Another Thing About The Twitter Incident

Now that this is mostly over and has calmed down, I would like to address this a little better with some new stuff.

I am absolutely owning up to what I tweeted, but I will say in twitter, you cannot fully say what you mean because of the character limit. The song I do not like, the person, I don’t know at all so how can I hate her if I don’t know her personally or have at least seen her/heard about her doing terrible things. I absolutely do not hate RaeLynn or Blake. They are both obviously talented since they got to where they are today. I am a musically challenged individual, I cannot sing, I can only play one song on the guitar and when I play the drums, it isn’t as pretty as I would like it to be.

This whole thing has also brought something to my attention that is just annoying. Being an atheist does not make me a terrible human being, and neither does liking tattoos and piercings. I am a science based person. I have to have evidence in order to make an opinion and change my mind on something. I was born into a Christian family; my father is religious but also believes in science and is a very smart human being. He just has a hard time believing how there isn’t a god and believes maybe he started the big bang. My mother was not a religious person and isn’t currently. She believes in a higher power, but not so much the typical god and my brother is a firm atheist and believer in science and evolution. I was first an agnostic before becoming a full on atheist, because you can’t just deny science.

Atheists have morals; we just don’t need a book to tell us how to be good people. To me, it is common sense and human rights. I absolutely LOVE the Constitution and Universal Declaration Of Human Rights. Those documents are amazing, but I don’t base everything off them, I base how laws should be off them. As a human, to me, morals are common sense and don’t need a god telling me how to think and feel and treat people.

I understand how some people want to believe in an afterlife and a heaven. I would love for there to be an afterlife. I think it would be awesome, but I don’t see any evidence supporting it. If there is evidence, I would change my mind.

What I don’t get, but sort of do is the personal attacks. Some people have called me ugly, one said I was a cow slut, one even inferred I was fat. I get you are defending your idol or person you love who’s music enjoy, but personal attacks like that are not only petty jabs, but they don’t get anyone anywhere.

I also don’t feel better attacking someone on twitter. I just wanted to get my opinion out about a song. Out of the thousands of tweets Blake Shelton gets, I am actually still in shock he saw mine. I don’t sit behind a computer screen and attack people online. I may make an entry to my blog about how I don’t agree with something or about my opinion on something, but I don’t say someone (unless you are the gross pedophile that is Dahvie Vanity) is stupid and say awful things about them, (okay, maybe Justin Bieber too)

Someone noticed a tweet of mine about the Kim Kardashian Game. I do play it, but not because I love Kim Kardashian and want to be famous, but because I am going to write a blog entry about the differences between it, Stardom and how bad they are for young girls with developing minds by teaching us how to be famous. (tip: buying new clothes will get you noticed, dating celebrities will get you more fans)

I would also like to say that sometimes I do enjoy confrontation and sometimes like to argue (which is why my parents keep telling me I should be a lawyer, not a scientist.) and, if I am offended, I tend to argue back, especially when it comes to people talking about how I need religion and they will pray for me. I get angry because religion has been a poison to me and I believe it can poison too many things. I turned away from religion and found it very freeing. Also if you just say something stupid to me and is a petty jab, I probably will respond sarcastically about how mature you are. What really bugs me is that not all were teenage girls which is expected, but some were grown adults, a few were even grown men. He called me a cow slut and said I have daddy issues. I still don’t fully understand exactly what a cow slut is, but I think it may have something to do with bestiality, something I DO NOT agree with or support in any way. Either way, I actually am worried for the GROWN adults that sent me mean tweets, they are grown adults, they shouldn’t be responding in a way that calls me a “cow slut,” “bitch” and telling me to find God along with other stuff that is just not even tasteful at all.

I am only human. I tweeted my opinion, I should have hashtagged not tagged. I own up to it.

So anyway, have a good day and as Spock would say:

Live Long and Prosper.  

Yay Twitter!

My phone is currently blowing up with tweet notifications. It does hurt a tad. I will say that, but I am not crying over it at all. I am not reacting in a way that is negative, instead I am trying to do this in a positive way.

