were did respect go? what happened to the world?

yeah I may have been busy/forgot about this blog but someone just posted a comment and wordpress emailed me saying I had to approve it so I was made aware of the blog that I haven’t posted on in too long. So much has happened but I like to stay focused on the present so….

Well I would like to take a break from my shallow and mundane blogging about myself (even though I know I am very interesting and reading about whatever I did that day must be truly fascinating to whoever reads this blog) and I wanna write about something that I feel very strongly about and has been all over the news (and no it’s not Jon and Kate’s divorce even though I do find that troubling lol) Iran’s “election” and I wish more young people would take an interest in this issue-

Democracy is the corner stone of America. It’s the peoples right to make decisions about how they want to live their lives that make us a free and happy country but Iran is making a mockery of the democratic process. They held a (for all intensive purposes) a false election, dangling the carrot of democracy in front of it’s people and then snatching it away by (I believe) disregarding the popular vote. Ahmadinejad “shockingly” appointed himself as the victor and still president of Iran.

I consider myself a Democrat/Libertarian and I believe strong in that voice and opinions of people should be heard, no matter who they are or what their opinion might be, everyone deserves to be heard and respected. I respect the people of Iran who are standing up for what they believe in and I fully support their protest and I wish their government would give their people the respect they deserve. I have no respect Ahmadinejad nor do I believe he deserves any, he is a lying, cheating, “sob” who has stolen the rights of Iranian people and completely disgraced himself and his country. I wish the people Iran the best of luck and I hope they can win back their rights as people as peacefully as possible. 

I wish more young Americans cared or even knew about this issue. The people protesting in Iran for their rights are mostly under thirty and it embarrassing how little young Americans care about the world and even problems in their own country and communities . As a nation we have grown lazy and comfortable with the world because America is well. It’s about justice for people, everyone deserves the freedoms that were just given to us because we were lucky enough to be born Americans. What happened to the spirit of the 70’s (to be clear I was not alive in the 70’s) when young Americans wanted to change the world. I remember when a college student got tazed at a John Kerry speech for speaking his mind and no one did anything except film the incident on the cell phones. I was thinking how can you just sit there and watch this stand up with your fellow student and make a point. It makes me feel powerless being 16 in this enviroment, I want to change the world and feel like I am alone. 

I am wearing a green wrist band to show my solidarity not only with the Iranian people but for the democratic process. 

TTFN- Taa Taa For Now

Hallie 

Keep the X in X-mas

Happy X-mas Everyone. Yes I call it X-mas. The main reason is because I am not a Christian and I feel that calling the 25th of December to be a lie if I am not intending on going to church or celebrating X-mas in any kind of religious way. I am not and do not intend on celebrating X-mas in a religious manner think it would hypocritical of me to call it “Christmas”. 

I do not think badly of people who do celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. I used to celebrate Christmas but in late years we have stopped attending church and doing well anything really religious. 

But I should get back to family time 

Merry Chrismahanakwanzaka!!!!!

TTFN Taa Taa For Now

Hallie 

Pre-Christmas

The count down to Christmas is coming to a close. Only a few days left. Because I am a unprepared “ninimuggins” (Elf) I just got back from Christmas shopping. I wasn’t just finishing my shopping I was STARTING my shopping. But the good news in that I did finish it today so no worries there. I grossly over spent compared to the money I have but I think everyone will enjoy their presents so it was worth it. I like to get people something nice for Christmas because I usually get people really crappy present for their birthdays. 

But I was surprised at how fairly easy it was for me this year . Usually it takes me hours to pick and purchase presents for others. I have trouble shopping period but when its for other people it makes it extra hard because I usually worry about what people really want and the money I should spend. Last year I was literally brought to tears at the thought of buying a gift for my father. I am extremely crazy.

Last year my mom started a tradition of everybody buying a smaller “stocking gift” for everyone on top of your “main” gift. Last year I got really worried at the idea of having to pick out more present for people it turned out to be really fun. This year I decided to make everyone their own mix CD with music that I think they would like. There is a lot of Ben Folds going on because I have recently  heard a few of his songs a fell in love so I have been really obsessing about his music lately.

And as an extra present to my mom I broke my retainer today so she gets to take me to the orthodontist tomorrow. yay for her!

Well I have to return to my families “Christmas fun”

TTFN Taa Taa For Now

Hallie  

December

December is by far the worst month for me. to make it clear I love Christmas as much as the next guy but as a whole the month of December SUCKS. 

1. it’s usually COLD!! I live in Northern Kentucky and won’t mind the cold so much if it produced more SNOW!! I love snow not such a big fan of the cold. 
2. pre-Christmas. I LOVE CHRISTMAS but there is a lot of pressure of buying gifts for people. I love giving gifts to people on Christmas but I don’t like the pressure of picking out gifts for people. 
3. Family. Around the holidays the family gets together for well “family togetherness” but I don’t (and I am sure many other people) like my family. I don’t know how/why I don’t enjoy the company of my mentally ill brother, moody and obnoxious sister, my over sarcastic and noisy mother, and my not around father. in individual pieces their not so bad put them together and you have a disaster on your hands.

