more with the loss of Amy Winehouse than the loss of 90-something people that the majority of the world didn't even know, and it's not because our priorities aren't in order.

To sum it up, fuck the shit talkers and the people who only have negative things to say about Amy Winehouse and the people hurt about her death.

But mostly, RIP Amy Jade Winehouse. Hopefully you're at peace now that you've left this cold world behind. You will always be one of the greats of this generation.

1983-2011

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P.S. In honor of Amy's memory, I vow to pick up my guitar and try to pick up some of that talent she left behind.

Bitch Be Trippin

I've been neglecting this blog. I've been too busy on tumblr. *shrugs* While exploring tumblr today, I came across this bit of fun. Well, I wouldn't call it fun, but I thought it was entertaining. Mainly because cheaters make me sick. It's 8 minutes long, so if you don't feel like listening to the whole thing, there was this guy named Chris who listened to this radio station and who also was preparing to propose to his girlfriend of 5 years [who found the ring and knew that he was going to propose]. This radio station was doing a thing where people would call in and propose or something like that. Chris, however, found out that his girlfriend, ASHLEY [-___-] was cheating on him with "a good friend from way back," and decided to take the opportunity on this radio station to call her out and dump her. So they called her and she thought he was going to propose, and he says he has a question....."how long will it take you to get your crap out of my house? Cuz you have til Sunday."
BURN.
But yeah, near the end of it, one of the guys asks "have you ever done anything with Eric that you wouldn't do in front of Chris's face?" and I thought that was an interesting question. It just kinda made me wonder what would happen if more people were asked that question instead of just flat out "have you cheated?" A lot of people think cheating just means having sex with someone other than who you're in a relationship with behind that person's back. Not always the case. I actually really like the question that they asked. It kinda covers all bases, emotionally and physically.
That's all I really had to say about that. And I had to point out that Ashleys are always involved in unfavorable situations. It's annoying. Like, I'm playing Resident Evil 4. The president's daughter, who was kidnapped and injected with some virus thing, was also named Ashley. C'mon, son. Y'all are giving us a bad name..

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No, Seriously.

In case you haven't heard, Osama bin Laden was found and was shot down by the USA. I'm honestly not sure how to feel about the whole thing.

Osama's dead. And that's all fine and dandy. On the plus side, I think Obama gained a shit ton of brownie points from America as a whole. Republicans and Democrats alike. Although, some Republicans are apparently still mouth-running....but whatever. We finally got the guy.

But doesn't it kinda suck that he's dead? To put in perspective, it's like saying anyone out there that has a serious problem with me would be happy to get rid of me. But what about the people that like me? They'd be sad for me to go. I think it's kinda the same thing. Osama was a bad dude. Like, really bad. He killed so many people, so maybe he didn't deserve to live in some's opinion. But there are people out there that are hurt that he's dead.

That being said, there's bound to be some type of retaliation from Al-Qaeda after this. It has to happen. And who's to say they're any weaker now that Osama's gone? They might attack and be stronger than ever. We might not be ready for it. It's scary. But we just pissed off a whole group of bad dudes. One being gone won't stop them from being pissed and wanting revenge for that shit.

Also, gas prices aren't going to magically go down. What the hell do people keep saying that for? It's not gonna happen like that.

So, yeah. Questions have been raised, but America feels really united right now. That's always a good thing. I'm pretty sure that's what we want to happen. But still. It's a little scary to think about what might happen next.

That's all I got.

Thoroughly Displeased

Gather 'round, children, I got a question to pose.

Now. You're in a relationship, right? Everything's splendid. You have your friends, your s.o. has their friends. There's one, maybe two, friends in particular you're not too fond of, but you don't pay them any mind, because you can't control who your s.o. hangs out with. You learn to deal. But for what ever reason, one of these friends just really gets to you. Something about this person seriously rubs you the wrong way. Now, whenever they hang out, you can't get in contact with your s.o. for multiple hours, sometimes not until the next day. This becomes annoying as shit. Note, it only happens when (s)he is out with this one friend in particular. You ignore it, assuming maybe you're thinking too far into it, (s)he's just busy this one time. But it keeps happening. When this one friend is around. Then it turns into a problem when you actually have a fight about how they have a tendency to neglect you when they go out. You don't even mention the friend yet. But you get upset because, not only have they not contacted you that entire day, and their reason for not doing so was being out with a few friends, but (s)he has the nerve to get upset because you said something. "You can ditch me for your friends for 12 hours and I'm just supposed to be ok?" you argue. "Well, I'm not..." And without getting belligerent and unruly and flat out angry, you point this out, and they get angry with you....wait, what? So then, you make up and everything's cool after you talk it out. But then (s)he does it again. -___- So, jokingly, you finally mention this friend, and say that (s)he can't hang out with that friend anymore. JOKINGLY, mind you. (S)he laughs, and says "that's not true." Oh, but it is, my friend. It is. It happens yet again after this, and you say the same thing. (S)he admits that, yeah, that happens. "I'm sorry, I'm really trying." That's great and all, but (s)he's not making much progress. Sure, instead of 12 hours, (s)he went missing for 6. But still. It was with that friend that (s)he disappeared. So it kinda sucks. Part of you starts to get serious about severing ties with this cow/douche, but you can't do that. That's against the rules. Then, on top of all of this, they get home after they decide they'll "talk to you later" and they're too tired to do so. Every time...

I guess my question to the world is this: What do you do in this situation?

Do you start to get serious about the "stop hanging out with him/her" thing? I mean (s)he admitted that it does happen regularly. That's just proving your point. Additionally, you know (s)he would throw a little fit if you even so much as mentioned hanging out with your bff without them around, seeing as (s)he once mentioned before that (s)he was, low key, jealous of your best friend. (S)he even said that (s)he was starting to dislike their "friend" anyway. So what do you do here?

what happens if...

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