I am sick of music that is sexist in any sense, whether it be my favorite genre of rock or my least favorite of rap. I don’t like music that really portrays anyone in a bad way (unless they deserve it because they killed someone, hurt someone, raped someone, ETC.) all the music I listen to is usually positive, there are the few that may not be fully positive, like one Eminem song (I know, rap, but my brother got me into him and his music a while ago, I only listen to a select few songs if any). I like music that either tells a story or has a positive message, or is just telling the truth about a fucked up situation. (Pretty much the whole Green Day album “American Idiot” and the story it tells in the album itself or the musical) I personally don’t think it’s healthy for young girls to think that they have to dress a certain way or anything to just get noticed. I believe I have something more to offer then my body and the stereotype of women in today’s society.

I see how the tweet would have looked like a direct attack on Blake and RaeLynn. I probably should have worded it way better. I believe both are talented in their genre of music. RaeLynn does have a beautiful voice, one I definitely don’t have or ever could. It’s just the song that I don’t like, not only because of the things girls are stereotyped to be, but because I am a strict atheist and don’t believe in any deity, whether it is the Christian god or any other religions. I was not made by a all magical being. i, along with everyone else on this earth are here because of evolution.

I really see how this did go downhill, maybe I should have hashtagged instead of totally tagged the artists, (again, both are talented, it’s the song I do not like). If you think I am totally anti-Blake then you don’t know me very well, when I used to watch the voice, I was team Blake (mostly because I was a huge Hey Monday fan so Cassadee was amazing to see on there, and yes, I do own her country album!). I don’t listen to that genre unless it really is Cassadee, I like music with heavy guitars and drums that is loud and in your face or even just pop punk. I am currently obsessed with Flyleaf, Icon For Hire, Butcher Babies, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Green Day, and Sum 41.

I understand Blake’s response. I think it is honorable he defended his former or if still current mentee (not sure how that works, only really watched two and a half seasons of The Voice, rooting for Cassadee, Terry McDermott, Michelle Chamuel, and Kat Robichaud. I get he responded the way he did, although I do believe telling someone to eat their boogers, assuming because I don’t like this song and think it is bullshit a tad harsh. I don’t do that, and instead am curled up drinking hot chocolate and watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Picard may be no Kirk, but still, Star Trek is Star Trek)

I am sorry again, if I offended anyone, again, it is the song, not the person performing it I do not like. Again, RaeLynn does have a pretty voice, something that I could never have.

Now to respond to some of the tweets I am getting.

I am not searching for my fifteen seconds of fame like someone suggested, if you actually know me as a human being, you know I keep to myself a lot and try not to be out there and be heard if It’s not something I am passionate about. I honestly didn’t think Blake would see the tweet let alone respond to it. I have tweeted many people many times, like Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low),  Stephen Colbert (one of my personal hero’s) the gross Dahvie Vanity of Blood On The Dance Floor (who usually does respond to criticism)  Emily Miller (someone from Fox News), William Shatner, Lana Del Rey, Bill O’Reilly and a bunch of other musicians who’s music I enjoy. So honestly, not getting a response was something I was expecting since it never really has happened before with someone as famous as Blake Shelton, so I honestly believed it would go into the many, many messages Blake gets hourly from fans and other people.

Someone mentioned that I wouldn’t look good in a flowy skirt. Directly attacking my body is also something no one should do about anyone. It is kid of tacky. So thank you for pointing out the thunder thighs I was highly aware that I have.

Also, To Whom It May Concern, my username is a reference to a song. Miss Nothing by the Pretty Reckless, a kick ass rock band fronted by Taylor Momsen.

Saying something about my hair is also a petty jab like how I can’t rock a flowy skirt. I dye it half red and half black. It is inspired by the kickass Ash Costello of band New Years Day.

I would also say I am not wasting my life away like one said, I am going into my senior year, after that I will be going to college to study either biology or Earth Science, I plan on getting a Ph.D and have a fulfilling life!

I again, would like to say I honestly didn’t mean to attack them if that is how some of you are wording it, it is my opinion, on my twitter account that not a lot of people follow. Sorry.

Have a good day. 