There are some good parts about December!

1. Snow. when there is SNOW I love it. I really hope we start getting some snow soon because it is the BEST part about the holidays 
2. School breaks. I like school and all but getting a 2 week break is really nice too. 
3. Christmas/celebrated holidays. Everyone enjoys a good holiday. whether its Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Fiestaveis (I don;t know how to spell that). 
4. end of a year and a start of anew one. 

My life as of…well now

Because I think highly of myself I of course feel that everyone should can deeply about everything that happens in my life so I have decided that I will sacrifice my homework and blog instead. I know it’s a risky choice but I wouldn’t want to let you the readers (that’s right I care about both of you) down.

So lets see where to start…

Well a few months ago my dad moved to Griffith, IN. That has been a big change but so far it has worked out fine. We get to see him plenty. And the close proximity to Chicago has worded out well for me.

Um….Well the Field Hockey season ended in October. Our teams season did not go so well but that’s okay. I have now joined the track ad field team which I regretted this choice after the first practice (I could barely walk to my bus stop the next morning because I was so sore) but I have overcome those feelings and I am feeling much better about it.

Well I feel really boring right now…that be ALL that has ha happened to me lately…This is sad

Oh well my sister comes home from England next Thursday. and I am going to Ikea (the greatest place on Earth) next Friday. So yea  I am pretty boring.

I have to stop blogging now before I start getting sad I will blog again when I REALLY have something to say (so this will probable be my last post ever). Maybe I should lower my standards…I’ll just blog again when I have a free 10 min. that sounds better

TTFN-Taa Taa For Now

Hallie 

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TTFN-Taa Taa For Now

Hallie

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My forgetful mind

I may have forgotten I had a blog for awhile there but I remember now. It occured to me today mostly because I really want to bitch to someone and most of the people I know are in the same boat so I am just going to complain to whole world at once by posting it on my blog.

Well I don’t know if you have heard about a little huricane called Ike (if you haven’t then you are an idiot). Well I usually don;t feel that sad for the people the refused to leave their homes and are now trapped in the swampy remains of their homes (don’t think I am bitch for not feeling sorry for these people) don’t get me wrong I think it si beyond sad their lives are now completely changed because of a horrible storm but if you decided to stay in your home when you knew that a huricane was coming for you…Now I am getting off point this is about me right now I will get back to them in a minute. So after Ike visited Houston his winds came up through Louisville, Ky (where I live) and caused even more trouble. The winds took down over 100 electrical lines and a bunch of sub stations. So now 225,000 in Louisville don’t have electricity and I am one of them. Its been over 48 hours since my house has had electricity. Last night I stayed with a friend who had electricity and tonight there has been talks of going to the grandparents *chills* (I am not the biggest fans of the grandparents).

Although there is always a silver lining 100 of 152 school don’t have electricity so there is no school! Which is good because even with the extra 2 days I still haven’t finished my homework (but there is no school tomorrow either so delayed that bullet for now). 

Thats what is happening right now I will tell you about what was going during my forgetful moment but I am afraid that I must go finish (or avoid) my homework because eventually that bullet will arrive.

TTFN- Taa Taa For Now

Hallie

Btw- I am not a cold hearted bitch and I do feel bad for the Ike victims

Welcome Home ME!!

Yo Dude I have returned from my 5 week cross country adventure! My trip was loads of fun for more details check out my new page devoted to my trip (COMING SOON).

TTFN Taa Taa For Now

Hallie

Fairwell For Now

I am leaving in 12 hours for my great 5 week RV trek across the country. I leave tomorrow before 1 (my mom won’t be anymore specific). I still have some packing to finish tomorrow (I know you would think it would have occurred to me to pack before the night before I leave but no I started packing tonight and will finish pack tomorrow probably about 10 minutes before we leave). I can’t believe that I am leaving tomorrow. It feels like the trip is still so far away. But the plan is that we will leave tomorrow and go to my uncle’s house and stay the night and then on Sunday I will meet up with my group and officially start my journey.

Saying FIVE WEEKS makes it feel so long and thinking FIVE WEEKS make it feel really long but I know that I will return and I know that this trip will be loads of fun. I guess I just have trip anxiety. I will get over as soon as I really start my trip.

But I also have the anxiety of having been lazy all school year and still having school to do. By time I return I will only have like two weeks to finish my school work before school starts. So I am like really freaked out that I will fail and not finish it and be stuck in this hole of freshman year forever. but I can’t talk/type about this any longer the more I think about it the worse I feel about it.

In other important Hallie news today I got my first debit card! it makes me feel so grown up. Having $250 at your finger tips is cool (but I have a weird complex thing about spending money so I don’t know how much I will actually end up spending).

Well that is all the news relating to Hallie. I will keep a note book on me at all times so if I get inspired I can write it down and when I return you once again have access to my brain.

TTFN Taa Taa For Now (or for FIVE WEEKS)

Hallie