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May 26, 2012 01:56PM
It wasn't easy been a teen and my mom and I had rocky times. She was supportive and showed she cared. The great thing is that now we are both friends. I hope as the years progress that will be true for all of you too. I wish I were as good a daughter as my mom. She seemed perfect to me but not in the Marsha Brady sense. It was more in the Mary Ingalls sense. She did have a spunky side too that liked to tease her younger family members and later her children.
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...Thanks, Barbara?
Sorry, don't mean to insult or anything, it's just, out situations are so different.
I mean, my parents are awesome parents, don't treat me like an idiot(constantly) and I got great genes, but they shout a lot, not really about important things mostly(and sadly, we, me and my little brother, got those genes too.)
And crystal: Duh.
Pirl, you are right that situations can vary. I was hesitant to share what I said earlier as I know you may have a difficult situation and didn't want you to think that I thought there was a simple solution. I am not sure how much shouting is a fixed gene though. For instance, a person will raise their voice a little and it will have some effect. Over time, there is less effect so they may raise it more. Then, yelling starts. Of course, it is also tied to emotions and some people tend to raise their voice when they are emotional. At times like this, I think we would do well to live a musical and sing our concerns. Seriously, you may be passionate people and when channeled right that can be a good thing. I'm glad that your parents do not treat you like an idiot. You are a very intelligent young woman and just reading a little of what you write makes that so apparent.
Fire bad, tree pretty.But siriusly, thank you.
I have much to say but don't feel like writing it. Too busy watching WoWP.
LOL you aren't stupid. Just follow my grandpa's old saying I never do: It's better be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it.
I guess I'm a fool most of the time, and wise about... two minutes a year.
Entry: 28/5/12 18:43Sometimes I'm a one sentence wonder.
Crystal wrote: "Ha! I'm wise for about 3! Oh yeah, in your faces! Lol, JK. I'm quite stupid most of the time. Have no common sense."I understand that and relate.
God, that is such a great "sexy and I know it" parody! I've got common sense and I ain't afraid to use it, use it, use it...
LOLIt's a joke from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Crystal wrote: "Pirl{I'm pretty $ure my חame is way tסס lסng} wrote: "God, that is such a great "sexy and I know it" parody! I've got common sense and I ain't afraid to use it, use it, use it..."I know that this..."
I wan't swearing, I was expressing my joy. I wasn't mocking you there.
And it's a song, it's not from TV. It goes like this: I've got ((somethingsomething, I don't remember what the guy says)) in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it... I'm sexy and I know it.
There are two great parodies: I'm peeta and I know it, and I'm Jewish and I know it.
Crystal wrote: "Pirl{I'm pretty $ure my חame is way tסס lסng} wrote: "God, that is such a great "sexy and I know it" parody! I've got common sense and I ain't afraid to use it, use it, use it..."I know that this..."
And seriously, the word God isn't swearing.
That's not his name, really. Sorry, it's just, Jewish and all, and his name is a secret, God is just what we call him.And it isn't a curse, it's just bad language then.
I don't call him יהוה and that's his real name for me. Good enough.Besides, it's in writing, isn't it? And it isn't his real name, so...
Anyway, we should get off the topic before we fight.
of course not, you need to program your computer like that.
Entry: 29/5/12 16:27There's too much air, I can't breathe.
Crystal, I respect that you have standards. It is not always easy to ask a person to refrain from speech that you find offensive. It allowed Pirl to explain so that she could show that her words to her were not as they seemed to you. I think there was mutual respect between all of you. I read a good book for YA book club at GR titled OYMG about a Jewish Girl who goes to Christian Speech Camp. It really gives insights into both religions that are good. I have an interest in Jewish traditons and this book shared some.
Pirl, you have an interesting contradiction there in not breathing because there is too much air. I am not sure what the hidden meaning is. But if you are having some type of attack, I seriously hope you are doing okay.
No, I don't have any disease. Thanks for the concern.I meant that sometimes people give you too much space.
Here's to less space if that is what you need right now.
In one of the early blog posts Pirl writes: I don't want to be immortal.So many people will wonder why. Why would I want to age? Why would I want to die?
It's not that.
It's that I don't want to stay the same while everything around me changes.
I don't want to watch everything around me die. Everything, everyone I love.
Is it that hard to believe?
I want, in fifty years, to be wrinkly, and old, and tired. I want to be surrounded with children and grandchildren listening to me telling stories about me as a foolish teenager, and then a foolish young adult, and then a foolish adult, and then a foolish mother, and finally- a foolish grandmother. I want to screw up but know that even if someone leaves me, eventually I'll meet them again. I don't want to live of everyone around me is dead.
No. The last thing I want to be is immortal.
Did you write this, Pirl. It is quite profound whoever wrote it and even if it was not you, it reflect something about you as you chose to share. Yes, I do think aging is so essential to this life experience and death and hopefully being reunited in Heaven with loved ones. It was so well put in the quote you shared. It does seem so lovely to think of imparting what you lived to the next generation although that is a long way off for you.