Yes, I Still Hate Blood On The Dance Floor

This is very old news, but again, people still wonder how I can hate the “band” Blood on the Dance Floor. They claim that they have good meaningful music and music videos like “Rise and Shine” show a huge issue in today’s society. I have seen that video and think the exact opposite. “Rise and Shine” is about a school shooting, but it isn’t awareness, and I will tell you why by comparing it to the music video that takes an issue and shows it gets better. Both involve bullying, one is “Rise and Shine” by crappy BOTDF, and another is “Make It Stop (September’s Children)” by one of my personal favorite bands, Rise Against.

In “Rise and Shine,” what we see is a severely bullied kid. People make fun of him. But there is also hints of the band in the video like someone writing “Blood on the Dance Floor” in their notebook in the beginning, which I guess is okay for the beginning. In this video we see him taunted in class and a teacher doing nothing. Of course Dahvie is in the class wearing his hideous makeup that makes him look like a Kiss reject. The kid is continued to be taunted in the hallways. By now Dahvie is singing in front of the class, but a lyric kind of bothers me. “beat on another kid, not on me.” I get if you are bullied, you want it to stop and are willing to let it go to someone else, but that is no solution to the problem or a solution anyone should look for. By now there are bloody handprints everywhere, and the kid is in the hallway with a gun, obviously disturbed. (What is also obvious is Dahvie’s auto tuned voice). News flashes of Fox News are then shown about school shootings. (Seriously, if you want someone to take you seriously, do a news network that isn’t truthful only 8% of the time) the bullied kid then starts shooting, we see all the kids around him dead and bleeding, not to mention the blood spatter on the camera. Then parents wondering where they were and a teacher saying no one is listening. Next, kids are seen putting guns to their own heads, one goes as far as putting it in his mouth, and the teacher writes “I will not listen to blood on the dance floor” on the board. Then the bullied kid wakes up, and puts the gun away. There is no solution shown but the kid putting the gun in his backpack. None. Then just a bunch of statistics are rattled off about bullying in America, but no actual solution is offered. The kid will probably still shoot up the school.

Rise Against has a lot of music videos that show actual problems in the world, my personal favorite being "Hero of War" and their newest "I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore."  The one about bullying is called Make It Stop (September’s Children). It is in memory of the ten teenagers who committed suicide in September of 2010 because they were bullied for being gay.

The video starts out with showing three teenagers, two boys and a girl who are inferred to be gay based on the subject matter of the video. The teenagers are seen harassed by their peers, one’s bag is stolen, one’s lunch is spit on and one is cornered in the bathroom while two jocks hold him down and a girl kisses him. The teens later flee, one to a bridge, one to a garage, and another to her room. The three contemplate killing themselves because of the harassment they face daily. After It Gets Better videos play and lead vocalist Tim McIlrath names off five of the teens that killed themselves, they then decide against it and their future is shown, one becomes a congressman, another an artist, and another finds love and gets married. It may look like there is no solution, but the lyrics of the song talk about holding on and bring awareness to the issue. The final verse is make it stop/let this end/all these years pushed to the edge /proud I stand/of who I am/I plan to go on living. More videos from the It Gets Better project are shown, along with the project creator. This video paints a bright future for these three teens and everyone because it does get better.

In comparing these videos, we have two that show a problem, one that portrays it well, and one that shows how it gets better. I can best compare this with Starbucks and Walmart. Rise Against is Starbucks and BOTDF is Walmart. One attempt at being a good corporation (Walmart) and fails miserably while one does an awesome job (Starbucks).

