Steal My Ketchup?

I was standing bored at the counter of the fast food restaurant I work out. Absentmindedly I tapped a pen against the counter, waiting for a customer to come in and order something. I didn't have a problem with working on Halloween night, but I didn't want to waste it standing around doing nothing.

Suddenly the door that leads to the patio swung open and immediately I was intrigued. First of all, no one ever uses that door, especially now that it's Fall and starting to get cold. But what really caught my eye was the fact that the group of fellow students at my school seemed to be rushed...and were carrying a large pumpkin. They neglected the counter and went straight for the ketchup dispensers. I looked at them curiously wondering what to do. Should I tell my manager that they were stealing ketchup and ruin their plan or whatever they were doing? Should I join them? Should I ask them if they need anything?

I recognized one of the guys as being in one of my classes but I couldn't remember which. One of the girls looked familiar too, but I wasn't sure who she was. One of the guys I didn't recognize came to the counter and asked if he could have some forks and knives. He had snake bite piercings which I really don't like, but cool hair, so I reluctantly grabbed a handful of forks and knives and handed it to him.

"Thanks, we're on a really intense scavenger hunt," He explained without me asking.

"Oh," I replied, still confused.

The guy I recognized joined the guy with the snake bites at the counter.

"Hello," I said, "You're in one of my classes."

"I am," He said, then paused.

The group started to leave.

"English!" he shouted as he turned to go.

"Yeah, English." I said to myself. I watched them go out the door, wondering what they were planning to do with all the ketchup and forks and knives. I couldn't exactly decide what to think of it. For a minute I thought to myself about the whole event, being the only one who seemed to notice anything had happened, and finally came up with my feelings about it.

"I so wish I were on that scavenger hunt." I said to myself. It's probably the most sure I've ever been about anything.

But alas, I had to work. I seriously considered for a minute running out and joining them, but they were long gone and I needed the money. So, no I will spend a nice night making s'mores with my friend and then writing a lot. Yay, life.

I'm an Ashamed Muggle

After a disappointing s'more supply run, I realized that perhaps the fact that I was also not dressed as a wizard disappointed someone.

I consider this a major issue! It's Halloween! I'm a nerd! I want to see a wizard! But what about all those other nerds out there? I'm sure they want to see wizards too. Since I am not dressed up as a wizard their disappointment is partly my fault.

I guess we all go out into the world hoping that someone entertains us or makes us smile. We put all that responsibility on someone else, but why not give ourselves that responsibility? Is there any reason why I shouldn't be the one to dress up as a wizard as I go to the store for my s'mores supplies?

Well, I don't have a wizard costume, so that's a problem, but other than that, there is no reason at all. Instead of expecting to be entertained by others, people should take the responsibility and have some fun being the one to entertain.

I bet it would be fun. All those people looking at you funny. The questions about Hogwarts.

If it weren't for the fact that I have to work tonight I would spend the rest of the day making sure that I made people's days. That's what Halloween should be about- making people smile at how ridiculous you look.

Jack-O-Lantern

Today, I saw Octomom and Kate plus 8 in the same building. A strange hot dog randomly touched my shoulder at lunch today. I saw Lady Ga Ga wave her disco stick. Teletubbies skipped down the hallway. Pirates swung their swords. And I wore glow in the dark clip on earrings.

Just an ordinary day.

Except for not. I'm ridiculously excited for Halloween! I mean CANDY!!!! And better yet, costumes. With all the crazy people in the media this year there are sure to be plenty more creative costumes.

The fact that I work Halloween night is a minor set back, but I will still have fun!!!! There will be candy! There will be costumes! There will be ridiculous and stupid scary stories!!! It will be Halloween!

Warm and Cozy

Is it a bit ridiculous that I'm 17 years old, a year away from going off to college and my mom still makes me hot cocoa at 10:00p.m. which immediately makes me sleepy beyond belief? 10:00pm!!!

Obviously, this is proof that I will not be partying in college. I mean, sure, I like adventure and fun. But, me partying? I've never heard anything more insane. Well, that's a lie, but I have crazy friends, so in the realm of normal people I've never heard anything so crazy.

Sometimes I wonder what will happen next year. What will I be doing? Where will I be? What clothes will I be wearing? How often will I talk to my best friends? What will be going on at home when I'm gone? Will my dog miss me? All very important questions.

Of course first of all, where will I be? I could be in another state! I might even be in another country! Then the "where" gets a little more detailed with "Where will I be living?" I could have a dorm with a roommate or a single dorm, I might still live at home.

Where I am, will have a lot of influence on what I will be doing. Mostly I'll be learning but that's probably as vague as you could get with an answer. Perhaps I'll spend most of my time studying or maybe I'll be going out with new friends and sight seeing around town.

Speaking of friends, how well will I keep in touch with my current friends? Will we call every day? Every week? Every month? Will we send each other care packages? Probably not. Will I miss them like crazy? Probably.

And what about my house? What will be going on at home? I bet my brother will still be living here and of course my sister will. I wonder if my dog will still sit in front of my door even though I wont be here. It will definitely be less fun without me. I don't mean to brag but I'm definitely the fun and happiness in the family. Everyone else likes to keep to themselves so much. I bet no one in the house will go to sleep before 1:00am.