Entry: 30/5/12 17:01Staring at the clock, just to see it change from 17:00 to 17:01.
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Rereading old books, because you forgot what happened in them, and suddenly calling out, "Oh wait, I remember that!"
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Listening to a song you really liked as a kid and suddenly understanding the lyrics.
The quirks of a teenager.
Entry: 31/5/12 16:01It didn't take me long to feel left out again.
I don't know why. Maybe it's just me, maybe I really am too pushy, to mean, for anyone to really like me. Maybe it's just me, but should I just learn to shut up and bug off once in a while? Don't I talk too much? I talk too much, don't I? But are you all bothered by it? I'll stop, promise! After all, all I want is to fit in...
I like the teen quirks!You are funny saying I talk to much? I talk too much, don't I? Cute! I think I had a lot of friends who talked a lot and when I was so quiet it really helped. Some of them really made me laugh at times too. Oh the balance between fitting in and being ourselves. A challenge not just for teens but for the rest of us too.
Yeah, I know. It's just I also like feedback, so the two needs sort of oppose each other.
Well, there hopefully will be a person with the right amount of extrovert/introvert to listen and provide feedback that you will meet along the way. Of course, we are hear to listen and also give feedback but we aren't always online. Plus, there's nothing like 3D world contact. Although I do cherish my online friends through the years even if the contact for some has been on open message boards.
I don't know if this conversation actually took place but in one of the versions of Anne Frank's Diary, her sister read her diary and said she was amazed at the person revealed in the diary. I believe it was Anne Franks response to say that she had all of those beautiful insights in her but that people got in the way. Isn't that the truth that we can have the best of intentions and feelings to convey but in real life there are so many blocks to sharing. If your friends and family get a chance to read your words, they will be amazed!
Crystal, yes it is important to be careful and sensitive when sharing your standards.
Crystal: I get angry at repetitive things mostly, so I wasn't offended or anything, just slightly annoyed. And I understand your perspective, it's just very far away from mine.Bar: Another need of mine is to show the world my brilliance, but I'm also always afraid it isn't good enough. Therefore I show some of my writings to friendss and teacher, and occasionally my dad. But I always regret my choice later. LOL
Pirl, I like ordinary people too. You don't have to be brilliant for me to like you. You happen to be brilliant. But I like a lot of average or below average people. Yet, there is something special about you and you don't have to prove it to me.
Of course, plenty of people who aren't brilliant are great people. I don't think I even implied that was wrong. My closest friend is below average in most things. But I just meant that because I'm brilliant, and unlike so many other brilliant people actually know so, I should show the world.
Pirl, I didn't see anything that you implied that average people or ordinary people aren't great. I just wanted you to know that I would still like you even if you were average. But you would not be ordinary by any means. Crystal, I never did too good reading Shakespeare. But I would do well to study more of the bard. I do like little books of his sayings. And Crystal, I am sure you are also quite gifted. It really is neat finding those areas where one does excel and also working hard to overcome those areas where we struggle. Of course, you have to work hard to master your strengths too.
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I think I'll go like Mother Rachel, first first last last, though I'm tempted to do otherwise:Crystal! You're plenty talented enough, everyone is. Just find your strong suit and make it shine, then people won't notice the bad things. For example, if I have a zit that's huge, I wear my really bright pink-red lipstick, so no one notices it... LOL
Bar, Of course you'd like me if I was average, I'm a wonderful person. But I wouldn't be me if I was average, I'd be slightly different. One of the things that define me is my excellence, and I don't think that I'd be so proud and well, sortof mean sometimes, if it weren't for the fact that I only have to work half as much, or not at all, for things that people struggle on for weeks or months. I didn't study at all for the big test in Hebrew grammar, the one we had last week, which was country wide, and yet I got a 96(which was above what I expected to get, which was 93. And lower than what my friends got, which were 99s and 98s. It really sucks to be friends with bigger geeks than me.) But anyway, my point is, I'm much more easy going because of this.
Cheyenne: Thanks. And... huh? I think I still have a few years to define my writer's voice, considering... A lot of things can change between now and the day my first book is published. Considering I'm fourteen, I think my "writer's voice" is still shaky and can be influenced easily.
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Pirl,being so gifted is a blessing. Things didn't come easy for me and I'm going to write about it soon.
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Cheyenne, I meant school in general. Writing is something that I enjoyed in high school but really developed of love for later.
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Cheyenne, that is a great passion to have and you are at the right place!
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God, so many comments in my blog... that's a first.(and I've had a blog for over two years.)Um, well, thanks, y'all. The way you talk just makes me feel insignificant and childish, so I'll go stand in the corner now.
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I didn't mean to make you feel that way, I'm sorry. Should I lighten my tone up? How about I show you how teens I know talk? I bet you'd find it entertaining. They certainly don't use language as well as you do.
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