Making another point, Rise Against does an amazing job at just showing issues in today’s society and have truly meaningful lyrics. They have shown how broken the government is, they have shown how broken society is, they have shown what it’s like to serve in the military (yes, “Hero of War,” and I understand it is not always like that, but we have gone to a foreign country and invaded them when we shouldn’t have just because our stupid president wanted to finish what his father started), they have shown what really goes on in the world, the problems we have such as school shootings, violence, terrorists like al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Boko Haram. Their videos have shown what goes on overseas with the video “Hero of War,” in “Ready To Fall,” we see the effects of pollution on the environment, in “Prayer for the Refugee” it brings awareness to sweatshops and young kids making things along with foreigners that are then marked “Made in USA.” The video for “Audience of One” takes a huge jab at George W. Bush and shows a video depicting a young George W. Bush playing with a miniature world and plays with objects depicting high gas prices, the war in Iraq, the funeral of a soldier, Abu Ghraib prison, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, deforeststation, house foreclosures, gay marriage, and illegal immigration (all things that happened when he was president ) and then Bush goes to bed in the White House before he smashes the miniature White House lawn the band is performing on. In the odd video for “Savior” it shows how the Republican Party does not give a fuck about endangered species. In “Help Is on The Way,” it shows how bad the response to Hurricane Katrina was and people suffering and having to escape to the roofs of their homes and wait for the helicopter. In their latest video, “I Don’t Want To be Here Anymore” it shows the violence in Chicago (the bands hometown which is apparently becoming the new Detroit), it shows statistics (but unlike BOTDF’s statistic, this is during the video and shows actual footage, and none of it is Fox News) there are 1,800 shootings per year in Chicago (which averages out to 4.9 a day), footage is shown on the drug war and that 120,000 have died in it, the evilness of Boko Haram and that 12,000 people have been killed so far by them, 30,000 elephants are killed every year and poached ivory funds terrorist networks (TAKE THAT KENDALL JONES) elephants are due to be extinct now in 11 years (so thank you Kendall for contributing the extinction of a species that is endangered, so please, go fuck yourself), there has been 1,083 assassinations by ISIS last year and now major Iraqi cities are falling back under extremist control, a video of Obama saying we are now out of Iraq is shown, but then headlines showing we are now going back to help Iraq get control of their country, showing that there is averaged of one school shootings in the Unites States every five weeks, 5,000 youths are lost to violence every year in the U.S, the militia in Iraq is now more than 50,000 strong, 51 million have displaced by conflict worldwide (half of who are children) , 2,000 children are reporting missing every day, hundred have been abducted by Boko Haram since 2009 and since it is so devastating to parents of these children, they are starting to become vigilantes so they can protect them and then a final statistic of the world has only been at peace for 8% of recorded existence. Rise Against won’t give up on trying to make this world a better place, especially with showing what is going on out there. They care and show it.

Next time someone tells me or you that Blood on the Dance Floor is trying to make a difference and help people, please do them a favor and point them in the way of Rise Against. Show them what a band that is trying to make a difference looks like and what they really do. Show them that Tim McIlrath, Joe Principe, Brandon Barnes, and Zach Blair are doing to make this world a better place, not some cliché music video BOTDF made that shows a problem with no solution where the kid is probably going to shoot up the school anyway.

“Revolution begins at learning. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention” –Tim McIlrath

No Uterus, No Say!

                As Rachel Green said in Friends to the doctor who claimed she was having “mild” Braxton Hicks, “No Uterus, no say!” That has become a popular saying among myself when it comes to reproductive rights or pretty much anything to do with the female reproductive system.

                Abortion is a huge issue in America, and congress apparently won’t shut up about it. We have old men claiming females are murdering babies when in fact, they are terminating a pregnancy. A baby is not equal to an unborn fetus. What is crazy is that these lawmakers seem to care more about these unborn fetuses then a child who is actually alive. They will fight to protect the fetus and keep a woman pregnant, even one who cannot afford to take care of a child and know that adoption will most likely end up with the baby being in foster care, and who thinks her best option is terminating the pregnancy. The fight to protect the fetus and then when the woman has to work two jobs to afford food and shelter for the baby and sometimes needs government assistant, they want to tell her she should not have had a child she couldn’t afford and then claiming she is mooching off the government and is very lazy and she should have a better job, one that she couldn’t get because she got pregnant at that early age and couldn’t go to or finish college. Of course that is not all stories of a woman who wants or gets an abortion and all single moms, but it seems to be a very recurring theme. Since it is a very recurring theme, maybe the men who keep trying to make it illegal for a woman to have an abortion should focus on feeding the hungry children who are actually born.

