We are the Exception...

 Carson,

   Sweetie, I know you don't like to read but I sincerely hope you read this all the way through. Anyways, I've had so much fun with you in the last 7 months. We're always together, and we constantly talk all the time. You're always there for me, and I know I can count on you, most of the time. You've always seemed like the perfect guy for me, cheerleader, straight A student, and someone who likes to have fun. You're my best friend. That's the problem though; you're too much of my best friend.

 

    Don't get me wrong here darling; I love the fact that you're one of my best friends. However, that's all I see you as. I've known you for the last 5 or so years, and we've become close, really close. I love how close we are, but we're close in a best friend way, not a relationship way. I need someone who I have more than physical chemistry with, and someone who I can see as more than just a best friend. I need a rock, and not a    flower. I need someone who will be there when I'm upset, and not someone who will cry with me because I'm upset.

 

     

     I absolutely want you in my life still. I want you in my life as my best friend, as the one who will walk out on the competition floor with me hand and hand waiting for the music to start so we can hit a perfect routine, as the one who will be there on New Year’s Eve every year for our annual New Year’s kiss, as the one I can call at 3 am because my new boyfriend does something idiotic, and as the one who I know won't walk out of my life like everyone else. I need you in my life; I just need you as my best friend and not my boyfriend. You're the perfect best friend, the perfect mentor, and the perfect older brother figure I know will be there. I know in your heart that you feel the same way about us, and I know you will forgive me for doing this to you because I know you more than you know yourself. We are the exception of love never ending in friendship. 

          

                                                                                            Love,

                                                                                      Taylor (Your BEST FRIEND and nothing more)

Ouch...That Revenge Hurts!

HEY YOU!! Yeah You! Watch your back you never know who might be planning some revenge on you! (;

    Do you know what revenge is? 
    Revenge is to exact punishment for a wrong doing. 

  Revenge is something that is found all around us, people plan revenge for all sorts of things. There's revenge for murder, fights, rumors, karma, etc. You got it there's revenge for just about anything you do everyday, who knows maybe someone is even plotting revenge for the way you brush your teeth in the morning...you never know! I mean there are even websites where you can even buy revenge, how silly is that? I mean your ex cheated on you, your boyfriend's being a jerk, your mom took your phone away, your neighbor ran over your beloved dog, don't worry about it because there is some sort of revenge out there for you!

Just because I like all my fellow blog viewers, and posters, here are some amazing revenge ideas:

1.) Situation: Your neighbor ran over your dog.
     Revenge: You adopt a new dog, and have the neighbor's lawn become the dogs new bathroom. That'll     sure show him to watch his driving skills.
2.) Situation: Your boyfriend cheated on you.
      Revenge: Call up all of your girlfriends, and have them call their girlfriends, and tell them that he was gay anyways. Oops...looks like he won't be getting any more girlfriends in the future...Sorry!
3.) Situation: Your mom takes your phone away.
     Revenge: Buy a new cellphone, and disconnect yours, this way your mom gets stuck with that giant end of contact fee. Ouch...start digging in those pockets mom, that's going to me a hefty fine. 
4.) Situation: Your new puppy ate your brand new Tiffany's necklace.
      Revenge: Put the puppy's bed outside on your deck for the night, make sure you put up a gate; we don't want to kill the cute puppy. I'm sure he won't do that again, after enjoying his night outside under the "stars."
5.) Situation: The movie guy scammed you out of $5 on your movie ticket.
      Revenge: Next time you go the movies, knowing that you will get scammed again, record this "scam" and report it to his supervisor. He can say bye-bye to his job, awh darn, stinks to be a scam artist. 

Here's a great revenge video for you all:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUH1Pjl5Sk

**All revenge ideas, and situations, were made up by me.**

Revenge tied into Hamlet: 
I'm sure all of you have heard of the work of literature "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, this work of literature is based upon a lot of revenge. The wonderful Prince Hamlet is seeking revenge on King Claudius, who is also his uncle and now father, after Hamlet discovers that Claudius is the one who murdered his father. Not only is Hamlet seeking revenge, but Larates is now seeking revenge, after Hamlet accidently killed his father and his sister, Ophelia, drowns. To help with his revenge Larates seeks the help of King Claudius who is beginning to feel the guilt of him murdering his brother.  This will be an interesting twist to see who can survive each others revenge.

Sources:
Dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013. 
     <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/revenge?s=t>. 



     

Satire in Cheerleading...True or False?

Satire...Satire...Satire...

Do you ever hear about satire in your life? What about having satire in your life? I know for sure that I both hear a ton of satire, and experience some too, which means you probably do too. Wait a second here, how many of you  even know what satire is? Yeah...I didn't think so.

Satire is "a literary composition in verse or prose, in which human folly or vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule."

Great, now that you know what satire is..lets move on!

Satire is very common in today's society, especially in certain sports. Personally I have heard and experienced satire in Cheerleading. Now, I'm assuming most of you know what high school football cheerleading is, but how many of you know what ALLSTAR cheerleading is? Not many of you right? Right, thats just what I thought. Take a look at the links above to the you-tube vidoes, and then tell me the better one. You better me sure that you say ALLSTAR, I mean just look at the difference.

Anyways, back to Satire, High school cheerleading is most commonly hit with all kinds of satire. And most of what is said during this satire is very true. High school cheerleaders get a lot less respect because, I mean they're high school cheerleaders, they cheer at football games, and practice minimally, and they do cheers, and use pom poms. I mean some of them only cheer for the super super short skirts that show off their body, hello that reads high school cheerleader all over and "hey we're easy satire targets. Now come to an allstar cheerleading practice, and you will see none of that whatsoever!

I mean there is a reason why allstar cheerleading was rated the number one most DANGEROUS  sport. I mean just look at this video from earlier this month, and take a look at the collide. Both girls fractured their skulls, and left the mat (as seen in the left) and the other stayed on the mat and performed with a blood stained uniform until the coach literally told her to stop and rushed her off the mat, forfeiting their routine. Also in this routine you see a girl tear her acl and break her ribs before leaving the mat (Seen in the right). Now I mean just from that you can clearly tell that there's no need for satire in Allstar Cheerleading, and that it is often misjudged as a sport, which it absolutely is. 

I personally absolutely disagree with the satire in cheerleading. I can see where it comes from with high school cheerleading, but definitely not in Allstar. As you can probably tell there is satire evident just about everywhere in life, and it can often be misleading and not always true, but also hurtful to others. If you check out the blog Simplexcellence, you will see the true satire from cheerleading, and what is even more satirical is the fact that the owners are real cheerleading coaches.

Now you're probably wondering if there was a point to this blog by now, and you're correct there is...it is meant to show the world of satire outside of literature. To refer to satire in literature lets move on to Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn using an extreme amount of satire. From the very beginning Twain satirizes the society of the South before the war, racism, and the rich/poor relationship. Twain also shows satire towards the end during Huck's (as Tom) conversation with Aunt Sally about the black man. When Aunt Sally asks if anyone was hurt in the steamboat accident, and Huck says no a black man was killed, she replies with "lucky." Huckleberry Finn is written a lot deeper, it is actually written without a lot of hidden satire that many people don't grasp. 

Sources:

Dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. 
     <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire>.

Simplexcellence. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.