The 30 Day Blog Challenge

The 30 Day Challenge

I saw this on my little brother's blog and thought it might be an interesting way to add content to this otherwise silent place. Will it be a challenge? Definitely. Will I make it? I hope so. What's the ultimate goal? To give you a little more insight into my looney mind.

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Who are you?

Random to the Max

So I don't watch much television anymore, simply because all I do is study, sleep, stare at my MAC screen. But when I do turn on the telly, it seems that that Red Robin commercial wit the police standoff is on...Every. Single. Time. Now I don't mind because it's funny, but it gives me the sudden urge to finish the jingle right alongside the bandit.

Naturally, this go me thinking, what other jingles/theme tunes do I feel compelled to finish or sing along with whenever I hear a few notes?

Just a few from my (very long) list:

~The Phineas and Ferb intro song

~The Boy Meets World Intro, I don't know the lyrics but I do hum along

~The Fresh Prince of Bel Air intro rap, I dare you not to join in. It's contagious

~"Subway....Eat Fresh!"

What about you? Surely this can't be an "only Alyssa because she's crazy" thing.

My Heart Aches

Warning: This is a rant spurned by goings on in the country. If you don't like it, just don't read it.

Have you been following the news lately? In the last week there have been at least six highly publicized deaths linked to bullying. Not just any bullying, bullying from close minded individuals who think that sexuality and attraction is a cut and dry, anything other than boy-likes-girl is wrong issue. Even with my conservative background, I can't fathom thinking that a person is essentially 'wrong' or disgusting just because who they're attracted to doesn't fit the "social norm."

Picking on someone just because of their sexuality is not alright. Just because most people in the world have brown eyes doesn't make it okay to bully those that don't. So why should it be okay for us to do the same thing to people that are gay?

What makes the issue worse is that the deaths range from pre-teen to college age. From a little kid being bullied because others have raised their children to be close minded to a college sophomore who had a private moment broadcast on internet by a roommate who should know better. The word tragic is very fitting in this situation.

With the issue of sexuality and attraction aside, this abuse and bullying is so beyond morally wrong it makes me sick, there is no other way to describe it. That someone or some group of people could go so far and be so cruel to another human being over something as unimportant as who they want to date is disgusting. Bullying is NOT okay, by any standards. Even teasing, which seems harmless to some, can have a highly negative affect on an individual, believe me. Emotional abuse can be mentally scarring and damaging and can have disastrous affects.

Now, I pride myself in having a lot of faith in humanity, but that faith was severely tested this week. All I can do is hope that in the future events such as these will disappear for good and that people will learn how to treat each other with the kindness and respect every single person on this planet deserves.

What I did before I left for SD

Apparently last minute before school starts hair dying runs in the family. This isn't a real post (no words) but they were funny as hell pics I have of my little brother. He bugged the crap out of me to get me to help, so in exchange I get to post these. Needless to say, they make me giggle.