                I will not say abortion is a totally black and white subject. I personally used to only be okay with it in the case of rape and the woman could die because of a health condition. Now, after an extremely vivid dream where I was a pregnant teenager, who got knocked up by a guy I was dating only for a week, and wanted an abortion. (that is obviously very out of character for me, not abortion wise, being pregnant by a guy I dated only a week) I had my whole life ahead of me. College, a career, a future. I could not have been a teen mom in that dream. Waking up that day, my opinion on the issue changed. It wasn’t black or white. Killing or not killing. It is not only about the fetus, but the woman carrying it.

                Another thing anti-abortion leaders in America don’t understand is what it’s like to be pregnant. 77% of anti-abortion leaders are men, and 100% of those men cannot get pregnant. They cannot possibly understand what it is like to be pregnant or why a woman would want an abortion in the first place. It is not to “murder” a fetus. It is because they are too young, don’t have a support system, cannot physically handle a pregnancy, or even don’t want to pass down a hereditary illness. When you don’t have a uterus, you don’t have the equipment to get pregnant. If you can’t get pregnant, how can you fully understand the issue?

                If you are female and are pro-life, then good for you. You have a uterus, therefore most likely are able to get pregnant. Although I believe it is none of my business the decisions a woman makes with her doctor, and does with her body, if a woman is pro-life because of her personal beliefs or maybe she had an abortion earlier in her life and really regrets it, she can fully understand that issue.

                An argument recently brought to my attention that is decent is that although a man can’t get pregnant, he can get someone pregnant. That is a great argument, and yes, according to biology a man can get a woman pregnant, which is why a man should not have the option of abandoning the woman he got pregnant and never coming back. If you want to be a father, then yes, you have a say and try to convince her you will be there and she won’t be doing this alone, she will have a support system and not become a stereotype of single moms in America. But if you are saying you want to be a father, are there, and then either decided after the baby is born (and is in fact a baby, not a fetus) that you cannot possibly be a father and then ditch or you are just claiming you will be there so she won’t get an abortion because apparently you are a pro-life activist, but then don’t care what happens to the child you helped create, that is not okay, and you are the scum of the earth.

                Another thing that would help prevent abortion is if people would stop fighting to have make birth control hard to get for people who can’t afford it or the copay's. So if congress decided to not launch an attack on contraceptives that work 95 to 99% of the time when used right, less woman would want or need to get abortions because they wouldn't be able to get pregnant. It is even showed that a lot of catholic women whose religious leaders are strictly against birth control pills still take it.

                Why is it that we live in a nation where congress would much rather regulate vaginas instead of deadly assault weapons? Why are they so adamant about regulating a female’s body and telling her what she can and can’t do with it? Maybe if they stopped trying to ban something that even though if it was illegal, would definitely still happen? Maybe congress and lawmakers should focus more on stuff that benefit the nation, not them and their personal and most likely religious beliefs. 

JUSTIN BIEBER IS NOT INNOCENT!

The fact that #FreeBieber and #WeWillAlwaysSupportYouJustin is trending on twitter is honestly disgusting. Not because I can’t stand the prick, but because his fans don’t understand the dangers of drunk driving, especially drunk driving when you have smoked pot and taken prescription pills.

Drunk driving is not something to be taken lightly. It is a huge problem, not only in the U.S, but around the world. Innocent people die because someone thinks they can drive when they have had too much to drink. The sad thing is, the driver sometimes survives while the person he hits dies, all because he made the mistake and decided to drive under the influence. Alcohol, weed, and whatever else was in “precious Justin’s” system impaired him as a driver, putting not only his life in danger, but the people around him’s lives too.

Every day in America, 28 people die as a result of a drunk driving accident. In 2012, 10,322 people died in drunk driving crashes, that is one every 51 minutes. The media and the police are not picking on Justin Bieber. They are taking someone off the streets who was a danger to the public safety. He admitted to drinking, taking prescription pills (NEVER A GOOD MIX) and smoking marijuana. HE IS NOT INNOCENT IN THE SITUATION! Getting pist off about how he was pulled over and no one else or how it happens all the time and the cops don’t care, just shows why you are part of what is wrong with society. Police do care when other people drive drunk, which is why they do their best to prevent it. It is why schools have assemblies on the danger, it is why when you are in drivers ed, they drill the dangers in you, it is why they arrest and look out for drivers who seem under the influence and shouldn’t be driving. Here are the facts

