See Ya

That's right folks, I am DONE.
Done with high school.
No more.
Ugh I am honestly so relieved.
It's weird saying goodbye to all of the people I've known these past years, but it's a happy weird.
I'll miss some of them: my darling friends, favorite teachers.
But other than that I am so happy to say goodbye to the hell hole that is high school.
It's been a good year and I am so happy to have met the people I did, because some of them are the people I hold most dear to my little heart.
My friends this year really helped me through and they are the greatest people ever.
I am kind of sad to leave some of my junior and sophomore friends behind, but since my brother is heading in as a sophomore, I know he'll take good care of them.
I've learned so much and I can't wait to take all of my knowledge and apply it to the real world.
It's insane how fast we've all grown up.
And while I'll spend the next year chilling on my brand new laptop (currently in use), I know most of my class is heading out to college in the fall.
Insane.
Good luck to those of you who are starting soon, and to those of you going up to Utah State at the Logan campus, see you in a year.
It's been real. Thank good gracious it's over.
Goodbyeeeeeeeeeee

Tales of a Retailer

I was at work yesterday and on Sundays we have a different clientele than normal.
I don't mind and actually think it's refreshing.
You get sick of all the rich white thirteen and fifty-year-olds, ya feel?
Yesterday particular a group of women walked in.
It was obvious that they were lesbians, and were probably shopping with friends as couples.
Personally I have no problem with this and it's actually a rather common occurrence where I work.
I don't see why anyone would have an issue, seeing as everyone needs clothing.
But then my coworker came up to me and said
"There are so many Mexicans and dykes is here right now."
For those of you who don't know what the word "dyke" means, essentially it is a derogatory term used to describe masculine lesbian women.
While these women were dressed in men's clothing and had short hair, i see no reason to use such a word as an insult.
I was extremely offended, especially since this isn't the first time I've seen something like this happen.
I am not a lesbian, but I don't see why it would matter if I was.
Why do people treat homosexuality like a plague?
Straight people can dress however they want, so why cant a woman cut her hair short and wear baggy pants all while liking women and get away with it?
It's not like they're judging me for wearing mom jeans and Harry Potter glasses.
I don't know about you, but I would never want anyone to make assumptions about me simply because I dress a certain way.
So why would I do it to other people?
The women that came in yesterday actually seemed like really lovely people, and I greeted and helped them the same as I would any other customer.
I don't care how you dress or what you look like, to me you're human.
Quit falling for labels. Stereotypes do not define a person.

song of the day (oldie, but I thought it fit my thoughts well.)

oops i accidentally wrote a poem sorry

my mind is like an
 ocean
in which the water
     molecules are made
of your skin
          and hair.
your breath
   sends my soul
like a ship
       deeper into you
until I'm lost
in your horizon
 even the creatures
   below
and
            above
the water
   are you.
soon
i
will
drown.
please
   do not
save
     me.
-m.s.

People

I have been thinking a lot about people and why they do what they do.
I think about this often, actually, simply because it interests me.
Obviously people do a lot of what they do just because it is the norm.
Everyone has a Facebook, everyone likes photography and being quirky (which seems to have actually created a counter effect in which everyone's quirks seem to be the exact same).
Culture influences the things we do. Perfect example: the trend in Asia where everyone and his dog was getting silicone injected into his head. We (Americans) think that is strange. For them it was probably just another trend.
One thing I wonder about people, though, is why we as a race tend to resist change.
Change is literally an element of nature. It exists in the very core of the universe.
Day becomes night, summer becomes fall which in turn becomes winter and so on.
Change happens. It just does.
People grow up.
Friends lose touch, people move on.
So why in the world do we refuse to let things happen the way they should?
We think that our current situation is so good before we even remotely experience something different.
Change is beautiful.
The wisest boy I've ever met once told me that the fact that people change is what makes them wonderful.

I am so gosh dang happy.
So happy.