You looked a lot better from far away.

puss ball = gone.
becca = talking like a stupid idiot because her mouth is numb. really hungry and wants antibiotics and stuff. new found love for laughing gas.

anyways.


today we had an assembly about Rachel Scott. you might've heard of her. she was the first person dead in the columbine shooting in 1999 and there's this huge organization called "Rachel's Challenge" going around to high schools everywhere talking about it.
basically, she believed in the whole theory that if you're nice to one person, then they'll be nice to another, and another, and another and another. start a chain reaction. she believed that with just little acts of kindness everyday the world would be a better place.

and i know that a bunch of people thinks that's crap. but it actually reminded me of Judaism, no lie.
and Shiny if you're reading this, i think you know what i mean. but anyways.

i heard about it before and thought it would be the stupidest thing ever. a whole hour long assembly about being nice? wow. way to reach out to high schoolers, ya know?
wrong.

this was intense. seriously. first just hearing about the columbine shooting. like HOLY CRAP. 13 people dead, not even close to the V-Tech massacre but this was way more intense. the worst in history. that's crazy. that seriously gave me shivers down my spine.

and then we basically heard her ethics. which was really nice and stuff. like seriously. just be nice to someone, you can change their whole outlook. we're all aware of this, but rarely do we look at it with the optimism that she did. we all know that one act of hate can lead to mass wars and huge riots. but do we ever think about how one act of kindness can do the same? and why doesn't it? because hardly anybody believes in that. and people take kindness for granted. like, you're supposed to be nice to people. hold open doors. say please and thank you. whatever. i think we just take it for granted.

so, this didn't really change my outlook on anything. because i pretty much knew this. be nice to someone, they'll probably be nice back. it's best to be nice to everyone you can. that's what i try to do. it usually ends up going against me but whatever. it works i guess.

so. yeah. here's to you Rachel Joy Scott. you didn't live long, but you had a good life.