Feeling guilty? Do you have trouble sleeping, and lost enjoyment in life?  Just because you feel worthless, cant seem to concentrate, and have trouble functioning doesn’t mean you have to resort to thoughts of suicide. There is help for you. Quit the crack.

Not feeling too great, you decide to send a text message to your best friend. After 

waiting a good 10 minutes, and still no reply you decide to go on your computer. If you 

do not own a computer, or cell phone; this does not apply to you. Although considering 

the age of technology we are currently living in, this scenario (in most circumstances) 

applies to you. Still feeling like you need to console with someone, you log onto 

Facebook, or some other social networking website. You spark up a conversation with 

one of your friends who is also online. You say the usual “Hey what’s up?” and continue 

to tell them about how you aren’t feeling well. The conversation seems to go 

swimmingly, but does it really help how you are feeling? One could argue that with the 

aid of technology, it makes reaching out to others for help easier. Unfortunately this is 

not the truth. Argumentatively you may feel better after chatting with your friend online, 

but would it not have been more satisfying to talk to them in person? Over the last 60 

years our means of communication as humans has increased exponentially, but is it 

really any easier to reach out for help? A conversation can be broken down into three 

parts: tone of voice, body language, and self interpretation. With text messaging, and 

social networking sites a set of words on a screen leaves the conversation to self 

interpretation. Our new ways to reach out to other humans, has increased the speed in 

which we can get ahold of someone and though it helps in our busy lives, it has 

become harder to reach out for help then it would have been during the 1950’s.

Why do a lot of white teenagers idolize rappers? I mean, its one thing to dress “cool” with your New Era hat and Nike high tops. But when you start acting tough, and doing petty crimes just to look cool, you are only hurting yourself. I cant even stroll the beautiful streets of Victoria anymore with my MLB hat. If I was to do that, I would be ridiculed and judged by every set of old eyes. I don’t care if you have grey hair, I’m an upstanding citizen as much as you are. Don’t glare because of what I wear, dare to see what is underneath. Hypocrite.

No one is perfect. Although some people do not believe this. Ignorance? Stupidity? Who really knows the reason some of us do the things we do.  As if life is some magical fairy tale full of happiness and bliss. If you believe that life is really a fairy tale, I urge you to stop reading.

On a strictly biological level, our brains move our arms, fingers, toes, and feet. These are considered primary functions that you don’t even have to think about. It is personality, a conscience, and the way we interact that sets us apart from each other. One could argue that we are all human, and therefore all equal. This, however, is not the case. For instance, imagine yourself walking downtown in Victoria. Men in tailored suits bustling past you, crack addict’s begging you for change, and young men and women wearing fast food uniforms depressed that they have to work. All the passers by are human, but are they all equal? Agree with me or disagree for this is completely opinionated, but I know that they are not equal. It is human nature to judge others, and to be cynical of the way someone acts, speaks, or looks. Stereotypically the first time i meet someone I analyze the crap out of them. The way they converse, the words they use and the way they dress. If they seem fake and not down to earth I will usually ignore what they have to say. Unfortunately even the people who believe in equality are  hypocritical themselves. Ideally yes if everyone in the world was to be “equal” then our world would have no problems. I don’t want to scare you, or make you wonder if you really aren’t as cool as you think. I do however want to leave you with this small bit of information. Be true to yourself, and don’t be sad if someone calls you a mean name because although there are thousands of eyes judging your every movement, there is 1 million more staring right back at them.

A Southern California school board has pulled the Merriam-Webster dictionary off its shelves after a parent complained about the entry “oral sex.”