• ·         Justin was speeding, going almost double the speed limit
• ·         He admitted to drinking, taking prescription pills, and smoking marijuana (ALL NOT A GOOD MIX AND IMPAIRS DRIVER)
• ·         He resisted arrest

Saying Justin should be free after this is saying that everyone who drinks and drive should be free. To all of you who think that Justin Bieber should be free, I would like you to imagine talking to someone who lost a loved one due to a drunk driver and explaining why it is okay for Justin to get away with it. Honestly, how would you explain to someone who lost someone to drunk driving why it is okay for Justin to not get in trouble for it? If you can honestly do that, you are exactly what is wrong with society. 

Legalization of Pot

                Recently, Colorado started selling marijuana after it being legalized. Within the first day of it being on the market, the industry profited one million dollars. Imagine the profit after one week, one month, and one year. Imagine how this can help the economy.

                Of course, with the legalization of a “drug,” comes the critics. Especially from Fox “News,” especially douche canoe Bill O’Reilly who compared the usage of pot to playing Russian Roulette, but we all know when playing Russian Roulette, you have the chance of dying, while there are no record death from marijuana users. More people are killed yearly by ants then pot. Ants are more dangerous then pot. But that is not where Bill O’Reilly stopped; he then compared it to texting because apparently texting is an addiction too.

                That is right! Douche Canoe O’Reilly claims that texting is a dangerous addiction that can kill and hurt our youth. It makes us get lost and lose reality an motivation to do anything because you are so busy trying to text your friend to tell him about the funny conversation you had with another friend that included something you said about your other friend who just had the best text convo with your other friend who is dating and texted your other friend. Douche Canoe O’Reilly was so adamant about this that he had on a “psychologist” who was adamant texting was destroying today’s youth, just like pot. (I but psychologist in quotes because I know actual psychologists who definitely disagree with him when he claims texting is the worst thing to hit today’s youth besides pot, drugs, and Obama.) there was also a Ph.D who worked at a university in New York who was so confused by O’Reilly bringing on the other guy and had no idea how to respond to the “psychologist’s” rant on texting.

                The thing is when it comes to marijuana; it is not a dangerous drug. It mellows you out and as long as you don’t go into a situation that result in bodily harm, something you wouldn’t do while drinking alcohol, you will be fine. Don’t drive, don’t decide to play with your gun, don’t operate heavy machinery, and don’t decide to juggle chainsaws or fireballs. Don’t do anything frowned upon when drinking legal alcohol which can kill you.

                Alcohol is completely legal. People drink it all the time and it is more dangerous than marijuana. When drinking, people tend to get so drunk they do stupid things and can get violent, of course you have the happy drunks and over sexual drunks that you can see in Danisnotonfire’s video about the five kinds of drunks, but when people get drunk, a lot tend to do some stupid and illegal things like get in bar fights and beat up people and even rape. I am not saying ban alcohol or that people don’t do stupid things while stoned, but they tend to be less dangerous and more chill then some drunks.  They are more chilled out and get the munchies. I bet you pizza places in Colorado is booming right now with all the people stoned getting the munchies.  If people decide to get drunk on holidays and weekends, what is honestly the difference if someone wants to smoke a joint? As long as they aren’t operating heavy machinery or doing it in public, what is exactly the problem?

                I live in Washington State, marijuana is now legal here although we haven’t started selling it yet, and that is still a work in progress. Since the legalization of marijuana, police officers can stop arresting people for smoking a joint and focus on more dangerous crimes like that guy down the street that thinks his wife is his personal slave and when dinner isn’t cooked when he gets home, she deserves to be knocked around. They can go after rapists and actual dangerous drug rings like meth, cocaine, and heroine. As long as you are of the legal age of 21, what is bad with smoking marijuana and it being legalized? It will help the economy, give people jobs and let the police go after dangerous criminals, so please, Douche Canoe Bill O’Reilly and the rest of Fox “News” and conservatives against it, calm your tits and realize it isn’t dangerous and it isn’t a gateway drug to heroine, cocaine and meth. It is totally fine if it is legalized.