you really shouldn't talk to strangers.
you never know how fucked up they really are.
unless, you know, you are psychic.
which would be pretty rad.
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if you're looking for a nice, church-going kid with good morals;
you passed 'em about ten pages ago.
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i hate people who insult themselves to get attention. i hate ignorance.
i hate the fact that during study hall, i always forget my textbooks. i hate how my life is not a rock opera.
i hate the fact that the space between countries is so far.
i hate the fact that people smoke on my front lawn, and toss the cigarettes in the grass.
i hate drugs, but the druggie life seems so glamorous on television. i hate people who use "gay" as a synonym for "stupid".
i hate pollution, and gray skies.
i hate when it's not raining, but the ground is wet for some reason. i hate how people try to be "emo" and "scene" and "gangster".
i hate when i have a craving for something i don't have; like a craving for pizza.
i hate the fact that i haven't been inspired in a long time.
i hate that the teachers always call on me because i look like i'm not paying attention.
i hate how i have straight a's, except for in science and maths.
i hate that ronnie radke is no longer part of escape the fate. i hate how people press their religion on me.
i hate how i can never find the right shoes in the morning.
i hate getting hat hair.
i hate when it rains on weekends. i hate not knowing things.
i hate how i sometimes put on my shirts backwards, then have to flip them around.
i hate how much i love to hate.
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i love rain and sunshine combined. i love southern california, and its music scene.
i love the fact that i was born in kokomo; best city name ever.
i love the smell of crisp morning air. i love the feel of sinking a free throw.
i love the way my friends always have the worst pictures of me.
i love how everyone thinks i'm socially retarded. i love how i still have friends, even though i'm a generally bad person.
i love watchig rent when i should be doing my homework.
i love how no one i know has ever heard of my favorite bands. it makes me feel special.
i love old-fashioned cameras and cars.
i love buying clothes, and shoes. i love playing sports in the rain.
i love how i'm always twenty minutes early for school.
i love quoting online poetry to my blank computer screen. i love puppies, and guinea pigs, and chinchillas.
i love the fact that i would love to have a pet giraffe.
i love trucket hats, no matter what you think.
i love the sound of a car engine revving. i love daisy baby. (that golden retriever puppy up there. yes. i know. cute.)
i love taking spontaneous pictures of my friends.
i love how i've only had my phone a few months, and it's already scratched up.
i love how my mom is so much shorter than me. i love singing along to musicals.
i love how no one at my school has the guts to do anything but backstab and spread rumors.
i love the feeling when people stare at you out of envy. i love being myself.
i love talking shit to peoples' faces.
i love mocking people.
i love how i love all these small things.
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honey, people don't like me because i'm nice.
they don't even like me because i'm a decent person.
they like me because i'm i n t e r e s t i n g.
