lots to say, but at least it's not shallow, mindless ramblings that waste both cyberspace & my time

[camelopardalis]

First of all, LHS Prom literally rocked my shoes off on Saturday night. Even though they played mostly stupid pop/rap/R&B music all night, and DIDN'T play Reel Big Fish although i requested it twice. There were lots of cool kids there, though, so it was still fun! For those of you who weren't there (grr richard - j/k), i went with literally a

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ahem.

[hornmafia]

i will try my hardest not to respond in an upset, angry way to the comments made, and pretend i'm the exception to that group. however, my loyalty (the same thing that prompts me to defend you when the need arises) requires i respond to those comments

Leaders are overrated

[anonymous]

When complaints about leaders such as this comes up, I hearken back to my days at LHS when we would go to the fabled Dr Tim leadership clinic. The one thing he said that has always stuck in my head is that everyone is a leader, whether it's a good leader or a bad leader. The conformists (aka "sheep") are leaders by trying to convince you that you are in the wrong by not conforming to what corporations (aka their "god") say you should believe. Then there are people like you that fight those ideals and try to lead people into a realm outside the comfort zone. Remember, people don't like to rock the boat, they get afraid it's going to flip. And then those of us who understand certain laws know how far this boat will rock, and we try to push it that far knowing it will only go that far if others join in