so called 'friends'

I've decided that some friends are fake friends. They just meander from once person to another, and never take the blame for anything. And in the end, you wonder why the heck you put up with them for so long, and you're happy to see them go. Then again, you feel left out of their life and kind of miss the useless conversations you once had.

You feel kind of empty inside, because even though the person you fought with most is gone, the person you had the best conversations with is gone, too. The person with all the inside jokes. The person who knows all the crap in the dark alleys of your past, yet still loved you like a sister they never had. You feel shot in the heart, but instead of bleeding all over the place, it just leaves a tiny hole. Like a paper cut, it's small and almost invisible, but it hurts like hell.

At The Top

Popularity is overrated. People push and shove to be at the top. And for what? After high school, who cares? Are you really going to keep contact with even half the people you meet there? Yea, I didn’t think so.

I swear high school is a little world of its own. And it’s a scary place, I can tell you that much. No wonder so many dramas and movies are bases off high school – there’s so much to feed off of.

People say “high school isn’t like it is in the movies.” No, it’s a lot worse. The hall ways are a battle field, lunch tables have rankings, and half the school has slept together. Talk about drama.

And they wonder why we aren’t getting a good education.

And parents wonder why kids want to grow up so bad.

And people worry about our generation. 

Give Me Truth

"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness, give me truth."

Truth is often forgotten these days. People fudge their way around it. People hate telling the truth, people hate hearing the truth.

But tell  me, would you wnat to be loved if it was a lie?

When you say "instead of blank, give me truth," aren't you more likely to end up with that very thing? And if not, aren't you better off than having a lie?

In the end, words are empty unless they are true. If you say "I love you," but don't mean  it, you aren't giving (or getting) love or truth. An honest word is bound to get you farther than lies. Liars are always caught.

Truth is such a simple thing to ask for. So why is it so far to give sometimes?

I think it is because people are scared. Scared of themeselves. So they hide who they are, sometimes with money or fame, sometimes with love.

People are "You only live life once," so woulnd't you rather live it to the fullest, as yourself, than to live a lie?

Nothing is wrong with love, or money, or faith, or fame, or fairness, but in the end, they're all worthelss if they don't have truth.

Things are built on words, and truth has a much stronger foundation than lies. Things built on lies crumble and leave you nothing but broken remains of what could have been. Even a small lie in a strong foundation and leave a crack, making you wonder how many more cracks there really are.

Witout truth, there is no trust. How can you love without trust.

Without truth, does money mean anything?

Without truth, what do you base your faith on?

Without truth, is the fame worth it?

Without truth, is anything really fair?

Without truth, there is nothing.

Nothing but a broken foundation.

ten days is a little much

I'm starting to think that ten days on the beach with nothing to do is too much. Normally vacations zoom by and before you know it, it's over and you're heading home, wishing you had one more day to lie on the beach and do nothing.

Not this girl. I'm ready to do something. Not that I don't love lying on the beach and doing nothing, but I've run out of books to read and it's been rainy the past few days, so I can't even work on my tan. I do have a nice collection of sea shells going, though.

Look, I even bought aviators to read books (that I don't have) in the sun (that isn't shining).

Book Reading Craze

It's vacation. That means I've been reading. I was going to write book reviews, and after writing 2 and 1/2 so called 'reviews,' I realized it just wasn't my thing. At all. But I will say "Say The Word" by Jeannine Garsee is a really, really good book. And that's about as good as that book review is going to get.

Anyway, vacation has been good. Dance went well. I'm currently watching The Rachel Zoe Project and wasting my life away, and l'm loving every minute of it.

No, really, I'm going to go lie on the beach with my newly acquired aviators and read a book. Hopefully a good book.

Reading all these books makes me want to write my own, but getting a story going ... that's a challenge.

Anyway, my best friend just asked me to go swimming, so I'm going to soak up the sun and hit the waves.

More to come later.

Here's a sexy picture 

I Less Than Three You

'I less than three you' seems to be the thing to say now adays. (i <3 u)  But whatever happened to I love you? 

What happened to spelling out a word completely and ending you sentence with a period? 

 What happened to honesty?

 What happened to picniks in the park, long walks on the beach, and a simple kiss to say 'see you later?'

 What happened to only falling in love once, and not falling out of it? 

 Now the thing is to have a new 'lover' every other weekend, have 7 'soul mates,' and saying 'I love you' after the first date. Excuse me, 'i <3 u.' 

 What happened to dating? Because these days, it just seems like a game.

Vacation

Finally. A week to do nothing. We're currently at cabins on the beach (I will not tell you where, for safety reasons) and loving every minute of it. I would post more if my iPod actually liked to work and we had good enough wifi for it to stay connected. But this will have to do. 


It's been nice. Not a lot of sleep, though 


"Kate, can I lie with you?" 
"No William."
"Kate, what's the noise?" 
"I don't know William, go back to sleep."
"Kate, are you awake?"
"I am now." 


William has been having a blast. Here are a few quotes from the day.

"What are you doing" - William
"Getting wifi." - Kate
"That sucks. It takes forever to get wifi. I mean, these flip flops are comfy." - William


"Warm beachy day. I mean, sunny beach day. Warm beachy day sounds like warm peach. Yuck." - William


I had a dream about giant gummy bears." - Clay
"Intersting, and do you suppose that dream means?" - Dad
"I should avoive giant gummy bears." - Clay
"Good plan." - Dad
"I had a dream about giant woodpeckers!" - William
"I'll avoid those too." -Clay
"Giant woodpeckers aren't real!" - William
"Neither are giant gummy bears, so that makes my job easy." - Clay


"The lake is really sparkly cause the sun is shining. Let's go to the sparkly beach!" - William

"Vacation is like you go to someone else's house and stay there for tend days." - William


To say the least, it's been enjoyable this far. 


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Hope you are all enjoying your last bits of summer (assuming yours hasn't ended already). I'm off to enjoy the sparkly beach.