STRESS

Stress has become a problem for me lately. It is difficult for me to deal with everything that is going on right now. I hate when people try to help you but all they o is make things worse. It really sucks when you are trying to tell someone what is wrong and they just don’t understand. Sometimes it is more important to just listen to someone then to talk about things. I don’t need someone to keep telling me what I am doing wrong. A lot of the times I try to tell people how I feel and they don’t listen. They listen but they don’t comprehend and realize that all I wan them to do is listen to me and realize that there is something wrong and the only one who can fix it is me.
I hate when people pretend to listen to you when all they want to do is hear themselves talk. If you really want to help someone you need to learn how to just take everything in and let them vent to you. Sometimes it is easier for me to write down how I feel because when u write things down you are not interrupted. There is no one there to turn the focus on them instead of hearing your problems. Writing helps me in all of my difficult situations.

BLACK FRIDAY

Yes, I was one of the many insane people that went out at 12am on BLACK FRIDAY. I never knew how crazy some people go over sales. I went upstate to Woodbury Commons. Each store had a line out the door with people waiting as long as 2 hours to get inside. I do not think that I have seen so many people in one shopping place in my whole life. It is crazy how people get and how nasty some people can be when it comes to shopping. I have always realized that some people are just rude people but when it comes to shopping people can be inconsiderate and to greedy.
I do not like being around a lot of people at one time. It makes me frustrated and aggravated. Being those two takes out the fun of shopping and I love, love, love to shop. It is my passion. But when it comes to being in a crowded place with people and their shopping bags bumping into you id rather be home and not shopping.
I can only imagine how much money the owners of stores make during BLACK FRIDAY and the holiday weekend. I know I myself dropped at least four hundred dollars in the three hours of shopping I did. And I wouldn’t be surprised if there are people out there who tripled what I spent. I will never go shopping on BLACK FRIDAY ever again and that is a promise.

BEAUTY PAGENTS

Beauty pageants today are all about what these young girls look like. Why should someone be rewarded on how they look? When you look at the girls in beauty pageants yes they are beautiful girls but they are trained on what to say and when to say things. These girls to me are not like real girls they are just people that were formed into what we now think is the definition of beauty.
Society would be better off with out competitions on who is better looking in a swimsuit or who has the nicer evening gown. Girls look up to these pageant contestants as role models. That makes girls think that the important thing in life is to be the pretty girl who looks good in anything she wears. Those are not the type of things that girls should be looking up to.
I do realize there are questions asked by the judges and the host of the pageants but these girls are so trained on what to say if they have a certain question. If you are a contestant in something you should be using your own ideas or your own answers because you are the one competing in this contest. It’s okay to say what you really think and what you really mean but in these contest the girls never really say things they want to say or the way they want to say them.
Also pageants when younger girls are put into pageants the parents become too involved. They push these children to much that they don’t have fun doing the pageants anymore. A lot of the parents take the competitions to seriously and in the end it affects the children in a bad way. They begin to think that they are not good enough and that they need to do something in order to be prettier like crash diet or get something surgically fixed on them.
In conclusion beauty pageants are something society can live without. There not something that you need to watch or that people need to participate in. Then can be fun at first but then they can become something that is just a reminder to the viewers that what you see on T.V is considered beauty. And to me that is not what beauty is.

Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love getting dressed up and going out with my friends. I think it is so funny when people dress up because sometimes you see the most ridiculous costumes. Halloween is not just for kids and i love that because unlike Christmas you can enjoy the holiday as much as you did when you were a kid. Christmas involves Santa and sooner or later when your a kid you realize that Santa is not real and you don't get as many gifts as you used to. As a College student you can still enjoy Halloween and sometimes you enjoy it even more being older then you did when you were a child. Now there are alot more parties and things to do on Halloween. Halloween is now like a whole week of parties. Dressing up is essential for getting into parties and if your not dressed up you will be rejected.

Radio

It really bothers me when i turn on the radio and the DJ introduces a song as "new music" and i have all ready heard the song months ago. People that are not into music like i am do not realize how many good songs there are out there that are not on the radio yet. I hate when I'm in the car with people and they sit there and tell me that the "new" song on the radio is so good and that its the first time they have heard it when i have all ready heard it and I'm all ready tired of it by the time it goes on the radio. The radio plays out so many songs and so much music. It gets annoying because some bands are not supposed to become so famous. Its good for the bands because they are making money but it sucks for the fans because they have followed the music for so long and it gets annoying when other people become fans because they have heard the music on the radio. If a CD comes out and they do not play the music until a year or two later it is not considered new music. And the radio should not play out the music as much as they do because then people just get really annoyed.

GOSSIP

Anywhere you go you are going to have to deal with people and Gossip. People think that because they go to a new school and meet new people they will not be bothered with gossip. In all reality people will talk about you anywhere you go. Everyone wants to know everyone elses business. No matter what you do you will have someone talking about you, weather what there saying is good or bad.
I have found that it is hard to trust alot of people because if you trust someone and tell them something it is more then likely for them to go around and tell one of there friends. Espicially if what you have to tell them is something that would effect someone else they know.
Comming to School in Staten Island I knew it was going to be just like home and if not worse. My roommate on the other hand thought it would be less stressful and less gossip. It is hard for her to deal with the fact that no matter where you go people are going to judge you no matter where you are. Drama follows you everywhere and unless you become fake and try to please everyone someone is going to have something bad to say about you. This is all a part of growing up and becomming an adult. Gossip and Drama is all a part of being a teenager.
But it dosnt stop when you become an adult. Even people that are out of school have to deal with gossip. When you go to work when you are an adult it is just as bad as when you are in school. Again people always have something to say about you no matter how old you are and it is a shame that they have nothing else better to do.