I got a hair cut today! I absolutely love it. Though in the beginning I was a bit nervous because I let my mom, whom has as much experience with cosmetology as a monkey with a pair of scissors, cut my hair. Oddly I trusted her and while she was cutting away at my, then mid-back, beautiful hippy hair all I could think about what why some people dont even give their parents the time of day. Not a phone call, not a simple hello. When I see teenagers(about my age) walking ahead of their moms in a mall or yelling at their dads to stop 'embarrassing' them in front of that oh-so-cute boy, who may actually be a complete jerk, I want to cry for them because for some reason I feel the pain the parents are feeling, even if they are not showing it. I always wonder if their kids understand the pain their parents are feeling. Yes, health, life, and love are what a parent wants in their kids but I believe that all a parent really wants is to be trusted enough to cut their childs hair.

Love ya mom and dad

Today I was playing Urbz: Sims in the City. The point to the game is to go around different cities with different people and become friends with them. After about half an hour playing the game I decided to look on the back of it and read what it said, just for the fun of it. What did I read? One line that caught my eye was "Change your look. It affects how people react to you!"

I thought this was funny, for many reasons, most of which Im sure you can guess.

My 9 year old brother has a video game that completely off set me called 25 To Life. The cover seemed to explain the game but I thought I'd take a look on the back. I can tell you that I honestly almost didnt give the game back to my brother. Right on the back where it tells you what the game is about it said, "Play with up to 16 people, make a gang, kill traitors, and run from the police..." I could not believe that my parents had let a 9 year old even look at such a game, but they did.

I will honestly tell you that I am not a big believer on the theory that video games with violence affect a kids decisions in life, but now that I think about it these two games are only a spoon-full of what kids are playing these days. In The Urbz, you have to dress like the people in that city for them to accept you, is this not some how able to influence a kid's mind. In 25 To Life, you have to create a gang, kill people, rob casinos, and steal from stores, if that is not a little extensive for a game I dont know what is. Yes, parents should be watching what kids are playing and buying. In a perfect world everybody under 18 will only play E and T rating games but kids are getting a hold of games that are rated M and even the Devil of Ratings, AO. If a teen cant get a hold of the game from their parents, they go to a friends house, where they might have it.

Get out there and vote, for heavens sake.

At what point did the American way of 'Free Speech!' and 'Accept All!' become a second opinion? When did that philosophy end up being thrown out of the window? Now, I will not try to act like I am older then I actually am, but I do remember that when I was in fourth grade the Presidential debate had begun with George W. Bush and Al Gore. My school had done a thing where all the students would have a 'mini' vote. For some reason, even way back then, I had a strange feeling that George Bush was not someone who would bring a positive outlook to the people of the United States, but never the less George Bush ended up winning the mini-vote and the real vote and became the new President of the United States. From what I can remember, at first he was an ok guy, then 9/11 happened. The sensitive subject of many people dying was fully blamed on Al-Qaida; a terrorist group in the middle east. With the people of America in complete disarray and in a very weak point emotionally, we needed someone to blame, so we believed what ever was thrown our way. Im going to safely say that that is when things started to go down hill. The first mistake Bush made was to go to war with Iraq. His reason? 1)To stop a civil war, 2)Stop, or at least slow down, the production and distribution of the plant used to make heroine, and 3)Stop anti-american propaganda or any thing related. My opinion? Bush had absolutely no right to put the American people in danger because he wasnted to appear as the 'hero' of his story, which we call LIFE. Him saying that he wanted to kill to stop a civil war in a different country is absolutely ridiculous. It is really, none of our business, but because we were tricked in to a war it is now, in some way, our duty to carry out the mission of no missions. Does George Bush honestly think that he is going to be able to do anything about the production and distribution of heroine? Is his sense of reality that far up in the clouds? Drugs are coming in from everywhere! Not just the middle east, what makes them so special. What about, oh say, Cuba? Which is a LOT closer then the middle of Europe. His plan to stop people from hating us, has backfired so bad that Im sure the American people will be feeling the shame for eons to come. Not only did we make a permanent enemy of places in the middle east, but now places far from the middle east are loathing us. The British think we all have never had a lick of education in our lives, the Asians think we will murder just for a wrong look, all because we voted for the wrong person. But dont worry, George W. Bush is not all to blame for the United States downfall, no. The American people are. Isnt it time that we open up our eyes to what surrounds us and take charge of what goes on in our country, is it a democracy, am I right. The world doesnt see America as individual people, it sees us as the leader we vote for. If we vote for cocky morons to be our leader, American people are seen as cocky morons.