• iShotThePilot
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      • In response to: "Who are you?" I'm just one person, wanting to touch just a few small lives in a big way.
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    • me, the (not so) terrible teen



      • I was never a "typical teenager". Not half as typical as most other girls in my school. There was every kind of typical teen you could imagine.

        The pretty girls that would definately have been cheerleaders, if only we had a cheerleading squad. They weren't necessarily the mean, preppy skanks you see in movies, but they were something along those lines.

        The smart girls. It was like they rubbed being smart in everyone's faces; even though the people who weren't smart couldn't care less what their test results were. So pretty much they just ended up being banned to the front of the room so noone had to hear their "yes teachers" and their "don't copy my work".

        The ghetto girls. Don't get me started. They might have been nice, yes, but oh my god. You're still a GIRL - why do you have to talk like that? and SPIT like that?? Most of these girls were aimed straight towards a life of abusive boyfriends, pack-a-day chain smoking, and screaming little brat kids.
        Most of these girls have reached their goals already, and they're only 20.

        And then there's the in betweeners. I guess I was one of them, but not exactly. They consist of people that are not pretty enough, not smart enough, not ghetto enough to fit into any of the other categories.

        I was happy to be who I was. I was that girl who was smart, but didn't want to hang out with the annoying smart kids who couldn't laugh at a joke. I wasn't bad looking, but I didn't particularly do much for my appearance. And I definately wasn't keen for a ghetto-lifestyle.

        So I sat at the back of the classroom, and made jokes, and made friends with pretty much everyone. By year 11 and 12 I was on a "friends" level with most of the teachers, and had picked just the right way to get away with pretty much anything, with pretty much all of them.

        I didn't take much seriously - after all, that's what you do as a kid right?
        I remained my plain-looking self all the way through high school, but I found myself and my personality along the way. I wouldn't change a thing.

      • answered by iShotThePilot on 08/12/2010
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    • to die, or not to die...

      • I'm in two minds about the death penalty.
        There are some sick, twisted individuals out there that don't deserve to be alive, thats for sure. There's no question about that.

        Someone could torture and rape a child, for example. Why should we give this person an easy way out? Death would be quick and easy compared to what could happen to him in prison. Even felons don't look lightly at someone who does that to a child.
        Why should someone who has caused so much pain to an innocent young person be able to die "quickly and humanely" with a lethal injection?
        I would rather they rot in a cell.
        I would actually rather the eye-for-an-eye approach, although in this day and age that would never happen. Not legally, anyway.
        And what if the person is actually innocent? What if they have been framed, or if the evidence is incorrect or the police have been mislead? It happens. It has happened before the death penalty was ruled out.

        But then on the other hand, I would rather the death penalty than the light sentences that some people get for crimes. How many times have you seen on the news a person get say, ten years imprisonment for taking someones life? It's just not fair.
        Plus, prisons aren't what they used to be. They're not just cement walls, bunk beds and gruel. They would probably seem ok compared to the living conditions some people have.

        I support it. If it were to come back in, I would be happy.
        If it stops a person from being released from prison and going to commit more felonies, I am all for it.
        If one persons death stops ten people from hurting in the future, I would be happy.
        Maybe it would help dispose of some of the disgusting people that foul this earth.

      • answered by iShotThePilot on 07/26/2010
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    • Summer, summer. Where all you hope for is another

      • Coming from a small coastal town where Christmas holidays were pretty much the only time you got to meet someone new, summer was everyones favourite time of year.

        I can't pick just one memory. It would be impossible.

        When I was younger, through summer we would ignore the heat and walk around town for whole days (when we weren't sweltering at work, or pretending to wash up just so we could stand infront of the fan our boss had set up for us). We'd go down to the icecreamery, or go for a swim. We would meet people that were on holidays, hang out with people we had never met before. It was good times, and so many good memories.

        Kelly and I have been best friends for probably 8 years now, and I can't think of one good summer memory that doesn't contain her.
        I got my licence when I was 17 and I think if I had of saved every dollar we spent on petrol and cans of V, we would be millionaires. But I would never change those times, not for all the money in the world.

        We would drive the same track again and again. We would meet boys, we would drink at my house, we would go to random parties, we would sunbathe until we were red raw almost every day (and then complain to my Mum and steal all her aloe vera plant).

        We would be knocking down the bosses door every Friday morning to get our pay, no matter how many times he told us to wait until 4 o'clock.

        Summer is the best time of the year, no doubt about it.

        I live 7 hours away from that little coastal town now, and 3 hours away from Kelly. A lot of things may have changed since then, but everytime the weather starts to heat up I get so excited.

        Nothing will ever beat those summer memories.

      • answered by iShotThePilot on 07/22/2010
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    • one question

      • I've always wondered if I've had an affect on someone. I mean, there are people that you KNOW you've affected - your parents, your best friend, your boyfriend/girlfriend.
        But I mean random people.
        Maybe someone I made a coffee for. Maybe someone I opened a door for. Maybe someone who I met or passed in the street and have never thought about again.

        Because I know, that a few times in my life, I've seen someone once and it's affected me.

        I'm a big believer in doing things for yourself and for as long as I remember my New Years Resolution has been to make myself a better person.
        Be nicer to people. Help people. Be kind.
        I was at the laundromat the other day and a homeless man came in and asked me if he could have two dollars for a hotdog and a cigarette.
        I gave him three. Not a big difference for me, and I would have given him more but I had no more change with me.
        Then a man who was waiting for his laundry to dry spoke up.
        He asked the man if he would like to share the KFC he was eating. He took out a peice for himself and then gave the homeless man the rest.
        I was awestruck. It was a box nearly full of chicken and he gave it to this man who he had never met before.

        I try to be kind to everyone I meet. I hope to brighten some peoples days by being kind, saying "thank you" and "have a nice afternoon", because I know sometimes that can brighten someone just a little.

        But this man, who probably didn't even notice me, has affected me in a big way. I was so impressed at his giving nature.

        So if I could be guaranteed an honest response, I'd like to know if I've made a difference to anyones life; however big or small.

      • answered by iShotThePilot on 07/21/2010
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    • penny for your thoughts

      • You can tell alot about a person by their ambitions.
        The young man who wants to be an architect, the young girl who wants to be a hairdresser.
        Ten years ago the girl who wanted to be a hairdresser would probably be frowned upon by most. But to me, especially in this day and age, there is nothing wrong with being a hairdresser. I LOVE my hairdresser. And, quite frankly, at least she has an ambition.
        I don't know what I want to do with my life. I know I want to do something I'm passionate about, but what? I change my mind more often than I change my socks.
        I just hope that in ten years time i'm happy, with a stable career and maybe some kids. Some travel under my belt and a nice home with nice things. I don't need fame, and fortune, and an amazing career... I just want to be happy.

      • answered by iShotThePilot on 07/19/2010
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