Bullying, Rebecca, and Peer Pressure

Well hello :). There's less than a week left of summer! I'm so excited for high school, and I can't wait to see my teachers and meet new friends and see if I have lots of classes with my old ones! But I'm also kind of scared, 'cause a friend told me that freshmen get bullied a lot.

=.= I mean really, what's the point of bullying someone? Punching someone else doesn't make you look stronger, especially if they're WEAKER than you. And saying someone's fat or ugly doesn't make you skinnier or prettier. So seriously people..stop it. (AND SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD!! - another sad attempt at being a witness...)

I'm not so much afraid of bullying as I am of being put in a situation where I kinda have to stop it. It's happened before, but it wasn't like.."bullying" bullying. It was more like stealing people's stuff or yelling at a younger kid to get you potato chips or whatever.

So usually I just say, "HEY. Don't be rude." And then they stop. :) But every time that's happened it's always been someone younger than me bullying someone even MORE younger than me, so technically I have seniority over them..and "therefore they're inferior to us", as a wise friend once said. :P

*Sigh* but that's just the kind of thinking that starts bullying, right?

Aha that was deep. Anyways DUDE I don't know how many of you guys have read this, but Rebecca is a pretty good book. It's not the best I've ever read, but..it's well written. But --SPOILER ALERT!!!-- I hate the end!! WHY would they have to burn the frickin' house down?!? Manderley sounded like such a pretty and serene place, and Maxim even said he would "give her children." But now THAT dream's crushed thanks to FAVELL AND MRS. DANVERS, the stupid people. >.< Now they're stuck reliving the past in a hotel room, and they're afraid to do anything involving their senses. :( How can they have kids like that?!

But I like the storyline, how even though he's twice her age she and him can still love each other fully:

I think this reminds me somehow of her and Maxim. (It's obvious the girl's trying to save the guy.) Maybe it's just me, but..wow it's so cute! XD (Side note: what is her name?! Makes me feel so insecure not knowing.)

Ooh I have another cute picture to show you guys:

This is SO my checklist for life. :P Well like..most of the things on it. It's funny how it's mostly the same for everyone, isn't it? Like we lose our individuality..

Now we all try to wear the same clothes (skinny jeans, brand names) and eat the same food (healthy, hot cheeto fries) and do homework the same way (distracted) and now we want to LIVE the same way too! Peer pressure really is a strong thing, except it's not only in teens...it works for every age group.

I remember our speaker at camp, Jeremiah, told us he showed everyone his butt just because the "cool kid" did so. And the "cool kid" did it on accident. =.=' Do you see what this world is coming to?

Anyways I don't want to make this too long. Thanks for reading this blog, and good luck in the new semester!