I don't know why this question got to be last, but maybe it's the most perplexing. What will I be wearing? I mean, it's greatly influenced by where I am of course. Also, I'll finally have a chance to not have to worry about my sister stealing my clothes and no worries about a dress code either. That leaves a lot of freedom to my clothing options. Of course being a college student, I'll want to dress casual and comfy, but cute and nice at the same time. I want to give people a good impression without too much effort or money. I honestly think that this question is the most complicated out of all of them. Really!

I know that a lot of things are going to change though. I'm going to have to find someone else to make me cocoa. After all, I'll be 18 years old! It would be ridiculous for me to make my own hot cocoa!

Turkey Sandwich VS. Chocolate Ice Cream

What if one day it rained and instead of everyone running across the parking lot with their umbrellas and raincoats and rain boots, we all just danced and splashed in the puddles and completely didn't care that we were getting soaking wet. Wouldn't life be so much better because of that one moment of not caring?

I think that a lot can be said about doing what you want. You might say that it's not always the best thing. You might say that it's selfish. But I say, it's a good idea.

It's like that whole rule about only eat what you want. That rule totally works. If you eat what you really truly want to eat and only that then you will most likely be relatively healthy. Like all those times where I really want jalapenos stuffed with chicken and cheese or a delicious turkey sandwich, but because those are too hard to get I have chocolate ice cream instead because it's the next best thing.

Jumping into a totally random analogy, that's kind of like what everything in life is like. Sure, I really want to help those starving children in those foreign countries, but that requires effort, so I do the next best thing which is write about them in a blog. Yeah, it makes me a terrible person, but so does eating chocolate ice cream because we all know I want a turkey sandwich!

So, basically, I feel like people who aren't completely morally corrupt will pretty much always want to do the right thing, but sometimes the thing they want to do isn't so easy so they choose the next choice. Unfortunately the next choice isn't always a good choice.

So, do what you want! Don't settle for chocolate ice cream when you know you want that super tasty turkey sandwich!

Dinner On the Ship

Imagine this! You knock on the door of your new friend's house. You've never been over before and tonight you're having dinner with their family and friends. When the door swings open you wonder if you should run far away screaming and crying, but only for a split second. You're friend is standing in the doorway wearing a complete pirate costume- sword, boots, raggedy dirty clothes. They greet you with an "Arghh!" And you notice that behind them a middle- aged man and a small boy are having a sword fight and are also dressed as pirates. A girl runs down the stairs with a compass in one hand and a tattered old map in the other. Is it heaven or a mental institute? Perhaps it is both.

Wouldn't life be so much more interesting if people actually choose to live like this. If say every Friday, my family decided to dress up as pirates and then proceed to have a full out pirate war/ treasure hunt, wouldn't we be like a million times more awesome?

Everyone should be just a little crazy. Everyone should have insane amounts of fun! If people judge them or call them weird then it's just half the fun.

Selfish, but Smart

Today, I was sitting in class thinking about how much I hate work. I worried that I was a lazy person and that I had a poor sense of responsibility. I don't want to work now. I don't want to work when I'm in college. Even when I've graduated everything that I can imagine myself doing, isn't really working.

To my relief, I realized that my problem was not laziness or responsibility. My problem is that there is so much for me to explore and learn and working takes away so much of the precious time that I could be discovering new things. It makes plenty of sense and it's a great reason not to work. I'm young and I should be learning everything I can about the world. Of course, saying that I don't want to work because I want more time to read and explore and try new things, might sound a little selfish to some.

In a way it is. After all, I'm asking for some one else to support my education and hobbies and interests while I enjoy them and don't even have a job. It sounds ridiculous to me! I can't even imagine how the person having to pay for it would feel.

Think, though, about how important learning is. I need the chance to try and make movies with my friends. I need days where I take off on a road trip to explore the city. I need time to read about things in far off places. I need to learn! I love to learn! Learning and trying and discovering all these great, interesting things is the only thing that I know that I love to do.

Having a job holds me back. I understand that there is much to learn from having a job though. I can't really say that I've learned any great new skills or corrected old bad habits because of having a job. I've always been the type of person who's on time, I've always been good with customers and following directions. In fact, I think the only benefit I've had from having a job is learning to balance my time more. Well, I guess the money is a benefit too, but barely. I think I made more when I was a babysitter.

Anyways, I think every teenager should have the experience of having a job, but maybe they should just have a summer job or two. Anything else just keeps them from learning. To be honest I'm not working that much lately. The awesome part about having a part time job is that sometimes they only schedule you for three hours some weeks. Can you detect my sarcasm? I need the money, but I don't need the job. Well, this week I'm actually taking time to do other things. Unfortunately it's midterm week and I started the week off with the flu, so I haven't really done anything all that fun.

Education is important though and everyone knows that, so why are people who want to concentrate on learning instead of working viewed as selfish and irresponsible? I just want to learn. Right now, that is my responsibility, not work.